This is an AWESOME music video that Ross Tulman sent me today. The song is just ok. But honestly, as you watch, you forget about the music and get mesmerized in the MouseTrap style engineering. A few times I caught what I believe was manual (or triggered) assistance, but to be honest, it moved so fast it was hard to follow everything that happens. Check out the video, its pretty cool. And if you are asking yourself, “Hey, isn’t that how the movie PeeWee’s Big Adventure started off?” You would be right. That too is amazing, but OK Go does not end in a Cap’n Crunch covered pancake smiley face.
Please join me in welcoming the newest member of the HelloNeiman! family. Hello 2007 Mazda RX-8! Now, who wants to drive her home with me on Sunday from Chicago??
yes they sell Westin products on amazon, no you don't have to buy them!
My coworker Ben McLauchlin clued me in to the newest promotion for Starwood Preferred Guest members (i.e. Westin, Sheraton, Aloft hotels) … and this one is almost too good to be true. For every 2 stays at a SPG hotel, you will get a $100 Amazong.com gift card. No paperwork, no submission rules … just stay at the hotel twice. And, the best part is that you can earn up to 3 cards. So basically, once again for doing nothing, you can get rewarded in HUGE ways to be a business traveler. This $300 will go very nicely towards my new RX-8’s Navigation system…
Is salesmanship a word? No idea. But the real question is, do YOU have a youtube video made specifically for you from a car salesmen in Chicago? I called this guy up this morning to talk about a vehicle I saw at autotrader.com, and this was his respond back. Gotta admit, this personal touch is the type of thing that sets one salesmen apart from another. Will I buy this car? Still not sure, but I like the homemade video. Its a great try!
Apparently this is a real billboard in Wyoming, not photoshopped. Certainly shows the tact and professionalism of our previous president and helps to highlight how great of a president he was. Or, he’s still a moron. I hope this doesn’t give away my political preference … but I’d take an eggplant over him in office again.
This was my post from the Herzl Alumni Blog this month. Check out the rest of what past Herzl staff have to say at http://blog.herzlcamp.org.
Throughout my tenure on staff, there has been one standard: Shabbas is best celebrated with Ross Tulman. Of the 60 Shabbatot I’ve experienced at Herzl, at least 27 of those were spent sitting across from my aforementioned partner in crime. Sometimes tradition is important, and we had our Shabbas traditions indeed. Sure we would wear our Bon Jovi outfits, or send a camper on a “mission” to steal an extra challah bag, or even demonstrate to the entire chadar the right way to eat a Matza Ball (they’re bite size!) … but the best tradition? The Shabbas Sandwich. I reached out to my good friend Mr. Tulman, and he agreed to make public his genius creation to the world. Warning: Consumption of Shabbas Sandwiches may be hazardous to your Minucha.
When choosing your 3 slices of challah be sure to choose pieces from the middle of the challah, or else you will wind up with an uneven sandwich
Spread BBQ sauce, Honey, ketchup and/or mustard evenly on the top piece of challah and on the bottom piece of the challah (leave the middle piece plain)
Place the potato wedges on the bottom piece of challah to make a rectangle
Place middle piece of bread on top of potato triangles (this part of the sandwich acts as the base)
Place chicken nuggets in a single file line on top of the middle challah. Do not stack…do not act treif at Herzl
Slice carrots in half vertically; place the flat side down on top of the nuggets
Place last piece of challah on top of the carrots to complete the sandwich.
I had a problem where i ordered the wrong Netflix movie. I mean, I needed the next disc of Mad Men Season 1 and accidentally had Jennifer’s Body listed first? Yikes, big mistake having that drek movie at the top of the list anyways … note to self, manage your queue regularly to keep from getting two awful horror movies at the same time…
Anyways, I called up the 24 hour customer service (only 2 minutes of wait time to get to a person). She barely even needed a reason and sent me the next disc automatically. Easiest customer services request ever. But to top it off, I was sent an email shortly asking me to answer just one question on the quality of my service. If all surveys were this easy, everyone would get more results. Thanks Netflix. (And you still wonder why it jumped up 25% in stock price this week?)
Slate magazine has put together another fantastic article. Somehow this website (www.slate.com) does a fantastic job of writing goofy yet interesting stories for a very specific audience. My facebook profile still links to the article Timothy Noah wrote on Camp Cultists.
This article is a nice lead in to the most anticipated day in Television history. Yes, I am looking forward to this Tuesday more than the television premier of The Beach, more than the final episode of the Wonder Years, and certainly more than the stupid Vikings-less Superbowl next weekend. Check out the articlehere to see their spiderweb of characters and how they all connect, its quite a nice teaser. Enjoy!
