The New Sci-fi Brand?

The Sci-Fi channel has decided that after 16 years they aren't satisfied with their own image and so they want to dramatically change it.  But could it drive away it's audience?

Here is the article on the Sci-Fi Wire website which is owned and operated by the Sci-Fi channel:

SCI FI Channel to become Syfy; “Imagine Greater” is new message

My own personal opinion is that I think they should not change their name or their image.  If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Goodbye IHOP, Hello Big Boy

A few months ago I noticed that 2 of Bakersfield's IHOP's have turned from a blue color to a red color and renamed "Clay's".  I can't go to Clay's because it makes me think of Clay Aiken and then I just imagine all the waitresses and waiters have Clay Aiken hair and they are singing to their customers trying to get their order.  It sends shivers down my spine.  Hehe just kidding.

But on a positive note, the Bakers Square on Ming Ave. closed down (well, that's not the positive part) and a Bob's Big Boy is moving in it's place.  I've loved that place since I was a kid.  My parent's always bought me the Big Boy comic books and I had some Big Boy toys.  The burgers were very similar to Big Macs but they didn't have the same sauce, the Big Boy burger had a better sauce.

The one thing I remember about Bob's Big Boy was the hairdo's of all the waitresses.  They were always high up like they had bee hives but with curls all over them.  That is definitely what makes Bob's Big Boy to me.  The comic books, burgers and hairdo's.

Hot Ride

Today it was 100 degrees.  Yes, in April it was that hot.  Normally the summer heat begins on May 1st but apparently it was early.  The 5 day forecast says that it's going to be in the 80's - 90's so hopefully it won't be too bad.

But since it was 100 degrees today it was a test for me to see if I could take it or not.  Apparently I passed because it wasn't really that bad.  However, there was cool wind so it wasn't a fair test.  Normally when it's hot outside the wind is hot so I'm not sure how good of a test it was.

I will find out in either May or June how bad it's going to be.  But no matter what temperature it is going to be I'm going to tough it out because I really want to lose this weight.

I'm thinking about adding ice packs to the inside of the CamelBak so that it will keep me cool on my back at least.  That will keep me cool and so I won't die of heat exhaustion and it will keep the water cold in the process.  Luckily there are a lot of shady areas that I can rest in along the bike path in the parks and rest stop at Manor Street.

I just gotta remember to keep sunblock in stock and in my frame bag.  Oh and I'm going to have to reinstall the water cage on the frame to carry an extra bottle of water because today I had to refill my CamelBak with water from a drinking fountain and it tasted like a freakin garden hose.  YUCK!  No thank you, I'd much rather have clean and filtered water.

Sunblock

A few years ago when we were working on getting the house by the college ready to sell I bought some sunblock.  I forgot when we started but it was taking far too long.  We were supposed to be finished before summer time so we wouldn't have to deal with summer but we became extremely lazy.

Well, Summer came and we were working outside most of the time and I have sensitive skin so I bought some sunblock one day before going to the house.  I didn't know what to buy as far as SPF because I wasn't clear on all of that.  So I bought 2 kinds.

Hawaiian Tropic Ozone with 70SPF because it was the highest they had.  I figured that this would be for me since my skin burns in minutes compared to most people.

Banana Boat Sport 30SPF for Chip.  But we didn't use it all back then so I still have the bottles and it's a good thing I do because now I need it for the bike.

My arms from my elbows down are really tanned which is surprising that they aren't constantly in any pain lol.  My face and the top of my bald head get red very fast and easy so I'm going to be using this for my face since I have a skull cap to wear on my ride.

I think for now I'm going to use the Banana Boat Sport 30SPF but when summer comes and it gets really hot I may decide to start using the Hawaiian Tropic Ozone 70SPF just to give me a little added protection against the sun.

It's too bad an umbrella on the bike would just slow me down LOL.

I Love You Man

Went to see this movie tonight called "I Love You Man".  I don't get to go to the movies too often and when I do and the movie is good I like to talk about it.  Well, even if it's bad I like to talk about how bad it stunk.  This one was good though.

It's about this guy who is getting married and he realizes that he has no guy friends.  So he starts to go out on "man dates" to try to get a connection with a guy so he doesn't look like such a pathetic loser to his fiancee.

I can totally relate though because besides all my online friends, I really don't have any real friends to speak of.  Since we moved to Bakersfield I haven't really met anyone that I wanted to strike up a real friendship with.  Well, there was our neighbor Dan but he's moved away and we really don't hear from him anymore.  But he has his own "guy friends" that he's been hanging around with since they were in school.

This movie was totally funny though.  Andy Samberg from Saturday Night Live was so good as a gay guy.  He actually made gay people look cool by not flaming all over the movie.  Good for him.

Thomas Lennon on the other hand.  He was gayer and funnier than ever too.  Everyone kinda expects him to be outrageous though since he is gay as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on Reno 911.

I thought this was a very funny movie and I was laughing the entire time, even when other people weren't laughing at which point I had to sink in my seat lol.

Picky Eater

I was a picky eater as a kid.  I can remember all the way back to when I was about 3 or 4 years old and my mom made some meatloaf and it had tons of onions and green bell peppers and I tasted them and they just did not taste good to me so I picked them all out and only ate the meat.  Well, my parent's wouldn't let me leave the table until all that stuff was gone.  I think I sat there for about 4 hours staring at it.  I just absolutely refused to eat it.

As I grew up I found out that I hated other things like yogurt and American cheese.  There were some things I hated but I felt that I should compromise with my mom and just eat them like the greens.  I loved spinach because Popeye ate spinach so I had to have it.  And not fresh but from the can and it didn't matter to me if it was heated up.  You never saw Popeye crush his spinach can then pour it into a pot and heat it on the stove.  No, he ate it straight from the can.

My mom learned my likes and dislikes for food and so she would cook for the family but also cook for me.  When she made potato salad she would put about 3/4 of the ingredients in a big bowl and the rest in a little bowl for me and she would put all the crap in the big bowl but be selective for me.  My step dad on the other hand, he would purposely put onions and bell peppers in my food but hidden so I wouldn't see them so when I bit into the food I'd get a big bite of onions.  Bastard.

But this post isn't about me.  Oh no, it's about my dog.  Dogs are normally always hungry.  You can give them whatever and they will eat it with no problem.  Within reason though.  But you give them something to eat and they don't even give themselves time to chew it, they swallow it whole.  Not my dog.  Oh no.  She's a toy chihuahua.  She used to do that but then she learned I guess and so she smells the people food first before she eats it.

I've given her hot dogs (1/2 a hot dog) in the past, I slice them lengthwise to quarter them then I cut the slices so they are little tiny pieces she can chew.  She normally likes hot dogs.  But all of a sudden now she sniffs them and looks up at me as if to say "you got anything else?".

Yeah, how about your dog food?  Oh that's another thing.  I've bought her 2 different brands of dog food, she hates it.  She will only eat the cats food.  Her dog food has different colors like yellow, orange, brown, green.  She picks through them with her nose and pushes all the brown ones out and she only eats the colored ones.  OMG this is the pickiest dog ever.

I gave her half of a hot dog knowing she might turn her nose up on it and of course she did.  I thought well maybe she wants to be hand fed so I gave her a piece and she took it but then spit it out lol.  So I gave her a little bit of some life cereal which she ate all of.  Whatever dog lol.  Whatever.  I'm eating some macaroni and cheese with cut up hot dogs in it and she's staring at me like "can I have some?" but she's not getting any.