Goo is one of the greatest chefs/caterers/people i’ve had the pleasure of knowing and i’m thrilled to be asked to help create the look and feel of his newest venture.  Goo has gathered quite a following having worked in various other restaurants and venues around Brantford, ON but this is his very own take-out place.

The menu is incredible and always expanding.  i seriously can’t pick a favourite item on it, but i will heavily recommend the Goo Burger.

We’re hoping to launch the website within a week, the same time Goo’s Take-Out opens up.  In the meantime, check him out at one of the links below.

Official Site : http://www.goostakeout.com
facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/goostakeout
twitter : http://www.twitter.com/goostakeout

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At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,

‘If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.’

In response to Bill’s comments, General Motors issued a press release stating:

If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

• For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash……..  Twice a day.
• Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
• Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
• Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
• Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive – but would run on only five percent of the roads.
• The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single ‘This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation’ warning light.
• The airbag system would ask ‘Are you sure?’ before deploying.
• Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
• Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
• You’d have to press the ‘Start’ button to turn the engine off.

well played GM…well played indeed.

today’s twbnth item #4 is a private box at Joe Louis Arena, home of the Stanley Cup champions, the Detroit Red Wings.

never in my life has one decision impacted me so greatly as did the decision to jump ship from Leaf nation at a very very early age to join the big red machine.  sure back then the Wings were still considered the ‘dead wings’ so it wasn’t a tough choice abandoning one sinking ship for another.  but oh how the Wings turned it around and became one of pro sports’ premiere clubs.

since up here in canada they frown on the Wings(yet for some reason seem to love teams like Washington, Tampa Bay or Phoenix), getting to see games is very difficult.  i believe this private box to be the perfect solution.

not only would my dad and i get to attend every game but we’d also get to have those s’awesome Detroit pretzels!  not to mention walking the halls of a real nhl arena loaded with history, class and more memorabilia than you could shake a stick at.
(note: i don’t get that saying but it still holds true)

really it’s a win-win for everyone involved.  and by ‘everyone involved’ i mean my dad and i.

for those not familiar with this amazing building;

1. shame on you
2. here’s some background info via Wikipedia…

The Joe, JLA
Location	600 Civic Center Drive Detroit, Michigan 48226
Broke ground	1977
Opened	December 12, 1979
Owner	City of Detroit
Operator	Olympia Entertainment
Construction cost	$57 million
Architect	Smith, Hinchmen and Grylls Associates
Capacity	Ice hockey: 20,066

Bacon!

i’m not talking about Kevin Bacon, nor Francis Bacon…although both are awesome in their own way, i mean who could forget kevin bacon’s legendary belly-flop off the dock at camp crystal lake in the original friday the 13th!?

i’m simply referring to good old fashioned bacon!  that would be nice to have right about now.

it’s very difficult to find a food that actually excites me or makes me want to keep eating until i essplode but bacon’s crispy, greasy goodness that often gives me gut rot is too good to pass up.  all the coffee/bacon indigestion is more than worth the price to pay for enjoying such a delicious treat.

some great ways to enjoy bacon:
(note i’m making these up as i go so i haven’t yet figured out the possibility of all of them)

• bacon soup
• bacon tacos
• bacon skittles
• bacon a la mode
• bacon au lait
• bacon shake
• shake n’ bacon
• bacon shorts

ok that’s all for now.  just incase it’s not clear yet, i love bacon.

today’s twbnth isn’t something you can find in stores or on any late night informercial.(at least none that i’ve seen).  no, this item full of s’awesome was found thanks to the beauty of the internets.

ladies and gentlemen, i give you….my own private island!

ok so i don’t own my own island…yet.  but thanks to the good people at www.privateislandsonline.com, i can at least check out my options.  i think this guy here to the right is perfectly suited to my ordinary, everyday needs;

-private island : check!
-super-long awesome dock : check!
-at least a 2 bedroom house : check!
-swimming pool : check!

yes, i know a pool on an island is a little ridiculous, it’s already located in the world’s biggest pool!  but i don’t care, if i’m dreaming of my own island here, it’s gonna have a pool darn it!  plus, the ocean gets pretty scary what with all the sharks, eels, whales and mermaids all over the place!

so that’s #2 in my twbnth list.

as always, for donation information, email me.  if it’s good enough maybe i’ll let you visit me on kristianopia…erm, kristiatlantis…erm, kristianshire…(name to be decided at later date)

here’s a new blog topic i’m starting basically for the sake of having something constant to blog about.  i call it ‘That Would Be Nice To Have‘(twbnth for short).  why the name, you ask?
well in short, when i was a youngin i’d always see commercials for G.I.Joe or Voltron or Starcom toys and yell “I Want That!” at the telly.  my mum, being the polite individual she is, taught me that it was rude to say such things so instead i should respond to my childish wants and needs by stating ‘that would be nice to have.’  it’s since become an ongoing inside joke in my family that we still use to this day…

i won’t be mentioning the typical tech specs, product comparisons, diagnostic test results, etc. as most sites do.  i’m simply stating that i want this stuff for my own personal enjoyment.  items could be anything from tech gadgets to hang gliders…whatever sparks the ‘twbnth’ in my brain.

anyways, here’s twbnth #1.  i can’t think of a more fitting product to mention in this inaugural post than the grandaddy of all that is good and lovely, the MacBook Pro.

sleek.  shiny.  super.  s’awesome.

i’d give my 3rd arm for this sucker.  ok so i don’t have a 3rd arm but i’d pay for a 3rd arm to be surgically applied to my body only so i could remove it and give it away for a MacBook Pro.

i admit i am a Mac fanboy, i always check for rumours of the netBook, iPhone nano, apple brain scanner, etc.(ok i made that last one up).  You may think i’m biased because of this but who cares!?  look at that thing!  it’s gorgeous!
(note : aside from it’s prettiness, it also works like a lappy should!  i haven’t seen brains and braun like this since i looked in the mirror this morning.)

so yeah.  #1.  i want a MacBook Pro.
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