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I admit, I love Quizno’s. Its a pretty good place to get a pretty good meal. However, when this commercial came out, I had to have it explained to me over and over again how this sells. Deformed little rats, singing, badly I might add, about food. I stopped eating at Quizno’s during this run, I just didnt want to find a flattened little rodent in my food, like that woman did with McDonalds in Southlake. In our moron count, lets assume this actually meant something to 1000 people. I know, that is probably way out of proportion, but its my blog, so back off. 1,000 morons down, 299,998,986 to go.

2004 Marchesi de Frescobaldi Remole
Super Tuscan ‘Sangiovese & Cabernet Blend’
$10
Score: 92

What a great surprise! I am always looking for an good to excellent wine that I can find, and is affordable. I usually have to settle for wines in the $25-$30 dollar range to get this, but this wine was perfect and for only $10!

Light ruby color, slightly off Sangiovese nose, not super bold like most Super Tuscans, with a smooth finish. Ready to drink now, but could also probably age for a couple of years without issue, perhaps getting even better. I have never gone wrong with a Frescobaldi wine, and this is no exception, perhaps our new house pour.

I had to score higher than usual due to the excellent value this wine represents, so go buy a few, enjoy with food as all Italian wine is meant to be enjoyed. Good with pork, lamb, and even chicken due to the smooth finish and subtle flavors.

In December 1997, Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware successfully sued the owner of a night club in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000.00 and dental expenses.

Ok, just to be clear, I don’t want to pay a cover charge ‘$3.50′, which is a cheap cover, so I slip out of the bathroom and knock myself senseless because I am a clutz, but sue the club and win $12K. What exactly was the charge? The window sill was wet and not marked? I don’t understand what the actual charge was. What did the club do or not do that made it liable? It was charging cover and therefore caused mental duress, which in turn was a contributing factor to her falling? And what the heck did she get done that was $12K worth of work? I have had dental work by a great dentist, but I dont think I ‘and my insurance’ have paid that much in years.

So, in counting down our morons, here is the break down: Kara Walton’1′, Jury’12′, Judge’1′ for a total of 14 morons, leaving 299,999,986 to go!

By now, I assume most of you have heard of or seen this clip, but I felt it required repeating. I once had an AOL account, which I had gotten only to check some email settings for work. I then tried to cancel the account, which took over 30 minutes. I got a run around very similar to this guy.

Oddly enough, I am now getting that same run around from LA Fitness when trying to cancel my account. That will be in another entry a little later.

Ok, I have broken down and added a new news category: “300 Million Morons”! For those of you that know me well, you will know exactly to what I am referring, the rest of you will just have to figure it out. So in the coming months, enjoy more of my rants!

Who knew?

Out there, possibly where you live, there is a cat, a cat that likes to kill. But is it as gruesome as Jeff?
http://www.whatjeffkilled.com/

And for those of you that remember SNL, you will love this:

http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandy.com/

2003 Montepeloso Eneo Toscana IGT
Sangiovese
$35
Score: 79

We were very unimpressed with this wine. I am unsure exactly what they did to this Tuscan wine to get such a boring and unimaginative flavor, or lack thereof, from the Sangiovese grapes, but whatever it was, they should write a book on how not to make a Tuscan wine. The food overpowered the flavor completely, so much so we didn’t even bother finishing the bottle.