TDOS Draft to End All Drafts - Round 20
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Captain.. sorry about this one..
I can't have a best things ever list without this one. This actually should've been taken waaay earlier by me...
In-N-Out Burger
I am getting hungry just doing this write-up!
I can't have a best things ever list without this one. This actually should've been taken waaay earlier by me...
In-N-Out Burger
I am getting hungry just doing this write-up!
three already?
Jesus. (not my pick, just an exclamation)
Ok, and I'm off my list too. So...guess for the first I'll do the thing I did not want to do:
Makeup #1
Bread
I did not want to make this pick because it steps on all kinds of toes. I know we've had flat bread and sliced bread at least. But still, me doing a draft like this without adding bread would be ridiculous. Love bread. All kinds. During all the anti-carb idiocy of the last decade I singlehandedly kept America's bakers in business with constant purchases of rolls, loafs, pastries etc. etc. in all their varieties and wouldn't trade the smell of a warm fresh loaf of french bread for the world. So as not to be a jerk, if you want to carve out sliced bread and flat bread (except Naan, which I got with my Indian food ) from this category, that's fine. I'll just take all the rest.
Jesus. (not my pick, just an exclamation)
Ok, and I'm off my list too. So...guess for the first I'll do the thing I did not want to do:
Makeup #1
Bread
I did not want to make this pick because it steps on all kinds of toes. I know we've had flat bread and sliced bread at least. But still, me doing a draft like this without adding bread would be ridiculous. Love bread. All kinds. During all the anti-carb idiocy of the last decade I singlehandedly kept America's bakers in business with constant purchases of rolls, loafs, pastries etc. etc. in all their varieties and wouldn't trade the smell of a warm fresh loaf of french bread for the world. So as not to be a jerk, if you want to carve out sliced bread and flat bread (except Naan, which I got with my Indian food
) from this category, that's fine. I'll just take all the rest.
I hate to interrupt Brick in the middle of his make-up extravaganza, but my pick is pending and I gotta get out of here, so here goes:
Cathedrale Notre Dame de Paris
The official center of the City of Lights and all of France, this building is simply awe inspiring.
To my great chagrin, I've not had the opportunity to travel much. But I was fortunate enough to spend a single weekend in Paris some years back during an all too brief trip to Europe, and during that entire visit no other site left an enduring image with me quite like Notre Dame.
Perhaps it is simply nostalgia left over from my one grand adventure outside the US, but I can remember feeling the most comforting subtle joy in my life gazing from a little stone bridge at the the lights of this famous gothic building glimmering on the Seine.
The official center of the City of Lights and all of France, this building is simply awe inspiring.
To my great chagrin, I've not had the opportunity to travel much. But I was fortunate enough to spend a single weekend in Paris some years back during an all too brief trip to Europe, and during that entire visit no other site left an enduring image with me quite like Notre Dame.
Perhaps it is simply nostalgia left over from my one grand adventure outside the US, but I can remember feeling the most comforting subtle joy in my life gazing from a little stone bridge at the the lights of this famous gothic building glimmering on the Seine.
OK, I assume that just like Löwenherz I'm free to interrupt Brick's make-up party...
With my next selection I choose:
I trust that some of you know exactly what that is. For those who don't, it's the logo for my absolute favorite software for programming and mathematical analysis: Matlab. Of course, if you don't have a university license, the darn thing (especially with all the bells and whistles) costs about as much as Hearst Castle, so having free access to it is well worth a draft pick. I select Matlab (including Simulink and all available toolboxes).
With my next selection I choose:
I trust that some of you know exactly what that is. For those who don't, it's the logo for my absolute favorite software for programming and mathematical analysis: Matlab. Of course, if you don't have a university license, the darn thing (especially with all the bells and whistles) costs about as much as Hearst Castle, so having free access to it is well worth a draft pick. I select Matlab (including Simulink and all available toolboxes).
My next-to-last pick is a bit tricky. I'm going to select what is known as The Epic Cycle -- this Wikipedia link is fairly thorough (though not quite in line with the Oxford Classical Dictionary) but a bit of explanation is in order here.
The Epic Cycle was a collection of Greek Epics, probably from the 7th-6th century B.C. There were as many as fourteen works included in the cycle, and while the individual works were probably written by several different authors, the cycle effectively spanned Greek myth from the beginning of the world to the end of the Trojan war (which probably took up fully the last half of the cycle itself). The Homeric epics The Iliad and The Odyssey are the only works that have survived; the other twelve, aside from a few fragments and scattered commentary, are lost. Although The Iliad and The Odyssey are believed to have been the longest of the works, together they would appear to constitute no more than 30-40% of the entire Epic Cycle.
So while this pick includes two of my favorite works ever, it also entails the "rediscovery" of maybe 50,000 lines of lost Greek epic which, if not perfectly unitary, comprise what was certainly one of the greatest epics ever composed.
Hmm...since the lost works haven't had the benefit of a translator, I wonder if I have to learn ancient Greek to read them!
The Epic Cycle was a collection of Greek Epics, probably from the 7th-6th century B.C. There were as many as fourteen works included in the cycle, and while the individual works were probably written by several different authors, the cycle effectively spanned Greek myth from the beginning of the world to the end of the Trojan war (which probably took up fully the last half of the cycle itself). The Homeric epics The Iliad and The Odyssey are the only works that have survived; the other twelve, aside from a few fragments and scattered commentary, are lost. Although The Iliad and The Odyssey are believed to have been the longest of the works, together they would appear to constitute no more than 30-40% of the entire Epic Cycle.
So while this pick includes two of my favorite works ever, it also entails the "rediscovery" of maybe 50,000 lines of lost Greek epic which, if not perfectly unitary, comprise what was certainly one of the greatest epics ever composed.
Hmm...since the lost works haven't had the benefit of a translator, I wonder if I have to learn ancient Greek to read them!
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I'll be honest in not knowing quite how to rule in this case. One could argue that SLAB took the general concept of best friends, but AleksandarN took his best friend, specifically -- general population vs. one person, concept vs. item, broad vs. specific.
In this sense, it would be totally allowable and within the rules.
In this sense, it would be totally allowable and within the rules.
Having picked California as a whole, I've technically already laid claim to this, but considering of all the sites that exist in the world's greatest city (sue me, I'm bias), this is my favorite, earning it the right for a special mention:
Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco, CA
Nonly does this place epitomize serenity and have a both beautiful and tragic history (a plus for me, but considering my results in the movie-maker draft, I won't bore all you non-history buffs with it. Fun fact though: it might be the founding place of the fortune cookie), on a personal note, during my first trip to San Francisco sans my family, I stumbled onto this place completely by accident while wandering aimlessly through Golden Gate park. I felt I had discovered a secret gem tucked deep in the heart of The City far away from the crowds of fisherman's wharf.
As a Niners fan, I had always admired San Francisco, but that was the day I fell in love with The City and the Tea Garden was the central player in it.
Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco, CA
Nonly does this place epitomize serenity and have a both beautiful and tragic history (a plus for me, but considering my results in the movie-maker draft, I won't bore all you non-history buffs with it. Fun fact though: it might be the founding place of the fortune cookie), on a personal note, during my first trip to San Francisco sans my family, I stumbled onto this place completely by accident while wandering aimlessly through Golden Gate park. I felt I had discovered a secret gem tucked deep in the heart of The City far away from the crowds of fisherman's wharf.
As a Niners fan, I had always admired San Francisco, but that was the day I fell in love with The City and the Tea Garden was the central player in it.
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I would much rather eat at any number of burger joints than In-N-Out (won't name them because the draft is underway). And really, 5 things on the menu and you would want to eat there all the time? Once every 6 months is fine for me, tops.
The burgers are slightly better than McD's, and that ain't saying much. The fries are fresh and I like them, but so what? It's trendy, but food-wise it is average.
And any time you put Taco Bell on the top of the food chain, I know you are nuts.
The burgers are slightly better than McD's, and that ain't saying much. The fries are fresh and I like them, but so what? It's trendy, but food-wise it is average.
And any time you put Taco Bell on the top of the food chain, I know you are nuts.
I would much rather eat at any number of burger joints than In-N-Out (won't name them because the draft is underway). And really, 5 things on the menu and you would want to eat there all the time? Once every 6 months is fine for me, tops.
The burgers are slightly better than McD's, and that ain't saying much. The fries are fresh and I like them, but so what? It's trendy, but food-wise it is average.
And any time you put Taco Bell on the top of the food chain, I know you are nuts.
The burgers are slightly better than McD's, and that ain't saying much. The fries are fresh and I like them, but so what? It's trendy, but food-wise it is average.
And any time you put Taco Bell on the top of the food chain, I know you are nuts.
All of In N Out's ingredients are fresh actually and the service is great. However, one should also note that they don't have just 5 items on the menu... they have an entire secret menu with more selections as well.
From Wiki:
If you go in order the Neopolitan Milkshake as well.
From Wiki:
If you go in order the Neopolitan Milkshake as well.
You can order off the menu at other fast food places as well...
http://1000awesomethings.com/2008/09/01/949-ordering-off-the-menu-at-fast-food-restaurants/
http://1000awesomethings.com/2008/09/01/949-ordering-off-the-menu-at-fast-food-restaurants/
Sorry everyone...back to school night tonight. UGH.
SAUCE
GGG took carnitas from my Mexican food pick (and my pork pick!), so I'm going to have to return the favor. By "sauce" I'm referring to my Sicilian mother-in-law's homemade tomato sauce. The key to the whole thing is that it starts early in the morning and cooks all day. Early in my marriage I thought it was weird to wake up to the smell of Italian sausage and simmering tomato sauce, but now I realize how important it is. There is nothing like her sauce, and I simply will not eat tomato sauce from a jar. Whenever she visits, she makes us a huge pot, separates it into small containers, and fills our freezer with it. Defrost it, cook up the pasta of your choice, and you're good to go.
SAUCE
GGG took carnitas from my Mexican food pick (and my pork pick!), so I'm going to have to return the favor. By "sauce" I'm referring to my Sicilian mother-in-law's homemade tomato sauce. The key to the whole thing is that it starts early in the morning and cooks all day. Early in my marriage I thought it was weird to wake up to the smell of Italian sausage and simmering tomato sauce, but now I realize how important it is. There is nothing like her sauce, and I simply will not eat tomato sauce from a jar. Whenever she visits, she makes us a huge pot, separates it into small containers, and fills our freezer with it. Defrost it, cook up the pasta of your choice, and you're good to go.
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