Why is it that we say we're taking a dump, when it's quite clear that we solely intend on leaving one behind?
Just a thought.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Come on Tim...
I was sure I was going to win the brand spankin' new Toyota Matrix, or maybe even that boat. Hell, I would've been happy to win a donut; but sadly I got the ever so defeating "Please Try Again".
Tim Horton's Rrrrrrrrrrrroooooollllllll up the Rrrrriiiiim to Win (RRW) is back on and it means people are craving to settle their caffeine addictions at an even more remarkable pace than usual. I know Tim Horton's is known for having ridiculously long lineups at those peak hours of the day, but RRW fever has people lining up at all hours of the day. The Tim Horton's near our university library is as popular as ever, but it is here where I find my qualm.
During RRW season, Tim Horton's insists on giving customers a second cup with their hot drink purchase; one normal cup, the other an RRW cup. They also tend to do this from time to time during non-RRW season, but right now it is far more apparent that the customer has two cups. Tim Horton's will claim that this is to protect the customer from the dangers of the "very hot" beverage, which may be important to some. My problem is that they use a second cup to do this.
If you didn't know, Tim Horton's hot drinks cups are non-recyclable, which in this day and age is becoming quite the no-no. So rather than giving you something to protect your hands from the drink that can be recycled, they give you a second wasteful cup. Come on Tim, step it up. Even Starbucks gives out those little cardboard sleeves, which do tend to work quite nicely.
And one other thing: stop with those stupid little in-house ads about being environmentally aware. Giving people re-usable coffee mugs rather than 'to-go' cups when they're drinking in the restaurant is nothing new; look at every other non-chain coffee shop in the world. So stop patting yourselves on the back for being environmentally conscious; you're just making fools of yourselves.
Should we not have been able to use of technological praless to finally design a coffee cup that doesn't burn our fingers off?
Tim Horton's Rrrrrrrrrrrroooooollllllll up the Rrrrriiiiim to Win (RRW) is back on and it means people are craving to settle their caffeine addictions at an even more remarkable pace than usual. I know Tim Horton's is known for having ridiculously long lineups at those peak hours of the day, but RRW fever has people lining up at all hours of the day. The Tim Horton's near our university library is as popular as ever, but it is here where I find my qualm.
During RRW season, Tim Horton's insists on giving customers a second cup with their hot drink purchase; one normal cup, the other an RRW cup. They also tend to do this from time to time during non-RRW season, but right now it is far more apparent that the customer has two cups. Tim Horton's will claim that this is to protect the customer from the dangers of the "very hot" beverage, which may be important to some. My problem is that they use a second cup to do this.
If you didn't know, Tim Horton's hot drinks cups are non-recyclable, which in this day and age is becoming quite the no-no. So rather than giving you something to protect your hands from the drink that can be recycled, they give you a second wasteful cup. Come on Tim, step it up. Even Starbucks gives out those little cardboard sleeves, which do tend to work quite nicely.
And one other thing: stop with those stupid little in-house ads about being environmentally aware. Giving people re-usable coffee mugs rather than 'to-go' cups when they're drinking in the restaurant is nothing new; look at every other non-chain coffee shop in the world. So stop patting yourselves on the back for being environmentally conscious; you're just making fools of yourselves.
Should we not have been able to use of technological praless to finally design a coffee cup that doesn't burn our fingers off?
Friday, March 7, 2008
Taking the Chef Home...
Now that I live away from home, I have been forced to learn how to cook on my own. In the past year and a half I've managed to improve my cooking skills drastically. Now I find myself glued to the Food Network whenever I get a chance.
One show that has grabbed me is Take Home Chef. The premise is simple. A good-looking Australian chef named Curtis shows up at the supermarket and finds an unassuming and lone shopper, offers to cook a gourmet dinner for them and their partner and foot the bill for the groceries. Pretty sweet eh? Only problem is, the unassuming shopper is always a young, attractive woman. Sure it looks good on TV, but it means that he'll never randomly show up at my Price Chopper and fix me and my roomate (maybe even some lucky lady) some delicious meal. Maybe one day...
Another show is Iron Chef: America. I used to watch the Japanese version all the time, which offered great looking dishes, but its main catching point was the ridiculous dubbing and translation offered for us ol' English-speaking folk reminiscent of 1970s Kung-Fu movies and the classic Godzilla series. The epic battles that occured in Kitchen Stadium were overseen by the Chairman, giving out amazing 'secret ingredients'. But the American version is nothing like the original. Sure, the food looks good, but it's not the same. Although the episode where the secret ingredient was Breakfast was pretty sweet.
One show that has grabbed me is Take Home Chef. The premise is simple. A good-looking Australian chef named Curtis shows up at the supermarket and finds an unassuming and lone shopper, offers to cook a gourmet dinner for them and their partner and foot the bill for the groceries. Pretty sweet eh? Only problem is, the unassuming shopper is always a young, attractive woman. Sure it looks good on TV, but it means that he'll never randomly show up at my Price Chopper and fix me and my roomate (maybe even some lucky lady) some delicious meal. Maybe one day...
Another show is Iron Chef: America. I used to watch the Japanese version all the time, which offered great looking dishes, but its main catching point was the ridiculous dubbing and translation offered for us ol' English-speaking folk reminiscent of 1970s Kung-Fu movies and the classic Godzilla series. The epic battles that occured in Kitchen Stadium were overseen by the Chairman, giving out amazing 'secret ingredients'. But the American version is nothing like the original. Sure, the food looks good, but it's not the same. Although the episode where the secret ingredient was Breakfast was pretty sweet.
It's all in the urine...
Our volleyball team recently finished our season after a proud finish at the Provincial Championships. As we made our way to the tournament on our washroomless bus, much of our discussion about the tournament centred around the issue of drug testing, and much of it had a relatively worrisome tone.
To my knowledge no one on our team uses steroids or Human Growth Hormone or any other performance-enhancing drug, and if they are, it certainly doesn't show. You would think that for this reason our team would have nothing to fear if we were approached by a doping official during one of their random drug tests. But this is not the case.
The league that we play under has an extensive list of prohibited substances, one of them being marijuana. This drug, which contrary to the implications made by the movie How High, is in no way performance-enhancing and is actually quite detrimental to one's performance, especially in a sport like volleyball.
Regardless, pot could very well act as our team's kryptonite. There is a good chance that if a member of our team were to be tested, they could test positive for pot. I understand how using performance-enhancing drugs should be monitored by an athletic league that wishes to ensure equality on the playing field, but should their jurisdiction be extended to a substance that is rivalled if not exceeded in potency by alcohol?
I realize that marijuana has harmful effects and poses several risks to the user, which include health risks, risk to schooling, jobs and one's career. But the people I know that use dope are aware of these risks and have more to lose than being kicked off a sports team.
Using marijuana is not necessarily the right thing, but it's also not necessarily the wrong thing. It may be illegal under Canadian law, but so is underage drinking, and both are enforced by the police. But the league doesn't check for underage alcohol use.
Should an athletic league really have the authority to extend its rules to something like marijuana?
To my knowledge no one on our team uses steroids or Human Growth Hormone or any other performance-enhancing drug, and if they are, it certainly doesn't show. You would think that for this reason our team would have nothing to fear if we were approached by a doping official during one of their random drug tests. But this is not the case.
The league that we play under has an extensive list of prohibited substances, one of them being marijuana. This drug, which contrary to the implications made by the movie How High, is in no way performance-enhancing and is actually quite detrimental to one's performance, especially in a sport like volleyball.
Regardless, pot could very well act as our team's kryptonite. There is a good chance that if a member of our team were to be tested, they could test positive for pot. I understand how using performance-enhancing drugs should be monitored by an athletic league that wishes to ensure equality on the playing field, but should their jurisdiction be extended to a substance that is rivalled if not exceeded in potency by alcohol?
I realize that marijuana has harmful effects and poses several risks to the user, which include health risks, risk to schooling, jobs and one's career. But the people I know that use dope are aware of these risks and have more to lose than being kicked off a sports team.
Using marijuana is not necessarily the right thing, but it's also not necessarily the wrong thing. It may be illegal under Canadian law, but so is underage drinking, and both are enforced by the police. But the league doesn't check for underage alcohol use.
Should an athletic league really have the authority to extend its rules to something like marijuana?
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