Toast This!

Okay, I just purchased my premium toaster - the Waring Pro 2 Slice toaster. I hope it's worth the $71 I paid for it. However, I couldn't force myself to purchase a $10 toaster. I actually someone comment on a toaster on Amazon; what was amazing was that they placed a $10 toaster on their wedding registry and 5 months later they purchased another toaster. I see it this way - my wife won't have to worry about having these things on our registry because I already own some cool stuff - Wusthof Trident knives, a nice Cuisine Art blender, Cuisine Art ice cream maker, a nice stainless trashcan from SimpleHuman. Now, my toaster will do fine in its new home. Geez, I'm personifying a toaster.

Now, this brings up a good point. This past weekend I spent one fabulous night in the Music Country Inn located on the western side of Nashville; the going rate a measley $30. A quick calculation in the old brain says that my toaster is worth two nights at this place. Let's just say it was a nice and sketchy. Why? Let's see, when I get there three cops cars have pulled over a car in front of the hotel. I know, I know, you're thinking that's where the cops pulled someone over. However, when I get up and leave, I see flashing lights again and ummm it was different car. After I left the hotel, I made my to Waffle House where it took me 20 minutes to get a waffle. Let's just say I shared breakfast with some sketchy company. Oh goodness, the foul language would have made a sailor blush. I'm not sure if I was scared of the lady that moved as fast a slug or the lady that didn't have access to ring people out. Oh, there's the cook who was berating this woman in front of everyone. I was sitting at the counter so I can't forget the two gentlemen that I think were stone or drunk and stoned. They were nice enough to share their conversation with me as they tried to pick up two thirtysomething women sitting on my other side. Here's the best line when the guys told to the older woman once they found out here age. "Honey, you're like a fine wine." The lady calmly asked how he knew. The best was once she said she had kids. Let's just say the conversation just kinda petered out.

Well after breakfast, I was looking forward to my run with the Nashville Striders. I had a great time. The runners weren't that fast, but at least I got a chance to see the course. Hopefully, during the real marathon I won't stop in Shelby Park's porta john and drop a deuce. Oh, geez, I would lose a couple of minutes.

Finally, to end my journey, I will say that a nice African woman tried to pick me up - almost literally. I think I was turned off when she rolled her eyes over my body to see what I was wearing (Diesel outfit) and then asked in this husky voice that came out of her nearly toothless mouth, "Hey, you gotta a woman!?!" I wasn't sure how to respond. So, I just kinda smiled and went inside the gas station and bought a candy bar. (Note, this gas station was in relative proximity to the Waffle House.)

Old...

I went to the movie store to see a copy of Toy Story, the original story from Pixar. Oh wait, it was the special 10th anniversary copy. Wow, I'm old.

Michigan!

Just in case anyone was curious. Michigan beat Illinois. However, I kinda wished they beat them when I was in Urbana earlier in the season. That's okay because they Michigan might just make it to the big dance. They probably won't dance too much before they're bounced out, but it'll be nice to see them qualify.

Toaster

Okay, this sounds weird, but I'm having the hardest time choosing what toaster to get. I'm thinking between this sleek Russell Hobbs toaster and the one from Waring Pro. The Waring Pro toaster at least looks like a toaster. The Russell Hobbs version looks like a think glass wafer. I'll probably get the Waring Pro.

Koreans Very Intelligent, but have Difficulty Putting the Peg in the Hole.

Okay, the title of my entry is very Onion like, but, you have to agree with me that it's funny. Today, I read a somewhat serious, but funny report about the sexual dysfunction between Korean couples. Korean men and women were the least satifisied with their sexual lives. This of course can be explained that Koreans have the fewest intimate encounters. Hmmm... I think Korean women are now out of my dating pool. Here are some of the states listed by Chosunilbo.
"Only 53.3% of Korean men and 31.3% of Korean women were satisfied with their married sex life, ranking the lowest after Japan (men: 47.3%, women: 30.7%). In France, a whopping 93% of men and 80% of women said they were happy with their marital sex life. The U.S. figures were 78% and 65.3% each.

As for the reason behind the discontentment, Korean men cited 'not enough sexual intercourse' (32%), 'wife's lack of technique' (24.7%) and 'wife's lack of desire for sexual intimacy' (23.3%). On the flipside of that coin, the women said their 'husbands are indifferent to atmosphere during foreplay and after sex' (26%), 'seek only to please their sexual desires' (20.7%) or simply they 'have grown tired of their husbands' (12.7%).

Korea was also in last place after Japan as for the frequency of sexual intercourse. 43.3% of Korean men had sex twice or three times a month, while 34.7% of women reported that they had sex only once or not at all. This compares to 30% of American men saying they have sex 4-7 times and 22% of women 2-3 times. Moreover, 17.3% of American women were found to participate in lovemaking more than 16 times a month. Japanese were the least active in bed with once or none at all for 65.3% of men and 71.3% of women.

Meanwhile, 54% of Korean men and 41% of Korean women (the highest percentage of the four nations) said that the sexual frustrations had put a damper on their daily conversation. The country was also at the top of the heap for the number of respondents who experienced sexual discontent but did not mention it to their spouse."

Laziness was the Culprit

I watched this CNN report the growing epidemic in the US - the citizens are getting fat! Well, the show also highlighted some people who re-prioritized their life and loss weight as a result of their actions. Then today I saw that most of the population is like this woman. This afternoon I walked to the video store. It's three short blocks away from my apartment. The video store is located in a small strip mall. There aren't too many stores; at the beginning of the mall there is a Cousin's sub shop, a bar, a small enigneering company, a nail place and then Movie Gallery. As I passed the sub shop a lady had just walked out of the store. I turned my head not to gawk at her but rather her Lexus GS430. It was maroon. It looked pretty sweet. Anyway, I kept walking another 150 feet to the video store. By the time I got there the lady from the sub shop had gotten out of her car and enter the movie store a few seconds before me. I seriously had to do a double take. I looked behind me; as I turned my head my brain was quickly estimating the distance, the fuel used to start the engine and the seconds saved by driving. What the hell?!? We're doomed.


GE - Crotonville Training

Here are some of my friends from Crotonville, the GE training center in Ossining, New York.
The left is a picture of Luis, Pam and Omar. The othe picture is of Dan, Tom, Nithin, and me. One day we will be the leaders of GE.

Flat World For Sure

Today, I went to the movie store and I realized how flat the world is. Here I am in a town in the middle of no where. Heck, I'm a couple hours away from the closest Banana Republic, but at the local movie rental store I can get my fill of Korean movies. Is this strange? Yeah, I'm sure there aren't too many Koreans in this little town.

GE - Turino

Last night the Olympics started. My favorite events are bobsled and short track speed skating. However, keep your eye out for GE commercials. Imagination at work or Ecomagination. Oh, right, I admit it. I love my company.