or...The Return of the Tighty Whiteys
I'm likely going to burn myself out of ideas for blogging for a while at this rate, but I couldn't keep this to myself. Well, I could have, and maybe should have, but won't.
First, some unnecessary history. So back in the days of yesteryear, when I was but a young pup, I, as all young boys, wore the infamous "tighty whitey" style of male undergarment. Mom bought them for me, they worked, and I didn't know any better.
Enter college, when I finally buy some of my own clothes. BOXERS??? What are THESE??? I had found the seemingly awesomeness that comes with "letting everything hang out". My guys weren't all huddled together, and it was good. Until, that is, they started ripping. Because they were cheap (like I said, I was in college), the material was less than great, they would wear down, and during some strenuous activities, such as sitting down, they could occassionally get a tear in them. This was bad.
So then I found the "compromise" undies: boxer-briefs. These things were great! I could wear them everyday, AND for sports! Okay, so hiking in them would be an awful idea (hellooooooo chafing), but basketball and soccer were just fine. Playing those sports in boxers was...very bad. So these were a great compromise! Leisurely wear that could be used for sports as well.
So, that's what I've been wearing, for a long time. Longer than I've been married I think, which is going on, like, 54 years. I've been fairly happy with them, except in certain situations. If it's really warm out, they keep my upper legs too warm, and I sweat a lot. At night, with the covers on, I find I sweat too much in them. They can give me some red bumps too, from just being too warm. So, Kriste finally talked me in to trying some tighty whitey's again. I was like "Okay, but I'm not going to like them. Just so we're clear".
So on to the whole point of this post. Well, we went to TJ Maxxxxxx (or however many X's they have in their name), and bought some "designer" tighty's, from a company called Evolve. "STOP THE PRESS! WHO IS THAT! These things have changed!!! New material, new cut, new feel...these things aren't bad!" Those were a few of the thoughts going through my head as I put them on, pleasantly surprised. So I wore them one day, and one night, and...no sweating! No issues with getting too hot! These things were fantabulous (as Adam Lambert might say)! So I've continued to wear them, and continued to be amazed.
Had I known how much these things had changed, I would have tried them again years ago. For serious. I'm going to see how they hold out after a few washes, but so far, I'm really impressed, and am missing my boxer-briefs not at all. I read some reviews online, to see if I was crazy, or if all TW's were this good; from what I read, people really feel like these are amazing. Apparently they're from 2xist, which makes really expensive designer TW's, but this is their "lower-priced" brand. And anyway, all of the reviews agree with me, that these are better than sliced bread. Way better. And I loves me some sliced bread.
So dudes...I don't know if all of the tighty's are this good, but head to Target (store or .com) and pick you up some of these Evolve from 2xist. Ladies...don't get these for yourselves. But feel free to get them for your man. You (and he) won't regret it.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Ayinger - Celebrator
Another beer review. This time for Ayinger's Celebrator, "The Finest Bavarian Double Bock Beer". Or as I like to call it, the marriage made in Heaven between Kool and the Gang and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
First off, the coolest thing about this beer is the plastic goat...thing...on the outside of the bottle, seen here.
That is all.
Okay, I guess I can give SOME more details. This is a dark beer, though not like a stout. Think Newcastle, if you've had that before, and that's close to the color, though this is probably a bit darker. It's kind of a mix between a typical brown and a wheat beer. It has some slight coffee taste to it, but tastes more like a carbonated brown really. There are some caramel and toffee hints as well. All of this combines to make a really good spring beer. It will warm you up just a tad, but has the slight hoppiness and carbonation that makes it go down very smoothly.
Yay! Another bottle of beer off of my desk!
First off, the coolest thing about this beer is the plastic goat...thing...on the outside of the bottle, seen here.
That is all.
Okay, I guess I can give SOME more details. This is a dark beer, though not like a stout. Think Newcastle, if you've had that before, and that's close to the color, though this is probably a bit darker. It's kind of a mix between a typical brown and a wheat beer. It has some slight coffee taste to it, but tastes more like a carbonated brown really. There are some caramel and toffee hints as well. All of this combines to make a really good spring beer. It will warm you up just a tad, but has the slight hoppiness and carbonation that makes it go down very smoothly.
Yay! Another bottle of beer off of my desk!
Yay! It's working!
Wow, I really AM posting more often!!!
(Okay, maybe I copped out by separating one post in to two...)
So, a while back, we went to Cincinnati, OH, for a company get-together Dad's company does each year. While there, we went to a place called Jungle Jim's. Some of you may be familiar with it; we were not. Three words came to mind to adequately describe it:
HO
LY
COW
This place was nuts. It was like Trader Joe's, but on some crazy chemical combination of crack and steroids. (Note: I do NOT support the consumption of this combination. Sure, there are some nice benefits, but man do the drawbacks kick you...hard....)
So this place has isles and isles of food stuffs. Foods, beverages, toys...lots of stuff. But the cool thing, and kind of their shtick, is that it's all organized by country. So you can find all kinds of teas, crumpets, Robin Hood, and things of that ilk in the English isle. Wander in to the German isle and you'll find plum butter, Bavarian mustard, and silly hats. There are isles for everything. Mexican, Irish, Australian, Papau New Guinea...everything! Okay, that last one may not exist. But if any store in America had a Papau New Guinea isle, it would be Jungle Jim's.
In addition to all of that, they have....beer. Lots and lots of beer. International beer, domestic microbrews, and everything in between. THIS was like Heaven on Earth for me. Due to financial constraints, I kept myself to only purchasing 6 internationals, and plan on talking about each of them on here. This is partially so I can have a reference for myself, when purchasing other beers in the future, partially for my friends and family who also enjoy a nice yeasty beverage, and partially to get these bottles off of my desk, that have been sitting here JUST waiting for me to review them. I need to clean this place up, so, I review.
So the first one that I'll be talking about is Ayinger's Ur-Weisse. Ayinger Ur-Weisse is an old-fashioned wheat with some fine roasted malt to give it more color and flavor than golden hefe- weisse. It has an immense crown of lovely foam held proudly above a robe of translucent amber. On the palate, malt and yeast predominate, with a delicious balance of fruit and bread-like yeast. The taste is complex, with suggestions of soft fruit, apple, and, in the finish, perhaps, even cloves.
Confession: I didn't really write all of that in the previous paragraph. It was copied from here. But it sounded good, right? In my own words, I'd say...ditto! Seriously though, it was a great wheat beer. It was a bit of a darker wheat, but not heavy tasting. It was a bit heavier than a lot of hefeweizen's, but still made for a fantastic summer brew. I can see what they mean in the description above by "bread-like yeast"; while I wouldn't say it tasted like homemade bread, I can see the comparison. It was just a nice, medium-bodied, darker (though not as dark as the double bock I'm going to review next) wheat beer, that would go really well with anything you grill, especially chicken or sausages of some sort (brats, obviously - der.). So, go get one (if you can find it)! It tastes kind of, a little bit, sorta like bread!
(Okay, maybe I copped out by separating one post in to two...)
So, a while back, we went to Cincinnati, OH, for a company get-together Dad's company does each year. While there, we went to a place called Jungle Jim's. Some of you may be familiar with it; we were not. Three words came to mind to adequately describe it:
HO
LY
COW
This place was nuts. It was like Trader Joe's, but on some crazy chemical combination of crack and steroids. (Note: I do NOT support the consumption of this combination. Sure, there are some nice benefits, but man do the drawbacks kick you...hard....)
So this place has isles and isles of food stuffs. Foods, beverages, toys...lots of stuff. But the cool thing, and kind of their shtick, is that it's all organized by country. So you can find all kinds of teas, crumpets, Robin Hood, and things of that ilk in the English isle. Wander in to the German isle and you'll find plum butter, Bavarian mustard, and silly hats. There are isles for everything. Mexican, Irish, Australian, Papau New Guinea...everything! Okay, that last one may not exist. But if any store in America had a Papau New Guinea isle, it would be Jungle Jim's.
In addition to all of that, they have....beer. Lots and lots of beer. International beer, domestic microbrews, and everything in between. THIS was like Heaven on Earth for me. Due to financial constraints, I kept myself to only purchasing 6 internationals, and plan on talking about each of them on here. This is partially so I can have a reference for myself, when purchasing other beers in the future, partially for my friends and family who also enjoy a nice yeasty beverage, and partially to get these bottles off of my desk, that have been sitting here JUST waiting for me to review them. I need to clean this place up, so, I review.
So the first one that I'll be talking about is Ayinger's Ur-Weisse. Ayinger Ur-Weisse is an old-fashioned wheat with some fine roasted malt to give it more color and flavor than golden hefe- weisse. It has an immense crown of lovely foam held proudly above a robe of translucent amber. On the palate, malt and yeast predominate, with a delicious balance of fruit and bread-like yeast. The taste is complex, with suggestions of soft fruit, apple, and, in the finish, perhaps, even cloves.
Confession: I didn't really write all of that in the previous paragraph. It was copied from here. But it sounded good, right? In my own words, I'd say...ditto! Seriously though, it was a great wheat beer. It was a bit of a darker wheat, but not heavy tasting. It was a bit heavier than a lot of hefeweizen's, but still made for a fantastic summer brew. I can see what they mean in the description above by "bread-like yeast"; while I wouldn't say it tasted like homemade bread, I can see the comparison. It was just a nice, medium-bodied, darker (though not as dark as the double bock I'm going to review next) wheat beer, that would go really well with anything you grill, especially chicken or sausages of some sort (brats, obviously - der.). So, go get one (if you can find it)! It tastes kind of, a little bit, sorta like bread!
Fail
Okay, so my whole plan to update more often failed. Miserably. Le Miserab...ly.
So, take 2. Trying it again. I've decided to expand it a bit too, which may help me to do this more often. By better defining what I'm trying to do, I may be more motivated to actually DO it. So to that end, I plan on writing more reviews of things I love. Namely, beer, coffee, music, hiking, and maybe some other things.
Something else I'm thinking may be nice would be if somehow these are saved long enough that my sons can read them, to have some more insight in to what Daddy was like when they were growing up.
So, take 2. Trying it again. I've decided to expand it a bit too, which may help me to do this more often. By better defining what I'm trying to do, I may be more motivated to actually DO it. So to that end, I plan on writing more reviews of things I love. Namely, beer, coffee, music, hiking, and maybe some other things.
Something else I'm thinking may be nice would be if somehow these are saved long enough that my sons can read them, to have some more insight in to what Daddy was like when they were growing up.
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