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Highland Park 50 Year Old: Stunning!

by cwhitmore | Posted January 20th, 2011 at 11:27 am

Not only am I a fan of single malt scotch, I’m also a fan of creative design.  The Highland Park 50 Year Old (£10,500; roughly $16,800) takes both of these to a whole new level.  Sparing no expense for this anniversary edition, it arrives in a hand-carved oak box with Sterling silver portholes to give you a glimpse of it’s unique handmade bottle inside.  The bottle is encased in an intricate weave of Sterling silver protecting that precious mahogany colored whiskey, rich and spicy tannins… alright, I’m starting to drool.

They only made 275 bottles of fine drink so if you’ve got a ridiculous amount of money you should grab one of these before they’re gone…. or get one for me.  More pictures after the jump. Read More

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Southwest Airlines Saves an Otherwise Terrible Day

by peckelkamp | Posted January 10th, 2011 at 9:56 pm

Sometimes in life bad things happen to good people.  It is a terrible truism that I, we, all of mankind has tried to understand since the existence of our first sentience moment.  People have tried to say that it’s just the way life is and moved on.  Some people say that it is in the nature of humanity to be bad and have bad things happen.  I believe that bad things happen to good people to keep them good.  When bad things happen we are shown humanity and shown the full spectrum of what life is.  If there is anything that is taken away from those terrible situations it should be an understanding of what is possible and a thankfulness for what remains.

Sometimes…well sometimes we are allowed to see things that we would have never been able to see otherwise.  We are able to learn, appreciate, and understand people.  Such is the case of “Nancy” and Southwest Airlines.  Those of you know me personally, know that I am not an emotional person.  This is a story that does warm my heart though and makes me want to only fly Southwest (which I’m a huge fan of already). Nancy had a murder in her family and called Southwest to let them know.  This is her story… after the break…

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Winter Wonderprank

by peckelkamp | Posted December 12th, 2010 at 1:44 am

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I love this prank.  I used to work in maintenance doing this same kind of thing and never had this idea…but I wish I had.

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Peanut Butter Bacon Cup Goodness

by cwhitmore | Posted November 16th, 2010 at 12:51 am

We’ve seen our fair share of things on Etsy.com that aren’t the greatest ideas.  In fact, there is an entire site dedicated to them… Regretsy.com.  However dear friends, when you mix delicious milk chocolate, creamy all natural peanut butter and applewood smoked bacon you are far from tragedy.  You have possibly one of the greatest creations ever.  Did we mention it had Bacon?

So how much will these 4″ diameter, 6oz Peanut Button Bacon Cups set you back?  You may assume a small fortune for a treasure like this but you’ld be wrong.  You get two of these giants for $13.  Check please!

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Freakn’ Sweet “Wheel of Fortune” Solve

by peckelkamp | Posted November 7th, 2010 at 4:08 pm

Not a lot to say about this.  Just Freakn’ Sweet!

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A Little Perspective Please! The Election process and Civility. (Maybe NSFW?)

by peckelkamp | Posted November 7th, 2010 at 3:59 pm

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I came across this video at Reason.tv and thought it aptly showed how the political process has gotten BETTER in American and NOT worse.  Each election cycle you hear many people say that this is the worst ever, and then the next cycle it’s the worst ever.  Believe me…it’s not.  I’ve worked in it.  I have done these ads.  I have done opposition research.  I’ve been that guy that you all look at your TV and say, who comes up with this stuff.  Yea that was me.  It’s never as bad as people think.  Unless it is. Thought this video would help put some of the attack ads that we just finished watching into perspective.  Enjoy.

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Police v. Ninja; a lesson in high pitched death screams and paintballs

by peckelkamp | Posted October 26th, 2010 at 10:03 am

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Not sure who is more “freakn sweet”. The Black Ninja or the cops who had the courage to stand up to him.  I mean there were only 45 cops sent to take down one crazy guy.  He does have some sweet moves to go along with that high pitched death scream.  This video is full of FAIL on almost every level.

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Batch 19: The Pre-Prohibition Style Lager

by cwhitmore | Posted May 6th, 2010 at 11:04 pm

Can you imaging life without beer?  Of course not, why the hell would you?  Thankfully for us, our interweb generation wasn’t around during Prohibition.  But what did beer taste like before 1920?  Funny you ask because Coors has just introduced Batch 19. It’s based on a 91-year-old, pre-Prohibition recipe (and named for the year 1919, before Prohibition began), delivers a “bold, hoppy flavor that is surprisingly well balanced.”

Now for the bad news.  Batch 19 is currently only available on draft in select speakeasy and saloon style bars in Chicago, San Fransisco, San Jose, Washington, D.C. and Milwaukee.  So if any of you luck bastards get to try it, let us know what you think.

Oh and you if like beer, make sure to check out Beer:30.

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