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Good day my friends, As some of you may know I chose to spend my Thanksgiving holiday this year in Melbourne Beach.  There are a couple of different places that we dined that I would like to share with you.  Today I am going to speak specifically about our Thanksgiving dinner at the Chart House. To me, The Chart House has always been one of those places that are made for special occasions.  It’s excellent, but very expensive so you just would not go there for the heck of it one night.  They are usually only open during the normal dinner hours, but since this was Thanksgiving they make an exception and are open all day long. Our trusty GPS, Meagan, got us there in plenty of time for our 12:45 reservation that day.  What kind of crowd would there be I wondered.  When we arrived and I saw the cars I knew instantly it was a big crowd.  All the parking there is by valet, which I absolutely love.  Free valet parking is the best.  Even if I had been given the choice I’d have

Good day my friends, Rules of Engagement is far from the most sophisticated television show, but it’s funny.  And really, don’t we need to laugh a little every day?  ROE is a show about two couples, one married & the other engaged, and their lecherous single friend.  Last night’s episode was particularly amusing despite the fact that the very best part of the show was missing.  No Jennifer?  What’s going on? The show takes place in New York City and stars Patrick Warburton (David Puddy from Seinfeld) and the very hot Megyn Price as the long married couple Jeff & Audrey; Oliver Hudson (son of Goldie Hawn and brother of Kate Hudson) and the stunningly gorgeous and sexy Bianca Kajilich as engaged sweethearts Adam & Jennifer; David Spade as the lecherous single guy Russell and Adhir Kalyan as his assistant Timmy.  Many scenes take place in a local diner where our cast frequents.  (Frankly I think we all need a diner close by to hang out in, but ultimately that d

Good day my friends, I don’t sit and watch infomercials and I am guessing that few people ever do.  However, one night I came across one that I could not stop watching because it was like a train wreck with an obnoxious voice over.  It was the Shoedini.  For the uninformed the Shoedini is as simple as a shoehorn on a stick.  That’s because it is…well, a shoehorn on a stick.  It’s basically a shoehorn on a telescoping wand that allows you to put on or remove shoes with ease and without bending over.  Does it work?  Well I actually have no idea, but the people in the ad seem to be having one heck of a good time putting their shoes on. The genius of the shoehorn on a stick goes without saying, but the genius in charge of advertising this needs an award for getting comedian Gilbert Gottfried to do the voice over for the ad.  Gilbert has a very loud, nasal and grating voice that sends some people running from the room.  If you are a fan of Aladdin you know Gilbert as the v

Good day my friends, Last night’s episode of Survivor had a little of everything plus we finally got some Kelly time.  What a joy that was, although at tribal council we learned exactly why Jeff never asks her any questions, but as usual I am getting ahead of myself.  The show began with Holly coming to the conclusion that Brenda is dangerous.  Took her a while, but it was about time that somebody realized who was calling all the shots.  Holly took the time to let Jane and NaOnka know this and even told Benry that “Kelly Purple crawls right up Brenda ass”.  As much as I love the sight of a lovely butt on a pretty girl I cannot imagine I would really enjoy seeing this and I certainly do not want to experience it personally.  Sir Griffin must draw the line somewhere.  In any case, it appeared early on that Holly was getting her point across.  This came as a bit of a surprise since she once drowned an expensive pair of shoes and wanted to quit the game after only five days

Yummy! Good day my friends, As some of you already know I love Starbucks.  I enjoy Starbucks so much I am the proud owner of a Starbucks gold card.  It gives me certain perks on coffee and any big fan should have one.  I am not there every day because Sir Griffin frankly cannot afford it, but I am there at least once a week.  As it happens, I received an email from Starbucks last night telling me my favorite holiday beverage has returned:  The Gingerbread Latte.  For the uninformed, the latte is espresso with steamed milk and gingerbread flavored syrup, topped with sweetened whipped cream and nutmeg.  However, I usually have them hold the nutmeg and instead put caramel Brulée topping on top instead.  It is a taste sensation that I look forward to every year at this time.  Now they also have the Caramel Brulée Latte which is espresso and steamed milk flavored with caramel Brulée sauce, topped with sweetened whipped cream and the aforementioned caramel Brulée topping

Good day my friends, What can I say about Survivor this week?  Well, not a whole lot since I watched it on Wednesday night and it is now Friday afternoon.  I’m telling you the memory is not what it once was.  I do recall that we saw slightly more Kelly than usual and she looked darn good.  Oh, Kelly, Kelly, Kelly.  Why don’t they just give you your own show? In any case, I somewhat remember the show starting with Jane complaining about Marty and Marty complaining about Jane.  I have to give Jane a leg up on this battle due to her referring to Marty as “Mr. Farty” as this is a clever nickname for the man with hair that makes him look frightened by a ghost all the time.  Our old pal NaOnka was back to her old tricks and was hating on everyone.  Fabio was clueless, Chase was wimpy and Kelly was hot.  The first challenge involved a reward of zip lining through the jungles followed by a BBQ feast.  Who would not want to do that?  Well, other than Chase that is.  The tribe

Good day my friends, Back in 1993 Conan O’Brien took over for David Letterman as host of Late Night on NBC.  I was, and still am a big Letterman fan and was excited about his move to CBS.  When Conan began his tour of duty I watched once or twice, but I had gotten to the point where staying up that late was beyond my abilities.  Fast forward 10 years and you will see me awake at all hours of the night due to a baby that refused to sleep.  I’d watch Letterman on CBS and then switch over to NBC after his show ended to watch Conan.  It was then that I truly began to appreciate his humor as well as any opportunity to sleep.  I have never liked Leno and have never watched The Tonight Show with him as host.  I watched the last appearance of Johnny Carson and did not watch again until Conan briefly took over.  There are a few reasons that I have never watched Leno: • He’s not funny. • He’s a hack. • He is as milquetoast as there is as far as comedians go and he has no edge

Good day my friends, Before I get too far in today’s Survivor blog I need to take a moment to wish a very happy birthday to my sister Lynda, the Duchess of Palmetto.  Now that we have taken care of that let’s move forward.  Last nights episode of Survivor was not one of my favorites this season, but it certainly did have its moments and what had to be two of my favorite all time Survivor lines.  We start though at the beginning when one tribe got a key and the other got a trunk.  This could only mean one thing and that one thing is merge.  So our friends at La Flor trekked over to Espada where hugs and love ensued.  It would not last long.  The trunk was opened and they found food & liquor, which Fabio felt they should drink all at once.  They had new red buffs and needed a new team name.  Marty decided that the new name should be Libertad, which meant liberty according to Marty.  Since Marty had been known for telling us tennis players were really chess masters I