Tone Parsons

My wifes parents are coming.

They’re planning to be here next month and are staying for an unspecified amount of time. So… we’re trying to prepare the guest room for them.

We picked up a couple of end tables (one for each side of the bed) so they have someplace for a reading lamp and perhaps a place to store their teeth when they sleep 🙂

We went to a few furnature stores looking for tables made of maple. Unfortunatly, that must be terribly unfasionable, as everything was made of oak, or was stained so dark that it woudn’t match the wood in our home. We finally settled on the type of tables that come in a box (where you assemble them with glue, nails, and these odd little cam locks). Yeah…. they’re cheesy, but at least they match everything else.

Assembly of these little wonders wasn’t too bad… if you read the instructions (if you don’t… prepare to be frustrated with a chance of destroying the damn thing because you attached the drawers with the wrong cam studs).
Unfortunately, one of the cam locks broke and we weren’t able to fully assemble both of them. I called the company that makes the tables today and they’re sending more parts.

Other less than exciting news: it’s raining cars here in Spokane (sorry about the google header at the top… it’s a subscription site and this is the only way to link to it).

I’ve been in that parking structure. There are several things that should stop a vehicle from going through the wall like that. There is a parking stop (the concrete thing your tires hit), a couple of 1″ steel cables that run in front of the wall, then the reinforced concrete wall itself. The woman in question must have been seriously moving to punch through all that.

Of course, falling 5 stories gives you a little time to think about what just happened. Scary!

Coke finally released it’s new beverage…. Coca Cola Blãk.

I’m not one to follow the hype, but this actualy sounded interesting since I first heard of it a year or two ago. I’m huge with coffee, and a coffee flavored cola is right up my alley.

My wife picked up a 4 pack of bottles (8oz) for the low, low price of $5.99. Apparently, they’re trying to make this product seem “exclusive” with a high price per fluid ounce (18.71¢ per ounce compared to regular Coke’s 6.25¢ per ounce price).

Pros: it’s nice! Good coffee flavor, not too sweet. It also comes in a glass bottle (instead of plastic).

Cons: The coffee tasts sticks with you. I drank one at dinner, then switched to beer. after 3 beers, I still tasted coffee. It’s not a totally bad thing, but it if you drink this product, be prepared for the ghost of it to linger for the next few hours.

There’s also the price issue. I realize that Coke is trying to make this appear to be a premium beverage, but charging six dollars for 4 small bottles may not fly. Most people will see this as just another flavored cola and won’t pay the premium price. They should just bottle it normally and sell it with the other flavored colas they sell (it would sell much better).

Still… it is tastey. I have 3 more bottles of it in my fridge and I plan on consuming them. After that, I’m not sure if I’ll plunk down the cash for another 4 pack. It’s good, but so is Frappuccino…. and Frappuccino is around $2 less for a 4 pack.

I picked the DVD up on Sunday because the previews looked funny. We finally got around to watching it last night.

OMFG!! I don’t do horror films, especially of the zombie variety, but this was so worth the watch. Even the gory parts were hilarious! I love brittish humor!

There are also a ton of extras on the DVD.

If you haven’t seen it, rent it today… or better yet…. buy it! You won’t be sorry!

I’m a pretty mellow guy, and very few things freak me out.

One of those few things is a warm toilet seat in a public bathrooom.

*sudder*