Sandwith Eater Chronicles: Monday’s ABCDEs + P

Posted: January 28th, 2013 | Filed under: Community, Culture, Personalities, Ruminations, Sandwich Eater Chronicle | 1 Comment »

Hello there. I know it’s been awhile. I’ve been off my feed, to use a horse racing metaphor.

But, bolstered this morning by a breakfast of Smucker’s Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter on Honeycrisp apples, I want to weigh in on several of the burning cultural issues du jour.

A is for Apple. The corporation, not the fruit. The company sold 48 million iPhones over the holiday period. 48 million. The company posted the biggest quarterly profit of any non-oil company. Ever. Ever, as in the history of companies seeking profit.

In 2012, Apple earned $41.7 billion in profits. That’s billion with a B. As in $41,700,000,000.

So, how did Wall Street react to this pretty stunning move?

Apples stock immediately dropped 12%.

Riddle me that.

B is for Beyoncé. The hot singer is getting hammered because she had the audacity to lip sync the national anthem during the inauguration.

This is nothing new, kids. Forget Britney and Mill Vanilli. Too recent. Let’s take a ride in the Way Back Machine to the days of The Dick Clark Show. I’m talking Saturday afternoons, even before American Bandstand.

All the groups lip synced.

Heck, Dion and the Belmonts had to do it twice in a row, when “Runaround Sue” was so popular.

Which is to say this. While a loathsome trend, it’s par for the course. You think she’s going to be singing live at halftime of the Super Bowl?

B is also for Richard Blanco, whose poem at the inauguration has been better received than you know who’s “Star Spangled Banner.”

You want a version of the national anthem? Try this one. It is not lip synced.

C is for my Louisville Cardinals. U of L really needs a W tonight against Pitt.

D is for the Dalai Lama. He’s coming to town, you know?

How important is he? Carl, tell the folks.

Big hitter, the Lama. Long.

Perhaps Congressman John Yarmuth can play a round at Valhalla with The Lama.

E is for McD’s Ecolabels. Apparently the fish sandwiches you might choose to eat at McDonald’s won’t hurt the pollock population. So the chain gets to put blue ecolabels on the product.

Don’t ask what’s in the McRib. You really really really don’t want to know.

P is for 2012’s Best Parties. January’s issue of nFOCUS, LEO’s sister publication, covering the city’s social scene and current state of cosmetic surgery, listed the best parties from last year.

I’ve been accused more often than you’d think of being an guy out and about. So, I decided to see how many of these soirées I attended?

It is bracing to report that I didn’t make it to Best Masquerade (Twelfth Night Masquerade). Nor to the Best Alternative to Black Tie (Lobster Feast). Nor to Best Brunch. (Drag Queen Brunch). Nor to the Party with Best Attention to Detail (Snow Ball). Nor to the party with Best Location & Farm-to-Table (Field & Fork).

Nor to Best Tasting Event (March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction).

Nor the Best Derby Event (Original Makers Mark Derby Party). In my defense, I was as usual out of town during Derby, attending the New Orleans JazzFest, which every year wins Best Music Festival Anywhere.

Nor Best Inaugural Event (Feast on Equality). Nor Best Bourbon-Inspired Event (Boubon Bash). Nor, Best Ambiance & Decor/Best Dressed (Speed Ball and Speed 100/100).

Nor, really sad to say, Best Pigment Specific Event (Pink Tie Ball).

Which means, the Culture Maven struck out. In Louisville, party-wise, I was ofer 2012.

But I did make it to JazzFest for the 26 time.

So, I got that goin’ for me. Which is nice.


One Comment on “Sandwith Eater Chronicles: Monday’s ABCDEs + P”

  1. 1 Kadija said at 11:15 pm on October 23rd, 2015:

    //இதற க என ன அர த தம ? இத உங கள அகர த ய ல அன ப ன வ ர த த ய ?என ன ட ய ஒர பத வ அல லத ப ன ன ட டம வத ய ர ய வத த க க எழ தப பட ட இர ப பத க ச ல ல ம ட ய ம ?இத என ன ந க க வ க க ஒர க ரணம வத ச ல ல ம ட ய ம ?//That is why, you come under the category of ‘Cowards’.A ceouagours TP should use boldly all such words that are used against Arul here. Against Christians, against Muslims, against all anti brahmins. Dondu Ragavan keeps blogs for them to use gutter Tamil.A true TP should hate Muslims and Christians and their religions and their Gods, Prophets etc. Like a Jihadi believes if he kills kafirs, he can sit at the feet of Allah, a true TP believes that Siva, Murugan, Pillaiyaar will bless them, only if they open a blog to abuse Islam and Christianity, or give hyperlink to such blogs in Dondu Ragavan’s blog.If you use fair and decent language against him / them, when Arul or they criticise your caste, you are a coward. You are a pesudo TP or a pesudo Hindu. Go and lick the feet of muslims and christians.But you wont deserve to be called a coward if and when you have to use abusive lanuguage to your rival who has already used abusive language against you. That is justified on ethical grounds.


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