Big Sandwiches and Li'l Goodies

Brian and Paul discovers a backwoods diner with humongous sandwiches and then a tiny treat shop where they come face-to-face with the delicious dessert delicacy known as "cookie monster".

RtW visits Sonic Drive-In

Brian and Paul make an impromptu stop at Sonic Drive-In where they encounter the disgusting, monstrous Country Fried Steak Toaster with bacon. It's a guaranteed, greasy good time!

Go! Road Trip #3

In the boys third road adventure they end up in Lawrenceburg, Indiana! Watch as they walk historic streets, discover a floating restaurant on a river, search for Gremlins, and more!

Go! Road Trip #2

On their second, spontaneous road trip adventure, Brian, joined by Paul and his then girlfriend Beth, meet a kindred spirit in a search for authentic BBQ, run directly into a gay pride parade, and explore one of the most fun and cool, yet simultaneously bizarre and creepy toy stores in the universe.

Go! Road Trip #1

Brian and Paul hit the road in this series' debut. They start off with some beverages, make their way to Cheviot and explore convenience and candy stores, drive into the suburbs of Cincinnati, find a really old pharmacy, sample the goods at a small bakery, visit a sauna-like comic book store, encounter The Cryptkeeper, discover a double-decker White Castle, end up in Cleves, grab a cup of coffee at a diner, and more!

Energy Drink Challenge

My friend and site contributor Paul had been discussing an idea that’d germinated in his head long ago of an epic, colossal energy drink challenge.  In it, they’d pit the most popular and beloved of the beverage world’s rebellious brethren against some of the seediest and surreal unknown entries in the world of energy drinks.

It’s a five-on-five energy drink throwdown for taste and packaging supremacy!  Who will be the winners?  Will Paul and Brian live through the war?  Enjoy!

Team Mainstream 

vs.

Team Unknowns 

Video #1: The Reviews (9:41) 

Video #2: The Reviews (9:29) 

Video #3: The Reviews (9:45) 

Video #4: The Reviews (9:18)

Video #5: The Aftermath (4:42)

After sampling all of the drinks and making their verdict, Brian and Paul get the nefarious idea of mixing all of the beverages together to create the ultimate energy cocktail.  The results are shocking.  Watch and see!

Video #6: Bonus Footage (9:55)

Bonus footage from the night of the first-ever Energy Drink Challenge includes reviews of two Thailand energy drinks (M-150 and Dark Scorpion) and  Zapps’ Voodoo Gumbo and Spicy Cajun Crawtators potato chips!

A Surprise for a Boy

You’ve maybe seen bags, or sacks, think I like sacks better, in dollar stores promising mysteries for both boys and girls alike.  As a kid, the gimmick worked, you’re damned curious about the contents of the bag, and certain they’re worth well more than the measly $1 price tag would suggest.  Paper bags, usually reserved for holding your packed lunch, became somehow suddenly cooler and more desirable than cotton candy or that weird sensation you felt when at the public pool you’d stand against the vent that shot out a constant stream of warm water against your genitals.

Well, the mystique is gone; behold the contents of the marvelously mysterious surprise bag…

A deck of playing cards that’d already been opened and sort of smelt like those secretive poker games seen in movies played in the backroom of Chinese restaurants in New York where crime deals are birthed.  The cards themselves feel ancient, the paper coarse, as if once handled by Henry II, Duke of Bavaria, in-between revolts and attempted throne usurping.

The pencil doesn’t do much for me.  I don’t have a sharpener lying around the apartment; so, it’ll have to serve some other purpose.  It has random words on it, including “WAY COOL!” which ironically is its complete opposite.

This eraser reminded me of the purplish blue prehensile tongue of the okapi.  I find this correlation to be troubling but I’ll leave it be.

I found something to do with the pencil.  It makes for a perfectly fine cat-poking tool!

This one is really confusing.  I mean, is this a cookie cutter?  I think it is, but I’m not really sure.  And why is it in the shape of a fish?  Don’t get me wrong; I’m a huge backer of aquariums and the exotic allure of the deep blue see.  But, a bunch of fish-shaped oatmeal cookies?  Show me the young boy who desires a fish-shaped cookie cutter and I’ll show you an alien in a child costume playing you for a fool.

This one’s really lame.  For starters, they don’t glow, not at all.  Secondly, it seems a bit dangerous, even with a printed warning, to encourage kids to put something so small and potentially dangerous into their sugar-sated mouths.  I suppose you could take your newborn into a rave and his mouth would glow faintly while the bad techno ruined their delicate ears as you danced and ate pills with Fernando and a couple of his friends from Biology 112.

This bag was surprising.  Surprisingly awful!  I think I’ll go play with my cat now.

Overall Grade: D