Bring your lunch!!!

It’s an obvious answer but the cleverdude’s wife wrote out sample lunch menus including cost and determined that she saves $988 a year if she brings her lunch.

If only I could eat PB&J sandwiches everyday, I’d be rich!!

This list is pretty cool. It has all of the known secret menu items from popular chains like InNOut, Burger King, Popeyes, and more. I knew Jamba Juice had a secret menu but I had no idea there were so many!! Someone needs to post what is in each of those smoothies!

In an earlier post, I mentioned I used a free mp3 splitter to create my couchto5K playlists. I discovered that the version I had was just a trial version so I was on the hunt for a new one. I found this pretty good one called Slice. The best part is it’s completely free and very simple to use!

The only problem I had was when I first used it the output files didn’t appear where they were supposed to (or anywhere for that fact). Searching through their help files I found out I had to download an additional file. From their support page:

P. After I split files the output folder is empty
Please download the mp3el.exe from our Components page.

After I downloaded it, everything worked fine. Just pick the file you want to split and you can split it either by # of segments or time.

BTW, I noticed that some of my files are distorted on the parts with loud bass after I splice them (it had nothing to do with Slice though as it did the same thing with other file splitters). Does anybody know how to fix that problem???

WOW. I love this photo editing website: picnik

I’ve just started playing with it but I love how fast the website is and how easy it is to use! It also is great if you use flickr and edit photos for website use. It makes it so simple!!! Here are some of its features:

• One-click photo fixing or in-depth tweaking
• Crop, rotate, and resize in real-time
• Tons of special effects, from artsy to fun
• Amazingly fast
• Works directly with many photo sharing sites
• No download required, nothing to install!
• Works on Mac, Windows, even Linux
• Free version, premium version (soon)

You can also use the “undo” button an endless number of times even on old photos!!! With its seamless integration with flickr, this is really an awesome online photo editor.

This would make me so happy!! There are rumors going around that McD’s is redoing their kitchens so that they are able to serve breakfast all day long. Read this for more details.

How many times have I woken up at noon craving some McGriddle or McMuffin only to be disappointed because they’ve stopped selling breakfast! argh!

I know it’s so unhealthy and some of you might even think McD’s is gross but I. Love. McD’s!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope the rumor is true so I can have their best ever hash browns for dinner. :D

I’m a total BBQ and meat girl. I looooove eating food cooked on a grill. But one thing I hate is cleaning the grill! I even used the George Foreman grill for awhile before I got too lazy to clean that up too. I think I have found a solution:

Sunbeam 7530 Rocket Grill Electric Grilling Appliance

The concept is pretty interesting. You cook the food in a pouch to lock in the moisture while draining the fat. After you are done, you take the meat/veggies out and throw away the pouch. The best part… NO CLEANING NECESSARY!

I’m not sure how the food actually tastes. The reviews are quite mixed ranging from:

I wouldn’t recommend this
found the food to be somewhat dry, and squashed by the grill plates.

to

Still cannot get over how easy and quick this unit is. It cooks to perfection. Think I will have to get more to give away as gifts.

It makes me wonder why the reviews are so different! I’ll have to wait for a hot deal and try this out.

I’m sure you have friends and family that always answer “nothing” when you ask them “what do you want for (xmas, bday, etc)”. Here’s the perfect gift for them…packaged nothing.

If you go to the site you’ll see that it’s priced at a lowly 3.49. But if you order from me, I’ll send you NOTHING for $1.99 with free shipping. I accept paypal. :)

Here’s a cool link:

Every MythBuster result ever tested on the show.

Good to know:

You can escape a car that has fallen into the water immediately after hitting the water.

confirmed

There is not enough water pressing on the door to keep it shut. Adam escapes easily.

Durrrr!

SPINOFF: A black car heats up faster than an identical white car. (From pilot 2)

confirmed

A fan wrote in and asked a follow up question: “Does the color of a car affect the way it heats up?”. The MythBusters used two identical cars, one black the other white and left them both out in the summer heat with thermometers in both. By mid-afternoon the black car had heated up to a temperature of 135 °F while the white car topped off at 126 °F, almost 10 degrees cooler.

It’s not safe to eat off the floor but what about the toilet seat?

The toilet seat is the cleanest place in your house.

confirmed

Adam tested this myth just out of curiosity and when the results were compared to the bacteria samples from the “five-second rule” tests, the toilet seat actually proved cleaner than all other surfaces tested.

When are we getting vodka mints?

Vodka can kill bad breath.

confirmed

After a mixture of 1 cup Vodka and 9 tbsp of cinnamon powder was left to sit for two weeks in a sealed flask and then strained. It managed to eliminate most odors on par with an over-the-counter mouthwash. The only bad breath smell not eliminated was from smoking cigarettes.

Anybody who’s been following my blog knows that I’ve tried to complete the Couch to 5K running program many times with no success. haha. I’m just outright lazy and I hate running. The only reason I keep trying it is I like exercise programs that are structured and have goals or something to work towards. I’m sure one of these times I’ll do it! It’s really not that hard.

Anyways, I’ve renewed my membership at the gym and I plan to go mondays, wednesdays, and either friday or saturday depending on how busy I am.

If you’re trying this program out, one cool trick is to download a music/mp3 splicer thing and load up songs onto your ipod. I do fast songs for the running and slow songs for the walking. That way I don’t have to keep track of the time, I just walk/run according to the music. I forgot the name of the music slicer I use at home but it’s free and very easy to use. I’ll try to look it up when I go home.

New Year’s (Tet) to me means:

Getting red envelopes filled with money!!!

You are supposed to get these until you are married so even though I’m kind of old, I still get them hahhaa!! I hit up both sides of my family and also boyrobot’s family. :D

Playing Bau Cua

This game is very simple. You just put your money down on any of the pictures and then 3 dice get thrown. If your picture shows up you win double your money! I won a lot playing this ha ha.

And lastly, it’s about eating Banh Chung!!!

My aunt makes these professionally to sell to the supermarkets. It takes a lot of effort to cook these at 11 hours. I found a recipe that calls for 6. It’s too much work for me to ever try making. I would rather buy them but it is oh sooo good!

Anyways, I wish you all asian-or not much health, happiness, and good luck this year!!!

In vietnamese: Chuc Mung Nam Moi!
In chinese: Gung Hay Fat Choy!