i need a pork chop on my plate

the mcrib sandwich is back at mcdonald's for a limited time only ...

why do i care? i don't really. i'm not a fan of mcdonald's, and i don't believe i've ever had the mcrib sandwich, though i do hear it's pretty good. i just thought i would share a tidbit of information.

my company does a lot of work for quick service restaurants (taco bell, starbucks, panda express, etc) modeling process flow, customer satisfication, and labor utilization. a few weeks ago, one of my coworkers was doing some analysis for mcdonald's, and we had a contractor hired by mcdonald's in the office for awhile. he told us that the only reason mcdonald's does not offer the mcrib sandwich year-around is because the demand for it is so high that the world's pork supplies would not be able to keep up ... and ... for times like now, when they are offering, they stagger their purchases of pork throughout the year and freeze them till the planned mcrib season as not to mess the up the pork market during that season. how crazy is that?

okay ... i think that was enough of a distraction from work for now.

g.o.a.t.

over the past few days, i've had a few different discussions with different people about music and people's favorites, including being blasted for not knowing much pearl jam (though that'll change soon thanks to dave passing on five or six of their albums).

but anyway, these talks have gotten me thinking. i say i'm a big fan of stevie wonder. i'd also call myself a fan of the cure, frank sinatra, john denver, and the police. however, i don't actually have any albums by any of those people, except for greatest hits albums. do you guys think someone, like myself, can call themselves a big fan (or even a fan) of an artist or group despite not having ever really listened to one of their albums? i think most people will say people can. and in my defense, all the above mentioned were well before my time and getting old albums would be expensive and a lot of effort.

but i do think there is a lot to say about listening to an album in the way the artist intended. i know many put a lot of time and effort into the arrangement of songs within an album and often that assembly will make the individual pieces better. unfortunately, nowadays singles and radio play are key, and that artform may be dying. for instance, i like the beatles "sgt pepper lonely hearts club band" much much more than their greatest hit "#1" album.

anyway ... i'm ranting ... i'll stop ... what do you guys think?

this year halloween fell on a weekend

it fell on sat to be precise. archana and priyal threw a great party. their place was awesomely decorated. we carved pumpkins, drank a lot, partied, and had a good ol time ... capped off by wandering down the street to my favorite place, bar dynamite.

i ended up dressing up as flava flav. i got a lot of "flava flaaaav"s and "yeah booooooy"s at dynamite, which was pretty funny.

anyway, check out the pics. if you want hi-res copies, let me know.