June 16th, 2010

Cartoon Steak

So, it’s summer break here at our house. The kids are home. I work from home. And there are lots of cartoons on TV.

Mind you, not all day, but isn’t that what you’re supposed to do in the summer?

And I’ve discovered that even those clever cartoon-makers are steak lovers. This “Phineas and Ferb” episode features the bad guy in town stealing all the steaks and locking them up far, far away. The storage container of steaks blows up and steaks rain down. Yay!

WARNING:  If you are afraid of raining steaks, DO NOT watch this episode — especially at the end!


June 11th, 2010

Steak-Scented Billboard?

Oh, yeah.

I may have to drive through North Carolina just to behold this beauty. I’ll roll down my windows, of course.

What do you think about this?

Steak Scented Billboard Entices Drivers

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Motorists in North Carolina are being given hunger pangs by a new scented roadside billboard – which puts out the smell of peppered beef.

The ad, along Highway 150 in Mooresville for local grocer Bloom, is shaped like a gigantic piece of steak on a fork, reports Fox News.

But it is the smell of black pepper and charcoal, being emitted from a high-powered fan, which is attracting all of the attention.

“It smells like uh, barbecue, like hickory or something like that being barbecued and smells like steak,” one motorist said.

The billboard is the work of local firm ScentAir which provides custom scents for businesses including hotel lobbies, casino gambling and retail stores.

Marketing director Murray Dameron said the beef scent was emitted by a high-powered fan at the bottom of the billboard that blows air over cartridges loaded with BBQ fragrance oil.

“It smells like grilled meat with a nice pepper rub on it,” he explained.

Bloom spokesperson Angie Hunter said: “With all the advertising around, you wanna be able to jump out and really grab the consumer’s attention.”

Article excerpt and photo courtesy of web.orange.co.uk.


June 10th, 2010

Steakgate: Fact or Fiction?

Okay, I think this is total malarkey. But these are the words being bandied about around the NBA Finals.

Seriously, steak, in my opinion, could only make a person play better!

Read this article about the NBA’s “SteakGate.” And, uh, don’t believe everything you read!

Ray Allen — Victim of the SteakGate Curse!

Originally posted Jun 9th 2010 6:25 AM PDT by TMZ Staff

Boston Celtics superstar Ray Allen was ice cold in last night’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers — missing practically every single shot — but there’s only one logical explanation for his terrible performance …SteakGate!!!!

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SteakGate began back in 2008 — when Paul Pierce had a fancy steak dinner before a big NBA Finals game … and then choked (his performance, that is) the very next night.

Now, the curse has struck again … because Allen feasted on a delicious buttery steak from Ruth’s Chris in Beverly Hills on Sunday night — hours after he set the record for hitting the most 3-point shots in a Finals game — and then tanked the following game!!!

*Read more about this baloney at TMZ.com.*

Article excerpt and video courtesy of TMZ.com.


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