Just thought I would post this helpful car maintenance tip for the Omaha BorK readers that missed the comments from the EP post a while back (hat tip and special thanks to Ray).

Guy at the tire place: We fixed your flat, and you need $250 to fix a leaky valve in your engine.
Me: I don’t trust the engine work prices at tire places, but thanks anyway.

*Later that month at Haver’s service center*

Me: Something is leaking in there!!1!!1
Rick at Haver’s: Not to the extent that you would sink money into your car with over 140K on it.
Me: I LOVE YOU.

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Ate lunch today at The Peacock, a new Indian restaurant near 27th and Pine Lake Road. I don’t think the restaurant has been open very long since I’ve been driving by a lot lately, waiting for it to open.

They served lunch from the buffet only today. I think their plan is to have a lunch buffet every day and then allow people to order from the menu in the evening.

The menu has a lot of options, not unlike The Oven. Lots of vegetarian choices, which is nice. The restaurant was very clean and open and the service was very good. The owners are anxious to do a good job and made sure everyone had plenty to eat and drink.

On the lunch buffet today they had chicken curry and a fried potato (don’t remember the name of the dish). They also had naan and a soft rice cake with two chutneys: coconut and mint. Another crisp, cracker-like dish was offered, as were some vegetable options. I didn’t take notes, so my explanation of the buffet is poor. I apologize for that. Saffron rice and rice with lentils were offered with the meal.

The food tasted great. Excellent flavor.

However, the chicken had bones in it. This is a big problem that they will have to address because I was picking bones out of every bite. By the end of lunch I just ate the saffron rice with the juice from the chicken curry and didn’t even bother with the meat.

A man sitting behind us asked about the bones and they said that’s just the way they prepare it. Like most people, I’m not used to eating bones or picking them out of my food, so that is a food preparation process the owners will need to change.

After we had gone through the line they informed us that they had added a chili beef dish (medallions or kabobs) to the buffet. They were anxious for people to eat it, so I went back and got some. It looked like it might be a tandoori beef with a chili glaze basted on. It was flavorful, but like the chicken, the quality of the meat was inferior.

The lunch buffet was $10.99. For those prices, in that location, the quality will have to improve if they want to succeed.

I love the idea of a locally owned Indian restaurant in that location. I hope they can make some minor changes to improve their food. Overall, I was a little disappointed, based on the price, but I think they can easily overcome those issues.

Had one of the best chicken burritos I’ve ever had today at the Burrito Shack. This is a new restaurant in the old El Charro restaurant at 221 S. Ninth St.

The burrito was generous and the chicken was moist and well seasoned. The burrito had delicious roasted peppers was not overly spicy.

The restaurant has weekly specials, including pulled pork and steak sandwiches as well as 50-cent tacos.

A variety of unusual salsas are available to try and I sampled the chipotle shrimp soup and it was fantastic!

The owner of the restaurant, Joaquin De Los Santos, bent over backwards to make us feel welcome and to ensure we were happy.

Excellent food and service and the prices aren’t bad either. This is a good combination and I highly recommend you try this restaurant. I know I’ll go back, but as much as I want to try a steak sandwich, there’s a good chance I’ll order the chicken burrito again.

I was a little surprised that the Journal Star only gave them 2.5 stars for food quality in their story in Ground Zero. I thought the food was quite good.

Okay, I’m not a HUGE beer fan, and I’m typically not daring when it comes to new beers unless I hear a flavor description from a friend whom I trust. I was doing some grocery shopping tonight at the Evil-W and came across a display of “Fall” beers, including the dandy pictured above.

I read the label: Ale brewed with only the finest barley malt, the choicest hops, pumpkin and spices. PUMPKIN PIE BEER?! WHAT?!!

HELL YES!!!

I bought a 6-pack ($7) and prayed that it would taste as good as it sounds. When I got home I threw a bottle in the freezer, unpacked my groceries, and whipped up some guacamole. Once that was all finished, the bottle of ale has a nice frost going.

I cracked that sucker open and took a huge swig. “It tastes like beer” I thought. Another swig. “Still tastes like beer.” I’m saddened. A couple more gulps. “THERE IT IS!!!” DAMN, THAT’S GOOD SHIITE!!! It takes a couple hits for the flavors to develop on the pallet, but once it does, it’s very pleasant. And this is my favorite beer ever. Old Style has it’s place, but Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale has stolen my heart this Fall.

Anheuser-Busch did a great job on this ale. Most barley ales finish with the taste of raisins, but this Pumpkin Spice finishes with a nice hint of pumpkin pie. You can actually detect the cinnamon and nutmeg layering the pumpkin finish. It’s not overly sweet. I would go so far as to say it’s a savory ale. Don’t let the “pumpkin pie” imagery confuse you.

Buy a case and try it. If you don’t like it, give it to me…

« Enough crap for me, close it up please

Disclaimer: One of my best mates is the service manager at J.T.K., and another is one of the bartenders

I went to JTK with some lady friends the other night for dinner. Located in the Train Station in Lincoln’s Haymarket, JTK is a very classy joint. It’s French inspired cuisine, so you know it’s nice. We showed up at 7 o’clock on a Friday night, so there was a bit of a wait for a table. An hour and a half seemed long, so we opted to sit outside, where there’s a lovely view of the trainyard. Entrees are little spendy for what you find in Lincoln, ranging from $15 for the pastas to $30-ish for the steaks. However liquor is pretty dang cheap, considering they have have some top shelf stuff. For an appetizer I had Wild Turkey Rye and water. I highly recommend it, especially as it was a bit chilly outside so the whiskey warms you up. I had the grilled steak salad. Not at all what I was expecting, I was thinking it was just a bit of lettuce with some steak thrown on top. What I was given was tastefully arranged on a square plate (I’m a sucker for square plates) a mound of those weeds that you can eat (dandelion leaves, other things you would feed a rabbit), with straws on top, tossed with an awesome vidalia onion dressing and two tomato wedges on the side. And some well laid out strips of grilled steak. It was mighty tasty.

Jenna, one of my dinner companions had the fettucini alfredo with chicken. Being as she is just a wee lass, unable to complete a big plate of pasta, she gave me some to try. It was really good as well, the alfredo sauce had a really smoky flavor. Pairs well with the rye whiskey. Or you can select something from the well put-together wine list as well.

All in all, it’s a damn fine restaurant. I would say that if you’ve got some bucks to spend or a lady to impress, give JTK a go. They’re having a six-course wine tasting next month, I’m going to try to go to.

After a full day of cooking and eating well T wanted to take me to a movie. Her parents saw Stardust and said it was awesome. “if you liked the princess bride, you will enjoy it” Her dad said.

I gotta say the previews and lack of hype made me go in not expecting much. It was really really good. We will definitely rent it once it comes out cuz I enjoyed it that much, and I hardly ever want to see movies again.

Action, love, good vs evil, fantasy, and very well done humor. Extra bonus points for not making me cry
The princess bride is one of my all time favorites, and I can see why Tom said that. The joy you feel when watching either makes a good movie. If not in the theaters you watch, rent it.

Oh and for being really old Michelle Pheiffer was looking pretty good for a bit there.

I can be real yo, I am not ashamed, I just find stuff on bunches of different websites and post it here. Not that I steal content, just share stuff I find. Well over at the impulse buy you can read some very awesome reviews of products. It is all in the witty way the blogger splains stuff. It is funny and made me smile a bunch of times.

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The black one is my new one, the blue the old.
The ripper xl from xtrac is a cloth topped pad like most normal foam/cloth mousepads, but fricking huge. 1 foot x 1.5 foot (14×18 inches)

The blue one is really thin and covered with bumpy plastic. I used the heck out of it, to the point the texture was gone. This made it collect mouse boogers on the feet. Figuring the cloth should keep it at bay.

review of the $15 mousepad? Naw, it is a mousepad, but it is fricking huge.

Yeah you have hot chicks dancing in short clothing, and it is prob a good drink, but bartenders around the world hate you now. I think I will join the club.

Let me splain the evils of bar fruit. First as a consumer you are literally taking your lives into your own hands. Bar fruit goes bad fast, it gets a slime on it, dirty fingers have been picking crap out of it for as long as it has been sitting in that never washed only refilled tray. Ask the bartender about it, you will get a smile. Cutting 20 lemons, and 20 limes each night is not fun, putting your hand in the cherry/olive jar sucks.

Now Bacardi and their commercials will make some bars stock fresh mint. Are you fricking kidding me? Oh and let us not forget you have to muddle the mint and sugar, oh hell no. Sugar is really messy, and bartenders hands are always wet, sugar sucks.

Screw you bacardi…. awwwww I cant stay mad at you, come here and give me some loving

was not as bad as the critics make it out to be, not toooooo great either, but dont expect much and you will be fine. Had some pretty good parts in it, and the ending is pretty neato.

starship, college ID, matanee, or DVD and you will not feel jipped. This aint no kill bill.

Apparently paris hilton freshens her whoretastic mouth with it. The thing about it is that it is supposed to last forever. Well it actually does. And being sugar free, it is chok full of bitching chemicals. I have always wanted a third testicle, third nipple, third eye, extra wang, you get the picture. I figure chewing this gum might just let me live that dream.

It is not so much an amazing flavor that lasts forever, (although it does seem to last a bit) but more of a pepermint/spearmint chemical burn that says “hey look at me, feel me burning your tongue, move me around in your mouth so you can spread the burning love.

meh….

awesome movie, funny as hell, possibly the best of all last year in the comedy catagpry.

Sure it is raunchy, and a little over the top.
We saw it in the theatre. being commie, socialist, Godless, anti semetic, pinko, dirty, druggie, sexual deviant, molesting, peterast, homosexual, anti-American, troop hating, flag burning, liberals, it was a no-brainer to see this movie. he he

Well the theatre and DVD release are complete. The version shown on HBO is severely cut. The funny thing is that they only cut parts to save time. All the really raunchy stuff is still there. A bunch of what makes the story more realistic has been cut. As well as many of the funny scenes.

Do yourself a favor. Do not watch the HBO one if it is the first time you see it. rent it.

flying dog snake dok IPA

purdy yummy, kind of thick, punches your mouth with intense hop flavor. Smells awesome with the columbus dry hopping. Was quite impresses with it, as I am with all of their offerings. We have been to the brewery in Denver. They have some huge ass tanks. The pub on the side is set up with an industrial feel. pretty neat.

oh man this is good. I messed with the sun tea for a bit at work. got messy, took forever. These cold brew tea bags rule. I use two bags for 16 oz of water and it takes about 5 minutes. Much better than a dew any day

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a friend of mine told me a simple rule concerning buying sunglasses.
“under $5 or over $50″
well I have been following the first part of that rule unknowingly for about 20 years now