Posts Tagged ‘Kansas City’

Man vs. Food Stopped By…

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Hey all,

I hope you got to check out the Aug. 11 episode of Man vs. Food on the Travel Channel — because they were here in Kansas City!

Now I’ll be the first to tell you that I, personally, am no BBQ expert. I’m not a food expert of any kind. I like what I like, but I’m not going to sit around and argue with anyone about what’s better. Having said that, I love some KC BBQ. I’ve been known to drop into some of the KC restaurants and have a burnt end sandwich. Fun fact — in college, I lived down the dorm hall from the creator of the Bacon Explosion. I haven’t tried the Bacon Explosion myself, but I have a friend who made it indoors and his entire house smelled like bacon for 2 weeks. His wife, who was opposed to the Bacon Explosion in the first place, was not pleased.

Back to Man vs. Food…

Adam, the host of the show, stopped by 3 restaurants in the area:

- Oklahoma Joe’s BBQ (revered by many as the best here in KC)
- Stroud’s (homestyle pan fried chicken)
- Papa Bob’s BBQ (home of the Destroyer, the uhh… sandwich? pictured below)

Just Wrong.

If you’ve never seen “Man vs. Food,” here’s the idea: Adam goes around to a few restaurants, eats their food and talks about how great it is, then talks to the owners or chefs about how the food is made. At the end of the show, there’s usually some kind of food challenge. This is typically some sort of race against the clock in which Adam gorges himself with an enormous amount of food.

While we’re on the subject of these eating contests… who remembers the movie “The Great Outdoors” where John Candy eats a 96 oz steak? The Old 96er! I am going out on a limb here, but I’m thinking that scene had something to do with all the eating contests in restaurants around the country.

The original "Man vs. Food"

Alright, enough fun for today. Time to get back to work. I’m working on an idea for a new show though… Staff vs. iPods? I can’t use “Man” because we have women here too. Techs vs. iPods? Ok, I’ll keep working on that.

Thanks for reading,

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Cinco de Mayo at iResQ

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Hello all, and Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Much like when General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin and the Mexican Army conquered the French in the Battle of Puebla, the iResQ staff is busy conquering the enormous stack of iPods, iPhones, and iPads that came in today. OK, that simile was a little bit of a stretch. What you really need to know is that we are in our usual “zone” and knocking those repairs out. If you have anything that needs a fix, or look, you know where to find us! And if you don’t, here’s our phone number: 888-447-3728

As Eric explained in a previous post, there’s a ton of Apple stuff going on right now. I’m not sure the old phrase, “Any publicity is good publicity” rings true in this case, but I think this company has proven they know what they’re doing–at least long term. If you’re interested, you can watch Jon Stewart’s rant about the whole missing iPhone prototype fiasco. Jon is not the only one.

Anyway, it’s Spring and that means baseball season. If you’re anywhere around Kansas City, that means Royals. If you are a Royals fan, that means another long and grueling season of losing. But guys, it wasn’t always like this! The Royals won the World Series in 1985 (and I am a Cardinals fan, and we lost to the Royals so I know). I won’t go too far into the specifics of that series, but there was a great, great player on the Royals named Willie Wilson.

I bring all this up because I went to see Pearl Jam at the Sprint Center on Monday night, and Eddie Vedder came out during one of the sets with a Willie Wilson jersey. Apparently, Vedder and Wilson are old friends.

So there you go. A little Royals history and a little rock ‘n roll. Unfortunately, my $80 tickets didn’t get me close enough to snap a decent pic with my iPhone and they didn’t allow cameras. But all in all, a really cool experience and a great show.

Once again, Happy Cinco de Mayo. If you are celebrating tonight, make sure you get home safe.

Keep sending us repairs and take it easy,

Written by Brian

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COLEGE

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Hey all you out there on the cyberweb. It’s cooling off here in Kansas City and the fall rains are rolling in, but things are still hot in the tech room. Universities are in full swing again, Big XII football is our oasis in the the middle of our precious Chiefs’ desert, and students desperately need their MacBooks and MacBook Pros for, um, work. Not at all for iTunes and FaceBook and downloading Zombieland torrents. Just teasing, students. I kid because I love.

But seriously, we’ve been inundated with repairs shipping to university addresses and that gave me an idea. If you’re a college student with a campus address, email eric@iresq.com your six-digit web confirmation or invoice number and I’ll give you a deal. $10 off a MacBook or MacBook Pro LCD, $20 off an entire display assembly. You’re welcome. Now hurry up and order so you can get back to that “essay.” This offer is only good until October 31. Peace, friends.

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To focus, To paint… KEITH!

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

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Now playing: Neil Young – Words (Between The Lines Of Age)
via FoxyTunes

Hey how’s it goin’.

Don’t really have a whole heck of a lot to say today – sort of a blah week for me personally.     I cleaned out my gutters on Saturday and left a ladder on the roof.      I forgot to get the ladder down and of course the Kansas City area received gale-force winds the following day, and Hurricane KC blew through and fired the ladder down off of the roof and it thrashed my driver’s side mirror.    Awesome.     I did find a replacement on the ebays and will attempt to replace it myself.

What else is going on… yes my band played last Saturday night as well – first show since I got back from Germany last year.    It went really well – sold out.     We have been in the studio cutting our next album and accrued a ton of debt, so it was nice to play a big show and get ahead of the curve a bit and pay those debts.    Check out the band if you get a chance: http://www.myspace.com/inthepines

Well that’s really all I got this week.    We’ve been really busy here at iResQ taking care of iPhones, iPods and Portables.     I think we’ll just keep it simple, since the blog is fairly simple this time around.    Go ahead and email me the QPON ‘KEITH’ to mick@iresq.com with your order number and I’ll knock 6 bucks off your order.     As always, this does not apply to diagnostic services at all, only repairs.

Have a nice couple weeks – Mick

PS – for old time’s sake:

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End of an era.

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

In case you haven’t heard, Carl Peterson resigned as Chiefs GM yesterday. And in collective response, all of Kansas City shouted a hearty “Huzzah.” That is all.

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