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Greater Flute Solo! Jethro Tull "Bouree"

Great Flute Solos! Firefall "Strangeway"

Worst Chinese Food Ever! Hong Kong Palace, Allen

Hong Kong Palace, Allen Texas.

I used to order from this place all the time. My Mom loved the Egg Foo Young and they put out a decent Mongolian Beef. The place started going down hill, so we decided not to order any more. A few months later we received a new menu from them stating "Under New Management".Part of the new menu was lunch specials delivered 7 days a week, Cool! So I thought I would give it a try. The specials wouild allow me to try a couple of dishes.

I ordered 2 lunch specials for delivery: "Crispy Beef" and "Chicken and shrimp hunan style" First of all, the lunch specials come with a soup, i ordered one won ton and one egg drop. They charged me an extra $3.95 and up-graded my won ton to the next bigger size (unbeknown to me)with some old chicken and shrimp thrown in. Both soups were bland and tasted like they added some old ingredients to tap water. Even soy sauce and pepper oil did not help it. The egg rolls tasted off, like they were left out all night, thus inedible.

The "Crispy Beef" WAS DRENCHED IN A THICK BITTER SAUCE!! So it was nowhere near crispy!! The pieces of meat were soggy, fatty, and grisly. The veggies on Chicken and Shrimp dish were nice and crisp, but the sauce was watery, the shrimp was mealy, and the chicken tasted like it was cooked a week ago, left uncovered in the walk-in and then put in my meal. There was NOTHING good about this meal, I was overcharged and fed garbage from the kitchen. The Management did not care one bit, pretty much said it was my fault for not coming in. He said I should have ordered the sauce on the side, HOW WAS I TO KNOW YOU DRENCHED YOUR "CRISPY" BEEF IN A DISGUSTING SAUCE! He gave some other lame excuses and said the next time I came in he would give me "Discounts" and make things fresh for me. If he had done that in the first place this would not have happened. Don't worry Ben, I would be in use the "Discounts"!

Richard "Rick" Wright, founding member of Pink Floyd, dies aged 65

Richard Wright 1943-2008
Click Here for Official Pink Floyd Site

Anyone who knows me knows how huge of a Pink Floyd fan I am. The music world has suffered a major loss on this day. I am lucky to have seen him in concert on two occasions. His performance was electric and album perfect each time. I can't believe there will never be another opportunity to see Pink Floyd with all the original members (now that Sid Barrett is gone as well). This really sucks, cancer is not picky with who it takes.
LISTEN TO DARK SIDE ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH HEAD PHONES OR IN DTS!!!!!!! And Smoke 'Em if ya got 'Em!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Dogs LOVE Bitsy!

Here is a video of the dogs waiting at the door for Mom!
Happy Birthday Mom!!!!!!!
Keep an eye on the Tails!! :)

OK Screw it...............

We are going to jump to yesterday. Here are the pups at five months!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!

Finally I have a second!

Work sure does make keeping up with your blog difficult! Here are some killer pics of the dogs! ENJOY!!! Be Sure To Click On The Pictures For Full Screen!

It has been a while so I will try to put these in chronological order.

Sunday with the puppies Pictures

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Eleanor, Rigby, Jakob and Morgan!!!

Jakob and Morgan finally got the opportunity to meet Eleanor and Rigby!:
Here are the results:

Samurai Sam's Gets an "F"! in Plano Inspection

On a recent health inspection, the following restaurant received an "F" Failing:

Samurai Sam's
6900 Alma Dr. #120
Plano, Texas 75023
469-527-7267
Inspection Date: 1/22/08

http://www.samuraisams.net/StoreLocs/com.kahalacorp.locations.find.StoreDetails?sid=5093

This is the first time I have seen an "F"! Avoid this place like the plague or you might get it, the plague that is.

Rigby is ready for his Closeup!

Rigby finds me a worthy adversary!

These Puppies are Nutso!!!

Judge for your self by clicking play!!
Proceed At your own risk !!
Some scenes may not be suitable for children. LOL

The Kids at Play!

Eleanor and Rigby having a blast!!

More Cocker Spaniel Pix!!!!

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Yin Yang
Eleanor in Slumberland
Rigby!!!!!
Comfy!! YES THE CHAIR IS DIRTY, IT'S ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD
Little Girl in the grass!!
Look here for more!!

The Peril Family Welcomes Eleanor And Rigby!

WELCOME ELEANOR AND RIGBY
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We lost our precious Barkley a few weeks back. I was too upset to blog about it , it was just too painful. The house was so lonely Mom and I decided we needed a new dog. Erick was in China and sent us a link to an ad for Cocker puppies. There were two females and one male, we decided on the male and before long we decided we wanted a brother and sister. So we welcome Eleanor and Rigby to the family!!!!!!!

Rigby is playful and into everything!
Eleanor is equally as playful especially when Rigby riles her up!

They do everything together!
Rigby will be a jumper and a counter surfer! Here he is in flight!
"Look into my Eyes! I am Eleanor your new dog!"

Time for a puppy nap!

We are glad we kept a brother and sister together!

Keep your eyes here for tons of pictures and videos to come!!!!!!!!!!!!

How I heard it!

Mis-heard lyrics are always fun. As a child when I heard something and did not know the context or even some of the words I sang them as I heard them.

Here are some of the funny ones:

Steve Miller Band's "Jet Airliner" Lyric: "Big Old Jet Airliner, Don't carry me too far away".
At this point in my life I had not heard the term Airliner, I heard airplane but not Airliner.
I had at this point met someone named John, Fred and Lionel (from "The Jeffersons").
So I thought this was Steve Miller asking his friends not to carry him too far away, so I heard it as:
"Big John, Fred and Lionel, don't carry me too far away". If you sing it with those lyrics it makes sense. My brothers still rag on me about that one 30 years later.

Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon" Lyric: "Rhiannon,Rhiannon,Rhiannon,Rhiannon"
Ok at this point I had not met any one named Rhiannon. Becky? Sure, Carol? Sure, Rhiannon? Uh NO! So I thought the song was about someone unable to make up their mind, I heard the chorus as, "Yeaaaaaaaaaaa, No, Yeaaaaaaaaaa No, Yeaaaaaaaaaaa, No"

Elton John's "Your Song" Lyric "It may be quite simple" This one is forgivable and I think what I thought he said was quite poetic on my part. Elton(Actually Bernie Taupin) is talking about his love for a woman (or Man) and that this song was his way of expressing it. So I heard the lyric as "It may be a quiet symbol". A quiet symbol of his love, an easy, quiet song. Am I the crazy one here?

The Bee Gee's "You should be Dancing" Lyric: "Whatcha doin on your back?" I guess I never really listened that hard to the lyrics. I thought there was no vocal at that point beyond a kind of scat. So I heard it as "Skibbaditatditat, Ohhh, Skibbaditatditat, you should be dancin Ya" Yea I know, but this blog is called "Dave's Warped View"!

Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" Lyric: "There is no pain you are receding" Needless to say when listening to PF I was usually comfortably numb myself. But it made sense in the context of the lyrics for me to have heard, "There is no pain you are receiving". Oh well, I can't explain you would not understand, this is just how I am.

Boston's "More than a Feeling" Lyric: "Its more than a feeling, when I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling)" Now this is a mighty mushmouth song, I can't understand half the lyrics because Brad does not enunciate! Plus his voice is going through so many echoes and modulators how could you understand him? When this song came out I was a child that used to stay up late and watch TV. So I heard the lyric as "More than a feeling, well I'm livin' on Soul Train" Thanks Don Cornelius!

Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" Lyric: "Smoke on the Water" My best guess is, due to the way the lyric was sung, I heard it as "Slow coming home, Yah" I guess I didn't care there was a clue in the following lyric, "Fire in the Sky".

More To Come.............

"Dinner Impossible" Chef Irvine Discredited/Fired

Chef Robert Irvine from the Food Network show "Dinner Impossible" has admitted his resume was slightly embellished. The Food Network is looking for a new host for the show for next season but is honoring the contract and finishing out the season that is currently in production with Chef Irvine. Click Here for the details!

The way I see it, what's done is done! Chef Irvine has proven himself every episode by not only completing his tasks, but also giving an entertaining, uniquely British point of view on cuisine. His skills cannot be denied. When they do replace him the new host will only be emulating Irvine and utilizing the Sous Chef that he trained. FN has already changed the opening montage for the show to reflect on his experience and triumphs on the show. That alone should tell them they still have someone who is unique and effective regardless of a few white lies he may have made to get ahead. Everyone does it! Come on!, the show is fun and informative, I will watch it with Irvine, but will think twice about viewing his replacement unless it's Gordon Ramsay.

The last installation of the "Next Food Network Star" had one of their finalists bow out of the competition because he lied about everything that made him a good candidate for the show. If he would have won (which he would have) he would have faked his way through a series of shows that would have been miles better than the boring, banal Mother that won. Open your mind FN it's not about ethics, it's about entertainment, information, and effectiveness.

Or as they say here is Texas:

"If it ain't' broke, don't fix it"!

"Sweeney Todd; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" Review

I have never been a musical person in the traditional sense. I love rock musicals (The Who's "Tommy", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Pink Floyd's The Wall") big time! I have even forayed into "Porgy and Bess", "Finian's Rainbow", "The Sound Of Music" all of which I was exposed to as a kid, before I put labels on them (feminine, etc). So when I saw a trailer for "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet street" I was less than enthusiastic. Even though it has one of my favorite actor/director teams (I saw "Edward Scissorhands" in the theater and was a very special experience).
I waited till the other day when I came across a 5.1 Widescreen DVD of the film. I popped it in just to see the opening sequence, they are usually mind blowing computer animations. It was so killer it sucked me into watching the whole thing. This is a DARK DARK movie (as usual), the musical aspect really flows with the feel and look of the film. The songs were not "sing-songy" and I never once heard a "La La" or the dreaded "Tra-La-La" They just sang the dialog and with a few exceptions really "Broadwaying" it up. Sasha Baron Cohen played a rival barber who provided the little comic relief. He has a surprisingly good voice Johnny Boy was up for best actor this year for his performance, again as usual creating a deep layered character that will endure for ages. He did not win but who cares about that BS anyway.
So I am recommending this film, keep in mind it is not for kids, and If you are looking for a happy-pappy ending avoid it all together.
ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!

"I Met The Walrus" Up for Academy Award.....

This is one of the coolest Beatle stories I have ever seen! This guy was 14 when he heard his hero John Lennon and Yoko Ono were in Toronto. He booked it to the hotel they were rumored to be staying. He knocked on every door with no luck until a maid asked him "Are you looking for the Beatle?" He went in under the pretense of being a reporter. John invited him to come back with a tape recorder and what took place was animated into the short film "I Met the Walrus" 30 years later. The film was nominated for best animated short subject, but lost.

Check out the details,




Keep in mind though..............."THE WALRUS WAS PAUL"!