Time Warner Cable to Lose Major Channels?

I got home last night and turned on my bedroom TV to watch some TV before going to bed as I normally do and all of a sudden I see this ticker on the bottom of some channels stating that we may be losing some major channels soon. Apparently, Viacom, the owner of said channels is willing to pull their channels from all Time Warner cable networks if Time Warner does not agree to increased fees for these channels by tonight.

I looked over the list of channels that will potentially be pulled and honestly, I don't really care that much. The list of channels affected includes MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, Spike, and Comedy Central. I haven't watched MTV in years so I won't miss that and I don't have kids so Nickelodeon isn't anywhere near my radar. I also hardly watch Comedy Central, although it was a nice feeling to know it was always there in case I ever wanted to catch a re-run of Something About Mary or Kingpin at 2 in the morning. I think the only channel I'd miss on that list is VH1. In the past few years, VH1 has come up with some interesting programming such as Best Week Ever, The Pick Up Artist, and Scream Queens that I've enjoyed watching. Spike has also been pretty good about showing guy flicks like Bloodsport so I may miss that channel a bit as well.

The deadline for a deal to be made is midnight tonight. We'll see what happens!

Best Fight Scenes

Came across some cool clips on Youtube.

Here's someone list of his top 10 Jackie Chan fight scenes. I agree with him for the most part but would probably switch the order around. Gotta love his commentary though.

Gotta love this fight scene from Undefeatable. So cheesy and ridiculous it's gold! It's gold, Jerry! I actually am a big fan of the cheesy 90s straight to video martial arts movies starring such legendaries as Cynthia Rothrock, Keith Cooke, Don "the Dragon" Wilson, and Billy Blanks.

And for the truly bizarre, check out this fight!

Weekend at the Hilton Hawaiian Village

Got to spend a night at the Hilton Hawaiian Village this past Friday and it was quite nice! Just $180 for the evening and they even upgraded me to an ocean view room. Nice! The reservation also allowed for a late 4pm checkout so it was cool that there was no need to rush on Saturday and could just relax the day away....

View from the room
Penguins!

I think these turtles were trying to get it on but were waiting for the people to go away...

Pink flamingos

I really enjoyed my stay at the Hilton and it was nice to get away, even if for a single night.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer

Check out this trailer for next summer's guaranteed hit X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The film seems to be about Wolvie's Project X days and has tons of popular characters from the Wolvie universe including Sabretooth, Deadpool, Blob, and Gambit!

Also check out Korean drama hapa megahunk Daniel Henney (star of My Lovely Samsoon) in the trailer. Boy done good for himself!

Menchie's = Yogurtland?

Was driving by the Ward area after dinner last night and noticed a new fro-yo place across from Bose. Fro-yo for dessert? Cool! So stopped by at around 10:45pm. Place was pretty packed with high school kids who were just standing around the yogurt dispensers sampling all the flavors without actually buying anything....nice.

The setup is very similar to Yogurtland's. First you fill your cup with your choice of yogurt flavors, then you hit the toppings bar, and then you pay by the ounce. I saw 16 different flavors last night including Cable Car Chocolate, Irish Mint, Cake Batter, Strawberry Banana, Green Tea, Peanut Butter and others. The one thing they offer here that Yogurtland doesn't have is liquid toppings such as hot fudge, caramel, and I forget the last one. But other than that, the toppings available were very similar.

I filled my cup with a little Strawberry Banana and a little Irish Mint and topped it with hot fudge, chopped almonds, mini peanut butter cups, and mochi balls. Yum!

I believe they charged $0.43 per ounce but I don't know how that compares to Yogurtland cuz I forget their rate. But it was like $8 for two of us.

The one thing I did not like was that once it hit 11pm, they pretty much kicked us as well as the other patrons out of the place. I felt that they could have just put a CLOSED sign on the door to not allow anymore people to come in and at least let the people inside finish their yogurts before closing up shop. Oh well.

All in all, a decent alternative to Yogurtland if you're in the Ward area.

Dim Sum Part Deux!

Remember my post from last year about eating dim sum every Saturday? Well....that's still the case to this day. But my Dad and I have changed venues since then. Good Luck Chinese Restaurant lost my business the day I found not one...but TWO! Two dead cockroaches in one of the dim sum steamers on our table. That was so disgusting. Haven't been back since.

Now we go to Tai Pan, which is also in the Chinese Cultural Plaza, in the very back corner on the first floor. No traditional dim sum carts here. The restaurant is too small for them. Just give your order to the waitress and she'll bring the food to you.

Here's a sampling of last Saturday's meal:

Gotta have the siu mai (pork hash)! So ono! ($2.35)

Black bean sauce spareribs. Very tasty and not full of just bone like other places ($2.35)

Hau gau or steamed shrimp dumplings ($2.35)

Steamed scallop dumplings ($2.35)

Pan fried chives...one of my faves! ($2.35)

Just recently discovered this dish after seeing another table order it. It's gau gee with choy sum. Yummy! ($5.45)

So now you can find me at Tai Pan every Saturday morning instead of Good Luck. There are often times a line of people waiting for an open table or you may be forced to share a large a table with another small party if you only have 2 or 3 in your group but the staff is friendly and the food is definitely worth it.