Taco-copter - Great Idea, or Too Far Ahead of Its Time?

HuffPo- Ladies and gentlemen, we have taco liftoff! The world's first Tacocopter made an historic flight of about five feet this weekend, marking perhaps the first time ever that a taco was flown through the air via remote control counter-rotor helicopter. The Tacocopter prototype was constructed by an early-stage web startup of the same name, whose brilliant idea to deliver tacos ordered via smartphone using a fleet of drone helicopters became an Internet sensation earlier this year, winning the attention of everyone from Aziz Ansari to Stephen Colbert. Flying in the face of reports that Tacocopter was a hoax, the Tacocopter team had a raucous launch party (Get it? Launch party???) in Hong Kong to celebrate its prototype taco-delivery drone's test flight. Here is some amateur video of the abbreviated flight, along with a look at Tacocopter's latest innovation, a high-velocity sour cream cannon for rapid-fire taco preparation.

Honestly, I applaud the initiative, it seems like a good idea and all, but it is quite literally the last thing we need as a society.  

I've got a Chinese food driver that comes to my house once a week, and gets lost every single time. Makes the same goofy smile and wave when he gets there apologizing for being late...we're on a first name basis, guy still can't remember my house...Now ask yourself, do you really believe that Edgar Suarez is going to be able to navigate, via remote control, a toy helicopter to my front door and successfully drop off my burrito?

I don't think so. Call me a doubting Thomas all you want, but I just don't think we're there as a society...in fact, Mexican delivery places around here are rare enough on their own, and we're talking the traditional method. How about we work on that before we start training these guys to steal drones carrying weaponized beef, beans, and rice.

PS: This is potentially the best thing ever to happen to Pigeons. 

Guy Fieri's Stolen Lambo Returned

TMZ - Guy Fieri had a GREAT weekend ... 'cause cops finally recovered the chef's missing yellow Lamborghini ... after it was jacked in a "Mission Impossible" style heist last year. Guy last saw his 2008 Lambo Gallardo -- worth roughly $200k -- in March 2011 ... when some crook went into the British Motor Car Distributors dealership in S.F. ... rappelled down from the roof ... slithered through a window and sped off with the ride. Pretty bad ass, right? But this weekend, the Marin County Sheriff's Dept. made a HUGE break in the case ... when they arrested a 17-year-old boy on a gun charge ... and decided to search a storage unit that belonged to him. When cops opened up the unit ... they found the Lambo. We're told the 17-year-old is a "person of interest" in the theft ... and the case is still under investigation.

Are you fucking kidding me? This guy owns a $200K Lambo? That's depressing. You know what the difference between Guy and me is? A couple of pinky rings, a horrid dye job, about 30-50 pounds, and about 10 levels or so of phony douchiness...that's it.

He doesn't do anything particularly skillful, he goes around and eats at take out joints...I DO THE SAME THING! This guy is more or less on the same diet I am, only he apparently gets paid enough to own one of the most expensive cars in the world. Looks like I can add another item to the "reasons I hate Guy list, est. 2009."

I mean it, he claims he's a chef, maybe he is, but all I ever see him doing is stuffing his gullet and wearing gaudy jewelery and making "I'm really enjoying this burrito"-like grunts on camera...I can do that...I can do that for half of what he's making, call me up folks. I'll even dye my hair like an asshole if that's what it takes.

PS: how about this kid? Plans an Oceans 11-type theft and then just leaves the car in a storage unit? I get that its not the most inconspicuous car around, but couldn't you at least hawk it?

Chic Violates Office Dress Code, Writes into Website to Complain.

 Stylist - I work for a large corporate company. I am 28, but most of the employees are in their 30s. The dress code is business casual, so men wear khakis and a golf shirt or button-down. For women it varies, but generally they wear slacks or a skirt and some kind of blouse...Our office has a "Casual Friday" policy where we can wear jeans and similarly less-formal gear. There are rules/dress code, but they are seldom enforced or followed. In general, no tank tops or flip flops, just look put together and presentable. What my colleagues find acceptable, I would never think is acceptable. They show up in ripped jeans and hoodies...One day I wore Lilly Pulitzer navy blue shorts and a white, ruffled silk blouse, which was buttoned-up to my neck, with a cardigan worn over it. The shorts were a little shorter than knee-length. I went to lunch and when I returned my boss called me into his office. My boss made it clear that he didn't think it was a big deal, but he went on to tell me that "Somebody called HR and reported you for wearing shorts, so we want you to go home and change. Personally, I'd rather have you be here and be productive, but that's what people want you to do." How is that OK?"

Chics, am I right guys? Give em an inch they'll take a mile. Nothing gets me more riled up in the office than when I hear girls griping about the dress code. 

From the sounds of this article, I work in a very similar office, huge corporate company, business casual dress code except Fridays which are casual (ie, you can wear jeans, GO CRAZY FOLKS!).  Anyway, it's pretty well spelled out everyone knows the rules, people flirt in the fringes of what's acceptable, jeans a little tattered, maybe a shirt comes untucked after lunch, but for the most part everyone complies...

Except when it comes to girls...I don't know why its so difficult to read a list of rules and comply, but for some reason somewhere around 50-60% of the girls in the office just can't. The list says no flip flops, girls wear flip flops (like $1.99 Old Navy flip flops, like they just walked off the beach), rules say no Capri's above the knees, girls wear Capri's above the knees and get their Capri rights taken away, etc, etc...It goes like that every year, particularly around summer...and the complaint is always the same:

But I got these at Ann Taylor (or Express, or Banana Republic, basically fill in any moderately overpriced store that sells clothing for professional woman).

 Like that makes it ok...Oh sure, just bring in your receipt and we'll let that slide. Nope. Girls, you get away with murder with office dress codes. What's so hard about finding a pair of Capri's that comply with the knee rule? As a guy, you know what my options are, pants. Just pants. It's not like I'm allowed to wear Jorts in the summer (nor would I, but at least I'd have the option), yet here you are with this absolute gift and you just can't comply. You're allowed to not tuck in shirts...do you know how awesome that is!? And yet you want to push the limit with tank-tops and low cut cardigan things...Just wear a regular shirt and enjoy the free-ness of the non-tuck! It's not that hard. 

Like this girl in the article...No you can't wear shorts! Do you see guys rolling around in shorts? You didn't mention it. We'd all love to wear shorts, but we can't. Same with sandals? You think I don't want to rock my Jesus sandals around the office, just loafing back and forth to the copy machine? Of course I do. But I'm pretty sure I'd get a call down to HR the first time someone caught sight of the hair on my big toe. 

Bottom line, day to day girls are allowed to dress a lot more casual and a lot less stuffy then men, it shouldn't be that hard to comply folks.  

PS: I'm all for no dress codes, I really am. But if I've got to be uncomfortable, so does everyone else. I'm nothing if not spiteful.

Red Sox Fans Pulse Check: Break Up the Sox!

Another game, another win folks. 7-1 in their last eight games, up to .500 to close out April, and well on their way to helping Clay Buchholz fullfill his quest to be MLB's first 20 game winner with a 5.00 ERA or higher (3-1 on the year, 8.69 and rising!). 

It's frankly astounding. Day to day the outfield is made up of: Ryan Sweeney, who's flat out raking and is currently my main squeeze on the team, Cody Ross, absolutely winning my heart one bat flip at a time, and Darnell McDonald, who I don't really like...No offense Darnell, it's just that you can't hit the ball. 

And despite this Quad-A lineup they're throwing out there night after night, they're first in the MLB in runs. First! Papi is one of the two or three most feared batters in the AL again, Pedroia is doing his damn thing like always, and Mike Aviles? He's doing a poor-man's Nomar in '99 impression. They're flat out rolling. Remember, they scored 2 runs combined those last two games in Chicago, and they still maintained the league lead in runs scored. This is a team that's going to mash all season long.

So that brings us to pitching, which has pleasantly seemed to turn the corner this week (Buchholz excluded, though some of that blame goes to Bobby V...Really Bobby? You couldn't take him out after 6 last night and give the kid a confidence boost?). 

Felix Doubront has been a mini-revelation. Leading starters in k/9 and second in ERA to...Daniel Bard, who despite not having started since Single A ball has shown real promise in his starts this season and is leading the staff in ERA...but yea, why get 6-7 innings a start out of him when we could pitching one inning at a time maybe 3 games a week? Get real folks. This kid's got the stuff to be a starter and that's where he belongs until he fails his way out of the rotation. 

Even the bullpen looks...well they look better, which albeit wasn't difficult given their start, but still, it's a step in the right direction. Most importantly Aceves seems to have righted his ship in the past week...I mean, he's cut his ERA from 24.00 to 10.29, so that's something to be proud about. 

All in all it's been a positive week to be a Sox fan. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to call into WEEI about this Harpah kid down Washington...Tryin-a see if maybe the sox could trade crawford and lackey and cash for the kid.