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Omaha Kicks Lincoln’s Ass

March 8, 2005 at 8:49pm By: Mr. T Posted in 625 Elm Street

Actually that is an overstatement (or a complete falsehood depending on your point of view). But one thing is for sure - Omaha has California Taco (33rd and California), which has the best fish taco I have ever had. I went out of my way to visit there this afternoon after attending a meeting in Omaha.

Believe me, even taco del mar - which obviously specializes in fish tacos, along with wahoos - cannot compete. Why? Because at California Taco 1) the fried fish fillet you get is much bigger than what you can get at wahoos or taco del mar, and 2) its not just a corn tortilla, but a fried flour shell (i.e. akin to Taco Hell’s “Chalupa” fried bread). Of course, you pay for quality. A California Taco costs $3.99. It comes with a lemon, tartar sauce if you want, and a choice of red tomato salsa or hot chili salsa verde. Together, it is a deep fried delicacy.

In other Mexican fast food news, although this time closer to home: De Leon’s is apparently opening on North 27th, and it looks like there will be a dine-in area. De Leon’s also has fish tacos although I have yet to try theirs. I usually go for their carne asada burritos or tacos. In anycase, a dine-in area is good. Their drive-though only service at west O st. was simply too slow of a wait. I am pumped up for this one. 

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Have Waiting Experience and Need Job (with NBA star)?

March 4, 2005 at 10:20pm By: Mr. T Posted in 625 Elm Street

For those of us who have spent hours and hours (and hours) performing the much lauded, romantic job of waiting tables, breaking news/word is in Houston that this restaurant is looking for employees. 

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Pork Barrel Politics in K-Town

March 3, 2005 at 10:39am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in 625 Elm Street

Third District Representative Tom Osborne is trying to secure $8 million in pork to fund a new interchange near the Archway Monument just outside of Kearney.

With all the funding needs in Nebraska—you know, little things like schools, health care, that sort of thing—aren’t you glad to know that your state’s representatives are working so hard to get a gaudy tourist trap off life support?

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Sorry to leave you hanging there

March 1, 2005 at 10:23pm By: Mr. T Posted in 625 Elm Street

My old clan leader from World of Warcraft just sent me this email:

.... please let me know what is going on at work.  If you are playing on
another server let me know so I can decide what to do.  I would very much like
for you to come play with us even if it’s only a few hours a week....

The reference to “work” is an email I sent him about 2 and a half months ago telling him I could no longer play WoW in the evenings (because I was spending 11 hours days at the office making sure the Future of Lincoln event went succesfully). Having chosen the very unromantic “priest” class in WoW I was one of very few toons who had the ability to heal and buff guild mates since everyone playing WoW preferred to play a fighter type.

I’m kind of torn right now. I uninstalled WoW weeks ago, and theoretically, I could reinstall to access my lvl 44 priest to help my guild out, particularly as I was the only priest in the guild. I guess it would be the “honorable” thing to do in the MMORPG world. On the other hand, what the hell do I get out of it besides wasting yet more hours for a bunch of no-life-BTK-Killer-in-training-losers I have no real life allegiance to whose most literate phrases are: “I’ma pwn him <3.”

Right now I don’t need a second job. Sorry guild. 

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Ted Stevens is a Big Fat Idiot

March 1, 2005 at 12:03pm By: Mr. Wilson Posted in 625 Elm Street

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said on Tuesday he would push to apply broadcast decency standards to subscription television and radio services like cable and satellite.

“Cable is a much greater violator in the indecency area,” the Alaska Republican told the National Association of Broadcasters, which represents most local television affiliates. “I think we have the same power to deal with cable as over-the-air” broadcasters.

“There has to be some standard of decency,” he said.

Stevens told reporters afterward that he would push legislation to apply the standards to cable and satellite radio and television.

I don’t necessarily agree with the Democrats calling themselves “progressives” these days. Much of what the Democrats stand for—which isn’t that much, to be honest—is less progressive than it is supportive of the status quo. Republicans, on the other hand, are more and more frequently earning themselves the right to be called the Regressive Party. Read the whole sordid tale.

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