The Harlem Shake

It's here and it's now! But, what is it? It's the Harlem Shake!!!!!!!!!!!
It's the last craze featuring dancing around crazily when the song's (the Harlem Shake) beat drops.
Now this crazy dancing spread like wildfire over the internet, just like Gangnam Style when it was released. The videos are generally 30 seconds to a minute long and feature the drop of the song.

Here are my top 5 Harlem shake videos from YouTube

5) The college campus of Akron University was transformed into dance outside of there student union, where students dressed up and went crazy to this dance. Also, BONUS there Harlem shake video featuring the AK Rowdies and the Akron Basketball team.

4) The mans really got some self control when he's surrounded by all those beautiful women dancing around him in his sewing shop. This drop is unexpected and great for the younger males looking at my blog.

  

3) When look at this video in the start I think ummm... Firefighters this is definitely going to involve an epic fire-hose in the drop. Oh how I was wrong. Check it out

  

2) Armies are disciplined and follow their orders to the letter. The first order is Harlem shake... P.S. watch the man fall out of the window at 22 seconds in.

  

1) The most viewed Harlem shake video I could find and equally as hilarious. This underwater harlem shake is sure to make you pee your pants laughing.

  

These videos are funny to watch and all around enjoyable. Also they're a very good advertising technique because the funny dancing will draw people attention. Companies like Pepsi and Sea World came out with there own versions of the Harlem shake when these craze became popular. 

If you think I missed any videos or should add any to the top 5 leave your response in the comments and ideas for the next countdown!    

 

MIGHTY Mac.. and cheese

MAC AND CHEESE PLEASE!!!!!!!
I sure don't know if your mouth is watering but mine sure is. It a comfort food that nobody could ever, ever, ever turn down. It's good when your young, old, in school, out of school, long day, lazy day, sick, or never felt better. It's my favorite food and it should be yours too.

There's a millions different ways to make Mac and Cheese. With many different types of pastas and cheese to mix for any combination you want and not to mention the meats, veggies, and spices to give it that extra kick. Now you can go the easy route and just make some Kraft (stove top) or put some Stouffer's in the oven, not to say that you can't add your own culinary flare. However, if you want the cheesiest, mouth watering, explosion of flavor, and downright best Mac and Cheese of your life you have to go homemade.

Here's my top 5 Mac and Cheese Combinations
1) Old-Fashion Mac - Cheddar shredded cheese, no meat, elbow macaroni
2) HOT MAC!! Spicy - Mexican shredded cheese, Cajan chicken, fresh diced jalapenos, elbows
3) Steak Mac - Swiss shredded cheese, cut-up dry rubbed steak, mushrooms, elbows
4) Crabby Mac - Sharp cheddar and Parmesan cheese, crab meat, bread crumbs, shell pasta
5) Beer Bacon Mac - Cheddar cheese, one bottle choice beer, cut bacon, and elbows

Now here's the scoop on how to make my personal favorite Old-Fashion Mac from scratch with my own recipe. You'll need...

• 9 by 9 pan 
• 1/2 box elbow macaroni
• 2 cups Milk
• 2 to 3 cups of shredded cheddar
• 1 tsp onion flakes
• 4 shakes of black pepper 
• A couple dabs Worcestershire sauce 
• A generous squeeze of yellow mustard
• A sprinkle of garlic powder

You start by cooking the pasta on stove top. Bring the water to a boil and cook for 7 to 8 minutes until soft. Then preheat oven to 400 degrees. For the cheese sauce add milk, mustard,Worcestershire, and all spices into a pan. Heat the milk mixture until warm but not boiling. After it's heated start adding hand fulls of cheese at time and continuously stirring until sauce thickens. After the elbows and sauce is done add the macaroni to the 9 by 9 pan and cover with the cheese sauce. Give it a quick stir and then place the Mac and Cheese in the oven for 20 minutes or until the top starts to brown. Remove the Mac and let it sit for 10 minutes before serving.

BONUS --- Try adding favorite hot sauce like Tabasco, Frank's Red Hot, or my personal favorite Chili garlic Cholula 

Total time: around 30 to 40 minutes

Next time your feeling down in the dumps or got a craving you just can't satisfy throw on your apron and make some Mac and Cheese. It's the cure all food and for the ladies the quick way to a mans heart his through his stomach. I hope your taste buds enjoyed this Cheesy post, comment with your recipes or comfort foods.

   ENJOY!!!

SuperBowl XLVII

Congratulation Ravens on there 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers...

There was a lot of action this year and if you watched the game the you were probably ready to throw the control at the TV like myself when half of the stadium lights went off. But today I'm not hear to talk about the action on the field but rather during the breaks. You know what I mean, the commercials!

For many of us, the Superbowl is not complete without the commercials, its a way for companies to really show there best work to peak revenue per-say from a highly televised event. The comedy and the products only go hand in hand and needless to say the commercials are talked about the next day as much as the game. For all you football fans if you missed any good commercials while you were hitting the head her's my top 5 Superbowl XLVII commercials...

5)    The Budweiser Clydesdale "Brotherhood". More heartfelt then comedy this year the Superbowl just isn't complete without the Clydesdale its a tradition and i remember them since I started watching the Superbowl. They been airing since 1986.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2prAccclXs

4) The Tell Bell Commercial "Viva Mas". The Taco Bell's rendition of Project X with a little more of Betty White's Off Their Rockers. These Nursing Home Holigans show us how to really party and do it with Taco Bell.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvxZcULxfKw

3) The new Axe Apollo "Nothing Beats an Astronaut". A classic redirect commercial when the viewer is not really sure what it's about to the very end. This Axe commercial feature a very comical twist that is bound to make you laugh. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGoU3VH7He4

2) I LOVE OREOS. This Oreo's commercial "Whisper Fight" had me on the ground laughing. Not only that but quoting lines to all my friends the next day "cookie, creme, FIRE!!".

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/Oreo?v=6kMWLYYcAYw

1) GoDaddy... I don't know where to start...ummm... you'll probably have the same reaction as the millions of viewers... entitled "kiss"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQTyxNTQTtk

Let me guess you stared wide-eyed and just couldn't turn away.

I hope you enjoyed this compilation of my top 5 Superbowl commercials if you think there's any I missed or should have been added comment with the link in feedback. 

EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA... Doritos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d8ZDSyFS2g

Contraband

Mark Wahlberg (Chris Farraday) stars in the movie Contraband. Here's the quick synopsis...
                                              Spoiler
- Chris Farraday's wife's little brother tries to run a drug deal in the start of the movie. However, they get stopped and searched on the way into the port and have to drop all the drugs.

- This forces Chris to jump back into the smuggling business to repay the debt of the "stupid" younger brother and protect his family, while also putting his family at risk.

-They make it to the drop overseas, but their first shipment didn't go as planned because the counterfeit cash wasn't made correctly. Which causes Chris to travel into gang territory and complete a sting for the quality fake cash or "funny money."

- Along the way he learns that his best friend is actually behind the first deal that went sour with his cousins little brother. When we returns home... You Can Watch The Rest.

The Cast
Mark Wahlberg  - Chris Farraday
Kate Beckinsale - Kate Farraday - Wife
Giovanni Ribisi - Tim Briggs - Bad Guy
Caleb Landry Jones - Andy - Stupid brother
Ben Foster - Sebastian Abney - Chris Friend


In my opinion the movie was a little lacking. Sure it had action, and a few big actors, however the plot was a little jumpy. Not that you couldn't follow the plot, yet moved a little to fast or my taste. The movie was just like watching another movie, nothing was that special about it. Critics off of RottenTomatoes agreed with my lacking of movie interest with a rating of 5.4/ 10. The fast passed begin didn't give enough background into Chris Farraday character. Supposedly he was really good at smuggling. If I were to remake the beginning I would have started with the last run of Chris career before he "retired," then flashed forward to his modern life.

All and all if your bored and looking for an action film, or just a Mark Wahlberg fan Contraband wasn't a bad movie to just pass the time.