What the WHAT?

Get ready for the apocolypse boys and girls, I just saw a commercial that Domino's is now offering pasta. In a bread bowl.

Let's let this sink in for a moment.

They are making pasta, covering it in, for example, alfredo sauce, and inserting it into a giant ball of what I can only assume is pizza crust (cross-utilization of product, bitches!)

I checked their website, and it appears they haven't added this new menu item to their trusty Cal-o-meter, but based on the fact that it's pasta in a bread bowl, I'd be willing to venture a guess that this isn't nutritionally sound.

It also seems like it's only a matter of time before this product appears on This is Why You're Fat (dot com).

Of course, my good friend's boyfriend, who once made himself some toast to "balance out all the pasta" in his dinner, might order one.

So I guess there's a market out there.

Phone Call I Received Last Night

"Hey, I'm going to be a little late picking you up. While you're waiting, could you Google whether Kiss or Van Halen sings 'Runnin' with the Devil?' I think the DJ is wrong. OH MY GOD, there's a car in front of me with the license plate 'Vag Fan.' But spelled differently. Okay, bye."

Twin Cities Thursday

1. Minnetonkascenes presents another rejected concept, this time for lake buoys.
   
   
2. Bill Roehl writes about how people in the South Metro are up in arms about birthday treats in schools. Because apparently THAT is what's causing childhood obesity. Umm . . . yeah.
   
   
3. Pearl explores the American obsession with accents.
   
   
4. MNStories has a two-part video (here and here) of U of M students getting tear gassed at Spring Jam. Reminds me of why I tended to avoid Halloween in Madison.
   
   
5. Easier Being Green recaps what she learned from a week of veganism.
   
   
6. The Spoonbridge's cherry is red again, which means it's only a matter of time before it'll take its rightful place back on the spoon.
   
   
7. Andy Sturdevant shares his scarf's backstory.
   
   
8. Max Sparber takes his jet pack tour to Wisconsin.
   
   
9. Jess gives some much needed perspective on this whole swine flu thing and shares a bit of related Michelle Bachmann ridiculousness (District 6, are you sufficiently humiliated for having reelected her yet? Come on).
   
   
10. Stephanie talks about money. It's all very taboo.
    

I saw Star Trek and you didn't!

Note: I tried not to give anything away here, but if you're an absolute spoiler purist, consider yourself duly warned that I saw Star Trek and am now writing about it. Anyway . . .

Tonight Art won tickets to the Vita.mn advance advance screening of Star Trek (not to be confused with the regular advance screening, which is next Wednesday), and because his best friend and partner in nerd crime was working, I got to join him.

Now, I was a little nervous about how much we'd like the movie for two reasons.

1. Art had been excited about it for three years. Those are a lot of expectations.
   
   
2. Though I definitely wanted to see the movie, I'm not a huge fan of Star Trek and was a bit concerned that it would be too self-referential and even a little boring.

So we arrived at MOA around 6:00 p.m. to get in line for the show. I was prepared for a bunch of people in full-on nerd regalia, but the only person I saw in a Star Trek uniform was Christian, the organizer of the screening, who revealed this fact while introducing the show by slowly unzipping his hoodie for a great reveal.

During his introduction, he also expained that this super duper advance screening was for "tastemakers" (which is apparently what we are) and that members of the media were not to talk about it because of it's super advance and apparently top secret nature (but blogging was fine by them, so suck on that).

And with that, the movie began, and my worries ended (as for my worries about Art's reaction, you'll have to read his review).

It was:

Superbly Cast: I particularly enjoyed Simon Pegg as Scotty, but they really did a brilliant job of recreating the characters without being parodies of them.

Funny: And actually funny funny rather than campy funny (not that I don't enjoy that too).

Accessible: There were maybe two or three "inside jokes" for the Trekkies that I didn't pick up on (Art pointed them out to me afterward), but for the most part, the movie does not require that you have any knowledge of the series (except for things that are so culturally pervasive that even if you think you know nothing about Star Trek, you know them. Trust me).

A Kickass Action Film: In space!

So there you have it, people. Not only I am currently obsessed with Battlestar Gallactica on DVD (also Art's fault), but I love Star Trek.

I AM A NERD NOW.