The Elements Are Falling, My Dear Watson

Sunday night I may have made one of the most perfect roasted chickens ever. I didn't do anything differently than normal. It just came out superbly juicy and flavorful. A 6 lb. bird cooked for an hour and a half, and I was REALLY looking forward to eating the leftovers last night. To the point where I didn't plan to do any of my usual tricks to change up the leftovers. I just wanted a repeat of last night's dinner.
In the non-disgusting way.

Since it has been pouring rain for two and a half days, I thought this would be a good time to attempt Julia's onion soup, or maybe a pot of chicken chili. I think this afternoon will be perfect for the chili.
That post will be forthcoming.

We also went to karaoke last night, which is rare. The rare part being the "we" part of that sentence. Mike is on vacation this week, so I got to drag him along with me. But he totally wanted to go because our friend Jim was there as well, and while Jim and I talk food, the two of them talk boy-talk: comics, movies, video games, etc.. And then Cathy and I just drink and laugh at them. Which tends to be what I do whenever I'm hanging out with a girl and guys are up to their own devices.
But we had a good night. See?

Cheers!

I think we rolled in the door around a quarter to 2... isn't there a song that goes something like that? Oh well.

Finally, I'd just like to point out that I am SO HAPPY to own Sherlock Holmes on DVD. Even if I don't think that it was all that accurate a portrayal of the characters, and that Rachel McAdams did a horrible job portraying Irene Adler, tho I blame horrible writing for most of that. It was as though they had written an action flick and then realized they needed the complication of love, so they took a character from a great Sherlock Holmes mystery ("A Scandal in Bohemia"), and just threw her in for posterity. No one bothered to research who that character really was. She's supposed to be an Opera Contralto, and the only woman to have outwitted Holmes. Instead she's just a chick who gets in trouble and tries to pull a double-cross. I found it incredibly frustrating.
However, if you just take the movie as a fun ride, it's totally worth it.
Plus, Robert Downey Jr. is oh so much fun to look at.

3-Piece Sexy

Why on Earth did the 3-piece suit ever go out of style? Really, we've survived the Zoot Suits, the 70's polyester and Lapels of Death, and the Double-Breasted phenomenon (which comes back on occasion but slightly less Captain & Tennille in form), so can we get back to the good fashion again already?!?!

It is so classy, and solves the problem of looking to casual when you chivalrously lend your coat to a chilly lady, because you have your swanky vest, possibly outfitted w/ a watch-fob-chain piece.

Plus, who would you rather hang out with:

Bachelor # 1

Or Bachelor #2

Bachelor #1

Or Bachelor #2 (minus the pleather-clad chick, obviously...)

It's just such an automatically classy and sexy look. Mike agrees with me and wears vests to work some days, but I'm damned if I don't wish he had a reason to wear a 3-piece suit more often!

Brad Pitt knows what I'm talking about!

See! Smart man (if, possibly, completely destroyed by choice of partner.) But clearly understands fashion, no matter what freaky Man of the Mountain beard he has to sport for a part.

Even this actress from "House" spent a solid season wearing the vest-pantsuit uniform, which was a fabulous choice for her emaciated frame (unlike when she later went blonde... blah.)

Now let us just enjoy some other lovely pictures:

A bit outdated, but it was the 1880's

Oh my.

Did I mention I was excited for this to come out on DVD already?

No matter how I may digress... I think I have a valid point. There is a time for casual dress, and for tuxedos, and for jeans and a t-shirt, but for those other occasions, 

in the immortal words of Barney Stinson:

Re: the first comment below.
I would not use Danzig as your fashion roll-model. A man who wears a net tank as his on stage persona is not one to be admired, fashionably speaking.

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Waaaaaay too much Exhibit B

Even if you are implying you are terribly buff, or just looking for a male version of "zaftig" a vest is a good look. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would look great in a 3-piece suit, and we're all happy when Dan Aykroyd contains his paunch within the confines of a vest.

 

I was just going to link to this picture, but then decided I couldn't let that Right Said Fred picture be the last image on this page...

Dan Aykroyd: one time Ghostbuster, ex-Spy, Blues Brother, & Conehead, now brings you vodka in a skull and ice wine.
He doesn't look like he likes it...
But he IS wearing a 3-piece suit, so it's gonna be  alright.
So long as he remembers Winston's advice I keep at the top of my blog...