More important than the current election cycle winding down, much of this weekend’s news focuses on our friends along the U.S. east coast. Take care of yourselves!
I had fun Friday afternoon wondering if I could identify the 100,ooo visitor here. My guess is it was Viveka from Sweden, but I’m not absolutely sure.
How was your weekend? We had an evening with costume on the ballroom floor and an evening of tasting Italian wines with our fun and fellowship church wine group. In between, we even had a trip to Costco! Meanwhile, I see a busy week ahead.
There is one word to best describe this Monday Morning Entertainment – BACON! With so many people enjoying this piggly treasure, here’s a bacon minute. Enjoy – and have a good week!
A Frank Angle 
I am speechless. Enjoy the novelty.
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Elyse,
Speechless? You? … Wow … that is quite the accomplishment on my part. 😉 Good luck with your safe-and-stinky goal. Check in when you can. Thanks for commenting.
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Better to be the baconer than the baconee…or something…
I’ll be pretending to work from home monday and possibly tuesday, until they turn the subway back on. Not expecting any major problems…
Have a great week, Frank!
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Guapo,
Baconer-baconee analogy is a hoot! Enjoy pretending to work from home … and no surfing! Please check in when you can. Thanks for stopping by.
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Glad to see your safe and sound. that’s heck of way to get a day off. No subway crazy days indeed.
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I’m going to have to show that bacon clip to my son tomorrow. He’s oddly infatuated with bacon lately, which is weird considering we never eat it. 🙂
Hope folks don’t get hit too hard by Sandy. I feel for those in its path.
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Carrie,
Interesting infatuation for your son, so let me know what he thinks of the video. Hard to believe the Sandy’s rains were in Ohio as she was 200 miles from the shoreline! Meanwhile, gotta hope for the best for those in the battle zone. Thanks for commenting.
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I’ve never seen bacon aliens before. Very funny. Love the frying pan space ship. Some people have some really way out ideas xx
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Spiced,
The frying-pan spaceship is quite the attention grabber! Glad you enjoyed this and thanks for stopping by.
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hard to dislike anything that involves bacon. one of my weekly rituals is a diner breakfast on weekends. i recently changed my usual place only because of the better bacon at another diner.
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Rich,
Given your ritual, no wonder you appreciated this clip. Thanks for sharing your routine!
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Milton rather enjoyed the bacon in his bacon cheeseburger at dinner on Saturday night before we entered Frankenstorm freakout mode over here. Oh, the halcyon day of the weekend — Saturday!
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Lame,
Cheers to Milton and his bacon cheeseburger! Stay safe for a couple of days … PS: Count the tree bags to see how many survive. Thanks for stopping by.
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Will do, Frank! Checking up on the bags will be my top priority — whenever I set foot outside my door again.
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I LOVE the way the bacon on board the spaceship GASPS when a baconaut gets eaten…lolololololololololol
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Zannyro,
I was hoping you would see this one … so thanks for getting my Monday off to a good start.
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Bacon aliens! Now that is a novelty! Did you buy any of your wine at Costco? 🙂 I hope Monday treats you well!
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Debra,
Glad to hear that this one surprised you. Costco and wines in Ohio is an interesting situation. Because Ohio is a price-control state regarding alcohol, Costco must price their wines accordingly, thus are unable to pass along their purchasing-power pricing. In other words, (and for the most part) it doesn’t matter where one buys wine in this state. However, here’s a tip on a wine I see at the Costco here. Italian wine Allegrini Palazzo della Torre 2008 is in last year’s Wine Spectator top 100 … quite a feat for a $20 bottle. Thanks for stopping by.
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Good gracious Frank, I had no idea that a State could determine the price Costco can sell their wines. What does price control state mean? Is it a plus the consumer or the State?
What’s to stop you driving over to New York State and buying wine at a Costco there?
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Rosie,
Great questions. In Ohio, the state not only controls Costco wine prices, it controls all retail wine prices by establishing state min prices guaranteeing a 50% markup in the supply chain. So a retailer can sell it higher, but not lower … well, there are some ways to put a wine on sale. Alcohol is a state-controlled substance, so there are laws about how much can cross state lines … and this price control is for all alcohol. Meanwhile, many Cincinnatians will buy in Kentucky or Indiana if it is cheaper, and if they don’t buy too much. Thanks for asking.
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Probably that’s why I don’t like bacon.
When I hit 10,000 visitors I tried to track the last one but was impossible.
Wine tasting sounds like the perfect plan for a weekend.
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Doggy,
I know what you mean about tracking, but in this case, she did make a comment, thus the credit.
Many are surprised that our church as a wine tasting group. Interestingly, it is one of the longer running groups! One of these days I’ll post about it. Thanks for stopping by.
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Baconauts??? You’ve made breakfast a lot more fun. “WARNING, WARNING, Bconauts approaching…. Quick, scramble the Eggs….crack, crack, crack….!”
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Fasab,
Oh my … what a great comment! Thanks for sharing your wit.
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Sounds like a fun weekend Frank! Love the bacon video, amazing to think someone has a job putting stuff like that together…makes me hungry…guess it worked!
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Good Morning Seattle John … you are quite the early bird!
Get this … Hormel has a whole series of these bacon minutes! Meanwhile, poker this past weekend?
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Good morning Frank! Yes, it seems like the older I get, the less I sleep…I watched some of those bacon minutes, funny! Dang if I didn’t have to miss this months poker game…mom needed some help, and since I’m the oldest son…
Next months game will thankfully be after the election. Can’t wait till that’s over!
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Tell me about being anxious for it to be over … after all, Ohio leads the country in campaign ads! As of Thursday, $177 million has been spent on TV ads in our state! Meanwhile, I have the strange feeling that the day-after Election Day will be without a winner.
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In any sense of the word…
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I fear the possibility of this election going to the courts.
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I love bacon strips, Frank, so really enjoyed this clip. Brilliant. Now I’m hungry for a breakfast involving bacon. 🙂 Congrats on the 100,000 visitors! Have a great week.
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Paradise,
Glad you enjoyed this and it activate the need-bacon gene. 🙂 Thank you for the congrats and for visiting.
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Poor alien creatures..living in constant fear of being ‘super-sized’ on some hamburger.
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Hansi,
LOL … just another example of human selfishness. What a shame! Thanks for visiting.
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Morning frank, how on earth did you ID that visitor? fantastic numbers! have fun.. c
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Celi,
I happen to be watching … and she was the last comment that could have been it … but to be honest, I’m not 100% sure. thanks for stopping by.
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My husband truly doesn’t feel complete without bacon in the fridge. I never buy it. In fact, he actually announces when he’s made the purchase. “Tina, there’s bacon in the fridge, just so you know.”
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Tina,
Now that is funny. So, I hope you show this post to your husband! 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
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Congratulations on your 100,000th. I enjoyed the video -very funny to watch a piece of bacon running away from a hungry man…
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Rosie,
Many thanks for the congrats and glad you enjoyed the bacon minute. 🙂 Thanks for commenting.
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To maybe be the 100.000 visitor … what an honor. Congratulations to that figure, what an achievement. Love your little scary bacon video .. great. It seems like you dance program is always fully booked for each weekend. Wouldn’t mind going to a costume ballroom dance. Wouldn’t mind to go to any ballroom dance … *smile … ages and light years ago
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Viveka,
We dance most weekends. Best part is we do it for fun – not performing or competing. And congrats again on being the probable 100K visitor! Thanks for stopping by.
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Oh Lordie, don’t let Brainrants see that “Baconauts” video, he’ll go AWOL! 😀 Enjoying a VERY cold rain from the stalled front compliments of Sandy, waiting to see what Sandy’s winds will bring us tomorrow and Wednesday. So far, so good – except for HIGHLY intermittent Internet service!
Good luck to all the East Coasters out there. If you need kerosene lanterns, gimme a yell – I got a few (DOZEN) to spare! 😀
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John,
Unless someone tells Brainrants, no need to worry.
No much from Sandy here today besides some cool temps, outcast skies, an occasional sprinkle, and a typical windy day. Then again, what will Tuesday bring. Hang in there … and I second your shout-out to the east coasters. Thanks for commenting.
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Funny Video Bacon Bacon Bacon! :+)
I hope you don’t get too much snow. I heard that they were expecting thunder snow as well. Crazy weather.
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Starla,
So far no thunder snow for us … but I wouldn’t be surprised is West Virginia got it. Nonetheless, glad you enjoyed the bacon video. Thanks for commenting.
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lol! Bacon is the one thing I miss when it comes to not eating meat. There is just no vegetarian substitute for the crispy, crunchy, smoky flavor of bacon. (That fake bacon stuff is horrible!)
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Robin,
Glad you enjoyed this one! Very clever by the Hormel folks! Thanks for stopping by.
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