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I own a couple bars in South Dakota. I also run a cool fan blog at http://theriverfans.com
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I watched a bad movie today. It's called "The Ruins." Seen it? - http://www.imdb.com/title...
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Dreadful. Utterly dreadful. - Absentee
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nope, but I watched Transformers and I don't think anyone could've wasted more money than its producers. - Rohit
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Remember that historic day when Guy Kawasaki started using FriendFeed for the first time? Remember the thread where Scoble and everyone was trying to walk him through it? Apparently that's all over? Guy still has no likes and just has a handful of comments, probably automatically posted. So I guess this place is still safe from the marketers??
Yeah, I noticed 2-3 days after that he had only really commented in 3-4 threads and didn't do anything after that. - OCoG of FF, Jimminy
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Oh yeah: One of those 78 people I immediately subscribed to when I set up my FriendFeed account was, of course, Guy Kawasaki. - Dennis Jernberg
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My friend really wanted me to check out his new house and liquor selection. He had me at liquor selection.
My favorites (besides the obvious bourbons) were Templeton Rye, Glenlivet 18-year, Johnny Walker Green, and Glenmorangie - Ben Hanten
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lol - آریــوبرزن
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In honor of Joe Pierce's question on Friend Feed, I decided to ask a bunch of my bar customers tonight, "Would you rather take 10 slaps now, or 5 slaps at random, unknown times?" The data is in and 61.6% of my customers would rather get it over with and take 10 slaps now.
The original question on Friend Feed. http://friendfeed.com/pierce... - Ben Hanten
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I think that's probably consistent with psychology... i mean, ppl have a problem with the uncertainty, right? so, knowing that the slappage is inevitable, they figure that the uncertainty is worse - Snipergirl
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Finished bartending early and am enjoying THE best Manhattan. Templeton Rye + French vermouth + blood orange bitters. Rock on.
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Oh my god. The "Doc Bottom's Aspray" commercial is the craziest commercial to date. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
It's been on ESPN twice in the last 10 minutes. Amazing. Where is Billy Mays when you need him? - Ben Hanten
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Everybody said, "On REGULAR TV?????" - Ben Hanten
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My use of FriendFeed has been greatly enhanced since I followed Jesse Stay's method for using Gmail to manage discussions. It's incredible; I never miss anything. http://staynalive.com/article...
The other major change that made my experience better was pausing real time. Now I actually can engage and like items, instead of falling two steps behind. I just refresh a lot. - Ben Hanten
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Today will be my fifth 12-hour day in a row. Tomorrow and Sunday are 6-hours, then back to 12s next week. As an equation that can be expressed as me*12hours + not enough Internet time - bourbon time = ready to crack.
Oh man. I feel for you. Hope you rest up on the weekend. - Anika
Time to break out the scotch. - phil baumann
Thanks for the condolences. That's one of the joys of owning your own business -- when employees bail, somebody has to pick up the slack. - Ben Hanten
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Today, I went to a bookstore and asked the sales woman,"Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. - from FML
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Uh, yeah, I'm here for the Free TV Show. Food? Bonus. Thanks.
The free TV show, in this case, was a classic cars auction. - Ben Hanten
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Rice is so lucky to have soy sauce in its world
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Anybody else surprised to learn that the first NFL preseason game is this Sunday!!??
Happy is the word :-) - Duane @PreppyDude Myers
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Young is a mess right now. His recent comments about winning a SuperBowl and the Hall of Fame doesn't really help.... - Ben Hanten
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'The Cove:' Japan Has a Dark Secret It Hopes the World Will Never See. Suspenseful and shocking film exposes the slaughter of tens of thousands of dolphins and the billion-dollar industry that profits from selling them. - http://www.alternet.org/world...
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Also, did you know dolphins can commit suicide? Me neither. - Ben Hanten
"You have to understand, dolphins are not automatic air breathers like we are. Every breath for them is a conscious effort. She looked me right in the eye, took a breath, held it — and she didn’t take another one. She just sank to the bottom of the water. That had a profound effect on me. " - Ben Hanten
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@plweber Good ones. I like bartenders with an eye for details.
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I'm training a new full-time bartender today. What is the one thing you appreciate most out of a bartender? Looks, service, humor, knowledge, strong drinks??
I like attention to details. - Ben Hanten
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Thanks for all the comments. Chris, the new bartender, found my Twitter page and found this thread. I think we have a good one; maybe not the low cut blouse, but... Thanks for your thoughts - Ben Hanten
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@ChocBeerCo The best publicity Blue Moon could hope for. I heard Chris Matthews call it an "upstate beer."
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"I'll show you Obama's birth certificate when you show me Palin's high school diploma" - Bill Maher
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12 hour bartending day ahead. I just bought new shoes - is there still a breaking-in period? 12 hour day + new shoes = hurt feet? Or no?
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Depends on the shoes. Sneakers? Good luck. Something like Clark's or maybe Keen's will do you good from the onset. - Derrick
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I'm told clogs are a longtime kitchen classic for that reason. - Andrew C (✔)
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@_Suze_ I have my Eye-Fi setup to automatically upload to Flickr, which then pushes to FriendFeed.
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Since Scoble is going to delete all of his friends on Twitter and start over, I'd like to see a whole bunch of us join in. If we had a purpose and 1,000,000 unfollows, maybe Twitter would wake up and see that the interface doesn't work. They need list management, groups ,etc. It could be a significant online protest. Fix it or we quit.
It's the way to end the influence of spammers and marketers on Twitter. They are not effective on FriendFeed for that very reason. - Ben Hanten
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Brook and I are going to see 'Funny People'
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What pairs best with meat? Beer. - http://drinkupdate.com/archive...
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Beer and boobs - Outsanity
I'll take an IPA and chicken wings about any day... - Ben Hanten
charcoal. - Tony C (Unrated)
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We have been converting a lot of Crown Royal drinkers to Forty Creek at the bar. You had? Impressions?
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I just dumped about 150 marketers from Twitter. That has cleaned up things a lot. Thinking of a bourbon Bloody Mary.
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Is there a meme calendar on FF? If so, I would like to schedule a gaudy Hawaiin shirt meme for next Wednesday. Carry on.
There has been sooooooo much interest in this; I will probably cancel it. Mark it off your calendars. - Ben Hanten
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HA. I need a drink. - Ben Hanten
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I only golf once a year. It's a big tournament a local lawyer puts on for his friends and clients. Two years in a row we've had torrential rain. This year we decided to play anyway. Golf, beer, Scotch, ribeyes, Texas Hold 'Em. Not bad for a Wednesday in Yankon, SD.
Be sure to click the arrow for more photos. Thanks. - Ben Hanten
Not bad indeed. - Jordan Hofker
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Too tired. Come back later.
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I have been given a 35 handicap for today's golf outing.
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How'd that go? (And not sure if that's good or bad...) - Derrick
It went pretty well. A 35 was given to me because I never golf. The best player had a zero handicap. But, I definitely was up there for having the most fun and drinking the most bourbon. - Ben Hanten
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Maker’s Mark, I ain’t mad at ya. It’s Jamie Foxx I’m mad at. - http://drinkupdate.com/archive...
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I was denied access to the Maker's Mark Bourbon Lounge. I was ready to declare war on one of my favorite bourbons, but it turns out a certain actor / singer was to blame. - Ben Hanten
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I just got a tip that Maker's Mark paid Foxx $10,000 for the appearance. - Ben Hanten
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The customer drinking Absolut Bloody Mary's with 20oz Guinness chasers seems pretty badass to me.
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absoultely, :)! - chaz2b
Two handed is recommended for professionals - Ben Hanten
pros wear the hats http://friendfeed.com/chaz2b... - chaz2b
Chaz, that seems inefficient. Why go from the head to the mouth to the stomach to the small intestine to the blood and back to the head? Why not find a more direct way to the head? - Ben Hanten
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I think the world needs more ska music. Seriously, do you really think people could argue and fight with Reel Big Fish playing in the background? No way.
Very true:) - M F
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A whole lot of Thumbs up Tuesday peeps at http://friendfeed.com/search...
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