Restaurant to Avoid

The Burning Bonsai in Burbank CA. was the latest location to be added to my "To Be Avoided" list.
To be fair, we tried this place three times. Each time we received extraordinarily poor service. The waiters just blatantly ignored us as long as they could. When they took our order, not one of the 2 different waiters wrote anything down. Not surprisingly, at least one of our orders was wrong each time. This latest time, he completely forgot one of our dishes and added stuff we did not order, on top of screwing up a couple of things. I ordered a sesame noodles with tofu (vegetarian) and found pieces of chicken in it. They made it with chicken then noticed the mistake in the kitchen and just pulled the big pieces of chicken off the top and put the tofu on.
They served the noodles on a plate so small that the noodles were literally hanging off the side of the plate and dragging on the table as the waiter served it. No shame. My wife was not very happy about that.
My noodles were undercooked and something actually made me puke.
When serving us water, a piece of minced salmon sushi fell off the waiter's hand or sleeve onto the table. He didn't even notice or offer to clean it.
So, my rating for this place, 1-5 with 1 being crappy as hell and 5 being damn good:
Service: 1
Presentation: 2
Cleanliness: 3
Taste: 3.5
Overall Value: 2

You may ask why we went there 3 times. The answer: My 88 year old dad wanted to take us there. But Zoe and I agreed after this last trip, not even a free meal will get us back there again.
Restaurant information:
The Burning Bonsai
4408 W Magnolia Blvd
Burbank, CA.

Stop Bringing Me Down!!!

Some people are blessed with an uncanny ability to overlook the painfully obvious.
-Dan Hoffman 2008/03/17

Have you ever noticed that listening to stupid, illiterate or illogical people speak around you tends to slow your cognitive responses? I have. And I see evidence of this at work as well. I am lucky to sit near intelligent people, but I am forced to deal with the occasional nut-ball and notice the effect when I return to my desk.

A co-worker has made another observation. She claims that sitting in a less intelligent person's chair can affect your ability to think clearly. She tries to avoid sitting in certain co-workers' chairs. I watched her for a week and she seems to have something. I am forming the opinion that it is "QI". In this case, it is "Stupid QI". It can collect and resonate. Inanimate objects can pick up the resonance of a person's Stupid Qi. Stupid Qi can also affect people close to the person emitting the offending Qi. Any thoughts.??

Lead Found In Dental Crown

"CHICAGO (March 27, 2008)—An Ohio TV station aired a report in late February claiming that a dental crown produced in a Chinese dental lab has tested positive for lead. There is no appropriate use for lead in manufacturing dental prosthetics."
From the ADA Website.

Well, not sure about anyone else, but I would not want a crown or bridge which contained lead. Seeing that lead is known to cause many problems in the human body, it makes you wonder what they were thinking.
Next time I need something like that, I am going to ask the dentist where my crown was manufactured. Besides, using local labs will have the added benefit of supporting local economies.
Cheers,
Dan.

Insane Politicians

OK.. Seldom do I think a politician is COMPLETELY insane. But, I think we have found a candidate.
Sally Kern Speech.

Introducing Sally Kern, a Republican state senator in Oklahoma.
She gave quite a speech here. She even claims that "Studies show no society that has totally embraced homosexuality has lasted for more than a few decades."
Hmmm.. I would like to see those studies. I mean, what about ancient Greece? Rome? How about Japan during the Shogunate?
Maybe she did an Ann Coulter and just made it up?
If you ever wondered why we still have problems in this great nation, look no further.
Vote smart people.