12/06/2009

BLT Burger – Mirage Hotel


BLT Burger - Vegas
The Mirage hotel is full of many gambling games. Many fine eating establishments as well. BLT Burger is tucked away down one of the many hallways at the Mirage. On a whim, I decided to try it. Since this was a small restaurant, the seating was cramped. The hostess squeezed us in the middle of the floor. A few minutes later our waitress happened by and asked us what we wanted. I hope I wasn't interfering with her busy day. (She acted like I was)

I think It Was Fried Cheese
For my appetizer, I ordered fried cheese sticks and marinara sauce. Dammit, I thought I was in Mel's Diner and Flo was my waitress. After about ten minutes, she sort of tossed my plate on the table and moved on. Flo can "Kiss my grits!"

To top it off, half of the fried cheese sticks were hollow, I mean empty baby. Pretty much fried batter. Three sticks were like this. The others were adequate tasting, a little to greasy.
This Is Famous???
The way the night was progressing, I wasn't holding out for the entree. Being in BLT Burger, I thought it safe ordering a bacon cheeseburger and waffle fries. I would be wrong. Flo returned with my entree, but alas, it was not a cheeseburger, but some sort of chicken. I think it was chicken anyway. I sent it back to the disgust of Flo.

Ten minutes later my cheeseburger arrived along with burnt waffle fries. As you can see, the fries came in a fancy cup, and the bacon cheeseburger was nothing to write about. (Except in a bad way)

The price for this 7 ounce burger was $14 bucks. The waffle fries were $5 dollars.  The hollow cheese sticks were 8 bucks, and the Coke was $4 dollars. That's right folks, $31 dollars for this meal. Top off the shitty ass service from Flo the waitress tops off the evening.

Let's compare. A McDonalds double cheeseburger is $1 dollar. A large fry is $1.49. A Coke is $1 dollar. That's $3.49 for the same at BLT Burger. And you get curtesy at McDonalds as they ask you to please pull around to the second window.

The Grassy Knoll Diner scores 1 out of 5 shots and DOES NOT recommend BLT Burger in the Mirage for dinner.


LURKING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL

Responses to “BLT Burger – Mirage Hotel”


  1. No Way said

    December 6, 2009 at 6:05 pm e
    I was there last year and what do you expect, its a burger place. Did you expect filet mignon or something? Geez, its burgers.
    Reply

    • LOTGK said

      December 7, 2009 at 8:50 am e
      If you read my critique, you would understand i wasn’t looking for Filet Mignon. However, I was expecting courtesy and the correct order brought to my table. I don’t think that is asking to much.
      Reply

  2. Gumby said

    December 7, 2009 at 9:27 am e
    Welcome to good burger, home of the good burger, may I take your order!
    Reply

  3. Moominboy said

    December 7, 2009 at 4:26 pm e
    Meh, that’s a shame.
    Oh! I’m gonna post a picture of those swedish MAX burgers I was blabbering about. It’s a swedish burger chain that makes delicious stuff and they are actually buying out McD’s in Sweden.
    Reply

    • LOTGK said

      December 8, 2009 at 10:14 pm e
      Patiently waiting Luke, patiently waiting.
      Reply

      • Moominboy said

        December 15, 2009 at 5:19 pm e
        Alright! Here it is!
        http://yfrog.com/1fphoto2ijj
        This is not a regular MAX burger and fries. I went for something called Hot Meal, which is a burger with jalapenos and fries with bacon, melted cheese and jalapenos. The size is smaller than in U.S. but normal for Europe. What separates MAX from other chains is that they serve free coffee with a menu. The cost was 78 SEK which is $10.80 but this is meaningless because of the dollar exchange rate. Instead we can compare it to a Big Mac menu that costs 68 SEK or a can of Coke that costs 10 SEK. But it was delicious :) The burger was smaller than their regular ones but very tasty.
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        • LOTGK said

          December 15, 2009 at 9:43 pm e
          I have had french fries, french fries with cheese, french fries with cheese and bacon, but not with jalapenos on them. Were they sliced or whole peppers?
          The burger looks standard fare and size for McDonalds and Burger King type food places. Not a bad price for the meal.
          Example, a Whopper burger king is $4 dollars, large fry is $2 dollars, large drink $2 dollars. I would guess it was $1 dollar for the add ons, the cheese and bacon for a total of $9 dollars.
          Thanks for posting the picture and critique.
          Reply

  4. Valdunagan said

    December 8, 2009 at 2:09 pm e
    Doesn’t look appealing. In N Out burger looks better.
    Reply

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    December 8, 2009 at 10:08 pm e
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  6. Steve said

    December 12, 2009 at 10:09 am e
    This is a problem in so many places nowadays, whatever happend to the polite service and striving for a decent product of the burger establishments of my youth – I’ve paid similiar in a few places for what I thought was going to be a decent burger eating experience and got bad food, over salted/burned fries and shitty attitudes from the serving drones, If i wanted that I’d stay at home lol
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    • LOTGK said

      December 15, 2009 at 9:13 am e
      That was my thought. I know I was in a burger joint, but a little niceness goes a long way. I can accept that the food was bad, but when the service is also lousy, well….
      Reply

  7. Russ Mcglasson said

    January 3, 2010 at 4:14 am e
    I like blogs like this one, I am sure you put an effort on it to keep it up.
    Reply
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12/03/2009

Jim Morrison - Morrison Hotel - 1970

The Doors Morrison Hotel Album Cover
The Doors Morrison Hotel Album Cover
The Doors Fifth album, Morrison Hotel, 2nd to the last album before his demise, was not a chart topping album but still had plenty of insight to his legendary style of lyrics. The Doors music style could be described as acid rock and hard rock.

 Released in February of 1970, the band was pictured inside the Hard Rock Cafe, with Morrison dressed in a white peasant shirt. Rooms were $2.50 and up!

 The cover background was army green, with blinds pulled up revealing the band members. At the top center, the band name, THE DOORS printed in white.

 Jim Morrison died July 3rd, 1971, at the age of 27, in Paris France. He was at the height of his popularity and the details concerning his death bred many conspiracy theories that the Lizard King faked his death and is still alive. The crux of the conspiracy, since he died in Paris, an autopsy was not performed on the body opening speculation that he died from a heroin overdose, cocaine abuse, committed suicide, and was murdered.

 Some believe he went to Paris to get out of the limelight, grew a beard, changed his appearance, and staged his own death to avoid all the media hype that followed him every where he went. A movie, Eddie And The Cruisers was loosely based on Morrison. Eddie faked his death and later returned home and started up a new band only to be found out by his best pals.

 The album inside jacket offered zero information about the band, lyrics, or songs. The left side of the jacket was merely two band members at the bar, supposedly the Hard Rock Cafe bar.

 The right side of the jacket is a continuation of the left side, a picture of the band members at the bar.

 The back cover shows several old men coming and going to the Hard Rock Cafe. It also offers the band members, Jim Morrison, Robbie Kreiger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Ray Neopolitan.

 Side one offered: Roadhouse Blues, Waiting For The Sun, You Make Me Real, Peace Frog, Blue Sunday, Ship of Fools.
Side two offered: Land Ho!, The Spy, Queen Of The Highway, Indian Summer, Maggie M'Gill.

 The vinyl record was pressed by Elektra Records out of New York City.

 Lyrics to the hit single, Roadhouse Blues is tricky at best. One stanza is nonsensical lyrics, you decide what Jim Morrison's message is.

 Roadhouse Blues
Yeah, keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Yeah, we're goin' to the Roadhouse
We're gonna have a real
Good time

Yeah, back at the Roadhouse they got some bungalows
Yeah, back at the Roadhouse they got some bungalows
And that's for the people
Who like to go down slow

Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, all night long

Do it, honey, do it

You gotta roll, roll, roll
You gotta thrill my soul, all right
Roll, roll, roll, roll
Thrill my soul
You gotta beep a gunk a chucha
Honk konk konk
You gotta each you puna
Each ya bop a luba
Each yall bump a kechonk
Ease sum konk
Ya, ride

Ashen ladies, Ashen ladies
Give up your vows, give up your vows
Save our city, save our city
Right now

Well, I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer
Well, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer
The future's uncertain, and the end is always near

Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, all night long
The Doors Morrison Hotel Back Cover
The Doors Morrison Hotel Back Cover

Morrison Hotel inside Cover
Morrison Hotel inside Cover

Morrison Hotel inside Cover
Morrison Hotel inside Cover

Morrison Hotel Vinyl Record
Morrison Hotel Vinyl Record



LURKING AND ROCKING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL
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12/02/2009

Lost Update - Island Of Misfit Toys


Lost Update – Prelude To Season Six – 12/25/2009
It’s Christmas day and instead of dreaming of sugar plums dancing in my head, I’m thinking about season six of ABC Lost. In particularly, how similar Lost is to the 1964 animated Christmas special, Rudolph The Red nosed Reindeer, but more exact, to the Island Of Misfit Toys.
Let me explain…..
island of misfit toys from rudolph the red nosed reindeer
Misfit Island
Lost takes place on a mysterious island inhabited by outlandish people where everyone on the island seems to be an outsider, one that doesn’t fit in well within society. Misfit Island is a mysterious secluded island home to misfit toys, toys that just don’t seem to fit in to society.
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bumbles bouncs, the abominable snowman
Bumbles Bounce
The Lost island is inhabited by a ferocious monster that pops up and terrorizes the inhabitants. They call it the Smoke Monster. There are secrets that certain people know about the monster and are somehow able to control it. Misfit island also has a ferocious monster. They call it The Bumble. And Yukon Cornelius knows that Bumbles bounce and knows how to control it. They ain’t nothing without their choppers.
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Guns On Lost
On Lost, there are plenty of guns on the island. Sawyer has a suitcase of guns. Kate has guns. Jack has guns. The others have guns. The other others have guns. On Misfit island, one of the toys is a gun. A significance that a gun played a prominent character on Misfit island.
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Boat That Don't Float
On the Lost island, there was a freighter that brought the evil others to the island. The boat sank. Also, John Locke sunk the submarine stationed on the island. Desmond’s boat ran aground on the island. All the boats seem to sink on the Lost island. Misfit island also has a boat, and guess what, it doesn’t float either. Coincidence? I think not!
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Misfit Campfire
On Lost, the central point was the camp the castaways gathered around. From the pilot episode when the castaways were around the camp fire and the smoke monster made it’s first appearance, to the others cabins community. Misfit island also had a camp fire site that was the focal point.
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King Moonraiser
Moving on, the Lost island has a mysterious powerful entity that runs the lives of the castaways and the others. People call him Jacob, who lives in the old Egyptian style ruins. on Misfit island, the broken toys are governed by King Moonraiser, a mysterious flying lion that lives in a castle that looks very similar to an Egyptian palace.
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Misfit Castle
This is King Moonraiser and the throne he sits on governing over all the misfit toys. He goes out searching the world every night and brings back toys that have been abandoned and not loved anymore. On Lost, Jacob has also visited people and apparently brought them back to the island. All the people on the island seem to be broken and unloved.
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Dr. Jack Sheppard
Meet Herbie, misfit, dentist. He moonlights making toys in Christmas town. The head elf is always on his case telling him how inadequate he is and that he is not up to standard with all the other elves. On Lost, Herbie is Jack Sheppard. The surgeon is in his fathers domineering shadow. Somehow Jack doesn’t fit in and wants to start fresh.
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Christian Sheppard
Although he doesn’t look anything like Christian Sheppard, the head elf of Christmas town is a lot like him. One can only speculate if the head elf liked to tip a few back during work hours, but we do know he had a change of heart towards Herbie and even opened up to him, just like Christian did with Jack.
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Sawyer - James
On Lost Sawyer is the bad boy and the comic relief of the show. Everyone calls him Sawyer but his real name is James. On Misfit island, Charlie, the “Charlie In The Box” was mistaken for a jack In the Box. Just his mere physical appearance makes him the comic relief.
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Kate Austin
On Lost, Kate is a woman being brought back to justice in handcuffs. She alienated herself from everyone in her life. No one loved her anymore. Misfit island has Dollie, who looks a lot like Kate, and all she wants to be is loved again.
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Hurley
On lost, Hurley, an over weight luckiest unluckiest person on the planet just wanted to get away and have a simple existence. I’m just saying that the pink elephant reminds me of Hurley. A lot!
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Yukon
Misfit island has Yukon Cornelius, prospector, miner, authority figure, and controller of the Bumble. No one knows how he go there but he seems to know the lay of the land. On Lost, John Locke knows how to control the smoke monster, knows the way of the Lost island, and is an authority figure on the island.
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Lost Season Six
So there it is. ABC Lost is about a group of misfits stranded on a deserted island where supernatural things occur. Each character just wants to be loved again and have a normal life. Misfit island is a place inhabited by broken unloved toys governed by a supernatural flying lion. all the toys want is to get off the island and be loved again.
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Merry Christmas Lost Fans.
LURKING, NOT REALLY LOST, ON THE GRASSY KNOLL

Responses to “Lost Update – Island Of Misfit Toys”


  1. Lost Forever said

    December 27, 2009 at 1:56 am e
    Your lost site never ceases to amaze me. You took a 1960s cartoon and turned it into a lost parody. And what amazes me is that its believeable. LOL. One year of Lost left, 16 episodes. Cant wait for the end.
    Reply

    • LOTGK said

      December 27, 2009 at 9:01 pm e
      A smidgen of truth always makes the tale more believable.
      Also, I just watched the Star Trek 11 DVD last night, and in the added bonus features, J.J. Abrams offered up that Rod serling’s Twilight Zone was his favorite television show growing up.
      So perhaps I am correct when i say that Lost is based on the Zone. We shall see.
      Reply

      • N.Y. Nick said

        January 15, 2010 at 4:01 am e
        LOTGK- i thought i told you before, i might be remembering a post i made somewhere else, but you are correct about your “Twilight Zone” theory! I still give you the credit you deserve for being able to see the parrallels on your own, and articulate them on many levels. Not only did you make comparisons of “Lost” to the overall concept of “Twilight Zone” as a whole series, you broke down different episodes and how the detals of that particular episode connected to “Lost” , wether the connection was which characters represent which characters on lost, or a certian phenomenom in a episode will compare whats happening on “Lost”. You also compare particular “Twilight Zone” episodes to the overall concept of “Lost” as a whole series.
        With that said, from the very begining it was a show meant to be “Twilight Zone” meets “Survivor”! JJ Abrahms, Damon Lindeloff, Carlton Cuse, and many more writers/producers never kept that a secret from square one. The people who bring us “Lost” are extremely well read and intelligent intelectuals who got ideas for “Lost” from many differnt books, movies, mythology etc… Anytime you see a book or a reference to pop culture there is a reason. Even though they got ideas from many sources, the main concept of “Lost” is from “Twilight Zone”
        I want to read all the books that are seen or talked about in “Lost”. They show them for a reason!
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        • LOTGK said

          January 16, 2010 at 9:43 pm e
          My very first Lost update mentions a Twilight Zone feel for the show, way before any websites and blogs popped up with every theory under the sun.
          I still stand by my theory. We’ll know in May.
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  2. Fracas said

    December 27, 2009 at 3:47 pm e
    Hope you had a Happy Christmas!
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    • LOTGK said

      December 27, 2009 at 9:03 pm e
      Yes we did, thank you.
      I hope you did as well and hope for the new year to bring you joy, happiness, health, and twice as many comments as 2009. :D
      Reply

  3. Max Jackl said

    December 28, 2009 at 9:28 am e
    Whats going to happen if you turn out to be correct.
    When worlds collide.
    Reply

  4. Flip Across said

    January 4, 2010 at 10:42 am e
    This is genius. Hilarious. Insightful. Thanks. Happy holidays to you as well misfit island toys.
    Reply

  5. Dee said

    January 4, 2010 at 11:43 pm e
    CANT WAIT 4 LOST AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Reply

  6. Becky M said

    January 5, 2010 at 4:21 pm e
    I just love this show. Rudolph, not Lost. The bumble is so cute without his teeth. I have the stuff doll of him.
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  7. Anti-Christ said

    January 8, 2010 at 9:26 am e
    You got it all wrong. Misfit Island is not associated at all with Lost. Its a picture of Purgatory, where all people stop on their journey to either heaven or Hell. Rudolph is a bitch.
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  8. Jones Bones said

    February 3, 2010 at 2:50 pm e
    Man, you are way out in left field. Funny though but weird funny.
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