Thought Screen Helmet Haiku

I Know What You are Thinking

A Thought Screen Helmet Haiku by the Grassy Knoll Institute:

What am I thinking,
Time to don thought screen helmet,
Evil aliens.

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Bonannos MGM Food Court Chicken Parm

The MGM Hotel in Las Vegas is grand for sure, and vast, with a thousand choices for entertainment and dining. But sometimes, after a very long day working at the convention center, you want something simple and easy.

Stepping off the monorail I wound my way toward the food court. I spotted Bonanno's New York Pizzeria. I bellied up to the counter and ordered the Chicken ParmigiAana with Baked ziti. The cost was just under $15

The server piled on the ziti and sauce and loaded a big piece of chicken on the plate. He topped it off with a roll.

I found a table easily and dug right in. Holy cow, the chicken was tender, juicy, the breading perfect, the cheese good, and the sauce, it just topped it off right. This did not taste like a $15 meal. More like a $40-50 meal.

The ziti was lathered with cheese and sauce and was fantastic. A perfect compliment. Again, for $15 in Vegas, this was the dinner bargain of my trip.

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Fatburger Las Vegas Strip XL Burger

Fatburger Las Vegas Strip

I was in Las Vegas last week and I asked my good friend Travis where could I get a great tasting burger? Without hesitation he replied, "FATBURGER!" Travis lives in Vegas and I trust his opinion. That evening after work we stopped at Fatburger.

On a Tuesday at 7pm it was not crowded, a bonus for sure. Walking to the counter I surveyed the menu on the wall. I selected the X-Large Fatburger with bacon and American cheese. I added the "Skinny Fries" and a Coke Zero. Cost was just under $20.00

Inside Fatburger Las Vegas

I was handed a table number and we went to out table. In less than ten minutes our orders were brought to us. As you can see from the pictures published with this post, the burger is big, a half pound of grade A beef.

Fatburger X-Large Size And Skinny Fries

The bun was fresh, not soggy, the burger was well cooked and not greasy, the cheese was melted, and the bacon cooked, not a lot of bacon, but it was cooked. The taste was very good. Not the best burger I ever had, but it was delicious. And filling. The fries came in two types, skinny and fat. i opted for the skinny. They were well cooked and tasted good. The Coke Zero completed the meal. (Free refills on soda)

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Chick-Fil-A Online Ordering

New Digital Age Chick-Fil-A Sandwich

I don't know about the rest of you but Chick-Fil-A is a fine fast food restaurant. The one I frequent was located in Boardman, Ohio, in front of the K-Mart on Route 224. It was so busy, cars wrapped around the building twice, yes, twice.

Finally, Chick-Fil-A moved across the street affording them more space and a modern facility. However, the restaurant drive through is still packed, even with the double lanes. Even though the employee's at chick-Fil-A are very speedy and efficient, it may take up to 15 minutes or longer to wind your way to the pay window. Even if you decide to park the car and walk in, the lines inside are long as well.

But there is another option. The CHICK-FIL-A app. I downloaded the app in seconds from the Android play store and it took several minutes to set up. Add your name and credit card info and in a moment you will be prompted to add funds to your digital chick-Fil-A card. I selected $25.00

The test of the system is during rush hour, and 5:30pm was the time I selected to try the new ordering process out. I opened the app and it offered me two locations to go, the Southern Park Mall or the new location on Tiffany. I selected Tiffany. The app showed categories of foof choices along with pictures of what you were purchasing as well as quantity. I selected a chicken sandwich and a large order of waffle fries.

The app prompted me to press the I'm Here button once I did arrive and to enter the store and go to the PICKUP AREA and the order would be brought over to you right away. Seems to good to be true. I was very skeptical.

Well, I pulled in, found a spot to park and walked in. As sson as i entered the door I hit the I'm here button on the app. The app responded by stating my order would be processed and the total of my order would be deducted from my digital card. Inside, there were at least 18-20 people in line waiting to order. The drive through line was worse. I spotted the pickup sign and sat down on the bench and waited for my order.

In less than a minute, yes, less than a minute, an employee walked toward me, smiled and said, "Patrick!" I replied, "Yes." She handed me the bag with my sandwich and large waffle fries and said thank you selecting Chick-Fil-A.

I was stunned. I walked out feeling sorry for all the people still in line but estactic how well the app worked.

The Grassy Knoll Institute Rates 5 out of 5 shots for Chick-Fil-A online ordering.

Addendum: I tried the app for lunch and it worked just as well and just as fast.

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Doctor Who 13th Doctor Revealed

The Next Doctor Who

Peter Capaldi, the twelve doctor in the ultra popular cult series, Doctor Who, has resigned offering the new director the luxury of picking out a new doctor that would fulfill his or her own vision of the Doctor Who francise.

SPOILER ALERT!!! Stop reading now if you do not want to know who the next Doctor will be!!!

The Grassy Knoll Institute has received credible intel that the next doctor has already been decided upon and are merely waiting until the 2017 season to wrap up filming to allow the actor to fulfill current obligations. 

Steven Moffat, the current Doctor Who showrunner revealed that he is stepping down and will hand the reigns over to Chris Chibnall after the 2017 season is completed. Chibnall will be permitted to put his own spin on the English series and was given the previledge to select the next doctor, the 13th Doctor. For Chibnall, the search was over almost before it began. He knew exactly who he wanted as the doctor to reinvigorate the series to bring it to a level of popularity not realized before.

No folks, we are not talking about Donald Trump, the GOP presidential candidate for 2016. I could almost see Trump stepping out of the Tardis to battle the Daleks informing his companion that the Daleks have no chance of penetrating the Earths atmosphere for the wall he had built was to tall to scale. And oh, the dialog between the Daleks and Trump. 
Daleks in unison: "EX..TERM..IN..ATE!" 
Trump: "You're fired!"

All right, you have waited long enough. Chibnall has selected Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) as the 13th Doctor.....
I'll let that sink it for a moment or two....

Jenna Coleman left Doctor Who to star in an eight part series portraying a young Queen Victoria and her love affair with Prince Albert. Scheduling conflicts for Coleman, filming, editing, and promotion of the series forced the Doctor Who francise to cancel the 2016 season and completely reboot for 2017 - 2018. 

If you recall the last episode had the Doctor wandering the desert and happened upon a small diner. The waitress was Clara Oswald. This episode sets up the cliffhanger for the 2017 season as Clara as the next Doctor. I know what you are thinking. (I'm a psychic remember) You are going to inform me that Clara Oswald cannot be the next Doctor because she is not a Time Lord.

Chibnall will skirt that issue easily explaining that the Doctor and Clara are the hybrid together. In that last episode, the Doctor realized the danger of the two being together and configured a device to remove Clara's memory of him to avoid her from harm. Clara alters the device and the effects are reversed onto the Doctor. At that point, both the Doctor and Clara became one, each sharing an essence and consciousness. Clara retained all of the Doctor's centuries of knowledge and experience.

Since Clara is technically dead, well, frozen in time, she will live as long as she wishes to before returning to Galifrey to complete her death sequence.

Clara also has a Tardis. The Diner Tardis.

And she already has a companion. None other than Ashildr played by Maisie Williams. Ashildr or ME was prominatly showcased in several episodes forshadowing the 2018 season. Williams is signed for the last two seasons of Game Of Thrones but it will only be 13 episodes in total for 2017 and 2018. Williams will have her filming completed allowing her to begin filming Doctor Who.

The 2018 season of Doctor Who will debut the first female Doctor with a female companion.

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