Best Cereal: Quaker Oatmeal Squares

This cereal has become my crack. I actually crave a bowl of this several times a day. (I’ve had two today!). I bought it on complete whim thinking that Quaker is a good company and Oatmeal is healthy. I was so delighted to find out that they were delicious as well! I put fresh blackberries on top and pour on Almond Milk and I am in heaven. If you are looking for a new cereal to “mix things up” for breakfast, (or a bedtime snack), I highly recommend the Brown Sugar flavor. Yummers!

Best Front Man: Alison Mosshart

It has long been my opinion that post 2000 rock has seen the disappearance of the Front Man. I could write pages and pages on this topic, but I will save that for another blog. Long story short, it seems that the days of “Front Men” like Prince, David Lee Roth, Perry Farrell, Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop, Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, Chris Cornell, and Bono are gone. Now we have the rise of what I like to call the “The” bands like The Strokes, The Killers, The Hives, The Shins, The Walkmen, The Vines, The Mars-Volta etc. I dare you to name the singer of any of those bands (without googling them). Not gonna happen. From the birth of rock-n-roll, the charismatic lead singer bursting with personality has been able to stand out from their respective rock bands and command your attention… That is, until the drought of the new millenium. The only exception that stands out to me is Jack White of The White Stripes. He has single handedly carried the torch of the Front Man while band after band toil around in fine haircuts and mediocrity.

Ironically, a new Front Man has recently caught my attention, and it happens to be a wo-man. Not only that, but it appears that Jack White has passed the torch to Alison Mosshart by giving her the mic and deciding himself to take a backseat behind the drum kit in his awesome new band The Dead Weather. I’ve seen this band twice now, and each time, Alison has absolutely commanded the stage and her audience. She doesn’t talk between songs. She doesn’t show (any) skin. Her face is practically hidden behind a mop of messy black hair. She doesn’t even have an incredible voice… Yet she just oozes “rock” from every ounce of her self. You can’t take your eyes off of her, and that alone qualifies her as a Front Man. Go listen. Go see. Go buy.

Best new Google feature: The new image search display

To (kind of) bring this post back around to triathlon training, I have shown here the new way that Google displays their images when doing an image search. It is WAY more user-friendly than the old version and makes me happy when I use it. Thanks Google!