Best Food Ever?

So last week I took a little trip to the west coast.  I somehow escaped learning how to surf or like dudes or get an electric car, but while I was out there a restaurant was recommended to me that had a twist on a California Burrito.  For the uninitiated, a California burrito is a normal burrito with carne asada, cheese, onions, sour cream, cilantro, and guacamole but with french fries in it - awesome right.  The twist at this place was that instead of fries they use tater tots!  MIND BLOWN!  It was the best burrito I have ever had - I have been back for almost a week and I miss it so much.  Now I will list the things that are Awesome about this food:

• The restaurant is called Bull Taco
• There is one at Petco Park - home of the Padres
• The worst part of a burrito - beans - is replaced by one of the best foods ever - tater tots
• Think carbs are the enemy?  You can just get the side of carne asada tots (see picture below)
• It's only $7 - one of the cheapest on their menu
• Bull...wait for it....Taco
• They serve lots of cool/weird meats like alligator, rattlesnake, caribou, and kangaroo
• All four locations are within a half mile from the ocean
• At the Cardiff location you can jump from your table into the ocean 
• They serve breakfast

Pretty insanely awesome place!  If you are ever in Southern California look it up - you will not be disappointed.

"There are no words."

Random Movie Trivia - Tropic Thunder

Here is the next edition in our weekly Random Movie Trivia post.  Enjoy:

Tropic Thunder

• The part of Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr) was written as Irish, but Downey had already played an Aussie in the movie Natural Born Killers and thought it would be easier for him to do the same accent so they changed Lazarus to be Australian.
• Robert Downey Jr. didn't want to take the part at first because he thought it would be offensive playing an African American, but agreed to sign on because he really liked the script and wanted to work with Ben Stiller and Jack Black.
• In the movie, Kirk Lazarus claims that he doesn't break character until the DVD commentary, so Robert Downey Jr. did the DVD commentary for Tropic Thunder as Lazarus.
• The song "Low" by Flo Rida that Tom Cruise is always dancing to was not added until after filming was done when the song became a hit.
• Tom Cruise made up every aspect of his character in the movie including the dancing, the body hair, and the oversized prosthetic hands.
• The water buffalo that Jack Black rides at one point in the movie was unknowingly pregnant while on set and one day, the cast showed up and it was nursing a newborn.
• Owen Wilson was set to play Ben Stiller's character's agent but was replaced by Matthew McConaughey after his apparent suicide attempt.  And at one point, Ben Stiller was supposed to play this role and Keanu Reeves was to play Tugg Speedman.  I'm not sure how I feel about that.
• At one point in the movie, the character of Kirk Lazarus is mentioned to have won five Academy Awards.  The actual record for most Oscar wins is Katherine Hepburn with four which is shocking because I just always assumed Meryl Streep has at least a dozen but actually only has three wins.
• At the end of the movie, Jon Voight is shown to be angry at losing the Academy Award for Best Actor to Tugg Speedman which is a reenactment of Voight's response to losing the same award to John Wayne in 1969.

"Yup, this character was nominated for a Golden Globe."

Forrest Gump

Do you guys remember the feel-good movie, Forrest Gump?  Of course you do, it starred Tom Hanks as the "stupid is that stupid does" main character that goes on some crazy adventures.  Forrest plays football at Alabama, goes to Vietnam, saves some people, meets a couple of Presidents, plays ping-pong, starts a successful shrimping company, makes friends with a crippled Army vet, runs across the country a couple of times, teaches Elvis how to dance, and well, you get the idea, he does a bunch of stuff.  However, did you know that that movie was based on a book?  It's true.  And did you know that the movie adaptation left out most of the craziest stuff that Forrest accomplished?  Also true.  So, I thought I would tell you about the things they didn't put in the movie.  Enjoy:

• He played in a folk music band with Jenny.
• He actually flunked out of Alabama after only one semester (not a surprise).
• He went on a NASA mission to space with a female astronaut and a chimp named Sue.
• After crash landing on Earth, he is captured and lives with cannibals for four years.
• He becomes a chess champion (cough...bullshit...cough).
• He works as a stunt man in Hollywood and stars in a movie with a naked Raquel Welch.
• And finally, he becomes a professional wrestler named "The Dunce" (also, not surprising).

I would say that I think that the movie left out the best stuff, but then again, had they left that stuff in then it probably wouldn't have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.  However, if they did leave that stuff in then the Academy Awards would have rightfully given the Best Picture Award to The Shawshank Redemption like they should have in the first place that year.

"You have to admit that seeing Forrest go to space with a chimp named Sue would have been pretty awesome."

NOKW - Empire Strikes Back

Here comes the next chapter in our "I'm Okay With, I'm Not Okay With" series (if you don't know what this is, click here for all of the past posts):

Movie:  Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Basic Plot:  The second of the original (and best) Star Wars Trilogy.  This time Luke and friends fight Vader and his minions and we also learn (spoiler alert!) that Vader is Luke's pops.

I'm Okay With:  The fact that the rebels think destroying all of the Empire's drones that come to the planet their Rebel base is hidden on will keep their secret and not raise more suspicion.  The fact that I'm never sure if that that hidden base is a random rebel base or the only rebel base.  The fact that those AT-AT Walkers might be the worst military vehicles ever built, they are slow and have the worst field of vision imaginable.  The fact that the odds of flying through an asteroid field and surviving are actually really really good and if you fly through the one in our solar system, the odds that you actually hit anything is one in a billion.  The fact that a giant worm creature is able to survive in an asteroid without food, water, or oxygen.  The fact that there is only one black guy in all of the Star Wars universe.  The fact that Vader thought freezing Luke in carbonite was a good plan when he could have just knocked him out or something instead.  The fact that Leia is revealed to have the force in the 3rd movie and Luke doesn't realize this sooner even after she is the one who hears and saves his ass while he is hanging onto the bottom of Cloud City.

I'm Not Okay With:  The fact that being a Jedi doesn't give you special powers to survive the freezing cold of that planet in the Hoth system without a thick coat, a fall from an AT-AT Walker, or the thin air/freezing temperatures while hanging from the bottom of the Cloud City.  Let's break this down.  First up, Luke gets captured and escapes from some monster while patrolling on that ice planet and when he escapes, he is no longer wearing the protective coat that obviously was helping him live in the freezing temperatures.  Han Solo happens to find him, but the only way that Han could have done anything to save Luke was if he found him immediately.  Imagine walking around the North Pole in only a track suit, that's what Luke was basically doing.  Second, the fall from the AT-AT Walker right after his near-death after the ice monster.  Those things are roughly 75 ft. tall (I actually looked that up) and Luke dropped from one after throwing a grenade inside.  Sure, he fell into the snow, but he walked away from the fall without even a limp and even snow doesn't cushion a fall from that height without some damage.  And lastly, Luke somehow survived hanging from the bottom of Cloud City in thin clothes and even thinner air with only one hand.  And how do I know that the air was thin?  Because I looked it up.  Cloud City floats 60,000 km (37,000 miles) above a planet and considering you would have to wear an oxygen mask if you climb Mount Everest and it isn't even 6 miles tall, Luke surely would have died if he left the confines of Cloud City.  Seriously, this movie put Luke into some ridiculous situations and he surely should have died before it ever started.  And now that I think about it, when Han and Chewy showed up to Cloud City, they left their ship without any sort of protection and probably should have died, too.  I am not okay with that.

"YOUR MY WHAT?  IT'S REALLY LOUD IN HERE, DID YOU SAY SOMETHING IMPORTANT OR JUST MENACING?"

Stupid State Laws - Nevada

Here comes another post about a state law that still exists on the books and why it is ridiculous (to see them all, click here):

Nevada

"It's still 'legal' to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property."

You have got to be kidding me.  I love my dog and if anyone were to shoot her, I would definitely want to kill that person for murdering an innocent defenseless animal, especially my innocent defenseless animal.  However, I would be the one committing the murder of another human being, not the dude who shot my dog.  How does that make.sense?  And on top of that, what if someone was on your property with your permission and your big ass dog attacked him unprovoked and he shot that dog, would you still be legally within your right to hang that guy?  I guess if you didn't like that guy and have been looking for the perfect way to kill him, then here is your chance and the state of Nevada has finally given you the perfect loophole to commit murder.  Way to go Nevada, you have made one of the Ten Commandments irrelevant.

"It rarely snows in South Carolina, but when it does, my dog loves it."

NFL Awesome Picks Spectacular - Super Bowl

Because we here at Brainfart love us some football, we decided that we would be doing some NFL picks, too. So, here is where I make my NAPS (NFL Awesome Picks Spectacular):

Picks are in red

All lines are provided by Sportsbook.ag

San Francisco 49ers v. Baltimore Ravens (+3.5)
(UNDER 47.5)

Sunday Feb. 3rd
6:30

- This is going to be a good game - no doubt about that.  The aging veteran defense with young offensive skill position players versus the scary defense with a rookie QB.  At this point I am putting some stock in the "Ray Lewis Boost" the Ravens are getting.  The Ravens have not been spectacular but they are solid, never getting too high or low.  The 49ers have been mostly great but they have shown some weakness in a couple of games in the second half of the year.  With things this close I am going to have to take the points in this one, but I am hoping some nerves come into play to keep the score low.

Last Week's Results: 2-2

Season Results: 47-52-2

Celebrities Real Names

The other day I stumbled upon an article about Django Unchained actor, Jamie Foxx.  In said article, it went on to explain that Jamie Foxx is not his real name.  When he first started in entertainment, he was a stand-up comedian and because his favorite comedian was Red Foxx, he used his last name.  And because Jamie can be considered both a male or female name and because women were usually picked to go first at comedy clubs, he went with Jamie so that he would be bumped up on the performance lists.  So, what is his real name?  That answer is below along with a list of my favorite birth names of random celebrities.  Also, when I was compiling this list, I found it funny how many of the stars of yesteryear had changed their names to something completely unrelated to their real names.  Let's do this:

• Cary Grant - Archibald Alexander Leach
• Charlton Heston - John Carter (this one made me laugh)
• Harry Houdini - Erich Weiss
• Kirk Douglas - Issur Danielovitch Demsky
• John Wayne - Marion Robert Morrison
• Mel Brooks - Melvin Kaminsky
• Albert Brooks - Albert Einstein
• Gene Wilder - Jerome Silberman
• Michael Caine - Maurice Micklewhite
• Ben Kingsley - Krishna Pandit Bhanji
• Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick Alaysius MacManus
• Woody Allen - Allan Konigsberg
• Nicolas Cage - Nicolas Coppola (yup, his uncle is the guy who directed The Godfather)
• Charlie Sheen - Carlos Estevez
• Jamie Foxx - Eric Marlon Bishop
• Skeet Ulrich - Bryan Ray Trout (remember him? Me neither)
• Helen Mirren - Ilyena Lydia Vasilienvna Mironoff
• Meg Ryan - Margaret Mary Emily Ann Hyra (five names?!?)
• Whoopi Goldberg - Caryn Elaine Johnson
• Natalie Portman - Natalie Hershlag (she was actually born in Jereseleum)
• Olivia Wilde - Olivia Cockburn
• Winona Ryder - Winona Horowitz
• Carmen Electra - Tara Leigh Patrick (did you know she is dating Simon Cowell?)

"Plus I love making a list that allows me to show a picture of the super sexy Olivia Wilde, I mean, Olivia Cockburn."