Daily Loaf

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I’ve never been smacked in the face with a dick, but I imagine the experience is a lot like watching Brüno. The first 15 minutes of the movie is a penis shock-and-awe campaign, with a pink bunny-costume dick, a dick on the end of a stick and a talking dick that shouts “Brüno!” out of its peehole. That’s in addition to the many items — dicks, dildos, champagne bottles, etc. — going in and out of assholes obscured only by a little black dot. If there is one word to describe Brüno, it’s Cocktastic.

(Listen to Joe and Joran break down the movie in this week’s Reel Projections podcast after the jump)

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The only thing better than eating good barbecue is scouting for new and interesting restaurants.  Lucky for me to stumble across BJ’s Alabama BBQ this morning.  The plume of white smoke coming from the chimney caught my eye as I headed north on S. Dale Mabry.  When a buddy called to tell me he was swinging through the area around lunch, we agreed this would be a good place to meet.

We both opted for the lunch special… $6.50 gets you any one of their seven different sandwiches, plus one side and a drink.  I ordered the chopped pork.  It came piled high with (mostly) lean chunks of pork and a healthy dollop of sweet BBQ sauce.

BJ’s has an impressive selection of soul-food-esque side items, so ONE side would definitely not be enough for me.  In addition to the collards and macaroni & cheese I ordered, they also offer corn on the cob, jalapeno peppers (not poppers), potato salad, macaroni salad, cole slaw, green beans, BBQ beans, and corn bread.

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