Water Cooler Talk - College Football

Head back to the office on Tuesday ready to wow your coworkers without spending hours of your life watching sports. Scott's Edition has done the research for you. Here are a few thought-provoking one-liners now that college football is back!

• Say, "I bet Alabama will run the table this year."
  • This shows you understand trends. Each year, the team with the best record after three games is chosen to host the College Football Poker Tournament. Alabama looked good in their opening game against Miami making them the favorite to run the poker table.
• Ask, "Do you think Clemson can come back from their loss?"
  • This shows you're looking to the future. Clemson, the #3 ranked team, lost their opening game to Georgia. In protest, angry Clemson fans daisy-chained themselves between the University's gates, preventing the team bus from coming back to campus. So far, the demonstration has been peaceful, but analysts are worried about what could happen when the football players get tired of sitting on the bus.
• Exclaim, "Can you believe the Bruins beat Orgeron's LSU team?"
  • Honestly, this one isn't related to college football at all, though it's still a good talking point. "Bruin" is another word for bear. "Orgeron" is simply a misspelling of Oregon, the state threatened by recent wildfires. "LSU" is an acronym that stands for "Last Stand Unit," a group of brave firefighters acting as the last line of defense. This year, Oregon's Last Stand Unit competed with local bears to see who could put out more fires. The bears utilized some novel stream diversion tactics to put out more fires than the LSU team this year. Good job, Bruins!

Brendon's 'Wiches, by Brendon Kargl

Review of "The Reuben Package" from Katz's Delicatessen

This sandwich is a legend. It's what all sandwiches aspire to be. Famous worldwide and universally loved, this is the Red Hot Chili Peppers of sandwiches. If someone says they don’t like the Chili Peppers... they don’t like music, and that’s weird. Same goes for this sandwich. Katz’s Delicatessen has been cranking out hits in the Lower East Side of Manhattan since 1888. 133 years later, and with the help of groundbreaking thermally insulated packaging, Katz’s will deliver the same high quality ingredients anywhere in the USA, allowing you to create your own hit single.



Enter “The Reuben Package." Katz’s will send you a heaping box of corned beef or pastrami, Swiss cheese, pickles, fresh NY baked rye bread, and all the fixings. Ingredients are carefully packaged in one of the most sustainable and effective cold-chain insulation options available: ClimaCell by TemperPack. Straight from the unboxing experience, Katz’s commitment to quality is clear. Meat and cheese arrive vacuum-wrapped and chilled to the perfect temperature. No leakage was evident from any of the jarred containers.



The Reuben Package from Katz’s yields four delicious sandwiches. The box includes a card to describe how to heat up the meat, but not how to construct the sandwich. Not a problem - I’ve included instructions here: 



Step 1: Use the ingredients to make a sandwich. 



This thing went down in about 90 seconds. I wish I spent more time enjoying it, but I’ll just make another one. It’s that good. Individually the ingredients are all at the top of their game. Combined, they create a supergroup of flavors never experienced outside of New York City until now. After having the pleasure of ordering a Reuben from the New York location years ago, I can confidently say nothing was lost in the quality or flavor of the sandwich. Plus, you'll have leftover ingredients to experiment with.



Now excuse me while I wrap a pickle in Swiss cheese and dunk it in Russian dressing.



Check out Brendon's bonus review of the thermal packaging and double bonus review of the Brooklyn Six Point Brewing "Anti-Resin" beer here.