2 Robot Wars: Battle of Vacuuming Bots

I'm proud to introduce the first post from our newest contributor at Jamie Dixon Cider, Big Al.  For those unfamiliar with Big Al,  he is an expert in all gadgets and gizmos and is the ruler of a vast empire of car washes.  So without further ado, Big Al's first tech review... Roomba 650 vs. Neato XV-21 Over the past two months, I have had the chance to test out two of the most popular robot vacuums on the market:  The Roomba 650 and Neato XV-21.  Both have their differences/pros/cons and I would like to take some time to go over them. First the Roomba 650.  I had two months of testing time with...

1 Bachelor, Season 17, Episode 10

Fantasy Suite dates episode!! I love the Puritan streak still present in so many things in America. Instead of calling these dates what they are, test drives, the idea of sex is wrapped up in some bizarre mystical label of a fantasy. People. Sex is normal and healthy. I do it. You do it. The monkeys in the zoo won't stop doing it. Get over yourselves. The episode starts out with Sean on a boat, taking in the sights of Thailand. It looks a lot like the movie The Beach. I love it when the Bachelor or Bachelorette talks about how strongly they feel for 3 or more people, since being a polygamist is a totally normal thing. I need to start...

0 Random Ramblings

-I didn't watch the Oscars and don't really care what a random group of Hollywood producers, directors and other film industry people think. I have watched exactly 0 of the nominated films. This article sums up pretty well what the Oscars are all about: http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2013/02/oscars-are-not-as-important-as-you-think - I'm growing a beard, mainly out of laziness/curiosity. I generally hate body hair, so I figured I would shake things up and see what I could do with my facial hair. I don't have any weddings or job interviews lined up any time soon, so I can afford to let myself go, at least a little bit. It's still in the itchy stage,...

0 Bachelor Season 17, Episode 8 recap

Hometown dates this week and we start things out in Houston with AshLee. I really hope, for her sake, that AshLee ends up with Sean. She has finally come out of her shell, and if she gets dumped she is going right back in and never coming out again. I wonder what it's like to fall into love versus falling in love. Do you think it's painful? Also, if a woman constantly compared me to her father I might get a little creeped out. Sean and AshLee's date on the grass weirded me out. AshLee was rambling about how much she cares and loves Sean, smothering him with emotions and feelings and he was not reciprocating. AshLee is really working herself up...

3 Best Movies of 2005

It's been a couple weeks, but here's our Best Movies of 2005... Sean: So there has not been a real structure for this list, but I am going to list the movies that were nominated for best picture and then list the movies that I thought were notable or could actually have qualified for best movie in 2005. The Oscar nominated movies for best picture in 2005 were Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Munich, Capote, and Good Night and Good Luck, with Crash taking home the best picture statue. In retrospect, what was the Academy thinking? Crash is such self indulgent tripe, a punt on looking at actual racism by saying that everyone is racist. The...

3 Bachelor Season 17, Episode 7 Recap

Episode 7 starts with some great aerial shots of St Croix. I love Sean talking about being a "rule breaker". He is such a sissy. Nice subtle product placement for the Buccaneer Hotel. Tierra keeps the anti-social thing going on, setting up her own personal room. She always looks like one of those bitter beer face commercials whenever she is around the other women. Tierra brings out some ageist remarks against Ashlee which are NOT going to play well at the reunion show. The date starts out with a swim to the catamaran and upon getting a closer look at AshLee she appears to have gone under the knife. AshLee is a crier. Her and Sean have...

0 Ask Marty and Sean, Volume:1

Ask Marty & Sean Anything Vol: 1. You asked and we answered. How many more wins does Pitt have in the 2007 season with LeSean McCoy and Joe Flacco playing together? Craig  Sean: Great question. You have to go back and look at the actual games during the 2007 season (I am assuming you mean the season that ended in the epic 13-9 game) to get a feel for how things actually would have gone down. You also have to look at Flacco’s stats for Delaware during the same time and attempt to make a rough translation, based on the teams and level of competition he was playing against. The starting QB on this Pitt team for the majority of the season...

0 Ask Marty and Sean Anything???

What is a blog without a regular mailbag?  Nothing at all.  With that in mind, we are asking for you to submit your calls for advice, questions, stories, comments, ideas, suggestions and conspiracy theories to jamiedixoncider@gmail.com.  All the good stuff and all the bad stuff we get we will post later in one nice and tidy post.  Seriously, we will answer anything you ask because although we are experts of nothing, we have opinions on everything.  Do you want to know where the best meal in Pittsburgh is? We got you.  Do you need dating advice? We got you.  Do you want to know what the best TV you can get for...

0 Bachelor Season 17, Episode 6 recap

Episode 6 starts with some picturesque scenes of the Canadian Rockies. The producers must have spent all of their budget on helicopters because we are 6 episodes in and still have not left North America. The producers must be feeling cruel, making Lindsay struggle to read the date card. Catherine gets the first date and like oh so many first dates, its a snow-bus trip to a glacier. If the homemade hand crafted furniture business falls apart, Sean can always ply his trade as a tour bus operator. Good God is he boring. Catherine "never gets cold" when she is with Sean. Apparently the first rule of thermodynamics does not apply around him. What...

0 Bachelor Season 17, Episode 5 recap

So for some reason (money/ratings) there was enough footage for this week to split it into two episodes, one which aired Monday and one on Tuesday. So we're calling this one episode 5. It's a Bachelor Event!! This episode starts out with the ladies packing their bags, leaving on a jet plane and heading to Montana. Inexplicably, bagpipes are playing during the video intro. Somehow, Montana is one of Sean's favorite places within a day of being there. The first date is with Lindsay, who lets out a couple tears. Man. She sounds like she is brain-dead. She has to be on the short list of dumbest girls ever on the Bachelor, which is no mean claim....

0 Way too Fast and way too Furious!

The best part of the Super Bowl was the debut of the Fast & Furious 6 trailer.  Quick, tangent. I'm a bit disappointed that they went with a simple name for the sequel.  There was a high standard to uphold.  Just look at the previous movies... you have The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious and Fast Five.  Use of "and" and "&" numbers in the titles and the most creative of the bunch the omission of "the."   Seriously, such big time creativity. Anyways, a trailer of such epic proportions deserves a breakdown... 1. Vin Diesel sure looks sad to have...