Beyond the Oyster Juice

Presidential Candidates and Naps

(nodding off at the State of the Union)

Mad Gringo loves a good nap. Keeps you fresh. Keeps you productive.

Helps you prepare for a debate.

Check out this Wall Street Journal Article:

Stand-Ins, Naps Help Debate Preparation

Mad Gringo is a fan.

"To get in the debating mood, Republican John McCain will host a town-hall event and take a short nap"

The world still holds some lingering disdain for us nappers. A hammock in the office screams "Bum!" and we need to change that.

"If it's going to be, it's up to me" I wrote in the margin of my personality profile during a corporate training session.

20 minutes. pre-lunch for creativity and post lunch for stamina. Or something like that. Check out Dr. Sara Mednick for the details.

I just want you to take a nap and start to remove the stigma attached to practicing "Iberian Yoga". If you can do it while using a tropical shirt as a pillow, more power to you. 

Go slow.

A bonus from Hurricane Ike

Every cloud has a silver lining. It's true.

Even the residents of Houston are finding this out after Ike took their power.

Hawaiian shirts are acceptable as office wear when no one in the city has power.

Read all about it here: Style reprieve: Dress with Function in mind

Hmm. Maybe it's time to tamper with the grid.

What am I saying? I wear a tropical shirt every day!

Go slow.

Havana Before Castro (Rum, baby)

(image from Havana Before Castro)

Beach Bum Barry tells us about this gift to be given.

Peter Moruzzi has been fascinated by Cuba since 1987 according to his bio. So he wrote a book:

Havana Before Cuba: When Cuba was a Tropical Playground

I'm just excited to hear that his travels to Cuba were "rum filled".

He's in the Los Angeles area on September 20 signing books if you're in the 'hood.

How do you think they got that big bottle of rum in the background?

Pick it up at Amazon and tell Mad Gringo about it.

Go slow.

Sarongs and Chuck Norris

Never thought you'd get both of those in the same title, did you?

Well, Mad Pat sent this link asking why my sarongs were so feminine. The link was to the Cold Steel website where you find the world's strongest, sharpest knives.

Cold Steel

While shopping the site, he ran into this:

(http://www.coldsteel.com/as1.html)

That's right. Next to the tomahawks, the delta darts and the daggers - sarongs.

While you have yet to see anyone on UFC wearing a sarong, the wearer's high kick would have to be considered a lethal weapon by Mad Gringo. First you try to duck, then you are distracted by a flash of flesh and then BOOM. Down comes the hammer!

Or, you can be choked to death by this guy:

(http://www.coldsteel.com/as1.html)

Mad Gringo has always said: "Sarongs for the ladies, or the extremely confident gentleman" and Cold Steel proves it true.

You can consider this an endorsement. The best plaid sarongs on the web.

Go slow.

Where did you go, Joe Madgringo?

I know, I know. I've been a bad blogger lately. No updates. No stories.

It's because I've been stuck in website re-design hell.

Every year or so the store needs a little "sprucing up" and this year we've tied in some inventory management software along with upgraded accounting and customer management tools.

I hear you - it's turning into one of those companies that I was trying to turn away from. Except for the blender treats. And bamboo. And brightly colored tropical fabrics. And the music. You get the picture.

Sneak peek:

Those of you that have submitted photos should find yourselves in there somewhere. Those of you that haven't may be inspired to get a photo or two up on the site!

The blog still looks the same.

1 out of 2 ain't bad.

Go slow®.

(yep, my lawyer tells me it's a trademark now. Good thing he likes daiquiris.)

'Go Slow' sign strikes back

Cyclist dies after hitting Go Slow sign.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2279037/Cyclist-dies-after-hitting-Go-Slow-sign.html

Can't we all just get along?

Go slow. Or else.

No Nap for you!

Wow. Check this out:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2008-07-09-japan-overwork-case_N.htm?csp=34

"Top Toyota engineer died of overwork at 45"

I don't feel so bad about the post-siesta hammock marks on my face anymore.

Go slow.

The Great Office War

It's long but what the heck. It's not like you were going to get anything done in the next 4 minutes anyway.

Keep those submissions coming!

Go slow.

Mad Gringos at work

(nap pic from flickr)

It's been a while sinice I posted a news story like this:

"Caught stealing a nap"

"A Colombian thief who had been surprised by a home owner's return had hidden inside a cupboard and had fallen asleep, police in Barranquilla said yesterday. . .
When the owner discovered the burglary and checked to see what was missing, he found the burglar sleeping with his booty in a cupboard."

I love it.

Thinking about it, it's a wonder I get to post something like that at all!

Go slow.

Just don't get caught.

New York needs a Nap

(video from WCTV)

The city that never sleeps is now home to another walk in napping business.

You may remember the Mad Gringo I-Team reporting on the portable nap machines in NYC. Now others are jumping in to the fray.

Check out Yelo.

Fancy nap digs for those people on the go.

Mad Gringo's I-Team thinks you can get the same results with less capital outlay by stringing a hammock in the corner of a warehouse. Say, like the Mad Gringo warehouse. Yup.

Here's a great chart from the good people at Boston.com too.

Nap Chart


NYC, Boston, Tallahassee. . .The I-Team concurs. It's a trend.

Don't thank us, just take a nap.

Go slow.