I Was Made for Loving Brew

A couple of weeks ago, my pal Jeff came down from Minneapolis to SC for a visit, and I decided that one of the places we had to go was the KISS Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach.


While the place was cool, I did not feel like it truly took advantage of the band's brand as well as it could have. Among the coffee drinks, for example, you can order a "Rockaccino," but where is the "Double Shot It Out Loud" or "You Put the X in Expresso"? How about a latte with "Lick It Up Whipped Topping"?

We asked if the original band members came around often. We were told that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley came for the grand opening and the one year anniversary, and that Ace was just finishing up some dishes in the back if I wanted to talk to him.

"C'mon, Dr. K, you've got to choose!"

Here's one place that they got it right:

I do have to say that the unisex bathroom at the coffeehouse, complete with blacklight, was impressive.
And in honor of the band, I dropped a "Deuce" in there.


Nothing goes with a large rockaccino like a giant picture of Gene Simmons with blood dripping out of his mouth.


I'm sure if you really wanted to return them, Gene would take them back personally.

But I have to say, after drinking a large, strong, hotter than hell cup of coffee, I was ready to rock and roll all nite!

Dr. K on the Campaign Trail 4: Now I Feel Like a Real South Carolinian!

I have some left-over campaign stuff from last week to post, but that will have to wait a bit. Today, we got our first anti-Hillary robo-call. I felt left out last week when I didn't get to participate in the pro-Huckabee push-poll that was going on, but now a feel a little better. After 7 years of living in the state, and two election cycles, I finally feel like I've arrived in South Carolina. Here's a transcript I took of the message:

Hello. FBI agent Gary Aldrich said that Hillary, on Inauguration Day 1993, was in an uncontrolled and unbridled fury, yelling and screaming profanities, because she was not allowed to have Vice President Al Gore’s office in the White House. Hillary treats people like they’re invisible; can you trust her?

Hillary knew about and helped cover up Bill’s rape of Juanita Broderick. Hillary treats women like they’re invisible; can you trust her?

Hillary hired Jack Paladino to run a terror campaign on Kathleen Willey to keep her quiet about what Bill had done to her. They nailgunned her car tires and stole or killed her pet cat named "Bull’s-eye". Hillary thinks cats are expendable; can you trust her?

After Bill pulled down his britches and exposed himself to Paula Jones, Hillary’s friend James Carville said, “Drag a hundred dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find.” Hillary treats women like they’re invisible; can you trust her?

Hillary told Time magazine in June 1996 that she was thinking about adopting a child despite the fact that Bill was having an affair with Monica and Hillary knew he had a whole harem in the White House. Hillary was having her own affairs with Vince Foster, probably Webb Hubbell, and even others. Hillary makes up fairy tales about adopting an orphan child; can you trust her?

This message is from Robert Morrow, on behalf of everyone who has been violated or abused by Hillary and Bill, treated like they were invisible. Hillary sure does say a lot of things, doesn’t she? But can you trust her?

Much of this is the typical anti-Clinton conspiracy theories that have been trotted out for more than a decade now. But the message really goes off the rails when it accuses Hillary of killing a cat. I also think it's funny when "pants" are referred to as "britches."

When I first heard this message, I wondered why the guy from Northern Exposure hates the Clintons so much. According to the Washington Post, however, it's a different Robert Morrow: a Ron Paul supporter and anti-Clinton activist who has pulled this sort of thing before.

I wonder if things are going to heat up like this over the next three days.

The Annals of Education

I'm not sure how much play this video is getting outside of South Carolina, but here's Miss Teen South Carolina attempting to answer a question at the recent Miss Teen USA pageant:



I just want to mention at this point that I love my job.