Olympics

The Daily Max will be closed for two weeks to allow our staff to compete in the 2010 Olympics.

[UPDATE: A tremendous effort but sadly no medals. They did get to keep their official Czech uniforms.]

Can We Build It

Special investigators like Anna usually spend their time sifting though garbage and reading pages of police reports. Unlike the movies, rarely do they visit exotic places let alone Vancouver.

However, after that embarrassing cauldron malfunction during the Olympic opening ceremonies, the honorable Mr. Harper personally requested Anna take charge of the investigation. Within the hour, she was en route to British Columbia on board a DND/CF Challenger.

While Anna is keeping an open mind, she has a growing suspicion of the prime contractor, Maximus Construction.

Stressful Decisions

This one is going to be a hard call: Flowbee or the Robocut?

Thank goodness for Midazolam!

Grease Monkey

Max hates changing the oil on the ABV.

Be Well

Like Dr. Peter Brooks, Max cannot recall who hired him (for $2.5 million a year) to sit on the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine's "Honorary Editorial Board". He just doesn't have time to remember all of those little details in life. I mean, who really does?

Timeout

Max is in timeout again. He was not suppose to take the X-29 out for any more joy rides let alone exoatmospheric. Now once again there are pictures that Anna will have to subtly discredit through a slow and methodical campaign of plausible scientific explanation along with alien conspiracy theories.

Another Episode of "Creepy Sundays"

"Um, I just don't understand all of this Internet pornography. I don't even have a pornograph to play it on - yeah." - Max

Respect

Max finally learned to respect his body's limitations while trying to do the Half Moon position during Tyrone's yoga class. Anna thinks maybe he should stick to the Downward Dog for a little while longer.

Soy

Max was happy to discover "soy" sometimes means soy sauce and not soy beans. For example, chili soy chicken wings at Steuben's.

Bed Bugs

Anna is rather scared after watching Max's new video about Micro Air Vehicles. She did not like his "precision engagement" idea at all!

Boil 'em Cabbage Down

While eating our All Bran this morning, Max declared he had given up the fiddle in favor of the violin. He is worried that it will inflame his already mild case of carpal tunnel caused by years of competitive weightlifting.

4 years of music school made Anna roll her eyes.

At least we don't have to listen to Boil 'em Cabbage Down anymore!

Cookies

Anna did not realize that groundhog cookies were a must have for your Groundhogs Day until Max mentioned it.

Pizza Oven

Pizza is more than just a meal at our house -- it's an addiction. And nothing is more addictive than a slice of Neapolitan style pizza. Even the demanding editors at the Outside Looking In blog extol the Abruzzo pizza, Marco's 4 cheese Neapolitan, as "simply to die for..."

So it will come to no surprise that Max and Anna have been hard at work trying to duplicate Marco's magic. They have tried everything from making the crust crispy yet chewy using lasers to kidnapping the head chef from Fratelli La Bufala in Naples.

[Editor's Note: We would like to once again thank the staff and owners of Fratelli for their patience and understanding.]

Oddly enough they learned that great pizza doesn't involve human trafficking. The real secret is the oven. And if Max had not had that "misunderstanding" with the Baltimore County Fire Department we would get a Weber grill and outfit it like Pizza Hacker's Franken-Weber.

So we're stuck with the next best thing: a cast-iron pan and a broiler.

Close enough!