Celebrate National Rum Day With The Captain
Next week you now have a real good reason to celebrate hump day. With National Rum Day just one week away, we at MANjr. decided to celebrate a bit early by sharing some great recipes. You can raise a glass on Wednesday, August 16 to celebrate Captain Morgan’s favorite holiday!
There is of course the iconic Captain Morgan Rum and cola, the Mule using ginger ale as well as two specialty treats –gelatins shot and freeze pops. They are easy for you to whip up at home. These recipes are perfect for anyone looking for fresh cocktail ideas to enjoy throughout the remaining days of summer. As always we and the Captain ask you to celebrate responsibly.
Morgan Mule
1.5 oz. Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum
4 oz. Ginger Ale or Ginger Beer
Mint Sprig
Lime
1) Muddle mint and lime in the bottom of a tall glass.
2) Add ice, Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum and ginger ale.
3) Garnish with a mint sprig and lime wheel. Stir and serve.
Morgan Mule Gelatin Shots
6 oz. Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum
8.5 oz. ginger ale
1.5 oz. fresh lime juice
2 envelops of lime gelatin (approx. 5.5 teaspoons)
Loco & Coco
3 oz. Captain Morgan LocoNut
4 oz. Coconut Water
1) Combine Captain Morgan LocoNut and coconut water into a shaker with ice.
2) Shake and strain into a rocks glass with ice.
The Miami Vice
1.5 oz. Captain Morgan LocoNut
1.5 oz. Coconut Water
0.75 oz. Captain Morgan White Rum
1.5 oz. Strawberry Daiquiri Mix
0.75 oz. Water
1) Combine Captain Morgan LocoNut and coconut water. Stir to combine.
2) Separately, combine Captain Morgan White Rum, strawberry daiquiri mix, and water. Stir to combine.
3) Fill a plastic freezie sleeve halfway up with strawberry daiquiri mixture. Top with LocoNut mixture and freeze overnight before serving.
Aug 10th
Michael Rapaport Talks Fantasy Football, Draft Kings & How You Can Meet Rob Gronkowski
As the commissioner of a few fantasy football leagues I am getting psyched that football is back. I know a lot of you like me are looking to plan a great party for your league. Still nothing we all look to do will compare to what Draft Kings is doing later this month.
DraftKings, the world’s largest daily fantasy sports company, will be hosting its second annual Fantasy Sports Fest bringing fans closer to the sports and athletes they love. The experience will prepare fans for the upcoming NFL season with fantasy insiders and entertainers, the opportunity to play on the Gillette Stadium field and celebrate with friends throughout activation areas.
This year’s event will be hosted by actor, comedian and fantasy sports fanatic Michael Rapaport, with appearances from Rob Gronkowski, Matthew Berry, Trey Wingo, Jim Breuer and Patriots alumni. Fans will receive access to Gillette Stadium and a chance to participate in on-field drills and activities, including a chance to run out of the tunnel – just like the Patriots on game day.
I got to chat with Michael Rapaport today to talk about the event, how you can Patriots tight end, Rob Gronkowski, fun activities at Gillette Stadium, how long he has been playing fantasy football and more. Here is my interview with Michael below.
Tickets are available in four package offerings. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit fantasysportsfest.com.
Aug 10th
Up Your Photo Game
You have a bunch of great photos on your phone, but they are just sitting there or stuck in the cloud. What are you doing with them? Back in the day we would take our film to a photo department at a grocery store and maybe display them in our home. Now all we do is share our photos on social media. That is where they are housed. Our photos need more that that.
What if you wanted to display your awesome photos in your house in a totally new and fresh way? Well now you can with WeMontage. The founder of WeMontage started up the business when his wife shared an episode of an interior design show on television in which they were covering an entire wall with huge family photo collages. He was so excited by what he saw that he created WeMontage so he and his wife would have a way to showcase their own family photos on our their walls. WeMontage is a large photo collage on removable wallpaper. The wallpaper is a premium, fabric-based material and adheres to textured and non-textured surfaces.
Now WeMontage is sharing their tech with the rest of us. WeMontage lets you upload your favorite photos, create a custom photo collage, and print on large, removable wallpaper. They even have an awesome happiness guarantee. When it arrives in the mail. If you don’t like it no worries. Simply mail it back to them for a full refund up to 7 days after you’ve received it. No questions asked! Go to wemontage.com for more info.
Aug 8th
Smirnoff Is Your Source For Celebrating Watermelon Day
The weekend is almost here. Tonight you can celebrate the upcoming weekend along with National Watermelon Day, which is today by checking out the latest Smirnoff variety.
Made with Smirnoff No. 21 and real fruit juice from concentrate, Smirnoff Sourced Watermelon is delicious with just a splash of club soda, mixed into a cocktail or served as festive watermelon gelatin shots. So raise a glass and enjoy responsibly.
Aug 3rd
Some New Additions To The Reebok Floatride Family
Reebok officially releases two new, uni-sex colorways of the Floatride, fresh in an all-white and black-white palette that translate seamlessly from a run or workout to the street. Innovation with the latest runner’s technology infused with sleek design details in a contemporary palette, these Floatrides are versatile for any occasion. Skip packing a second pair of shoes after your workout class – the Floatride Run keep you comfortable and stylish post-work out all year round.
The Reebok Floatride is the brand’s biggest innovation and most technically advanced running shoe to date. The shoe includes the new Floatride Foam Technology, a lightweight, pressure-set foam that provides an optimal mix of softness and responsiveness, enabling runners to float through their run. The refinement of Floatride Foam is a landmark step for Reebok running, with the technology standing up to countless hours of testing before going to market.
The silhouette of the Floatride includes an Ultraknit upper for maximum support and flexibility and a sleek aesthetic feel. The upper is engineered in zones to provide adaptive comfort, and a deep “V” shape forming where the upper and heel cup meet offers maximum breathable flexibility throughout the entire run.
The Reebok Floatride is available on Reebok.com and retailers nationwide for $150.
Aug 2nd
007 Needs His Classic Drink For The Proper Send-off
It looks like Daniel Craig will play James Bond one last time as he gets ready to be 007 once again for a film that will be released in November 2019. Many Bond fans were happy to see Craig take up the role of 007, but it looks like this one will be has last one. Craig didn’t feel like he needed to play as Bond in another film, but from the sound of it he is back at it again.
In celebration of the new, recently announced 007 film and in honor of Mr. Craig’s last go around portraying the debonair spy, Belvedere Vodka encourages you to raise a Belvedere Classic Martini, and toast Mr. Bond.
Belvedere Classic Martini
Ingredients:
2 oz Belvedere Vodka
.25 oz Lillet Blanc
Method: Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and stir over ice until very cold. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a pink grapefruit twist.
Aug 2nd
Machine Gun Kelly Goes All 90s With Reebok
What do you get when you combine some cool looking kicks with one of today’s top musicians? You get a great crossover. Staring straight into the lens with a sly smile, rapper and actor Machine Gun Kelly knows how to work a camera. In an abandoned warehouse he expertly poses while wearing Reebok’s Club C Overbranded silhouette, a shoe that among many things, includes a 90’s vintage logo as a nod to the era.
He’s confident yet playful, feeling the vibe and holding court at the abandoned warehouse of the Reebok set. The ’90s were a time of confidence, bold colors and fashion risks. Known for his unique fashion sense and edgier punk style, MGK steps away from the camera to tell us why he believes fashion is a way of self-expression.
“You can match your emotions with your clothing and say what you want without having to physically speak,” he says.
“When you’re an expressive person you don’t always want to just have to say how you feel or how you feel about yourself, so you can wear it instead.”
MGK is constantly picking outfits that speak to him, and if they don’t come with a little edge then what’s the point?
“If you don’t feel it, it won’t work,” he says. “It’s important to take fashion risks because if we didn’t there would be no evolution, things would never change.”
The Club C Overbranded pack will be available August 2nd on Reebok.com and select retailers around the world. The five solid footwear colors will retail for $84.99 with the all-over white print retailing for $89.99. The cap is priced at $65 and the hoody is priced at $28. For more information visit http://www.reebok.com/us/club_c
Aug 2nd
Ant-Man and The Wasp Start Up Production
Marvel Studios announced today that production has begun on “Ant-Man and The Wasp,” starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña and Academy Award winner Michael Douglas who all return to the roles they originated in the 2015 box office hit “Ant-Man.” Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Abby Ryder Fortson, Tip “T.I.” Harris, and David Dastmalchian also reprise their supporting roles.
The highly-anticipated follow-up welcomes Academy Award nominees Michelle Pfeiffer (and Laurence Fishburne along with Hannah John-Kamen, Walton Goggins and Randall Park to the ensemble cast.
“Ant-Man” director Peyton Reed returns to helm Marvel Studios’ action-adventure from a screenplay by Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers, Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari, and Paul Rudd. The film, which opens in U.S. theaters on July 6, 2018, will be filmed in Atlanta and San Francisco.
From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink: “Ant-Man and The Wasp.” In the aftermath of “Captain America: Civil War,” Scott Lang (Rudd) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he’s confronted by Hope van Dyne (Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Douglas) with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from their past.
Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and The Wasp” is produced by Kevin Feige with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Stephen Broussard, Charles Newirth and Stan Lee serving as executive producers.
Aug 1st
This Capsule Is Geeking Out Big Time
I just got the second ThinkGeek Capsule and it is loaded with a bunch of goodness from Star Trek, Marvel and Game of Thrones. There were even boxes inside the first box that contained even more awesomeness.
For all you Trekkies wanting to know what live was like on the planet Vulcan you are in luck. There is the Vulcan Travel Guide which is a book highlighting the different places you can visit on Vulcan. For all of you who love tabletop games you love the fact that there is a Dungeons & Dragons t-shirt and patch set. The t-shirt shows a D20 in front of fantasy gear and the patch is a red D20. The patch is adhesive, not an iron-on.
Game of Thrones is not only back on HBO, but you can find some GoT treasures in this capsule. Inside was a piece of canvas art of one of four sigils from the show. I got House Targaryen. This will go great in my office. Love the artwork and colors in this one. There is also a Pinz collectible pin with the theme of outer space. I got the moon pin, which is pretty slick as you can see from the pictures.
The bonus item in this ThinkGeek Capsule is a Doctor Who Funko Pop keychain. I got the Twelfth Doctor, but the Fourth Doctor us also up for grabs too. Speaking of bonuses just lie the first capsule this one contained a gift card. They can range in value from $5 to $100. Love the fact ThinkGeek is doing that.
As you can see there was a ton of awesome swag in this one. So if all of this awesomeness is something you wanted delivered to your home go to thinkgeekcapsule.com to subscribe to the monthly capsule program. You wont be disappointed. Next month’s capsule will showcase items from DC Comic’s Justice League.
Aug 1st
Be A Good Neighbor Silence Your Sports Car
No matter where you live you are bound to have awesome neighbors and other ones you wish would move away. Have you ever had one call the cops on you because of your car’s noise? Someone called the cops on Steve von Foerster. The former head of vehicle engineering for Ford Motor Company wasn’t thrilled, but he understood why.
On an otherwise peaceful morning in his suburban Detroit neighborhood, von Foerster had just backed a Shelby GT350 Mustang out of his driveway. As the car’s V8 engine thundered, an annoyed neighbor set aside their coffee cup and dialed 911.
Von Foerster had left before the officers arrived, and he didn’t end up with a ticket. Nor did he get angry. What he got was an idea for the new Mustang.
“I love the sound of the V8, but it can be loud, and you can’t annoy people like that in your neighborhood,” said von Foerster, who now leads Ford’s user experience team in product development. “It sounds so cool, but I thought, ‘There has to be a way to give people more control over the engine’s sound.’”
The experience fueled a discussion between von Foerster and fellow Mustang program team members that led to development of Quiet Exhaust mode and industry-first Quiet Start, known as “Good Neighbor Mode” among Mustang engineers. The new features on properly equipped 2018 Mustang GT vehicles allow drivers to keep engine sound at a minimum if they wish and to program quiet start-up times in advance.
While some sports cars offer active exhaust systems with on/off functionality, Mustang’s Quiet Start is the first to allow scheduling of times. Using steering wheel-mounted thumb controls, drivers toggle through a menu in the instrument cluster to select when they want to fire up their Mustang GT without sharing the event with neighbors. For example, between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m., drivers can keep the peace by scheduling their car to start, minus the roar.
Both new Quiet Exhaust mode and Quiet Start features will be part of the available active valve performance exhaust system on the new Mustang GT, along with different exhaust volumes for Normal, Sport and Track modes, giving customers more choice than ever before.
“Active valve performance exhaust gives Mustang owners the best of both worlds – that classic Mustang sound, and the ability to not wake up your neighbors when you leave the house early in the morning or arrive home late at night,” said Matt Flis, Ford exhaust development engineer.
Neighborhoods across the country should be thrilled. According to a recent poll by Ranker.com, loud engine revving ranks among the most annoying noises neighbors make, alongside other common nuisances including power tools, barking dogs and band practice. Only early-morning lawn mowing is more robustly despised. With new Quiet Exhaust mode and Quiet Start, Ford is doing its part to keep the peace.
Aug 1st
