I have decided to announce something important about the rock list for the first half of 2014 -- right here. The list, however, will be published on The Overcast Inside.  Getting information about song titles -- especially whether words are capitalized or not -- has been very difficult and it's wasted a lot of my time. This is also a problem about some band names. The music industry needs to make this easier for writers/reviewers and fans. Do you think we're mind readers?

Pop 10

Top 10 Pop Songs list for the first half of 2014

1. Shakira, Empire

2. Ariana Grande, Problem ft. Iggy Azalea

3. Shakira, Can't Remember to Forget You ft. Rihanna

4. Flower,  熱帯魚の涙
"Nettaigyo No Namida (tears of a tropical fish)"

5. Iggy Azalea, Fancy ft. Charli XCX

6. Usher, Good Kisser

7. Morning Musume, Beyond the time and space

8. Chris Brown, Loyal (Explicit), ft. Lil Wayne, Tyga

9. Trey Songz, Na Na

10. Kiesza, Hideaway

*Note: This is my list (and my opinion) based on listening to many songs, comparing songs, reading, and research.  There were several other songs that were great, too. 

Extra Note: This part about the song by Flower was added later, from information provided on Flower Official YouTube Channel:  "Nettaigyo No Namida (tears of a tropical fish)"

Sorry, I didn't see that earlier because it was small in the description. I have added that up above in the list.

Pop 10

Top 10 Pop Songs list for the first half of 2014

1. Shakira, Empire

2. Ariana Grande, Problem ft. Iggy Azalea

3. Shakira, Can't Remember to Forget You ft. Rihanna

4. Flower, Tears of Tropical Fish  

   熱帯魚の涙

5. Iggy Azalea, Fancy ft. Charli XCX

6. Usher, Good Kisser

7. Morning Musume, Beyond the time and space

8. Chris Brown, Loyal (Explicit), ft. Lil Wayne, Tyga

9. Trey Songz, Na Na

10. Kiesza, Hideaway

*Note: This is my list (and my opinion) based on listening to many songs, comparing songs, reading, and research.  There were several other songs that were great, too. 

Extra note: I have also seen a translation of the Flower song title as: Tears of a tropical fish

Shake Overflowing

Arby's ORANGE CREAM Shake has great flavor and it's yummy!

This was quite a surprise! I think most of us want more for our money. Okay, maybe this was a bit extreme but I was a happy guy, smiling and laughing once I got back to my table. (sorry, no suspense)

When the Arby's worker had the shake ready and waiting on the counter, it was obvious the cup was too full and almost ready to overflow.

Maybe more later.

one of my favorite photos

May, June, whatever...

May was a good month, but not much was going on. I sure hope June will be better and more fun. Trying not to sound exactly like everyone else, I won't speak of the season (it will be), or mention it by name, just put what I want to do and that is be alone. I don't like the hot sun in the afternoon, so I'll drink shake, iced tea, or iced coffee, or other fast-food restaurant drink at night time or evening. I didn't like the iced coffee at fast food restaurants as much lately because they were too weak and not enough coffee. Maybe shakes are what I want now. 

I decided not to change that post after all so I put it back on here. Instead, I will add to it. Sometimes it's that way.

I decided I'm changing my last post. 

some Me, some about my Music, some Fast Food

There are some new fast foods. I was over at Burger King to get the iced coffee, I did see some chicken strips that I want to eat. My goal though and money in my wallet was to buy some herbs at the store and also buy a toy for Dolly, because a visiting dog chewed up her little stuffed animal toy. I felt very sad about it. So far, I didn't find a good toy.

The iced coffee was good, but now the iced coffees don't seem as strong in coffee flavor as they used to be. I notice a lot of iced coffees of the major fast-food restaurants are kind of weak and very light shade with maybe too much cream, creamer, or whatever they are using. It still tastes very good sometimes but not the way they used to be.

People want an update on me? I don't know. Just for the fun of it, I wanted to do a vocal cover of a song. But I don't like it when someone else tries to take the place of a singer in a band. I don't want anyone to think I would ever want to do that. I'm not much into covers or remakes of songs, however some (not many) will make my rock and pop songs lists on occasion. Of course that's separate from my own music and I do my best to be fair and objective, but am I perfect? no because nobody is. What my thing is that I like to look up to some of the great rock stars and pop stars and I appreciate them and admire what they did. But covers can be fun, I suppose, though not necessarily my thing.

I'm gonna keep doing what I'm doing... I play guitar now for four years every day except if I'm so sick I can't sit up or if the guitar is getting a new string or something. Then I catch up immediately. I just play an hour or more a day but am consistent and keep thinking about notes and chords and just the stuff that is my style, etc. Maybe someone knows about 'fin' and 'NW' from my songs but those are just part of song titles and it's like, let me see what I can do with five strings on this guitar. Is NW North-West or No Water and what is the fin? Okay, that should be for extra credit. lol All my stuff (songs) so far is acoustic or singing and I have some genre/sub-genre words or terms I use to describe it but I think it's obvious I like strange sounds and stuff that is essentially me aiming for maximum alternative acoustic guitar, etc. my way is to Have Fun, don't let the world make me feel like I can't be who I am. I don't know... well, i do try for something and hopefully more.

Anything else? Yeah lots. I want to go back to writing about Fast Food most of the time, but also I don't want to stop reviewing rock and pop songs and making those lists. Also, I have songs of my own come into my mind and lyrics and stuff constantly and so there's almost way too much. I don't want to say what I'm going to do because I don't know.

Volume Down, Songs Still Great

I just thought, yeah, turn it down if someone is sleeping in the other room, or if you really want to think about the notes and chords you're listening to or playing. I have been doing that for a long time, sometimes, especially in the early morning. I do occasionally listen to songs loud in volume too, but not too loud. Be careful, people!

Courtney Love has a new song, "Wedding Day", and I heard it the first day the song (Audio) was on YouTube. I keep going back there each day, listening again and again, but I really do need to be fair to all the other singers and bands out there. Courtney's song is a great song and while I have no idea how this song or any of the other songs I mention will do in my very own half-year or full-year rock songs and pop songs lists, I do know I like it a lot.

The best radio single to listen to when I'm out driving around could (still) be Shakira "Can't Remember to Forget You" ft. Rihanna. It could be if they played it but I haven't heard it on the radio lately. Did radio DJs forget to play it or are they on to Shakira's new single? I don't know but I haven't heard it on the radio much lately either.

   

Rainbow - April 2013
Photo by Scott McLean

Two Photos of one Shamrock Shake in 2013

2013 better Luck with the Shamrock Shake

McDonald's McCafe Shamrock Shake can look pretty good in photos. This year, however, my luck ran out. Two of the shakes were weak in flavor, which means they weren't very 'minty' tasting. One of those shakes wasn't at all like I thought it should be. I kept trying to get a good Shamrock Shake and good picture. Maybe I will put a shake picture on here, but a picture from last year would be better.

Turn On... this Song

Best music to listen to when going out? I have heard so many songs on the radio and it's hard to remember. This is 2014 and I want to hear songs that have some action and excitement. When I'm driving around, I hope to hear "Can't Remember to Forget You" by Shakira and featuring Rihanna. The video is good but I don't watch it while I'm driving because I don't want to wreck, and also don't want to feel too good. These young singers are beautiful and there's too much going on in the music video to describe in a fast food blog. Oh yeah, that's right this is me here and like I said before, besides fast food I will also write about the things people talk about when they go out for food, soft drinks, or whatever. My goal at the moment is to kind of cancel out the negative comments on YouTube. In my opinion it's a great song and I like it a lot.

So it's good to be positive, though I doubt that when I'm driving around I'll see any young women a tenth as pretty as them. What's much more important, the song rocks and it's fun to listen to and watch!

Halibut Sandwich from Arctic Circle

My recent fast food was from Arctic Circle restaurant: Halibut Sandwich and Tater Tots. The sandwich was good, and bigger than I expected. The Tater Tots were oily but with the halibut sandwich were a nice meal (not a meal listed on the menu) and if this is possible and I say it is, made fast-food sense to me.

I had two iced coffees, one from Jack in the Box and the other from Burger King. It was a fun night of fast food, and with my notes on iced coffees, now I'm getting ready to decide on the best iced coffee for the most recent period of time.

Having some problems and maybe I will post tomorrow.

Feel That! Vibrations free of Equations

I ought to do that headline over again as a song title or something similar. Alright, why not. Anyway, Friday wasn't exactly an unpredictable response to what happens here when fast food comes home. Fast food, come home! Okay, that was cute of me. You remember Dolly, well she was very excited when I walked in with fast food. Some say/spell her name Dollie, but to me, besides Dolly she is Piglet or Chublet (I pronounce choo-BLAY) even though she has a better shape now, because she still loves food that people eat -- and way too much. I have a better shape too (than several years ago, when I lost weight) but we're not necessarily in shape because I train (training my stomach) so I can eat foods that have vegetables. So yes, I eat salads. Sometimes raw vegetables bother my stomach, so I'm trying to take on raw vegetables on a daily basis. This may not last but I've been doing that for a couple of weeks. Anyway, back to this dog whose favorite food is... hmmm (I'm pretending to be deep in thought)... whose favorite food is... any style of cooked chicken, pizza, Chinese food, fish, and many more, but fish from a fast-food restaurant was what we (the people, plus you know who) had Friday. I know I left out many of Dolly's favorite foods because just about every time she eats it's her favorite food. Fish was her favorite on Friday, so let me focus on fish.

Is February a good month to drink iced coffee, or not? I don't know. The cold weather usually doesn't keep me from drinking iced coffee, iced tea, and shakes, but it hasn't been cold here much in the last two weeks. At least not for me. I went to the McDonald's drive-thru and got the Shamrock Shake. It was the first time this year I had it. I liked the shake. Before that, I went to the same drive-thru and ordered iced coffee. In between, I drove around and listened to the radio. It's more relaxing not having to think so much about songs and just listen for some fun and happiness. Now I'm thinking about iced coffees and trying to figure out which one was the best. It's hard to decide. Burger King, McDonald's, and Jack in the Box are all very competitive and in February I feel their iced coffees have been very good or better.

2013 - Hot Cinnamon Shake at Jack in the Box

I missed this shake in 2014 and though I wasn't totally in love with this shake last year, I did want it again, so that says something. 

It's like a spicy love relationship, and somebody once told me opposites attract. So far, 2014 has been a rather boring year and that goes for life and fast food. 

I feel the color of the shake was darker than my photo shows. The photo information says I didn't use the flash, and as I recall it was very light in the restaurant. From what I could see, the shake was a dark shade of pink or a light shade of red. 

Mainly at this moment, I just want to see some of my photos because maybe it will cheer me up. I also need some food love and food certainly has loved me in the past.                      

Mudhoney had the Number 1 Rock Song

The order of the songs in the list of 2013's 25 Best Rock Songs started the same way as it did for the 10 Best half-year list. (Both lists, like others I've posted, are my lists and not based on numbers, popularity, or other lists out there.)

Mudhoney's song was Number 1, then Alyssa Turkowski and Black Sabbath had the next two songs on the list. This was by no means a certainty in the days before I finished the list. Some other songs were considered for the top 3. I just think these were the three best.

You can see the rest of the list on The Overcast Inside which is where I review songs and publish lists of songs.

Saturday is to music as eating out is to Saturday and music

Some readers remember when I said (wrote, that is) there would be other topics I'd mix in with my writing about fast food. That's why music is occasionally a topic here. Same as when people go out to eat or hang out drinking an espresso drink, coffee, soda pop, or other beverage.

So then, please look up above in the blog.

From my 2013 notes on Wendy's fries

Ok, I found the notes from last year about Wendy's fries. I ordered the Large NATURAL-CUT FRIES w/Sea Salt. I could see the fries were a beautiful golden to light-brown color. I wrote the word great with exclamation mark and underlined: great! 

I went back through the drive thru to the pick up window and bought the 6 pc. chicken nuggets. Also, great flavor and golden color, the nuggets were delicious with Barbecue Sauce. I have photo of those too, but it doesn't show how delicious they are and also in reading my notes I see that in the nuggets serving container was on it's side in the Wendy's bag and a few fell out so I had to put nuggets back in the serving container. In other words, it's not the way it usually looks. 

25 Best Rock Songs of 2013 Heavy and Hard, but also Alternative and Pop

After I thought it was a very hard and heavy rock and metal year of 2013, as I compared many songs the last two weeks, the songs and bands quickly proved to me 2013 was a very alternative-music type of year. There are hard rock and metal songs on my list 25 Best Rock Songs of 2013 but clearly alternative and several pop songs are on that rock list. Congratulations to those bands and artists. I posted the list tonight on The Overcast Inside. It's my list and part of my opinion.

I really shouldn't... S l o w y o u d o w n

Hmmm... I didn't find my notes yet. I have stacks of papers, mostly my notes about fast food, notes with some thoughts about songs or circling song titles and recording artists or bands so I can go back and listen again, then also my own lyrics and song titles. I need to get organized. It's funnier to be this way though. I don't know, well yeah, it's not very efficient or fast. I'm taking a break for a few hours to celebrate one of my songs released more than two years (I accidentally typed tears, then corrected it to years) ago. Is that one of those slips? It's almost like an anniversary. I'm not sure if that compares to barital mliss. I reversed those letters on those two words. I'm sure I can find a song in that somewhere, to just plain confuse a bunch of people who took too much math but not morals 101. I mean the ones who watch humans. Aliens? Everyone can read my blog because I'm great and all, but respect and God are both important. Where will you go after this? I think I'm going out for fast food after this, or sometime soon. Hope everyone is confused because that makes you think.

2013 & Wendy's french fries

I have my 2013 notes about this somewhere...

I'll be back when I can find the notes.

Pop Over to "The Overcast Inside" where my 2013 Pop list will be 'Heavy'

The Pop list will be 'Heavy' this year. (It's not done yet.)

Watch out! The metal and rock bands could take over both the 25 Best Rock Songs and the 25 Best Pop Songs of 2013.

There will be pop songs too, but the rock and metal bands have some of the best songs on my rock and pop lists. I will be posting those lists on The Overcast Inside which is not the music underground, but sometimes it's under clouds on the inside, which is sort of like saying bringing bad weather inside of us but we can lighten up by thinking about music.

Happy New Year!

2013 Fun? The Commercial for Charbroiled Atlantic Cod Fish Sandwich at Carl's Jr.

by Scott McLean

I wrote about (reviewed) the commercial for The Charbroiled Atlantic Cod Fish Sandwich at Carl's Jr., in March. I like this commercial but it could have been funnier. It's for Hardee's too, but have I ever been there? Oh wait a minute, maybe that's where 'she' hangs out! No, couldn't be, I'm just being way excited for Dec. 30 sitting in my bedroom with nothing to do but write what someone, maybe more than one, will be reading.

The commercial is (was? hmm I guess it still is in the video) sexy and cute, slightly funny, but some people didn't like it, though I'm sure some of those people who didn't like it, love to see some of their favorite pop stars wearing almost nothing in music videos. Okay, whatever!

Did Carl's Jr. and Hardee's win big or lose big with this commercial? I think it's somewhere in between and that's pretty good because I did go there and ate the Charbroiled Atlantic Cod Fish Sandwich, more than once.

Here is part of what I wrote on Fast Food Yummy in March 2013:

The sandwich was great!  It's delicious and I ate it this morning, perhaps spurred on to get it by the fact that some girl said she wasn't going to go there anymore.  At least I wouldn't have to see one man hater there.  Oh heck, I don't know if she hates men yet. She needs to love everyone, and love fish too.

The Charbroiled Atlantic Cod Fish Sandwich is a winner.  I'm not much for "charbroiled" but I wanted to cancel out someone else's vote, or rather cancel out their comment with what is much better, my writing.

'Sun Tan' The Charbroiled Atlantic Cod Fish Sandwich at Carl's Jr ® a...

I wrote about this fast-food commercial in March. I like this commercial but it could have been funnier.

Note: The title was with the video on YouTube and I just liked it and it showed that I could 'share' it which I did. I have no connection to advertisements and commercials which may appear with videos.

I'm Going to Listen to Christmas music/songs

I'm going to listen to some more Christmas and Holiday music and songs today and tomorrow. Not all songs are about the birth of Jesus, so everyone is welcome to listen to "Christmas" music. Have some fun!

Also, I want to listen to songs about snow, ice, winter, and many other topics about holidays and other stuff. That makes me happy!

Note: The above part was written and supposed to be posted on the 24th of December so now it's late. I did listen to Christmas music on Dec. 24 and a bit more on the 25th, also before that on various days.

No problem, (almost time for) Happy New Year!

McDonald's Filet-O-Fish

I don't think the bun has a map of where to go fishing. So don't go there and don't try to figure it out unless of course you like to waste your time. McDonald's Filet-O-Fish is one of my favorites for most of my life and I still eat it sometimes.

This Is Fuzzy Like the Thinking of the .tVog Watching US

I was researching famous maps on the internet just minutes ago and who's to say what's a good way to know where in the hell we are and where do we wanna go? ogle pretty pretty well, danggit everything. Joke, I love danggit fish. Not sure I spelled it right, but yeah I loved fish in the Philippines. I'm just trying to waste everyone's time. No, not really, just waste the time of the spies. C'mon people, don't we despise the spies. Yeah, we do. I did bring this bun top into focus in another picture, so I'll put that up soon. Or late. Is this a map of future fishing holes? I doubt it but it's cute.

Spies Should Be Fired But I'll Give You a Map to Go Fishing, or not

Originally, I started this article with I'm no longer funny, and after some deep thought I decided to start it with  originally, I started this article with I'm no longer funny.

This almost looping opening paragraph wasn't brought to you by anybody. If it had been brought to you by somebody, it probably would have been brought to you by really intelligent people who are bored, but not the ones spying on me and perhaps some of my biggest fans. 

Actually, I have no idea why the NSA is spying on Americans. There's nothing funny about it, and it's very, very damn serious because they apparently don't care about the Constitution and protecting it is what matters to me.

Damn, it's almost the end of 2013! I never had any idea the NEWS would be so horrible and frightening this year. It makes me wanna go fishing? There was a map on a bun this summer and I should have seen where it went to or posted the bun (picture) at that time. Am I just trying to waste the time of all the internet spies who want to spy on all us nice and (damn I'm) average people in America. This is America and I love America! God Bless America! 

Where's the bun? Next time!

If it is a map and does go to a good fishing hole, then maybe all the spies can go there when WE THE PEOPLE 'let you go'. That means you should be fired by your boss. That's us.

There was a very small snow pile or snowdrift but I don't know if it came off the roof, was shoveled there or what but I enjoyed looking at it for a few minutes while parked at Jack in the Box and sipping my shake. This was after I went to the drive-thru to buy the shake.

Cold didn't keep me from getting a Shake at Jack in the Box

This picture was a couple of hours ago, Monday, December 9, 2013.

Some people want to make me sad or stop writing about fast food. I'm not stopping. To those who don't like fast food, you stop acting like jerks. 

Fight Back by Don't Give Up

I notice some people want to make other people sad, depressed, and they hope some will give up. Don't give up on yourself, even when you see and hear all the trash-talking, anger, meanness on the internet and in real life.

You're a good person and I believe in you.

Ai Shinozaki  song "Play for Free"
     (near the)                                  
1. End of song -- great                    
2. Can hold a note -- great          
3. interesting.

    I didn't feel whoever
    uploaded the song did
    it right.

-- The song itself has
    too many
   "play for free"(s) in it
    but that's what the
    song is about: a commercial.
_______________
Ne-Yo                                      
1. Most consistently great
    for the whole song.
2. I think his final singing
    in song/notes also great.

My Notes on Singing by Ai Shinozaki and Ne-Yo

I'm going to show some of my notes (the exact words on the paper) that I wrote down one of the days before I made my decision that Ai Shinozaki was the Best Pop Singer of the First Half of 2012.

This was a very difficult decision and the last week or two was mainly between Ai Shinozaki and Ne-Yo. They were going to tie, but I promised there wouldn't be a tie and there wasn't by the time I finished comparing their singing/vocals.

Ai Shinozaki 'Best Pop Singer' in 2012's First Half

Ai Shinozaki is the Best Pop Singer of the First Half of 2012. This was very close as to who was best, and the other three singers, Ne-Yo, Kelly Clarkson, and Rihanna, were also great. The difference was something that may have gone unnoticed by some reviewers and music lovers. Shinozaki was best of the four singers at or near the end of the song. I thought she had the most difficult song to make interesting because the lyrics could have been better. She hit high notes and held those notes wonderfully while putting in a lot of feeling which is important to have a successful song.

Note: I had left out the word Pop so I added that in.

Best Pop Singer for the first half of 2012

There's more below on how I'm making my decision.

Four Singers

Four singers:

Rihanna
Ne-Yo
Kelly Clarkson
Ai Shinozaki

Second songs:
Ai Shinozaki in singing group AeLL 『ありがとうサヨナラ。』
"Goodbye Thank you."
note: I see another translation of this that is: Sayonara "Thank you. "
Kelly Clarkson "Dark Side"
Ne-Yo "Let's Go" - Calvin Harris "Let's Go" featuring Ne-Yo
Rihanna "Where Have You Been"

I listened to these songs to know more about their singing but not for the final decision about who was the best singer for the first half of 2012. My decision is about four singers and four songs (below).

For the decision
First songs:
Kelly Clarkson "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
Rihanna "Take Care" -  Drake "Take Care" featuring Rihanna
Ai Shinozaki  "Play for Free"
Ne-Yo "Leave You Alone" - Young Jeezy "Leave You Alone"
featuring Ne-Yo

Note: I changed the order of appearance of the four singers on purpose because the order doesn't matter and has nothing to do with my decision.

Also, I listened to a some Live performances but couldn't find Ai Shinozaki "Play for Free" Live version so I watched and listened to the video on YouTube for "JOY" by AeLL. I tried to find a good version of "Take Care" Live and while Drake sounded good, I couldn't find a good one with Rihanna singing so I listened and watched a video of her Live performance of "Where Have You Been". I did find good Live versions of "Stronger" and "Leave You Alone".

Tied Now but there won't be a Tie

After listening to those songs, the four singers are tied.

I thought this would be easy or at least not too difficult. But they are all tied in singing/vocals and basically how much their singing voices were important to the sound of those songs.

More on my decision about Best Pop Singer/Vocalist of the First Half of 2012

This is about four singers, four songs, and just one song for each singer.

However, I'm going to listen and think about the singing/vocals on a second song by each artist if I feel it's necessary to make a good decision.

I'm listening to some of these songs again this morning and I've been listening to these songs for the past few days. It's a really tough decision because they are all great singers.

Best Pop Singer/Vocalist of the First Half of 2012

I hope to decide very soon who was the best pop singer/vocalist for the first half of 2012. That was the year I started writing about Pop songs including my lists of 10 Best Pop Songs of the first half and 25 Best Pop Songs for the year of 2012. I'm doing a first-half list and a full-year list again this year.

Last year, I mentioned the three leaders I chose in the category of Best Pop Vocalist for the First Half of 2012. They were Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, and Ne-Yo. I'm also calling that category Best Pop Singer, but this isn't a Live Performance competition. While I care about hearing how they sound in Live videos, this is only about how their singing voices sound in the recordings. It doesn't have to be a studio recording because someone can record it any method and put it on YouTube.com or anywhere that it's available to listeners. I'm not much into rules and I really don't have rules. It's my decision though, regarding who gets in and why or why not.

Today, I'm adding Ai Shinozaki to the list. Of course, her name also appears as Shinozaki Ai. I don't think that I saw her video last year, so the song which I listened to many times in the recent months is called "Play for Free" may be in last year's second half list of best pop songs, which I haven't done yet, or I could make an exception and put it on a list for this year. Some of those videos uploaded to YouTube in the first half of 2012 were deleted or no longer available. That could have been why I didn't find it on time for last year. Those videos were listed by English language. However, thanks to my recent searches in Japanese, I was able to find the video.

I think she is a great singer and as far as I can tell this video first appeared in June 2012, therefore she qualifies for the first half of 2012 Best Pop Singer/Vocalist. I found a good upload of the video/song either today or yesterday on the Chinese video website Youku. That's at www.youku.com and I wanted to put that on here or my music reviews blog site, but I couldn't figure out how to do that since I didn't see a way to share on Blogger.com blogs like there is on YouTube. I will try to do that from YouTube even though the upload date is different.

Comparing Two Iced Coffees

I wanted to write about iced coffee... The last time I went out for iced coffee it was very good and I drank two iced coffees. I had the Jack in the Box iced coffee first and wasn't sure I would have another iced coffee later, but as it turned out I did wind up over at McDonald's, in the drive-thru, for that second iced coffee.

Jack in the Box's iced coffee was a little bit better than McDonald's iced coffee this time. However, it couldn't be much closer and there was almost no difference between the two because both had very good flavor. I also compared how much ice was in the cup and both appeared to be the right amount, not too much or too little. Both iced coffees were strong enough and it tasted fresh to me. That's important. Also, it was the right shade, not too dark or light, the flavors were very good, and it wasn't too sweet but slightly sweet which I feel is correct. I can't say there was much difference in quality between the two iced coffees, but this was a win for Jack in the Box.

I don't have much more to add but if I can think of anything else then I write about it some other time.

Relaxing with a Carl's Jr. Orange Cream Shake

ORANGE CREAM 

Ice Cream Shake

3.50

I can really taste how this is "orange cream" flavor and made me feel relaxed. It's a very smooth shake and doesn't have strong orange flavor and no aftertaste of orange. There's whipped cream on top like many shakes these days. I would say it's a normal size for a shake, not too large like some shakes. This shake was $3.50 and the words and price below the picture are what was on the drive-thru menu. It was just before noon on a July day.

Caramel

McDonald's McCafé Dulce de Leche Shake is a caramel shake. I really like this flavor but someone else probably likes it more. I started this shake while I was in McDonald's at a table for two, though I didn't have that special other person with me. When I was drinking this shake I didn't put much thought into 'what caramel means to me', but now I'm thinking about someone special who liked caramel.