Deep Throat Revealed!

The Daily show did some in depth reporting on the hot political news of the week, the identity of Deep Throat. Link

Enjoying “the Offical” Summer Weather

I had a very fun weekend this week. On Saturday I had Greg’s bachelor party. I took it easy Friday night and cruised to Sheboygan on Saturday morning. I spent most of the morning driving around Sheboygan with Rich trying to find a place that could lathe the Montero’s rotors so I could get the brakes fixed. We were finally able to find a guy to do it so we had the brakes fixed by noon. After that I went to Randy’s and played with the nephew for a bit. Then it was time for the party. The party was held at Rochester Park in Falls. We had some beers and some brats and played yard games. I dominated the basketball court taking 5 of 6 games of 21. I also did well in the bean bag toss and the nut toss. I pretty much dominated all the games. After the festivities we headed up to the O and spent the night pinballing between there and big Jimmy’s. We got Greg pretty shined up and it’s always a good time watching him when he’s a wet noodle. After some world famous root beer shots we called it a night.

I woke up early Sunday to take advantage of the holiday weekend. I drove back early to get ready for the mini tailgate party I had planned. We got all the gear together and headed to the park early. We had a tailgate crew of about fifteen so there was lots of fun to be had. We had a gorgeous day and plenty of food to grill. We enjoyed the parking lot and then headed into the game. The outcome was a 2-1 loss v. Houston but the day was going great so we weren’t about to let a loss pull us down. After the game we went to Kelly’s Bleachers for a little post game Golden Tee. I did ok but it wasn’t my best GT showing. After that we headed downtown the Eastpoint Pub. We spent the remainder of the afternoon and part of the evening being rowdy at the EP. We headed home, had a bite to eat, and went to bed early. It was one of the more fun days that I’ve had in a while. Everyone was in a good mood and everyone was happy and just having a good time.

Sunday we woke up, went on a bike ride, and relaxed the rest of the holiday away to get the batteries recharged.

Christmas Presents Found

I found what I’m going to get all of you for Christmas. A subscription to Modern Drunkard Magazine. The goal of this magazine is to “return drinking to the glorious Rat Pack/Jackie Gleason Era. How do we plan to pull it off? First we unite the International Drunkard Tribe. Then we crush our enemies. Then we take over. Then we celebrate with a never ending series of victory keggers and self-congratulatory cocktail parties.” Expect your first issue the first of January.?

Reflection of Society

I have to make a brief crotchety old man rant. I woke up this morning and checked my dozen morning news and bargain sites and CNN.com’s top story was the ‘America Idol’ winner. Are you serious? In the previous 36 hours there have been a dozen American soldiers KIA in Iraq and the top story in the US is who won ‘American Idol.’ This is a reflection of the state of the society that we live in. Everyone wants to take a stance on the war and give their two cents but now apparently thousands of people dying isn’t as important as reality our coveted reality TV. We are at war yet I’m so glad I know the outcome of some stupid TV show. It appears that Americans don’t care about anything unless it is on TV 24/7. Everyone cared about the war and had an opinion about it when it was on TV 24/7. Now that it’s only a blip on the nightly news and we are bombarded with reality TV show commercials instead of war reports our new passions and opinions have switched from invasion and war to who our favorite pop singer is. This short term memory, media driven, brainwashed, unable to make decisions for ourselves unless someone tells us what to think, TV (like big brother in our living rooms telling us what we’re interested in) society that we live in today is a very disgusting thing. Props to FOX News on this one. They kept ‘American Idol’ off the front page although they do have “‘Jeopardy!’ King Dethroned.” But Ken Jennings is a tough guy to beat. Here is the contrast in headlines from CNN to FOX News:

CNN: ‘American Idol’ No. 4 named

FOX News: “Ten Die in Iraq Violence”

A big shame on you goes to CNN.