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September, 2006:

Sympathy Shits for Joe Paterno

Florida goes to 4-0Last night we saw the Florida Gators beat the Kentucky Wildcats. They didn’t play as well as I would’ve liked, but they did win, bringing their season to 4-0. Good times.

We watched the game with some friends at Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Grill. That’s how it’s listed in Google.

Since Troy and I have the typical testosterone-driven tendency to try and out-whatever each other, it was no surprise that we simultaneously looked at one another while perusing the menu, and quietly understood that we were going to sample their hottest wings.

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Beer Tour of Europe

So I’m talking with one of the people I work with, someone I hadn’t met before. Turns out he’s a Greek too, and we immediately begin yapping enthusiastically to each other (in Greek, much to my coworkers’ surprise) about just how awesome it is over there. The conversation turns to beer, as it’s one of the things I recall most fondly from my time there. “Did you drink REAL Amstel?” “Yess!! It’s amazing… I can’t find it here, as hard as I try!” “They don’t import it… I’ve been looking for it for years.” “Damn!”

Such a shame, gentle readers. Regular Amstel, which is NOT available in the United States, is nothing even remotely close to that “Amstel Light” crap they sell here. It’s like a glass of bread, with a sprightly, slightly-sweet bite that puts every other beer I’ve tasted (and I’ve had lots) to utter shame.

This conversation got me thinking about trying to find it again, and my coworker tells me there’s this place (we were in his territory) down the road called “World of Beers” that has something like 800 beers from all over the world. I insist that we stop in on the way back. I was immediately (but not surprisingly) disappointed when the counter attendant told me the usual story: we don’t have it.

Click to see these beers even BIGGER!

I did pick up a custom 6-pack of beers from Europe, though. One apiece of the following:

  • Lagorila Special Lager (Bulgaria)
  • Zywiec (Poland)
  • Staropramen (Prague, Czech Republic)
  • Mythos Lager (Greece – hey c’mon what’d you think?)
  • Aris Lager (Greece)
  • Abita Turbodog Lager (U.S. microbrew)

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Poignant Thought

A dancing carton of milk

Bad Joke: Angry Golfing Nun

Angry golfing nunA nun approaches Mother Superior and say, “Mother, I must make confession to you. I have used the Lord’s name in vain, and used all manner of foul language.”

“Go on, Sister, tell me what happened,” says Mother Superior.

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Katie Does News

Katie Couric - American NewsKatie Couric replaced Dan Rather tonight as the anchor of CBS Evening News. Her arrival to replace Mr. Rather has been rather high profile news in itself. Rather than keep Dan’s replacement a surprise, CBS chose to spin its own news, creating umpteen photo ops, interviews, and rather drab retrospectives on Ms. Couric’s illustrious career as a newswoman. I’d rather watch someone like my Idoia or Pamela David, Pamela David - Argentine Newsan Argentine talk show host. America’s rather fond of candy-coating its news, so why not with a more interesting host? I bet ratings would skyrocket, grow larger, swell, surge… well, you get the idea.

Katie ended her debut broadcast just now with a little montage (even Rocky had a montage) showcasing her indecisiveness about what her unique sendoff each night should be. Edward R. Murrow had “good night, and good luck,” which in our day and age is probably the most apropos farewell and Cronkite told it like it was. Idoia and I came up with a couple of suggestions for Katie:

  • That’s it, we’re all screwed.
  • Another day, another $.40 after taxes.
  • Our news is the best news.
  • I’m outta here America, my heavy upper lip makeup is beginning to crack.
  • I hope you’ve enjoyed tonight’s propaganda.

Wilford Brimley Moustache Hinders Diabetes Pronunciation

It has been determined by a non-scientific study, conducted by yours truly, that everyone’s favorite television grandpa, Wilford Brimley, actually does pronounce “diabetes” correctly… with a long E. His awesome handlebar moustache, is the culprit.

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Fox News gets an enema

Earlier this afternoon, I’m eating my steak grilled stufft burrito and flipping through the news. No more than 30 seconds of watching, I nearly puke my burrito all over the coffee table when Martha McCallum, reading for the viewers (because they’re blind and/or stupid, watching Fox News) a graphical analysis of some American opinion poll about Iran, says, and I’m not making this up: “61 percent of Americans feel they should not tell their enemas when they’ll be leaving.” She quickly corrected herself, and managed to keep a straight face. I however, had trouble swallowing my lunch I was laughing so hard.