106 thoughts on “January 6, 2011: One Friday, 6 Scotches, 20 Beeeeerrrrs!”

    1. My brother used to chug the Mountain Dew right up until he was diagnosed with type I diabetes (about 15 years ago). Now he drinks the diet stuff.

      1. I will never understand the Mt. Dew appeal. Also, diet Mt. Dew is an abomination. (even more than regular.)

        1. I've bought diet Mt Dew by accident before- I couldn't even finish it, the sweetener aftertaste was so terrible.

          1. Heh, I had the exact opposite experience yesterday. I usually drink diet, bought a regular, and poured it out after two swallows.

              1. With more somber production, this one could easily fit with her newer stuff. The other songs on that record don't really give that vibe.

                  1. For some reason, I thought I'd heard this one before, it's quite new. I thought it was off her old album that she released in 2010. My mistake.

                    1. When "Video Games" showed up, it was only that, "Diet Mtn Dew," and "Kinda Outta Luck" on her Youtube, which was really the only place she was. There used to be a video for Diet Mtn Dew, but she obviously infringed on some dozen people's copyright and didn't have the time to re-cut it after each claim (probably with another infringing clip).

                    3. Absolutely. I've got an early version of "Video Games" (because it was re-cut a few times, I don't think it's the very first one), and the first "Blue Jeans" on my hard drive. I never thought to grab "Diet Mtn Dew" before it was too late, hopefully the copyright infringement file exchange has it. I should probably grab "Kinda Outta Luck" before it disappears.

                      BTW, I use savevid.com.

        3. Mrs. A drinks Diet Mountain Dew. I don't know how she stands it. On the other hand, I drink more Diet Coke than I ought to, so I'm not in a position to throw stones.

      2. I used to drink 3 or 4 a day in college. 20 oz of Mt Dew and a cigarette (or 3) was breakfast in those days. I eventually quit both, much to my benefit. I hardly ever drink soda at all these days.

        1. Change "college" to "high school" and strike the cigarettes and that's my story too.

          One day sr. year, I decided the amount of pop I was drinking was unhealthy and just quit. I sparingly drink Sprite or Sierra Mist these days. Also rum/whiskey/amaretto and Cokes.

            1. Well look at Mr. "La-te-dah I'm so fancy I drink nice booze instead of the vodka they make out of the ethanol leftovers."

              A wee bit of teasing, in case that wasn't clear.

            2. I have never liked soda in alcohol. Unless I'm having a margarita in the summertime, the only thing I add to liquor is ice.

        2. My first college roomie would consume a cube every 3 days(ish). I never really understood how he was able to sleep.

        3. I only have a couple cans of pop a day now, and I try to mix it up between brands. I also try to avoid the high-fructose corn syrup when possible, but I can't stand diet sweeteners.

        4. Sounds like my college experience, strat, once I'd laid off the...real tough stuff. I don't think back fondly about the stench of Mountain Dew and Newport butts. I still miss smoking all the time - much more than I miss soda - but I'd never consider going back.

          1. Winston Lights. I quit about 6 years ago now - cold turkey. Every once in a while I catch a whiff on the breeze and it smells like it used to in high school. More often though I smell it on someone's coat. That keeps me pointed the right direction.

            I wish that I was the kind of person that could have just one or two, but I'm not.

    2. When I was in HS and worked at the local IGA my break would consist of a quart of Dew and a bag of Doritos and maybe some Ho-Hos or Ding-Dongs. It's a wonder I survived.

        1. Yep, it was Hoiness, I used to be able to do a pretty good impersonation of him back in the day.

          1. His son Marshall graduated with me- I would love to see that impersonation! I had a few friends that worked there and I bought more than a few gallons of Dew and day-old doughnuts during lunch hour.

      2. When I was in HS and worked at the local IGA my break would consist of a quart of Dew and a bag of Doritos and maybe some Ho-Hos or Ding-Dongs. It's a wonder I survived.

        I believe that this falls in the general category with children playing in and eating dirt. These kinds of environmental stresses cull the weak genetic material from the herd, leaving only the fit.

        eventually, humans will evolve ceramic teeth capable of withstanding being bathed all day long in battery acid.

        2. At Randall's in NU, when I worked the morning shift on the weekends, first break was two rolls from the bakery ($.35 each) and one can of Dew from the employee vending machine ($.30). Basically a half-pound of sugar for $1.

          Lunch breaks were party pizzas baked in the toaster oven ($1.25) plus another Dew. Seven-hour shift and I only paid a half-hour's wages to eat.

  3. Well, the wife and I got our tickets last night. We're going to be staying in Riviera Maya for a week in mid-March.

    Anyone who's done anything similar have any suggestions on things to eat, do, and visit?

    1. We did a little day trip on a catamaran when we were in Cancun. That was really fun. It was all day, lunch and booze included, and it was only $10 than 15 minutes in a parasail.

    2. I recommend checking out Chichen Itza. Snorkeling was also really cool. However, there's something to be said about just sitting back on the beach and relaxing.

      2. Regarding Chichen Itza, that was one of our primary goals down there, I've heard nothing but rave reviews from everyone who's been there.

        1. Cool place. An old pyramid inside of a newer pyramid. Spot inside the inner temple with green ocelot and chacmool.

          I'm sure for the priests that worked there it was a salt mine like any other job.

    3. I don't remember what it's called, but go "cave swimming" if you get the chance. I thought that was pretty awesome...the albino cave fish, no so much.

      1. Wow, I looked that up on YouTube. That would be pretty sweet.

        ...as for the cave fish, what chance do you think my wife has of being permanently mentally scarred by the sight of one?

        1. Pretty slim chance...the very few I actually saw looked like pale white (almost translucent) gold fish. The cenotes are definitely worth the trip.
          Also, I whole-heartedly agree with the Chichen Itza recommendations.

  4. Dang, daughter gets to go to T-wolves tonight and sit in a corporate box with all the trimmings. She's not the greatest Baskeball mind, but her boyfriend is. Wonder if she will have a Rubio crush by the end of the night?

    2. I got to go to a Wolves game a couple of years ago through my job. 2008, probably? Second row. They were terrible at the time, but they actually beat Sam Cassell and the Clippers.

    3. my friend and I are going in a couple weeks. The Wolves have some good deals going on, if you dont mind sitting in the upper deck

      1. I won season tickets 2 seasons ago and never once sat in my seats in the upper deck in the 15ish games I attended.

    4. I'm going to the game tonight, too. No corporate box for me, though, and I've already got a crush on Rubio.

  5. I am planning on buying a block of tickets for the cubs/twins game at target field on Saturday, june 9th. If anyone is interested, let me know. It looks like it will be around 30 dollars per ticket.

      1. I've had 24 people on facebook say they're interested so I'm definitely going to do it. The only question is how many tickets to get. I plan on taking my entire family.

    1. Also:

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      An article on Monday about Jack Robison and Kirsten Lindsmith, two college students with Asperger syndrome who are navigating the perils of an intimate relationship, misidentified the character from the animated children’s TV show “My Little Pony” that Ms. Lindsmith said she visualized to cheer herself up. It is Twilight Sparkle, the nerdy intellectual, not Fluttershy, the kind animal lover.

      Oh.

      1. Worse is that new house she was promised if she got him to go to LSU. She's not getting that now, either.

    3. My wife works in the fraternal area of a Large Insurance Co. where she publishes the acitvities calendars for all the lodges around the country. The first time she saw that a lodge was having a cornhole tournament she thought it was some kind of typo. She thought we can't send out something like that. Evidently Cornhole is huge in the South. (Take that any way you want.)

  9. some good news for relations in the Persian Gulf. I hope this doesn't count as "political".

    U.S. Military Rescues Iranians Captured by Pirates

      1. They must have been impressed with his ability to coach up the o-line to prevent Jared Allen from getting 22 1/2 sacks. In that one game.

  12. David Thorpe has his new Top 50 Rookies article out. D-Will is number 12. In other T-Wolves news, RICKY ES NUMERO UNO!

    1. just wait until they start playing a real D-I schedule, instead of patsies like the Gofers.

  14. I dont know the inner working of Penn State football, but the reaction from some big name alumni makes me think that they dont get it. Hiring someone closely tied to Joe Paterno/Penn St right now makes it appear that thing will never change there.

    2. My family on my mom's side is from north-central PA, so they're all big Penn State people. My uncle was saying something about how he was displeased they were going outside the family, so to speak, to find a new head coach. I countered with how anyone involved will be lucky to ever coach above D-II ever again and they need to clean house, if only for apperances. He seemed to concede that point.

  16. The tourists flagging in the first Innings in Sydney. Not a good showing for Team Sahara. Gambhir, Dravid, and Laxman collectively get 7 runs? Zoinks, Scoob!

    1. Holy mackrel! I've never seen a test* where the second innings wasn't needed. How about Clarke with the treble century?

      *I've not been following cricket all that closely or or all that long.

  17. It weird that there is a Cotton Bowl game but its not being played at the Cotton Bowl (being played at Jerry Jones' funhouse)

    1. I can remember when the Cotton Bowl was a major bowl game. For some reason, it makes me kind of sad to see that it's fallen so far.

      1. its fallen far, but its still on network tv (I think there might have been 3 this year) and Jerry Jones pays out a good deal of money (over $7 mil) and it has a tie in with the SEC, so it will probably have big name teams for years to come (it has a SEC/Big 12 tie in, but with the Big 12 musical chair routine going on right now who know what kind of opponent it will get)

        but yeah, its not played at the historic stadium and its not played around New Years Day makes it feel out of place and an afterthought

    1. Yeah, this falls under "one of those games".

      Its also "one of those games" where we remember that Wes Johnson and Wayne Ellington have no business on an NBA floor.

      1. Well, the officiating issue is minor compared to the fact that the Wolves can't play defense tonight and they continue to let Ridnour, Beas, Wes and Darko touch the ball on offense.

    3. Anthony Tolliver would be a great soccer player. That dude flops for a charge on every defensive possession

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