Happy New Year

Hope everyone had a great New Year's. Mine was sort of uneventful. We were so lazy that Carol and I talked with Ben and his girlfriend by phone, despite Ben living no more than 2 minutes apart. And that's walking distance, not driving distance. Yes, we are super lazy.

While I wanted to post this yesterday, I ended up getting too drunk to type and finish it. I actually had to change most of this evening as it really didn't make any sense.

• Is Don a snob? To answer his question from his post below, no. Let me tell you one thing I now know about him. He knows everything about wine, liquor, and food. When this guy recommends something, listen to it and take it. When we were over his house a couple of months ago we had this port which was excellent and I can't stop thinking about it. And to think back 3 years ago in Vegas when I sat next to him and everyone turned to me to pick the wine, and I picked some cheap Pinot and he was kind enough not to embarrass me. Very classy. So when I see Don post about Riedel glasses and I look in my liquor cabinet and see Riedel glasses as well, I'm beyond pleased with myself.
• Went out with Carol's best friends cousin two weeks ago. He just turned 21 and a bunch of us took him out for his 21st birthday. WOW!!!! I finally realized how obnoxious I was back when I was that young. The kid came up to me and Carol about 5-6 time during 11pm-1am to tell us that he loved us. He stated that he could hold his liquor and that he could do a shitload of shots. As I was trying to watch the Madrid-Barcelona game (wagered on it), he came over to me to talk some shit on me as I wasn't drinking enough I guess. I wasn't going to get involved in ordering him shots until he made this comment. After a quick conversation with our waitress at the Irish pub in the Gaslamp, I had a 3 wiseman and 4 horseman in front of him. Let's just say that I had to change the guy out of his clothes at 3:30 since he was puking all over himself....in his sleep...in someone elses bathroom at the Marriott. I called Eric afterwards and asked "Was I that stupid when I was that age?" He said yes, but Janice said no. Hmmmm, I don't know who to believe. I'm siding with Eric. Let me apologize to Steve, Kermit, and Don if I came off like as ass when I was younger.
• I am now 0-182 for my "Locks of the Month/Year/Week". God what happened to the Terps. Eric, Lee, and I were just talking about how to get comps at the sportsbook and I think Lee mentioned that "if we all liked a game, we would then just need to pool all the money together to make one wager so that we can get noticed. Actually, if we all agreed, then we should all go the other way." How true is this. Ugh.
• This one is for Curr. Was at a bar in Long Beach a couple of weeks ago. I had to take a piss, so I went to the restroom and it was one of those single ones where everyone shares and there is only a toilet but no urinal. For some reason I left the toilet seat down and ended up missing my spot a couple of times. I never do this, but for some reason I was just feeling lazy. Well guess what happened. Yup, after a couple of wings, I had to take a dump. So not remembering what I did about one hour earlier, I head to the bathroom and see pee all over the seat. "Who the fuck did this?" It didn't hit me until I was finished that it was me who did this. Ugh.
• Brown Fans- Trade Anderson. His success this year was more of a by-product of a great O-Line, above average TE and WRs, a coordinator who opened it up a little, and a decent running game. Quinn will do just fine. Get your first rounder back.
• I really don't know who I'm going to vote for. Eric calls the Republican race exciting. I call it pitiful. The reason why it is so close is due to the fact that none of them stand out. I guess I'll vote of McCain.
• Any thoughts on those new Gatorade commercials with Jeter, Wade, Maria S, and Manning? Gives me goose bumps, but don't they have the wrong people? Wade is 2 years removed from a championship and Jeter is 7 years removed. Was that a highlight from the Tigers series? Come on Gatorade.
• Trying to get back into shape. And the only way that I can stay motivated is to wager on it. Carol and I have a sizable wager on weekly milestones. The rules, rewards, and tracking systems are as detailed and long as Eric's Wednesday Night College Basketball Parlay Card.