Drinkin' and racin' and musicin'

I decided at the last minute to clear the snow from the sidewalk. I'd say there was about a half inch or so out there. Not much but enough to know that if I cleared it away, the sun would bake off the ice glaze underneath and I would have a nice clean sidewalk by the time I got home.

When I got outside I took a left instead of a right. I wanted to shovel away from my neighbor who was cleaning his car. I am not the most chatty person in the morning. Though I consider myself to be a morning person, I rather not waste time talking to people I don't care about. People that I care about and interest me are the exception. I wonder when my assistant will figure this out.

It didn't take long to clear the sidewalks and I had a good feeling when I was done. Even better feeling now that the sun is out and will cause the melt on the rest of it.

I was watching the Daytone 500 when I got a brilliant idea. A NASCAR drinking game. Hey, I didn't say this was an original idea. At least I didn't think so. So I Googled it and found a main "game" with variations. I was pleased to see my idea was different. Not as redneckish. Much simpler but you will get drunk.

See, I noticed that the number of booze sponsors is increasing. Miller, Bud and Coors were already out there. But now Jack Daniels has a car (hey, #07, how 'bout that!). Jim Beam has a car. Crown Royal has a car. We have enough drink to formulate the game. Plus, if we toss in other sponsors like Pepsi, Coke, and Red Bull, we have mixers as well.

This is how I see it. People pick one of the beer or booze cars as their horse. For each number of laps that car is leading the race, you will be able to either 1) if at a bar, have others buy your drinks, or 2) if at a friend's, have them get your drinks for you or do whatever you tell them to do. If none of the beer/booze cars are leading, then you must drink the beer of the lead beer car. If you prefer mixers, then you can drink something of the lead booze car. Each time the lineup changes, your drink changes as well. Any time one of the booze cars takes the lead in the race, everyone does a shot. Any time one of the cars is mentioned by name, you do a shot.

That is the first draft. I know it needs some work, but it is a start.

Still working on my drinking CD as well. Up to 10 songs with the addition of:
Drank too Much by American Dog
Worse Hangover Ever by the Offspring
The Alabama Song by the Doors
Gin & Juice cover by the Gourds

Still looking for ideas. Osh, if you can, send me the song you had mentioned by Skyforger. Send to StB31@hotmail.com . I may have to add a second Thorogood song and maybe some Molly Hatchet.

Damn the dentist

I must say I am quite disappointed with my dental visit. I was in and out in 40 minutes.

I was put into a chair right away. Things looked good. Until I looked to my left. There is a case was a bunch of teeth molds. I couldn't help but think of it as her "trophy case".

I was about to get up and flee but she walked in.

She numbed the right side of my mouth and then put the needle in for the anesthetic. Soon my teeth were nice and numb.

Ten minutes later she comes back with an assistant and they go to work. Ten minutes later she is shushing me out the door.

WTF?

She says she just wanted to work on that part today. Uh...ok. Why wasn't I told that before? Now I need to make 2 more visits and she may or may not take a wisdom tooth. Come on! I just want this over.

So I got a couple fillings. She told me not to chew on that side of my mouth. Uh..yeah. As far as I know, I just chew. I don't think about which side of my mouth I am going to chew on. Too much work.

Thus, I am on a liquid diet until tomorrow. Hope I don't run out of ice. The brandy is tasting great right about now. All that snow is looking good right now.

Prohibition ends! Celebrate Repeal Day!

December 5th. A day that is like Christmas and a birthday all wrapped into one. The day that prohibition ended back in 1933.

Time to head out to the bars and exercise your right to drink!

Better yet, listen to this guy and make it an annual holiday. Repeal day is here. It sure makes more sense than any of that Cinco de Mayo crap!

Weekend exercising

Sometimes good ideas hit me too early in the morning. Once I got finish posting about Heineken beer, I thought "Hey, maybe I should round up the gang for Happy Hour!" But with a camping weekend on the horizon, I figured they were in "planning" mode and may not have the time. So I put the thought in the back of my head and got to working.

Later, as I paid my last respects to a co-worker who was leaving, he mentioned that they were going across the street for drinks after work. Drinks? Hmm... go home, work out, and maybe hit the bar...or...go across the street and hit the bar? Tough decision. Problem is that I knew I wouldn't get any exercise over the weekend. That is if you don't consider getting up from chair and going to the cooler exercise.

But I then figured I could patent a new exercise routine based on camping.
Carry cooler from truck to table, 20 feet- Weight training.
Rising from chair to get beer- Squats
Carrying wood- Weight training
Drinking beer- 12 ounce reducing curls
Walk to behind trees- Aerobics
Walk to cooler after drinking for hours- Balance
Washer game- Don't quite know but I am sure there is some kind of muscle working there.

Screw the spinning crowd!. Join the fitness craze that is sweeping the nation!

Anyways, I had the usual 3 beers before anyone showed up and had time to reflect on the day and the weekend ahead. That translates to watching the old fart in the corner read the paper and wondering how much the female bartender could bench press.

One beer led to another which led to volleyball which led to me just about losing my keys when I left them on the bar which led to the bartender trying to give me change for a ten when I gave her a twenty which led to her arguing with her husband which led to me leaving when the crapaoke started which led to me playing poker online when I got home. Did you get all that?

Off to the middle of nowhere soon. Thankfully the weather looks like it will be cooperating.