Thursday thoughts

I discovered something interesting. You can add "bag" to any word and it becomes bad. Think about it. I came to this conclusion the other day when a sick person walked up to me and a colleague. Apparently, she was just getting over a cold. My co-worker commented on how she didn't want to get any germs from her. I just about said "Hey, keep the walking germbag in the corner" but somehow stopped myself. I laughed a bit and then explained the comment. It was then that it became known that adding "bag" to any word will make it bad. I give all credit to the usage of douchebag. Go ahead, find even the best, cleanest word. Pop bag on the end of it and it ain't so clean anymore.

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Hello Again
The Cars are coming to Summerfest! Well, an incarnation of the cars. Kinda like the new Mustang, the New Cars kinda look like the original, sounds like the original, but you notice there is not the original. Only two members of the original band are still in it and one of them is not Ric Ocasik. Quick prediction: It is scheduled for the second Saturday. This show will be packed. Plan to get there early and park your butt at the Miller Stage. Ok, that is just a guess on which stage they are playing. But it looks to be an early show (8pm).

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I know the warmer weather is coming soon because of two things. One, I am driving to work with the sun out again. At least for today. Daylight savings will end that quickly come Monday. But I think that effect will be gone in 2, maybe 3 weeks.

I also can predict that it not not be any colder than 20 degrees and no more heavy snowfall. All because I got my parking spot back at work. I had to park in the elements for the last week and a half as they did some repairs. Of course it snowed 3 times, rained once, and was cold. Now that I have my covered spot back, all of that miserable weather will stop.

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In about a month I will have the Mustang back out. I have owned this car for 10 years now (as of January. Yes, I bought a convertible in January.) Can't wait to drive my baby again.

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Added Barenaked Ladies and "Alcohol" to the drinking CD. Currently I am on the fence about 1 bourbon, 1 scotch, and 1 beer by John Lee Hooker. See Blonde, no crappy Thorogood version there. Got to be the original blues version. The song totally fits. It is great. But it is a tad slower pace than I may want. Then again, it is a good change.

Oh, add in the Might Mighty Bosstones and Another Drinkin Song to the list as well.

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I am wondering why this tech guy has a picture of Dan Orlovsky at his desk. Does anyone, beside BG, know who this Detroit Lion is? Oh, it is a signed picture. Must be a joke as he also has a Gary Coleman picture as well.

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If I had a subscription to Sports Illustrated, I would be cancelling it immediately upon receiving the latest issue. It is not the job of SI to preach to me about global warming. They already have writers talking about crap we don't care about (Czabe does an excellent job at refuting most of what pumpkin head Peter King says, showing King to be a total buffoon.) or have "experts" making bad picks that do not involve logic, but personal feelings (hey didn't Dr. Z get beat by a hot blonde in picks this year?).

This preaching about global warming is overboard. In the first couple of paragraphs of the article, there are facts misrepresented. They claim there is less snow. Ask Drizz about snow. Hell, we had twice as much snow in Milwaukee that we normally do. Next, they claim that the intensity of Hurricane Katrina was higher due to global warming. Uh, not necessarily. They also had predicted 2006 to be the worst hurricane season EVER, but what happened? Exactly. Little.

The job of Sports Illustrated is to deliver sports stories, not get political. If you have a subscription, kill it now. Or after you get the swimsuit issue. Not like that is all that great anyway. Better stuff on the 'net.

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Oh, don't even get me started on the nut cases in California suing the auto manufacturers claiming they are causing this global warming bullshit.

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Yes, the people of Wisconsin are really trying to make up for not being in the news. But burning your nuts? Uh, no. Hey, I have done some crazy stuff when drunk, but lighting my balls on fire is not one of them. I like my boys and intend to take good care of them.

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Just saw the Ernest Gallo kicked the wine bucket yesterday. I have broken my Dead Pool cherry! It dawns on me that I never showed my list. Here it is:
1. Muhammed Ali
2. Osama bin Laden
3. Joey Bishop
4. Barry Bonds
5. Jimmy Carter
6. Fidel Castro
7. Walter Cronkite
8. Ernest Gallo DECEASED - MARCH 6, 2007 (97)
9. Billie Graham
10. Paul Harvey
11. Bobby the Brain Heenan
12. Nancy Reagan
13. Donald Rumsfeld
14. Verne Troyer
15. Kanye West

Number 15 is more like a wish list. Dude is a total douchebag. Wait, so it #4&5.

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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.