IRN:
(13:04:46) ditriech: I think I might change the South Carolina pick though.
(13:05:06) WoodnShoePimp: why is that?
(13:05:20) ditriech: vandy’s at home. didn’t have too bad of a year last year.
(13:05:25) ditriech: they could get within 0
(13:05:28) ditriech: err
(13:05:29) ditriech: 10
(13:06:03) WoodnShoePimp: go gamecocks

I’m so getting the rabbit this week.

Last Year: 93-100-5
Last Week: 15-6
Rolling 3 Week: 30-26-4

The above picture is by Britty and entitled "Color Cube"

In case anyone was wondering, it really went off the rails the third to last week of the season. And that record doesn’t cover the entire season as I cannot remember, nor did I post here, what my picks were the final week of the season. And it does not include the bowls. So there you go.

Anyhoo, last week I did extremely well and I did a little dance,  as well as made a little love.

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Ok, so not the last one.

This week, again, should be relatively easy (though really high spreads tend to mess with me). Or, I could completely get the rabbit ^sd1. You know, which ever. Picks after the jump

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This speech is fucking surreal.

Lady, you’re talking about your fellow citizens. What is wrong with you?

“Our opponent.” “Those people.” ”That government.”

EVERYONE OUTSIDE THE ROOM IS SUSPECT. SPEAK THEIR NAMES AND THEY MAY APPEAR.

Jesus.

My campaign to make “Not to fear children!” into a catch phrase starts now.

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This great sixty minutes interview is an opportunity to go on the record. Dutch and ditriech and I have gone back and forth about when and why we each became Obama backers. I mentioned the Skadden moment (which I may blog about some time). This nerdy encapsulation made the rounds. And I reccomend that everyone, everywhere read this “hit piece.” Which is the most positive thing, from my perspective, ever written about Barack.

If you’re not up to all of that reading, watch the interview. Hell, skip to 6:19.

“What reason is that, Steve?”

Presidential candidates don’t do that in interviews like this. They don’t counter-punch to the throat. They don’t take an opportunity to turn the assumptions back on their questioner. What a Kerry or a Bush does is he smooths it out. Talks it over. Smiles and says “America.” They don’t hit like this.

And I suspect they don’t know how to.

BHO is the best natural politician, negotiator and competitor who has run for this office in our lifetime. He is exactly the person I want in the room with Putin and Ahmadinejad.

The NRO crowd still thinks they’re fighting Jimmy Carter!

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Dutch: i mean if they were smarter than I
then i could be, fair play to them
but not
Bizzo: The Clinton people had it all wrong
Dutch: It’s like Machiavelli thought. if you’re truly Machiavellian, nobody fucking knows because you’re smart enough to hide it
They are failed Machiavellians
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Go figure.

Benjamin Franklin once said, "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."  I could not concur more.  I fancy myself a connoisseur of beer, though it may sound pretentious.  I think it my duty to sample the many beers available and provide an informed opinion and review to potential purchasers of said beer.  While it may be a never-ending quest in a constantly evolving micro-brewery market, where every Maw and Paw restaurant thinks they can brew their own beer; it is for you dear reader that I fight the valiant fight.  If I happen to taste some choice beverages along the way, so be it.

Bought the Magic hat summer variety show.  It has some old friends and some new friends slyly thrown in.

Magic hat Notion 8

The coloration is dark, almost the same color as the beer bottle.  It is a deep black in the middle, fanning out to a lighter bottom, not unlike the coloration of a proper black and tan.  The head doesn’t last, even when poured quickly.  It is higher gravity than most watery American beers at 4.2%.  It has large round bubbles that make it quite quaffable and give it a smooth pull.  Dakley toasted barley, like a weak, watered down dunkelweissen (also spelled dunkelwiezen).  Not quite as powerful a smokey flavor as an Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier.  There is a tiny hint of sweetness and a soupcon of hops.  This beer is like a smokey double bock on training wheels, so low gravity and no gruet goodness.  Overall it receives an 8 out of 10.  I will drink it, but I will not actively search for it.

Circus Boy

This is a moderately successful attempt at a heffeweizen.  The beer possesses a murky, cloudy golden coloration.  It is unfiltered and therefore some people would roll the bottle between their flattened palms to coax out the yeast and grit at the bottom.  The head is long lasting.  The liquid weight is surprisingly light.  It has a medium fast pour.  It is wheaty and hoppy in an understated kind of way.  It doesn’t have the monster starchy, sweetness of other unfiltered wheat beers.  I would put it well above Shiner, but miles below Pyramid.  As an enthusiast of wheat beers, this pulled at my heartstrings like a Disney movie from before 1995.  Much like a Disney movie post 1995 it disappointed and seemed somewhat lacking in the execution of its artistic potential.  At least they didn’t add Banana, or cloves, or cinnamon accents to it.  7.7 out of 10

This is just a taste.  There will be more to come.

Song of the Week. A damned good weekly

The Final Countdown
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The Final Countdown

There are a couple of changes that have been long overdue, that I’ll probably implement over the next week or so. Follow me for more information after the jump.

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Discussing the imminent Republican Vice Presidential nominee:

Joey: Before she was Governor, she was mayor of a town of like, 9,000 people

Adam: Part-time mayor. And there are more people in Detroit, Michigan than the entire state of Alaska

Peter: Did you know that more than five and a half people voted for Obama in his 2004 Senate bid than even live in the state of Alaska?

Tall Pete: Did you know that John McCain is 22 years older than the state of Alaska?

Everybody: Tall Pete for the win