Raffle Tickets

I am selling raffle tickets again this year to support the Cowlitz Volleyball Club . They are $2 each and prizes are listed at the above link, including a XBOX360 again this year, Nautilus weights, a ZUNE MP3 player, and a ton of other prizes. Please let me know if you are interested so I can get you some tickets.

Dick in a Box

Thanks to Williamson, I bring you links to the best SNL video ever that never made it to prime time. If you don't pee a little bit while watching this, leave, and don't come back.

“SNL--DICK IN A BOX” websites in order of clarity/quality, some with, or without bleeps.

http://www.thephoenix.com/OnTheDownload/PermaLink.aspx?guid=b6b3170d-2cbc-46c3-8475-7da82e5c1261

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1570063556

http://www.mypartypost.com/watchvideo/4317/SNL-_Dick_In_A_Box
http://www.extremefunnypictures.com/funnypic1810.htm

beer farts

It's amazing how great minds think alike. I get online to post a quick thought about gas caused by the consumption of alcohol. And I see Nate is thinking about beer too. What a great idea. I can't wait for the 16th, and hope that Nate doesn't mind that I too started early. If we started yesterday I would have Henry's Dark for day #1.

But back to why I am posting. What kind of drinks give you the worst gas?
Is it from beer?
Is it from multiple beers?
Is it from mixing types of beers?
Is it from mixed drinks?
Or straight shots?

Let's hear your stories, as the first part in a 17 day series called:
"17 days of Beer stories/quotes/questions/tomfoolery before Nate's Birthday and the start of 365 days of Beers!"

The End of the World

While I was checking out the beer selection at my neighborhood Fred Meyer last night I came across a beer called La Fin Du Monde. It's brewed by a French-Canadian brewery out of Quebec and is a "triple-fermented" Belgian Ale packing 9% AV. The name translated to English means "the End of the World".
And it was for me. I am shamed to admit this but I couldn't even finish this beer. It kicked my ass. I personally didn't care for the taste (too yeasty) but the alcohol content had me feeling "good" in no time. This is one brew I may have to stear clear of during my 365 beer attempt.
I also picked up a sixer of the New Belgium Spring Seasonal, Springboard. I am very much looking forward to killing them all this evening. I am a huge fan of all things New Belgium and this should be no exception.
Hooray BEER!!!

365 Beers

Sorry I haven't posted in ages, I've been extremely busy as of late. I just recently moved to Portland and I am still in the process of getting settled. I also had inventory at work this last week so that's been keeping me occupied. But now that I am "mostly" all moved and done with inventory, I should be able to post on a more regular basis.
Recently while checking out the sites I normally surf (ginapalooza, lisaopolis, abc news, mulgrew, planetdan, red red rine, fark, the letter d, waiterrant, espn, etc.) I came across a link to a site called 365 beer. This site was for a drinking game in which the goal was to drink a different beer every day for a year. When I found the site it was open to anybody to sign up. But since it was linked to Fark.com, soon they shut it down and only opened it to a few, priveledged drinkers. Well since then I have decided that I want to give this a try.
(One thing I have noticed about Portland is all of the different varieties of beers. At the Plaid Pantry near my place they have about 30 different beers. And that's just at the Plaid Pantry. With something like thirty different breweries in Portland I don't think finding that many different beers will be a problem. And knowing how I enjoy beer so much I figured that this sounds like fun.)
My goal is to start on my 30th birthday (February 16th) and drink a different beer a day for the year. Now, on the original webpage it said that you just had to finish four ounces of a beer for it to count. Fuck that. I am going to make myself finish the whole beer for it to count regardless of whether it's a 12 oz can, 16 oz pint or 22 oz bottle (or bigger).
I may also start another blog to keep track of all this consumption. Anybody else interested in giving it a try? I'm looking at you Gus, Smooty and Dicko.....