First, that Madden 2008 can't hold my jock strap!
So I played the first game of the Patriots season last night, after I closed the theatre. It was against the Jets, and I decided that I would just try to run the ball to set up the pass. It worked beautifully...I won the game 21-0. I think it was the first time I shut out a team EVER in Madden (Madden has ALWAYS had a way of making sure the other team ALWAYS scores somehow, usually within the last 2 minutes of each half - my friend Mark and I call them Madden NASTIES). By the time the game ended I realized I had 3 beers in me already (I was a little tipsy). Then I saved my franchise (in case I lost, then I could blame it on the alcohol) and played the Chargers. I was so worried about losing this game (mind you I was already half way thru my 4th beer at kick off) that I called Justin Rachal to express my concern for LaDainian Tomlinson (who is THE best running back in the NFL).
Man, I guess I was silly to worry...somehow while I was finishing my 4th and 5th beer (which were AMAZING, I'll explain in a second...) I DESTROYED them 42-7. I abandoned the running concept with this team, and played like the Indianapolis Colts. I threw for 400+ yards and 4 TDs with Tom Brady, caught 2 interceptions and returned them for TDs, 1 TD catch for 80 something yards, 1 TD catch for 60 something yards, and gave up 1 sack. LT had one run for 80 yards, which was one of the Madden NASTIES.
Second, so while I was drinking my Sam Adams: Summer Ale, I had let it sit too long...so it had gotten warmer than I like my beer. This is when I had the idea of dropping a couple of FROZEN grapes in to help it cool down again. Now I know what you're thinking FROZEN GRAPES????? These things are amazing (to my own fault I have only tried this with white seedless grapes, but those are the only grapes I like), they taste like popsicles, and they're good for you (well better for you than REAL popsicles anyway). Everyone reading this should try them, if you haven't already, and then post a comment on here about how GREAT they are...then maybe eventually we can get the whole world to try them. :-)
So back to the beer with the FROZEN grapes in them (I swear, my parents could have gotten me diagnosed with ADHD when I was a child). This beer had gone from good to AWESOME for me. WARNING!!!! Be careful when you put them in a full bottle as the grape juice interacts with the beer, it tends to foam up. I now drink until the beer level is below the neck of the bottle before dropping in the grapes (2-4 depending on my mood). The best part is...after you finish the beer the grapes drop down the neck (and fairly easy to get out) and then eat these WONDERFUL tasting grapes soaked with beer. hhhhhmmmmmmmm...I think I have to buy some more grapes on the way home tonight.
Anyone up for some XBoxing?
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Sorry I didn't get on last night. Your calls woke me up, but I felt like shit. I made Yokie feel bad for taking me out to Deb's for the cookout. It was a good time, but I felt awful.
I did get a new headset for the 360 though.
Fruit in beer?
I thought that was a Man Law.
I know I order my Blue Moon sans Orange.
Someone used to make fun of me for Grenadine in beer...
Weird.
Glad you're whooping up on Madden!
Grenadine in beer is FAG CITY! YOU HOOOOOOOOOOMOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Jay, you're letting us down here. Where are the Kaylee in the new digs pics?
JACKASS!
You up for X-Box tonight? I'm out of Astroglide so no internet porn for me tonight.
Mike@work
You shouldn't just DO whatever the TV tells you to Shane. There's a reason why people do it...it usually makes the beer taste better. Corona with lime anyone????
I would make fun of you for putting Grenadine in beer. BUT since Smirnoff Ice isn't beer (and I use to do the same thing), I can't make fun of you UNLESS you started putting Grenadine in actual BEER. :-)
Oh...and Mike, I close tonight and open tomorrow, so no I won't be playing tonight.
Pics of the dog at her home will be up in the next couple of days.
I will be getting TMNT for the 360, it's down to $29.99 now. Wa-Hoo!
Shane gave me his copy. He isn't wrong ALL the time.
Fruit in Beer isn't wrong because of that nasty Lite beer comercial, nor because it isn't part of the High Life.
Fruit in beer is wrong because it is, plain and simple.
If you want to drink something that tastes fruity, man up and order a sallyish pina colada, or put a jolly rancher in your zima. I am not criticizing your manhood, but don't ruin someone's hard work at the brewery because you can't handle some yummy, warm beer!
Screw warm beer. It's best near frozen.
That reminds me, I gotta toss one into my freezer right now.
Trader Joe's has some great German style beers that are quite tasty and not expensive.
Ok, so, I can't say that I've ever had grapes in my beer, but I really am a fan of icey oranges in my unfiltered wheat beer (a Colorado microbrew--Easy Street Wheat--is my fav!)...and whose idea was it to freeze the grapes in the first place??? I L.O.V.E. frozen grapes!!! Definatly a healthy snack, and I'm sure you need as many heathly calories as possible after drinking that many beers...right? Oh, and beer MUST be cold to be enjoyed to the fullest...why do you think Coors is cold filtered? DUH!
I asked Letha if she had ever had frozen grapes, she had but it had been a while. Then we started freezing them all the time.
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