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Pic of the Week

This is Matt's bathroom; he makes beer at home.

Pic of the Week

We had a beer box decorating party at my place.

Pic of the Week

Tonight for dinner we went to the Silverado Brewing Company in St. Helena, CA.



They sold beer togo.

Letterman

Beer Me!

I previously said that I would buy a beer to whoever was my 2,000th blog visitor. It turns out if you sign on repeatedly the blog counter will not count you unless a certain amount of time has elapsed. I wondered if the 2,000th hit would be from someone that knew of the contest or a random visitor. I hit the 2,000 today, but wasn't sure who it was. Later I saw the following e-mail:

Beer me!

And no questions, please, about whether I have anything better to do on a sunny Saturday afternoon than run up a web counter...

It even included a screenshot to prove it.

He didn't just stumble on number 2,000. When he saw the count at 1,992 this morning he worked hard. Reloading the page did not add to the number, but using different browsers did and also different computers. Several computers and 30 minutes later he was my 2,000th visitor. That's a well-earned beer. Plus I got a good laugh out of the e-mail.





**Also, during the process of writing this blog I learned that since I've started using gmail I've had 110 e-mails that contain both the words "beer" and "me."
That sounds about right.

Hooray, Beer!

One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints, and were stuck in the thick head. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman looked at him with disbelief, fished the fly out of his beer, and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman looked at the Sctotsman in disbelief picked the fly out of his drink, held it out over the beer, and started yelling, "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT YOU BASTARD!!!!"




In honor of Super Bowl 43 these guys put together the top 43 beer commercials. If you're like me you'll dedicate 40 minutes of your life (spread out over 4 days) and watch all 43. Besides the two I posted I'll mention a few other favorites. You have to check out #19, the swear jar. #39, the answering machine. Jennifer Anniston in #5. Some classics I didn't mind watching again Coach Mora (#6), I threw a rock (#24), and one of the greatest commercials ever if seeing it for the first time #10. (and any commercial with the Red Stripe guy.) Hooray, Beer!