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So I went to a party on St. Patrick’s Day. I figured this wouldn’t be so bad. There would be beer and other forms of alcohol, but not to the extent of a bar on St. Patty’s Day. So I went there with an attitude of “have a good time no matter what”. Well, I never realized how critical a couple of drinks are in the spirit of having a good time. I’m not saying you can’t have a good time without alcohol, but when you are the only one not drinking, it feels like you’re missing out. And if you say something less than intelligent, which I’ve been known to do, you don’t have alcohol to blame. Damn.
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So I’m saying it now. I won’t be giving up alcohol for Lent next year. And if I do have that thought, I hope someone hits me in the head with a 9 iron. It is just a lousy time to not be drinking freely. Maybe next year I’ll give up something that I don’t do now. Like coffee. I don’t do coffee. So that won’t be hard.
-Dave Q.
This weekend my little sister went to a rodeo in Houston. She lives in San Diego. She flew into Houston for a rodeo. A
friggin’ rodeo!! I don’t even go to the rodeo when they have it here! My brother-in-law is a cowboy. No joke. Well, it’s more of a side job now I guess because he is also a Medic in Iraq. But the influence he has had on my sister is unbelieveable! She is now all about country. I remember when she used to like Depeche Mode and The Cure. No, wait. That’s the other sister. This one used to like Olivia Newton-John.
I know people have different tastes. But what is the big appeal about the rodeo? I went once and all I can remember is that it smelled bad. Shania Twain was there and she did help distract me. But let’s face it, she’s not going to be there every time.
Anyway, my parents met up with my sister in Houston to give her a laptop I had for her. She is in grad school and needs it to do whatever it is grad students do. I hope she gets some good use out of it, ends up getting her masters, which will lead to a PhD, which will lead to lots of money, which will lead to really cool gifts on my birthday.
I just pray it doesn’t lead to her doing some online shopping for saddles and rocky roads. Or rocky mountains. Or whatever they call those cowgirl jeans.
-Dave Q.
So this ad came out depicting Hillary as some kind of “Big Brother”. It is WAY too early for mud-slinging. It’s not even 2008 yet. But here we go already.
So the ad itself is kind of creepy. And I’m not talking about those human drones. I’m talking about Hillary. She gives me chills. The bad kind.
So if voting “different” means not voting for Hillary Clinton, then I guess I’m voting different. I just hope there are still some candidates out there that haven’t thrown their hats in the ring. Because as of right now, I’m voting different. As in I’ll be voting for my co-worker’s Big Mac. And his fries for VP. That’s different.
Dude didn’t even offer to pick up anything for me. Bastard.
-Dave Q.
I guess I shouldn’t have been talking so much smack about Duke, because my team got punked today. Notre Dame lost to 11th seeded Wintrhop. Yeah, I don’t know who Winthrop is either. But the beat the Irish by 10 points.
Karma. That’s it. Karma came back and bit me in the ass for the Duke post. But I won’t complain. It was worth it!
-Dave Q.
I hate several professional sports teams. This list includes the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Dallas Cowboys (really any team with that jackass T.O. on their team), and finally, Duke. Say what you want, but these teams get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to officiating and calls that can go either way. Almost always. Like 95% of the time. So when any of these teams are eliminated from a possible championship run, it puts me in an awesome mood.
Guess what? I’m in an awesome mood!
Duke is out of the tournament! 11th seeded VCU defeated Duke last night. VCU’s Eric Maynor hit a 17 foot jumper to sink the Blue Devils with 1.8 seconds left. Ready for the irony? Duke could have recruited this kid, but they felt he wasn’t good enough to make their team. Haha!
So, it’s like I always say. If you can’t join them, beat them with a 17 foot jumper with 1.8 seconds left at the NCAA tournament! Or something like that. And if you despise Duke basketball as much as I do, then you will enjoy watching the video below.
-Dave Q.
Today is the day boys and girls! The beginning of the NCAA tournament! One of the better sporting events of the year. Definitely more interesting than the Stanley Cup or The Masters. But not as interesting as women’s beach volleyball. 
So the tourney kicks off with Maryland and some poor school called Davidson. Sadly, it will probably be an ugly beat down for Davidson. I will be pulling for most of the underdogs in the tournament, so if Davidson pulls off a shocker, I’m cool with that. But my bracket won’t be happy.
My Final Four picks consist of Notre Dame, Ohio State, North Carolina, and Kansas, with Notre Dame winning the whole damn thing. I am well aware that the Irish winning the championship is a looooooooong shot, but stranger things have happened. Overall, I just want an exciting tournament. Some solid, gritty play. A couple of buzzer beaters to advance would be nice. And Duke losing is always fun.
GO IRISH!!!
-Dave Q.
23 days down. 23 days to go. This hasn’t been easy for me. Especially the no drinking alcohol part. That has been brutal! Not because I’m a big drinker or anything, but because I have been bombarded with events that you need to drink at to have a good time.
For example, last Saturday was a bachelor party I had to attend. Why was I not enthusiastic? Can’t drink. Where’s the fun there? And St. Patty’s Day is around the corner. A bunch of friends are going bar hopping, so naturally it would be stupid for me to go. I guess I could be the designated driver, but why should I have to suffer by listening to all that sweet drunk talk?
Bottom line is, I am going to think twice thrice before sacrificing alcohol again. Too hard. And being Catholic, I should be drinking wine at church, right? So, yeah. It may have been a little counterproductive.
-Dave Q.
There is a pond in San Francisco (leave it to the hippies) that is the home of man-eating frogs. No joke! Environmentalists aren’t sure how the African clawed frogs got there, but they are apparently eating turtles, fish, and small children! Well, maybe not small children…. yet!
The frogs can grow up to 5 inches in length. Park officials have caught and destroyed over 2000 of them in recent years, but they keep coming back. They are now wanting to drain the pond and terminate them once and for all.
The latest news has them going cannibalistic. So basically after they eat everything in sight, they turn on each other! I say let them eat each other. That would solve the problem until you have one left. Granted, it will be a huge mutated man-eating frog by then. Then what do you do? Send in Arnold the Governator! Can you see it now? Ah-nuld vs. the giant mutant frog to save San Francisco?!!? That spells BLOCKBUSTER on the silver screen! I’ll get started on the script…
-Dave Q.
