Really Drunk

I just saw this article and it made me think about the good ol' days. I guess this fella in Arizona had a .345 alcohol level recently. Trust me on this one...you need to be REALLY hammered to have a .345. I blew a nice .21 about 5 years ago and I was pretty damn wasted. Good thing the guy's 5 year-old daughter called 911 or he'd probably be dead by now.

Inspiration on the couch

So, Cheryl, Tracy and I are sitting on the couch tonight watching the NBC Nightly News. In typical news fashion, they start out with a negative story about the port situation, which is no big surprise. Then they move onto a negative story about Iraq and the conflict between the Sunnis and the Shiites. In the story, NBC is showing one of these Islamic clerics during a "The US is to blame" rally that seems to be the trendy thing these days. I just think it's hilarious how all these news networks love to give air time to radicals who want to kill Americans but anything remotely patriotic is either ignored or relegated to the end of the newscast. In any case...back to my point here. Right in the middle of showing this rally, Cheryl blurts out a great one-liner. "I wish his turban would fall off".

Do you know how it feels when someone catches you completely off guard with something? That's how I felt at that particular moment. As I laughed my ass off, I began to think. Why doesn't this happen more? How are these turbans afixed to one's head anyway? To they clip onto your hair or what? Do these guys have long hair underneath or are they bald? What if it's windy outside? I feel like Jack Handy....let's call it today's "deep thought". Pleae share with me everyone's opinions on this. I am sure that Gunther has some good ones...

Mardi Gras and Streaking

Actually, these are two separate subjects, although they could be one and the same knowing what happens at Mardi Gras. I have seen a few news stories recently about the smaller than normal Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans this year. As usual, some people have a problem with it. Isn't that always the case, though? Someone always has to have a problem with something. These people went through one of the worst natural disaters in US History and have been trying to put their lives back together for months. After going through all that shit, I think they deserve to relax for a while, blow off some steam, and get drunk. Drink up, New Orleans...the Margarita Lounge has your back.

I also saw a story today about a streaker running across the ice at the Bronze Medal game for curling at the Olympics today. In case you don't know, curling is that funny game where the participants slide the big rocks down the ice while two teammates with brooms sweep the ice in front of the rock. After a lengthy search for a better picture of the streaker, this was all I could find. I guess the media doesn't encourage showing men running around in public naked...not that anyone would really want to see that. I personally think that streaking is hilarious and should happen more. Even K-Daddy did some streaking at the original Margarita Lounge years ago. The problem is that these streakers are almost always out of shape dudes. Why can't some good looking women get caught streaking? Just some food for thought....

A True Hoops Hero

Above is a picture of Jason McElwain, who is a senior at Athena High School in New York. For those of you who saw the great highlights on Sportscenter this morning, you know where I am going. For the rest of you (even if you are not sports fans), please read on.

Last Wednesday Night, Jason scored 20 points on "Senior Night", which was his high school's final home basketball game of the season. Before that night, Jason had never played a single minute of high-school basketball. Jason was actually the student trainer for the team. During his three years at Athena, Jason had not missed a single game or a practice with the team. Due to his dedication, the head coach told him he could suit up for the team's last game.

With four minutes left in the game, Jason got the call. In those four minutes, Jason proceeded to step up and make six three-pointers. This is a pretty amazing accomplishment for anyone who regularly plays basketball. It's unbeleivable when you realize that Jason is autistic.

Rarely do I get choked up on anything, but this one did it for me. In today's society of multi-millionaire, complaining professional athletes, it is good to know that an amazing and couageous young man can steal the spotlight, even if only for a short while. The Margarita Lounge sends all our heartfelt congratulations on a job well done Jason.


http://www.rnews.com/Story_2004.cfm?ID=35044&rnews_story_type=18&category=10

Getting bored...

I'll admit it...I am bored. Not bored with life or anything like that, but bored with politics. I was going to post a picture of a large-breasted woman with a pink "I'm so bored with you" shirt on, but I thought the chimp fit better. I know that Senator Stufft and Senator Trent Lott (otherwise known as K-Daddy) will be disappointed, but I am worn out. I am tired of the bipartisan bickering and finger pointing on both sides of the aisle. I know I have mentioned taking the Margarita Lounge in a different direction recently and I think I have finally convinced myself to "turn that page".

So, that being said...Spring Training starts next week, the Masters in only about 6 weeks out, Ricky is back on the frotuss, and March Madness starts in only a few weeks. I am going to be running another pool this year, so let me know who is interested. I'm going to do it the same as last year with a $10 entry and winner takes all. I used to limit things to my co-workers and spouses, but figured I would open things up to everyone this year. More people means more money to the winner and I am due to win something.

Oh yeah...here is the link to the large-breasted woman if anyone is interested: link

Everything is Fixed

My apologies to anyone who tried to post a comment recently and couldn't. Somehow I changed the settings and blocked people from posting comments. I am indeed a dumbass. But you all knew that already.

Valentine's Day

While the rest of the world fights the crowds to dine out on Valentine's Day, Cheryl and I have decided to stay home and have a nice quiet dinner at home. Actually, we decided to have our "dinner out" last Friday at Prime Catch, which was amazing as usual.

I'm really glad that we didn't go out because today has been one of those days. We all have them...days when nothing seems to go our way. My day started at about 5:50am when Lucy decided to start her daily whining to go out and poo. I sat up in bed, rubbed my eyes a few times, and reached across the nightstand for a quick drink of water. I proceeded to immediately knock this entire glass of water (of course full) onto the floor, the table, my slippers, etc. After cleaning things up, I threw on a sweatshirt (and the now wet slippers) to take Lucy out. Once outside, I realize that I forgot my pants. So, there I stand in the back yard on the coldest morning of the year in just my boxers and a sweatshirt. It gets better. After Lucy does her business, we both came in and I sit on the carpet to play with my beautiful 10 week old puppy. It is at this point that I notice the brown stain on the carpet that came off my slipper. What is this stain, you ask? Of course...it's poo. Not the one Lucy just deposited on the grass, but another poo that was hidden somewhere in the yard.

I could go on, but I'm sure you get the picture by now. Luckily, I made it through the day without yelling at anyone and without losing any clients or friends. Only three more work days until the weekend....

Brrrr

It is going to be damn cold tonight at the Margarita Lounge. According to the weather reports, we should be in the mid-to-upper 30s tonight and tomorrow night in Palm Beach County. I guess I shouldn't be complaining...it's not like we are going to get all that snow that the Northeast is getting about now.

I actually just realized that I hadn't updated the blog since Tuesday and I am ashamed. I'm always that prick who gives my friends a hard time about not posting for a week and here I go doing just that. Well...it has been a busy weekend so at least I have an excuse. Cheryl and I had an excellent dinner on Friday Night at Prime Catch here in Boynton. I had a Filet and she had some Chilean Sea Bass. As usual, it was perfect. On Saturday I got a chance to catch up with a few old friends for lunch at Bradleys. I has been years since I saw some of them (or maybe it just feels like years), but it was good to catch up. I always enjoy seeing where everyone's life has headed in the years since we were all swinging single party hoppers trying the best to destroy our livers. Cheryl and I headed to Casa de Pearce last night for a little birthday party for Mark. I still feel too young to be attending my co-workers 50th birthday parties, but I guess I will be there myself soon enough.

As for today, I am wondering where the hours have gone. Between the grocery shopping, errand running and making dinner, the day has turned into night already. Lucy is running around the house as any 10-week old puppy does, chasing Onyx and biting everyone who gets in her way. I'll try to post another picture of her this week.

Overdue political rant on the cartoons

Recently I made a decision to become a little more diversified with the subject matter of the Margarita Lounge. I have decided to try and put a little less politics in and a little more of everything else. Below is a link to Joe Scarborough's website and you can read it if you feel like a good political rant. I would write my opinion but after seeing Joe's summary of it, I feel he expresses it much better than I can. By posting his comments, it also allows me to post something without "technically" going back on my word to cut down the politics. In any case, Joe is the man and I agree with his opinion here.

Muslim Extremists Shows Hypocrisy

The Margarita Lounge is 1

As I mentioned earlier this week, the Margarita Lounge blog is celebrating it's one year anniversary. I sure wish that I was in a more celebratory mood but I have been in bed since last night with the flu. Cheryl has been getting better the last day or two as I seem to be getting worse. We were supposed to go to my parents house tonight for a belated birthday party for Cheryl, but those plans have been scrapped. Even the two Super Bowl parties I was planning on attending tomorrow are not looking too good right now.

The Black Widow strikes again

I have been sitting here surfing the internet looking for something interesting to share with all of you. In my attempt to be more happy and diversified, I have decided to avoid some of the stories now making their rounds in the media that really got me fired up. After all, nobody probably cares anyway. So, tonight we will not be firing off on the head of the NAACP who said that Republicans are Nazis. We will not be discussing the now infamous cartoons of Muhammad, and we will NOT be talking about the now senile Jimmy Carter who claims that we need to give poor old Hamas a chance. Tonight we will be talking about Sonja Thomas...pictured above.

Many of you have heard of Kobayashi, the skinny Japanese guy who regularly eats 50 hot dogs every summer at the Nathans hot dog eating festival at Coney Island. The guy weighs about 150 pounds and this year he won again by eating 49 hot dogs (and buns) in 12 minutes. Yes, that is a correct number...I said 49 hot dogs. Actually, he is slacking off because a year or two ago he ate 53. The great thing about Kobayashi is that he out-eats these big 300 and 400 pound guys, which makes me laugh.

That brings us back to ol' Sonja. Sonja is known in the world of competitive eating as the Black Widow. I'm not kidding here...there is an actual federation called the International Federation of Competitive Eating out there. Now, Sonja is no slouch. She actually finished second this year to Kobayashi at Coney by downing 37 hot dogs. The above picture was taken yesterday, when Sonja won a competition by downing 26 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes. This seems like an amazing feat to me, but when you realize that Sonja only weighs about 100 pounds, it's even more impressive. Congrats to Sonja on her win. In case you want to see some really SICK records, here is the link to the IFOCE records page showing the current world records. Try not to puke.

Sick

All those damn snowbirds seem to bring the flu to South Florida every year around this time. Unfortunately, this year the Margarita Lounge has been hit with it. I seem to be fighting it off better than Cheryl, but even I don't feel 100%. Cheryl has been in bed all week...this really sucks considering that yesterday was her birthday. The only thing we can figure was the bowling alley on Saturday Night. With all the kids and old people hanging around and everyone touching everyone else's balls, I guess we got it passed on to us. That coupled with a little too much booze must have softened up the ol' immune system.

I hope that everyone else feels better than we do. For all of you that are interested in Lucy, she is doing a great job pissing all over our carpet. With the exception of her little "accidents", she has been great and is fitting in fine with Bear and Onyx. I have been so busy/sick/tired recently that I just remembered the Super Bowl is only four days away. Go Stillers. Bring K-Daddy (otherwise known as Sen. Trent Lott) home a title, boys!