Category Archives: Cigars, Booze and Broads

I Love NY Brew: Three Cheers for Chuck Schumer (No, Seriously)

No, I haven’t been drinking (yet), though y’all know I do fancy the sauce…

This is going to confuse the hell out of my out of state eConservative friends who only know Chuck Schumer as the entrenched Washington insider who demagogues and vilifies his opponents everytime he’s in front of a camera. While he is that, he’s also the senor New York Senator who is always trying to promote local business throughout the state, and now he’s chosen one near and dear to my heart…beer.

Craft beer is a booming industry and New York has SEVENTY-SEVEN breweries and brewpubs throughout the state. Schumer has launched a campaign to encourage local restaurants and businesses to sell more of them.
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Speaker Boehner: Bite Me, I Like to Smoke

I don’t smoke. I don’t necessarily enjoy being around smoke. The worst thing aboot New York’s smoking ban is that I can’t step outside of a bar to get fresh air…because that’s where all the smokers are. That said, it’s a legal product and if people choose to smoke…eh.

That’s why I love this answer from Speaker John Boehner. While the Obama Campaign ties itself in knots trying to explain the President’s struggle with smoking that he’s had for some time, he’s how Boehner responded on Fox News Sunday when ask why he doesn’t quit…

Oh, why do we bring this up again? You know, smoking. It’s a bad habit but I have it. And it’s a legal product. I choose to smoke. Leave me alone.

‘Nuff said.

Sexy Model Sues Blogger

I can’t even find the words.

And I thought bailing out the porn industry was the most ridiculous story I’d read all day, until…

Canadian model Liskula Cohen has sued Google for a number of snarky remarks that were made by a blogger using the company’s Blogger service. The NY Daily News reports that the former Vogue cover girl has been called ‘skanky’ and ‘an old hag’ by an anonymous blogger on a website called Skanks in NYC.

The defamation suit, filed in Manhattan, seeks a court order compelling Google and its Blogger service to identify the anonymous blogger. Google declined to discuss any specifics, only responding to the claim by saying they sympathize with victims of cyberbullying but “take great care to respect privacy concerns and will only provide information about a user in response to a subpoena or other court order”

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Dana White and the Big Three

With EliteXC going the way of the Big 3 auto companies, many MMA fans are wondering where a few of their standout fighters (and they only really had a few) will wind up. According to Five Ounces of Pain, my hero and role model Dana White has a shopping list and is looking to bring a few over to the UFC and/or WEC.

The names on his list: Gina Carano, Jake Shields, and Robby Lawler.

I’ve long professed my love for the oh so sexy Gina Carano. “Conviction” is my favourite nickname this side of the “Irish Hand Grenade,” but more importantly than that she really is a sick fighter. I’m not really familiar with any other female fighters than Tara DeLarosa (who is supposed to be sicker), but as long as I get my Gina she could be fighting Walt Flannigan’s dog in  a wig for all I care.
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Why Schwartzenegger Rocks My Socks

Maybe if I lived in California I’d be concerned aboot the budgets whoa’s, but I don’t so I’m not.  Instead, this = LOVE…

Three thoughts from the liquor store

Three things came to mind today while stocking up on Ketel One and assorted other alcohol for the game on Sunday

1. When buying a bottle of booze, always see if what you’re looking for comes in a gift set. The cost is the same, and you get free glasses or assorted other bar accessories. I got a bottle of Jamesons one time that came with six metal coasters. And if you’re buying a gift for someone, they get the bottle…you keep the free schtuff.

2. This was the second time in as many weeks at the same liquor store where the cashier starred at me all throughout the transaction like they didn’t know if they wanted to and/or should ask for my ID. It wasn’t until they bagged the bottle and took my money that they wanted my proof of age.

3. As I was perusing the Vodka section an older lady was asking the clerk a hundred and one question aboot the Vodka assortment. There was one question that caught my attention:

“Will I like that?”

It seems odd that you would ask someone you’ve never met before if you’d like something or not, but if you’re an old lady who mixes her vodka with V8 juice, maybe it’s not so odd for you.  Did I mention she smelled like moth balls?