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Allagash Black and Franziskaner

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:22:00 +0000

So I have been talking to Carly for a while now about starting a beer journal. Since I have not been using this site for anything productive over the past 2 years, I figured why not try again. So this time we are going to go with a personal beer journal. I am going to keep my judgements short and to the point. The criteria will be look, smell, taste, feel, drink. I will eventually get to writing about all the standards like Coors, Bud, Yuenglingm Heineken, etc etc. But, I for the first couple, I am going to write about new beers/micro brews that I am trying for the first time. I am going to try to have one or two new beers per week. I hope the soon to be wife doesn't mind.

So this weekend I tried two new beers; Allagash Black and Franziskaner.

Allagash Black is a Belgium style stout, recently added to the Allagash family.

A: The pour was a very dark brown, almost black. The foam was tan and there was a slight aroma of roasted malt.

S: Roasted Malt/Vanilla/Slight Caramel

T: Roasted Vanilla/Nutty Flavor, hint of espresso, caramel aftertaste

M: Not as smooth as a Guinness, heavy body, slightly carbonic

D: Allagash Black is very drinkable on a cold fall evening. Not sure how many I could drink in one sitting, it is a bit heavy and the carbonation would get to me. Overall I thought is was good Guinness alternative.

Overall: 3.5/5

Franziskaner is a German brewed Hefe-Weisse.

A: Golden-brown pour, bubbly/foamy white head

S: Strong banana scent and other spices.

T: Zesty wheat flavor with a hint of spice and banana.

M: Light to medium with a high level of carbonation.

D: Good. This is a very easy beer to drink.

Serving type: Draft

Overall: 4/5

Serious Pool BBall

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:02:00 +0000

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Chelsea Scum

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:19:00 +0000

World football's governing body revealed on Thursday they would prevent the Blues from registering players for the next two transfer windows after being found guilty of inducing French teenager Gael Kakuta to breach his contract with Lens.

The 18-year-old winger joined Chelsea from the Ligue 1 side in 2007, after which the French club lodged a complaint with FIFA.

FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) has finally passed their decision on the contractual dispute and handed down a hefty ban and substantial fine to the Blues.

Chelsea hit back at the ruling by issuing the following statement on their official website: "Chelsea will mount the strongest appeal possible following the decision of FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber over Gaël Kakuta.

"The sanctions are without precedent to this level and totally disproportionate to the alleged offence and the financial penalty imposed. We cannot comment further until we receive the full written rationale for this extraordinarily arbitrary decision."

FIFA will now send official documentation to Stamford Bridge and upon receipt of those notification papers Chelsea will have 10 days in which to lodge an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Given the severity of the punishment, it is almost certain the club will take that course of action.

A statement from FIFA read: "The DRC found that the player had indeed breached a contract signed with the French club. Equally, the DRC deemed it to be established that the English club induced the player to such a breach.

"As a result the player was condemned to pay compensation in the amount of €780,000, for which the club, Chelsea, are jointly and severally liable.

"A restriction of four months on his eligibility to play in official matches has been imposed on Kakuta. Chelsea are banned from registering any new players, either nationally or internationally, for the two next entire and consecutive registration periods following the notification of the present decision.

"Furthermore, the club, Chelsea, have to pay Lens training compensation in the amount of €130,000."

Back in July 2005, Italian club Roma were similarly banned from signing players for a period of one year over the controversial signing of defender Philippe Mexes from French club Auxerre. However, on appeal the CAS later ordered FIFA to cut its ban to cover a single transfer window.

An interesting twist would surround the timing of Chelsea's appeal. It will be a number of weeks before the official papers are delivered to Stamford Bridge, from which time the club will have those 10 days to appeal. It then takes at least three months for the CAS to hear a case and that means it is highly possible Chelsea will be able to sign players for some or all of the January window.

This was the case with Roma when, after the CAS agreed to hear an appeal, their ban was suspended on August 8, 2005, allowing them to sign players for the remainder of that summer window. It took the CAS four months to hear Roma's case, and if the same happened to Chelsea it is likely that they would be unaffected in January.

Chelsea have been in trouble before over their transfer dealings and in June 2005 were found guilty of 'tapping-up' Arsenal defender Ashley Cole by the Premier League. The Blues were fined £300,000, Cole was fined £100,000 and then manager Jose Mourinho was fined £200,000.

Lille-born Kakuta, a skilful left-footed winger, is viewed as one of Chelsea's most promising young players, although injuries have blighted his time at Stamford Bridge. An excellent first season ended with the Frenchman being voted the Academy's Scholar of the Year after he emerged as the youth team's top scorer with 12 goals in 24 appearances, including six goals in Chelsea's Youth Cup run.

The 2008/09 season was a frustrating one for the France Under-17 international, who managed just seven appearances in total during an injury-curtailed campaign.

He overcame early-season hamstring problems to turn in a string of lively performances but his campaign was brought to a halt when he suffered a double ankle fracture in a friendly against the Glenn Hoddle Academy.

Kakuta's rehabilitation from the serious injury remains ongoing, although what kind of career awaits him at Chelsea on his return is now open to speculation.

All Saints Day Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:16:00 +0000

More Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Info

This is the trailer for the sequel to one of my favorite movies of all time. If if this is not as good as the first, I am still pumped to see it.

No thumbprint, no money, bank tells armless man

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:10:00 +0000

MIAMI (Reuters) – A bank in Florida refused to cash a check for an armless man because he could not provide a thumbprint.

"They looked at my prosthetic hands and the teller said, 'Well, obviously you can't give us a thumbprint'," Steve Valdez told CNN on Wednesday.

But he said the Bank of America Corp branch in downtown Tampa, Florida, still insisted on a thumbprint identification for him to cash a check drawn on his wife's account at the bank, even though he showed them two photo IDs.

In the incident last week, a bank supervisor told Valdez he could only cash the check without a thumbprint if he brought his wife in with him or he opened an account with them.

"I told them I neither wanted an account with them and couldn't bring my wife in because she was nowhere close by," Valdez told CNN.

Bank of America said in a statement cited by CNN: "While the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don't have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations."

Valdez said his treatment by the bank violated the U.S. Americans with Disability Act requiring institutions to provide reasonable accommodation to disabled persons.

First of all, like my friend Phil said in his email to me with this link, this guy got OWNED. Secondly, I just became a BoA card holder but lucky for me I have both of my hands. I think that something must be said for the teller holding is ground. It takes a lot of cojones to stand up to a guy with no hands. I mean how do you not think about the consequences though? You have to know damn well that this is going to end up in the papers. I know I would have let him cash the check.

Awful Soccer Injury

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:37:00 +0000

After seeing this video, I am contemplating permanent retirement from soccer. The guys toe hit his knee cap, not cool.

Sand Art - Pretty Sweet

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:44:00 +0000

This is pretty cool stuff. I have seen this before, but John Fab sent it over and thought it might be nice to post on a rainy Friday afternoon. Check it out.

Inspirational? You Tell Me

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:49:00 +0000

Berlino The Bear

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:01:00 +0000

The Female Urinal?

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:44:00 +0000

I introduce the female urinal. I found this on Gizmodo this morning and had to put it up. I just do not see how this is practical. I mean look at the little trough coming out of it. How is a woman supposed to pee into that? I mean, depending on my state or just for pure laziness, according to the Misses, I have trouble peeing into the toilet, and I have some control over my aim!

I just don't see this being very practical solution. I would actually like to see this somewhere and put into use. It would be an interesting experiment.

Nobody Reads Your Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Travis) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:25:00 +0000

There, I said it.

Buy A T-Shirt!

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Guilty Movie Pleasures

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:23:00 +0000

Just like the previous post of “Music You Cant Admit to Having” there are a large number of movies that I feel I should enjoy, but in the end do. I may or may not have even seen some of them several times. Most of the time I am forced to watch things because the lady in my life decides to drag to me to the movie theater against my will. Here is my list of guilty movie pleasures....dont hate.

Sex and the City (Movie and Show)
Fever Pitch
All The Harry Potter Movies
Hitch
The Notebook
The Devil Wears Prada (Thanks a lot HBO)
Grease
My best Friend’s Wedding
Save the Last Dance
Pretty Woman
Anything with Meg Ryan
He’s Just Not That Into You
Definitely Maybe (Again, stupid HBO)
Clueless

I am sure there are more, but just thinking about this is making me less manly. The more I think about it, HBO is to blame, not the wifey. I need to stop watching cable. Add you own below!

Yo Mama Jokes

noreply@blogger.com (Travis) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:09:00 +0000

I worry about the younger generation. I don’t think they’re as funny as my generation. Maybe it’s because they’re spoiled, accustomed to living comfortably, content to forever suck on the teat of future generations. And because of this, perhaps they are not able to generate comedic material of the same quality as their forbearers. All I know is, when I was 12, I was a shitload funnier than the d-bag 12-year-old next door. The best zingers he can throw at me are, “Nice receding hairline—can I wax your head for ya?” or “Tell your wife thanks for the milk she left me in the fridge.” While these “jokes” are funny, they’re slightly too factual to be considered real jokes.

When I was an adolescent, the measure of a young man’s prowess hinged on his ability to quickly and frequently draw from a reservoir of “Yo Mama” jokes, to insult and degrade those he considered a threat to his harem of 17-year-old Argentinean models (at least in my school). Some examples are:

“Yo Mama’s so stupid, it took her two hours to watch ’60 Minutes.’”
“Yo Mama’s so fat, she jumped up in the air and got stuck.”
“Yo Mama’s so ugly, they didn’t give her a costume when she auditioned for ‘Star Wars.’”

You get the idea. However, I’ve realized that these jokes haven’t evolved much over time, and maybe we could help the younger generations by giving them some new material (god knows they won’t come up with it on their own). So I’ve created some new “Yo Mama” jokes to get the ball rolling, and please keep in mind that I’m completely shitfaced right now. If anyone reads this blog, feel free to add your own. And if you don’t read this blog, suck it.

1 ) Yo Mama is so ugly, she was rejected from “Flava Of Love.”
2) Yo Mama is so fat, she put a down payment on a Waffle House.
3) Yo Mama is so slutty, she thought “Cash For Clunkers” was a proposition.
4) Yo Mama is so loose, students are now required to write on “YoMama-Leaf Paper.” – FUCK YOU THAT’S AWESOME
5) Yo Mama is so trashy, I leave her in my front yard on Sunday nights.
6) Yo Mama is so old, she shampoos her muff with Head & Shoulders.

You’re welcome.

Completely Mind Blowing

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Ok, I went into this thinking it was gonna be a complete joke. This is too freaky though. Click on the link and follow the instructions.

Mind Fuck?

This Kid Can Dance

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:54:00 +0000

So last night i got conned into watching about 15 minutes of "So You Think You Can Dance." It was on at Mulligans from some unknown reason and the Mrs wanted to grab a beer. She paid for once and my punishment for allowing this was being forced to watch this stupid show while drinking my beer. If only this little kid had been on the show, maybe it would have been tolerable.

Rap Video - College Humor Style

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:05:00 +0000

Found this today on YouTube and thought it was pretty cool. These guys are usually on point with their videos, ala Prank Wars.

Best line is about the Renaissance Festival...

Click here for the video - Embed was not enabled. Kinda lame.

Hello Again

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:13:00 +0000

Hello again,as you can see it has been a very very long time since my last post. Not a whole lot as happened since we last spoke that would be enjoyable to write about. The Mrs. is doing great and everything is going fine on the job front.

I just wanted to say that I am sorry for the delay and that we are going to work very hard to start the entertainment once again. I hope you can forgive me for the lack of motivation these last couple months and hopefully I can make up for with the posts to come.

Now, i need to find something funny to post, check back soon.

Greatest Commercial Ever

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:11:00 +0000

If two women would ever fight for my affection, this is exactly how I would want to see it. However, this will probably never happen, and not because Lightsabers are fake. It's nice to dream though!

Me At Age 4 - Well According To Sinatra

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:56:00 +0000

Chia Obama - I want one or maybe three!

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:16:00 +0000

New Yorkers may soon get a chance to say hail to the Ch-Ch-Chia Obama at local drugstores.

The grassy-headed figurine of President Obama was pulled from Walgreens shelves in Chicago and Tampa after some people called it racist and company brass decided the new collectible was wrong for their image.

But Chia Obama's maker says he won't cut and run, and he is in negotiations with drugstore chains in the New York market to bring Chia Obama here in the coming weeks.

"As quickly as they can take them, we will send them," said Joseph Pedott, 76, founder of the as-seen-on-TV Chia Pets empire.

In the meantime, Pedott added, Chia Obama is for sale online - in "Happy" or "Determined" poses - for the amazingly low price of just $19.99 (three seed packs included!).

It's already a top seller and "could be the biggest I have ever had," Pedott said.

Pedott said he was stung by suggestions that there was something racist about Chia Obama, which, if left untrimmed, appears to give the 44th President a healthy, if very green, Afro.

"Since when is an Afro racist?" asked Pedott, a Republican who voted for Obama. Owners can trim Chia Obama's "hair" to any length they want, he added.

The presidential bust is also emblazoned "Yes We Can," Obama's campaign slogan, as well as with the words "liberty," "opportunity," "prosperity" and "hope."

"We all need hope," said Pedott.

I am not really sure what the big deal is with the Chia Obama. Perhaps it has something to do with the afro look of the plant coming out of his head but I really don't think it is worth all the craziness. I think I might try to find the 3 pack and put them all over my room at home my office and maybe give one as a gift. Should I be looking to purchase the "Happy" or "Determined" Chia Obama?

Holy Crap! Kid Lives After Impailing Himself With 3 Foot Rod

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:22:00 +0000

THREE-YEAR-OLD Mehul Kumar is lucky to be alive after being speared through the torso with a 3-foot (1 metre) iron rod.

The boy, from Jharkand, India, was rushed to the hospital after he impaled himself falling off a terrace and onto a rod last week.

The boy was fully conscious when he arrived at the hospital. Doctors removed the rod during a 4-hour operation and said he had lost a lot of blood and suffered some injuries, but "nothing major."

"Opening the abdomen, we discovered his liver was injured, the stomach was injured, but thankfully, the spleen and pancreas were safe," said surgeon Sandeep Aggarwal said. "The child was lucky that he did not suffer any major injury but yes he had substantial injuries."

Aggarwal praised Mehul for his strong willpower.

Mehul was playing with colours on the terrace when he fell on an iron rod left standing on the under-construction terrace, his uncle Raja Kumar Vishwakarma said. The rod pierced through his body and then broke, resulting in his fall from the roof.

In July last year, Supratim Dutta had similarly been impaled by a 5-foot long (1.5 metre) iron bar that had pierced through his chest in New Delhi. Supratim was saved by the doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

This is just absolutely insane! How is this kid alive!? I am amazed by modern medicine but this kid is just lucky. I can say without a doubt that I would not have survived this...

Cramer Owned On Jon Stewart

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:09:00 +0000

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 1

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things w/ Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 2

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things w/ Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 3

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things w/ Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

It's The Greatest Time of the Year

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:53:00 +0000

Thank God for March. This is definitely the greatest two weeks in college basketball, between the conference championships and the first two rounds of the tourney, I can not get enough basketball.

I just survived a heart attacked from my Tarheels. Not being able to watch the game at work make it ten times more difficult, watching the game on ESPN Gamecast is just nerve wrecking. But in the end they pulled it out. Let's hope that Lawson feels like playing tomorrow!

I would like to say that I was very impressed with Cuse last night and their victory over UCONN. Islam called the loss last night, and I am the biggest CUSE hater out there but that an awesome game. Bring on the games tonight and tomorrow! Let me know who you got. Who is doing a pool??

Prank Wars From College Humor

noreply@blogger.com (CHertzog) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:16:00 +0000

The last time we saw this guy he was getting slapped in front of a huge crowd at Yankee Stadium after telling his then girlfriend that he didnt want to marry her. Now I have heard rumors and rumblings that these "pranks" might be staged. Either way, this is a classic prank and I wish I had the ability and the brain power to put something like this together.

Here is the question, do you think this is real and please let me know if you have any ideas for pranks. I would love to get something going with Benji and Styp...