My Three Songs: 01/14/11

1. Queensryche - Jet City Woman
2. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
3. Ted Nugent - Fred Bear

Theme :: Seattle Seahawks @ Chicago Bears this Sunday in the NFL Playoffs.  The winner of that game will play the winner of Saturday's Packers-Falcons match-up in the NFC Championship game next weekend!

Liquid Lunch Drink of the Day: Quarterback Sack

Perfect for watching the NFL Playoffs this weekend (or listening to the Packers game on 105.7 WAPL)!

Quarterback Sack Drink Recipe
2 oz Gin
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Triple Sec
4 oz Bloody Mary Mix
Splash tonic water

Fill a mixing glass with ice combine all ingredients except tonic water, shake and strain into four shot glasses. Top with tonic water. (Makes four 1 1/2-ounce servings.)

My Three Songs: 11/01/10

1. Humble Pie - 30 Days in the Hole
2. Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop (from "Led Zeppelin IV")
3. Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion

Theme :: Walter Payton.  Chicago Bears legend and one of the greatest NFL running backs of all time, #34, also known as "Sweetness," died of cancer on this day in 1999 at the age of 45.

My Three Songs: 09/27/10

1. Van Halen - Feel Your Love Tonight 
2. Bad Company - Run with the Pack 
3. Ted Nugent - Fred Bear 

Theme :: Monday Night Football - Packers at the Bears.  Catch the game on WAPL.

Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack... and boogers and mold and rat feces.

Mmm... enjoy that ballpark frank with a side of relish and e.coli.  This week ESPN posted the inspection reports from vendors at all MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL venues.  And the results are not good.

Lambeau Field
Green Bay Packers
Vendors with critical violations: 18%
Inspection report excerpt: Two locations were cited after inspectors found an employee who "did not wash hands after blowing nose or eating food prior to handling customer food or ice."

Miller Park
Milwaukee Brewers
Vendors with critical violations: 33%
Inspection report excerpt: Mold was growing in ice machines at six locations.

So just remember that you've got a 1-in-5 chance of getting some dude's slobber on your nachos next time you're at a Packers game, and a 1-in-3 chance that your soda is being cooled with fungus when you're cheering on the Brewers.

By comparison, Wrigley Field had zero violations, despite the fact that I have to pee in a trough every time I buy bleacher tickets. 12% of vendors at Soldier Field had violations, almost all due to a lack of hot water. But I'd rather deal with cold water than a snot-covered bratwurst any day.

Check out the complete list here.

And remember to never, ever, under any circumstances eat anything in Florida.  Or at a Wizards game.

Happy Birthday Billy Dee Williams

You know him as swarthy space pimp Lando Calrissian from the Star Wars movies...

"You should join me in Cloud City, because you look like an angel."

...or as Gayle Sayers from "Brian's Song." 

James Caan gets cancer and dies.  Billy Dee makes it OK for dudes to cry.

He also played Harvey Dent in the movie Batman. 

No, not that Harvey Dent (although if it had been, they definitely should have gotten the Best Makeup Effects Oscar).  I'm talking Harvey from the 1989 Batman with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson.  The one before Tim Burton sucked.

 "I've just made a deal that'll keep the Empire out of here forever."

But I may love Billy Dee Williams most of all as the pitchman for Colt 45 Malt Liquor.

Who needs Sex Panther Cologne (60% of the time, it works all the time) when you've got Colt 45?

I was nowhere near old enough to drink when Colt 45 used to run TV ads.  But I still remember how cool Billy Dee Williams was.  See for yourself:

That's smooth Billy Dee.  Very smooth.

I have no idea what's happening in this one. It makes no sense at all.

Fab 5 Freddy? Apparently this one ran on MTV a lot because it looks like a 90's rap video.

Packers Fans... WTF?

Ok. Seriously. I know you love the Packers. And I know you're upset because...

A) Brett Favre is playing for the Vikings now.
B) Brett Favre and his Vikings kicked the crap out of the Packers last week.
C) Aaron Rodgers is getting sacked more often than he's completing passes.
D) You're probably going to finish third in the division behind the Bears and Vikings.

But you really need to CALM THE F*#K DOWN! It's just football. It's a game. You're going to have good seasons... and bad seasons... and a lot of mediocre seasons in between. There's no reason to STAB A VIKINGS FAN over it. No matter how much Vikings fans piss us all off sometimes.

Remember... You had plenty of bad seasons even when Favre was still playing for the Pack. And there was a LONG stretch in the 80's when the Packers plain out sucked. You'll get through it. Things will get better. At least you're not a Lions fan.

There's no reason to be a drunken idiot and stab someone. Let us Bears fans be the dicks of the NFC North. We've had plenty of practice, and usually no one gets stabbed over it.