In Other News

Yesterday, California beat Japan in the Little League World Series. While it's great that America won it all, no one really cares about it. If you watched more than just "Little Kids, Big Drama," the obnoxiously named daily segment on Sportscenter, then I think you should strongly consider rethinking your life. Go America, I'm okay when I say I didn't watch a second of your victory.

I'd rather watch the Sandlot

Also, in other news, Hurricane Irene hit this weekend and for most of us, all we were hit with was a hurricane of Facebook status updates. This beckons a new Facebook etiquette post.

Finally, yesterday, ex-Giant, ex-Saints, wait, he's on the Panthers now? TE Jeremy Shockey saved a choking teammate this week by punching him in the back. Some rookie tried and failed to do the Heimlich so Shockey had to jump in.

One Last Attempt to Make Preseaon Football Relevant

Tonight there is a HUGE football game on. The two teams involved in the greatest rivalry in sports are meeting on the gridiron tonight to fight for glory. It is all on the line. Oh, and now I'm being told it is a bowl game....

This is all stupid. The latest attempt to make people care about preseason football is tonight when the Jets and Giants play in their newly named "MetLife" Stadium in another meaningless game. Don't buy the hype. It is still a meaningless game against two teams that are in no way real rivals. It is all stupid. The fact that they are starting to call this annual preseason game the MetLife Bowl, and will be playing for a trophy that probably looks like this is silly:

Preseason football doesn't matter. It is what it is, and if it were treated as such I would not have any problem with it. But the fact that ESPN and the NFL keep trying to make people think these games matter is just stupid. Almost as stupid as chugging tequila just because the song "You and Tequila" comes on. All in all bad ideas. Just like convincing us, and even feeding hype to the players that will no doubt get injured trying to play too hard in a meaningless game for an even more meaningless trophy, is a bad idea. I can wait two weeks for real football. I can wait a few months for when these two teams actually meet up in a meaningful December game. So please, spare me this hype.

Getting after it: Port Republic

This weekend I had the honor and the privelege of having my first ever Port Republic Premium American Brew. What makes Port Republic so great was that it was only $11.89 at Kroger and I believe it is sold exclusively there. The beer itself tastes like PBR, but really who fucking cares about that. I was able to drink beers that were slightly over 30 cents each and had amazing cover-art. Port Republic urges its drinkers to "Sail Close to the Wind", which literally makes no sense, but I enjoyed reading it on my beers. They are trying to be classy and its working, not like Miller "Jabroni" Highlife, which Donaghy Estates loves along with all other Miller Products. So if you find yourself at Kroger, why not buy the cheapest beer there and enjoy getting drunk on some fake classyness and a shitty product, because really that is what is important and life.

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