A NIGHT WITH THE HOPS

If there is one thing that I have learned during the time I have lived in Florida it is that there should never be a decision about using sunscreen.  Even if it supposed to be 50 degrees out with a pretty good chance of rain you should go ahead and put some on anyway.  You will save yourself the misery that comes later if you didn’t.  As a bonus for me when I put on sunscreen there is a pretty good chance the sun will go behind the clouds anyway.

Could be a very exciting week . . .

• Random thought #1 –  It is fair to say that I do not often clean out the inside of my car as I am generally the only one in it.  However finding some mail dated from 2010 under the seat when I did so recently was a pretty good indicator that I probably should get to it a bit more often.
• Random thought #2 –  I in no way want to make an effort to do so myself, but a part of me wonders what it is like to drive into a house.  After seeing the aftermath of that the other day and I am curious how exactly that happens in the middle of the day on a beautiful sunny afternoon.
• Random thought #3 – Has anyone in the history of popcorn ever eaten more than a few pieces without some of it ending up stuck in their teeth?  An official study needs to be done to see if that is even a possibility.
• Random thought #4 – As passionate a fan as I am for the teams that I support, I also think that sometimes sporting events are very much more enjoyable to watch when you really do not care who wins.  At some point you lean toward one side or the other, but it is still a lot less stressful.
• Random thought #5 – In the same way that it is really important to be drinking a beer while brewing your own beer at home I think that it is also a very good idea to be drinking a good beer while reading about beer.  Just consider it a study aid.

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Contrary to any belief you night have, drinking beer from the state of your favorite team during their game as a show of support does not at all increase their chances of victory.  With that, increasing the number of those beers that you drink also does not increase the probability of the team winning the game.

Moving to the offseason . . .

• Random thought #1 –  If I have not said this here before I will do so now.  Of course you can say in your commercial that most people prefer vanilla soy milk to regular milk on their cereal.  What kind of comparison is that?!  Why don’t you just tell us that most people would prefer to drink a glass of chocolate milk over regular milk?
• Random thought #2 –  One of the unofficial activities to participate in while losing your money in Las Vegas is to watch all of the other people losing their money.  I have recently been reminded that people watching at a popular amusement park is right up there with the enjoyment of doing so in Vegas.
• Random thought #3 – In the same way I enjoy driving an older car where burglary and damage are not a real concern of mine I also like having plants on my property that I don’t care enough about to cover up during overnight freezes.  I have better things to do with my time than to find sheets to cover up the shrubs with.
• Random thought #4 – I am mesmerized by a certain late night talk show that consists almost entirely of banter between the host and a robotic talking skeleton that looks like it belongs in a bad ‘80s movie.  When I first saw it I thought that whole thing was just a bit but it actually appears to be the whole show.
• Random thought #5 – If I pretend for a minute that I am not crazy and hearing things and there is a creature living in the wall of our garage I then have to move on to figuring out exactly how I would go about getting that creature to leave.  In that scenario I wish I actually was crazy.

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