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5/30: Which Holiday Is King For Overindulging?

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• For the longest time I always had Thanksgiving pegged as the one day of the year where gluttony was king. I think I’m starting to re-think this position after my Memorial Day cookout this year. A few weeks ago my local grocery store had specials on chicken, pork and steaks, so naturally I stocked up ($50+ worth of meat for less than $25 – w00t). Yesterday, with two charcoal grills going, I turned this dead flesh into beefy goodness. Not only did I eat myself sick, but also there are six chicken breasts, eight steaks and six chops in the refrigerator just waiting to be devoured. I’m glad I took today off from work, because I need the extra 24 hours before going back in order to digest everything I consumed. On a semi-related subject, some people are propane grillers while others are charcoal. For me, it has to be the latter. Not only do I not trust myself anywhere near a propane tank (I’m surprised I haven’t set my property on fire yet with the way I handle lighter fluid), but all that dirt and grit you get with charcoal is what makes the food all the more flavorful. When the better half and I bought this house, it came with an “installed” propane grill which hasn’t seen the light of day except for the few times the win has blown its cover off.

 

In regards to Sunday’s “redneck” cookout I talked about in my previous entry, I guess it went better than expected; especially since the crack-whore sister-in-law was there, along with the test-tube bunch. We arrived, ate and left: total time spent – two hours. Sadly, there’s one “normal” family that comes to this event, and they arrived just minutes before Mrs. kkk and I were leaving. The odd thing is that this family is having marriage trouble – the wife doesn’t even wear her wedding band – yet the other trolls that we meet at this get-together aren’t going to split up anytime soon. While on the subject of cookouts, I don’t understand the point of bringing anything other than dead animals to these functions. I will never touch a vegetable, sans corn on the cob, when the aroma of burgers, steaks or chicken lingers in the air. At the “family” cookout there was taco salad, potato salad and egg salad – none of which I touched. Hell, looking at this runny shit was bad enough. I guess the best way to describe this in-law cookout is to think back to that one joke Jeff Foxworthy made in one of those “Blue Collar Comedy” specials. He said the moment you get in your car from a family reunion you look at your wife and ask how you’re related to those people. You then go on to add, “That little one just ain’t right,” which, oddly enough, was what I was thinking Sunday after seeing one of the rug rats there attempt to play a trombone. Fortunately, I was able to leave before he was able to figure out which hole to blow into in order to create noise.

 

• The Indianapolis 500 has came and went, and this year Richard Petty, who said some not-so-nice things about women and racing, stirred up a bit of trouble. "I just don't think it's a sport for women," Petty said. "And so far, it's proved out. It's really not. It's good for them to come in. It gives us a lot of publicity: It gives them publicity. “But as far as being a real true racer, making a living out of it, it's kind of tough.” Chalk me up as one of those that wonder if he’s even heard of Danica Patrick. As long as women don’t get any special treatment, I don’t care who’s driving in those cars. I have also heard some grumblings since Patrick raced in last year's Indy 500 that the sport was pimping her over other drivers. Well no shit. Instead of bitching about this, all the male drivers ought to be thanking her for the added publicity. Oh, and when given the chance to respond to Petty’s comments, Patrick did the smart thing and didn’t say much about it. After all, I’m sure the ESPN PC machine will do all the dirty work for her.

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I'm a charcoal guy.

 

 

 

I find it funny that Bob Ryan who "jokingly" suggested Jason Kidd should slap around his wife. Was criticial of Petty's comments. No suprise the media ignores the differences between Open wheel and Stock Car.

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Why is Petty so concerned about IRL? IRL will never measure up to the status of NASCAR, so he can't be worried Danica will propel IRL to new heights.

 

That being said, Petty is an old fossil who has a meaningless opinion. You might recall that he criticized Dale Earnhardt and tried to undermine his significance after his death.

 

Petty has no real control of any thing in NASCAR. He is the owner in name for Petty Enterprise but Kyle runs the team.

 

I can't fathom how Richard can be so pig-headed, while Kyle is among the TOP PR machines for NASCAR.

 

Kyle has done some incredible things that deserve more attention, how many athletles put up their own money to open up camps specifically for terminally ill kids? He didn't just put money up but he actually runs, controls and manages the camp and it's about $100,000 to cover each kid per year and the best part?

 

It's free for the kids. Petty and the camp covers the expenses. You'll never see Albert Pujols, Peyton Manning or LeBron James doing anything like that.

 

Anyways, I can't figure out why Richard gets a forum to speak. He usually always has something stupid to say. He's good for name value to sponsers but never stick a microphone in his face.

 

He's right though, Danica hasn't proven a damn thing yet.

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I find it funny that Bob Ryan who "jokingly" suggested Jason Kidd should slap around his wife. Was criticial of Petty's comments. No suprise the media ignores the differences between Open wheel and Stock Car.

 

I'm torn on Bob. For one I grew up with him on the Sports Reporters and I generally find him entertaining. However, that Kidd comment, along with Vanderbilt having "too many white guys" to win an NCAA Tournament game remark, piss me off because if someone else not sucking on the ESPN teet would have said such things, the Big Sports Media fallout would have been much worse than the slap on the wrist Ryan received.

 

And the only thing I know about Richard Petty was back when Robin Roberts did the Sunday morning SportsCenter ESPN had this continuing "send-off" to him for the last year or so he still raced.

 

He's right though, Danica hasn't proven a damn thing yet.

 

Two Top 10 finishes at the Indy 500? Seems good enough for me, although I don't give a crap about car racing.

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Top 10 finishes at Indy mean nothing really. Her highest career finish is 4th alongside ten top 10's and finished 12th in points last year (and isn' moving from that spot yet this season either) She won the ROTY but it wasn't a strong field anyways.

 

That is hardly worth the hype, and I hate to say it but at this point she's Anna K in a firesuit.

 

I think she has the ability, it's just a matter of too much hype too soon for her.

 

 

Petty's last year of racing(1992) was nothing short of promotional genius.

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Yeah there has been quite a bit of hype regarding Patrick, but it hasn't gotten to the point where it makes me want to vomit.

 

And how many cars race in the 500?

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33. Only about 14 have any chance to be competitive and 5 of them have to get real lucky to be in it.

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Yeah there has been quite a bit of hype regarding Patrick, but it hasn't gotten to the point where it makes me want to vomit.

 

And how many cars race in the 500?

 

Probably because in IRL, it's a one race show. The INDY 500 is all the mainstream cares about. If IRL made the other races mean something, she'd get more hype

 

 

NASCAR has a series of "big" races from Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600, Brickyard 400, EA Sports 499, Rock n Roll 400(the last race of the "regular" season). Which is another example of why IRL needs Danica so bad, without her...IRL has nothing to match with NASCAR. Patrick is evenly known as Stewart and equally popular as Earnhardt Jr. Which says alot. They need Patrick to start winning because eventually the interest sizzles out once the public accepts that she's nothing but a top ten finishing machine.

 

 

Also, in most IRL races...they only run 21-23 cars. The Indy 500 is the exception. So only managing 10 trips into the top 10 in her 1 1/4 years in the game isn't that strong.

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