Pre-March Madness-talk, and a drinking game to boot

March Madness is obviously one of the best sporting events of the year. We all love when are brackets do well and cry when they suck....(maybe just me) but here's some bracket advice take it or leave it:

• If you don't follow college basketball closely don't believe all the shit on ESPN rankings, and don't go with other people's picks
• when you make your picks look at the quality wins and bad losses..... but this is not complete determinant factor.
• Teams in recent years  that do well in tournament others that don't: Syracuse, Notre Dame are normally stay aways.....VCU, Butler, Michigan State perform well (not always the case but some recent trends)
• This year is year different than last year....Kentucky was clearly the favorite, (I think Calipari is a douche but he did solid work). This year the number one has switched multiple times so the  favorite is unclear
• Take some risks on upsets....Any given Sunday for a reason
• Have no fear go with gut, you can talk yourself into anything
• The national champion will be........(my pick soon to come)

March Madness drinking game
March is simply a drinking month (well every month really...) But us Irish folks enjoy saint patricks days celcebrations, and booze up for the basketball festivities...So I would like to introduce some drinking games ideas.....

• So a few years ago some of my friends made a drinking game up called quite appropriately March Madness...(basically a mad dash of competing with beer pong, flip all involved)... my brain foggley remembers the exact rules but it was awesome...without boring you with details make your own shit up with two tables bunch of cups and your good.....

Some Bar and Restaurant talk

I don't know if many of you have seen the show Bar Rescue on Spike TV but the shows host  Jon Taffer brings a no bull shit attitude to the Restaurant business and I think he is one hundred percent right. Opening and maintaining a food and bar  business is near impossible these days, but for the one's who are successful are for a reason. Here are a couple of things consider  if I would open a standard American bar (These are just general ideas and I have no idea for a name for the place):

• LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION
• Know your locale community, who are your target customers? ( I would prefer to open in a city in a vibrant area with 21 and 30 year olds ex...Hoboken....)
• Bar has to be spot on clean from the bar, to the kitchen to the bathroom...no exceptions
• My employee's and I have the utmost respect for Customers, but also on the flip-side kick out any knuckleheads that cause trouble
• For the Menu only have 1 page keep it simple, quality not quantity (Why do you like The Lumineers  are flourishing as a band : they have a simple formula and they prefect it it's literally the same thing for food)....
• A kick ass beer selection....also incorporate some local brewers give some people new choices 
• Also have some womanly drinks for the ladies (and yes fireball whiskey)
• This one is key STELLAR MUSIC ( nothing more off putting at a bar then horrible music) I would make playlists for different days and have a jukebox with only solid music...(of course people like and dislike some songs but if you have an overall first-class playlist your golden)

I think these are some crucial points to open bar I could keep going for days but I thought this was a smart list to start with.........

but also you could just say fuck it and be like the worst bar in America:

An idea to solve our generations college problems...

(This blog has a different vibe than others but thought it was interesting to write)

Most people who attended college in America since the beginning of time  can agree that college was a sleep away drinking camp....but now today that drinking camp  costs a boatload of money that most people can't pay back.... I think the world is about to be turned upside down in a few years, (search on Mark Cuban's blog www.blog-maverick.com on more specifics on the college crisis great article)....the point of this blog is to make light of any subject and that's what I am going to do here: my solution is creating a school with very low tuition called : 

SCHOOL AWESOME... and here are the rules

• don't talk about fight club (couldn't resist.....)
•  the school day is only Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays 
• Set up posts around the country so you can study anywhere for 1 semester, meet as many people as possible 
• Teach basic modern life necessities...(ex. cooking, paying bills, computers,)
• Social life is number 1, focus on going out to different sporting events, concerts 
• Actually finding what the hell you want to do in life and how to take steps to reach that goal without going through bogus processes of learning shit that doesn't help you
• encourage taking risks, having fun
• no grades, but an emphasis on using those three days to study stuff your interested in
• learn about what  accumulating debt means to you and your family 
• anticipate the rapid changing of the world economy, whats your idea on changing the world?.....

look these are a few ideas but the point being life is too short to get caught up in stupid shit that the institutions preach to us.... there should be an alternative to racking of debt that you'll never pay back, and a place where you can still have awesome experiences. Of course this idea is flawed but if no one pitches anything we'll never change this broken system..... 

If you could live in one decade in the 20th century in America what would you choose?

Thought about this question the other day for some random reason. I think there are a lot of variables to go into play- whats your-sex, race, religious background... obviously is going to affect your choice but for all intents and purposes lets just say your a standard Anglo Saxon male. I'll break down my top 3 choices (my answers are really not so serious so bare with me):

1. 1980's- Definitely one of the most polarizing decades in American  history because of: the expansion of extreme wealth disparity among classes,  increasing  urban decay, some serious foreign  policy blunders, cold war tension, and  a stock market crash...it may not seem like a top choice. But the positives I think outweigh the negatives in this question for a couple of reasons....



Music- People might have different views on 80's music and at the end of the decade the music was getting a little corny.....but bands like the talking heads, and  Bruce Springsteen were balling. Also Eddie Money- "Take me home tonight", and Jesse's Girl make all the pussies drip
Clothes- Have you ever seen Call on me video by Eric Prydz, Chicks in those getup's are hot as fuck
Miami Vice- The king of all bro shows. Don Johnson is still killing it by the way as Kenny Powers dad.







2. 1900's- Kind of a wild card I have to say but I think it be cool to live in a time before 2 world wars, the Titanic and the  all other nonsense that would becoming in the future. I'd just be chilling on a horse robbing trains and shit. Also Teddy Rossevelt  was a boss.

3. 1920's- Kind of a given, Everyone knows 1920's were awesome. Gatsby life for days.....except the stock market crash that would have sucked...
























overrated choices....1990's- to recent...to much modern technology....1960's- way to much shit was going on....1970s'...everyone lost their minds

Verde-In Defense of Country Music

Verde-In Defense of Country Music

Country music is the best god damn music on the face of the planet. I’m not a music snob by any means, and will listen to anything (except new rap: outside of like 3 songs its godawful). However as far as bang for your buck, country is the best, because it goes with every situation: driving, day drinking, night drinking, tailgating, fucking, etc. Okay maybe old school R&B is the best for fucking but anything to distract her from my tiny penis, large gut, and overall terrible sexual prowess will do.

I once was like the rest of you, young, naïve, and ignorant to this essential fact of life. Then one day freshman year, a senior friend of mine, a mentor if you will told me something I’ll never forget. “90% of country songs are about the 3 best things in the world: Drinking, Hot Chicks, and America” – I don’t know about you but I think those are 3 pretty good things. So I gave country a shot, and here I am, 4 years later, as big a fan as they come. I’m aware this is an unpopular opinion in the New York/New Jersey area, but fuck you, it’s a stupid opinion, broaden your horizons people. If you got a problem come say it to my face this summer at Toby Keith at PNC. I’ll be the one in an ignorant tank top, camo shorts, double fisting tallboys, probably hooking up with an ugly girl or two.

Drinking- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtMy5IBmX7E

Hot Chicks- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HX4SfnVlP4

America- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWrMeBR8W-c

P.S. If you think having a mentor is gay kid’s a Navy SEAL now, learning Tagalouge, the native language of the Pillipines, Dude’s gonna be killing pirates in like 2 months. Excuse me for looking up to him

 

Top 5 random movies that you should watch if there on TV

Searching the Tube for something to watch is almost obsolete these days because of the internet and netflix you can bascially search with ease and find something you want in a matter of seconds. But sometimes if your like me, you kind of want to stumble onto a movie that you would have not thought of in a while. Here is a list of 5 random movies that I found on TV the past two weeks that are good as shit (I'm not going to write about the movie but rather say why I like them:

• 1. Big Daddy- Big Daddy is the tits. Why I like this movie so much is because of the wicked awesome soundtrack including ( Bruce Sprignsteen-growing up, that montage at the end of the movie pure class.....) and it was the peak of Adam Sandler glory days before the dogshit movies he  makes now. I also like it because of Adam Sandler always casts his friends in his movies  and this movie there solid- John Stewart is a boss, Rob Schneider-kills it, the best performance since he was a carrot in South Park....overall great flick

• 2. Road Trip- Its literally a movie about a VHS tape. Kind of crazy to think about but I love this movie because the modern day bro can relate to roadtripping with his boys 100 percent. Although dated: the partying, Tom Green singing and utter insane Sean Willam Scott makes this a must watch everytime. Along with the dude from the New Guy dancing his ass off, Road Trip has all the right ingredients

• 3. Behind Enemy Lines- Great quote- " They shot Stackhouse!", Owen Wilson running around getting manhunted by a dude in a addias jumpsuit is pretty entertaining to say the least. Also I like this because Gene Hackman is fucking boss as a general and if your red blooeded American you'll love this. It has been on FX channel one trillon times and if I see it I'll always tune in.

• 4. Old School- Such a great movie that does not get old. Great comedy all around. The most undderated part is how good Jeremy Piven is as Dean Pritchard "cheeeeese". Btw( me and my friends always wanted to buy the painting of Pritchard hunting).

• 5. Tron legacy-  Honestly not a great movie but I'll watch everytime because Jeff Bridges stellar acting and the visal affects are badass. I love Olivia Wilde too but her haircut sucks in this.

Guest Writer Verde- Game of Thrones 3rd season preview

Wha good fellas? Verde here, your guide through the sex and blood (hopefully not mixed together) filled world of Game of Thrones. As my good friends know I went bananas for this show the second it came out. Read all the books in one summer, seen seasons 1 and 2 about ten times each, and completely clear my schedule for Sundays at 9. I truly think its HBO's best show ever, and thats coming from a guy whose never seen The Wire, Oz, or The Soprano's -- I know, I suck. DGAF.

Anyway, Season 3 starts up on March 31st and get ready, its gonna be a doozie. The third book was the best of the series so far and they're splitting it up into two seasons. So the next 20 episodes should be seriously amazing. as long as they don’t fuck it up with stupid story lines like this...

http://www.pinkraygun.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ghost-of-harrenhal-masked-woman.jpg

 This is thrones, if you’re not killing someone, or not naked, GTF OFF the screen

or this...http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Theon_Greyjoy?file=Theon_2x10_infobox.jpg

"wahhhhh My daddy doesn't love me."   Grow up Peter Pan 

  

And if the trailer is any indication, which is kinda the point, this season is gonna be sick. You can watch it here...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzI9v_B4sxw

Its only a minute long but they pack a TON of cool shit into it. And I'll list a breakdown of it all for all the guys, myself included, who came all over themselves at the mere thought of Khalessi.

(0:04) HALF MAN!

(0:06) stock footage from the 2000 block buster Vertical Limit

(0:12) Joffrey..........FUCK THAT KID. Haven’t seen anyone treat a whore like that since my buddy g-string got a little too handsy with a stripper at The End Zone out at Penn State

(0:14) my dopplegaanger rob stark. (if we have female readers now is the time to swoon)

(0:15) Homeless Jaime

(0:16) Some dyke shoots a bow and arrow

(0:23) Cant be sure but i think these guys are the "Unsullied" dont want to give spoilers but think of Navy Seals x the 300 Spartans

(0:24) KHALESSI !!!!!!!!!!! Blue is definitely her second best color, next to naked

(0:29) Jon Snow, nothing to say here, total boss

Talking, Talking Talking Talking

(0:36) Burning Boat ****SPOILER ALERT: SOMEONE GONNA DIE*****

(0:46) Dragon looking REAL legit, way better than that queer Brit Potter.

Talking Talking Talking

Montage of Rob, Arya, Homeless Jamie, MILF queen, HALF MAN!

End Scene

Like I said, tons of good stuff in there and it all comes real quick. Just like me. Mark your calendars for March 31st. I'll be drinking as much as possible from now and then to make it go quicker and because I'm developing a dangerous alcohol dependency.

 I'll be back with any show updates between now and then, or if I feel like writing about anything else, like my booming sex life or the selection of the new pope (that’s called Conclave for our small hatted friends) and a full report on April 1st after the premier. And remember, if you get a Throner, just your body telling you its excited, its natural, just tuck it up into your waistband. It hides it, and it feels great!

P.S. the song in the trailer is called Bones by MS MR. I’ve never heard them before, but chances are my hipster friend knew about them before he was born, saw them in an abandoned meat locker in Camden in 2007 but doesn’t like them now because they sold out. Go figure, bands like to get famous and make money.