Thank goodness WVU decided to come back and play football, because I was enduring that without any liquor in the house. I had two miller lights in the fridge left over from a party a couple of weeks ago, but I was weighing my options huffing the lawnmower gas before having to drink miller lite.
As it is, I can just go to bed. Praise jeebus.
Almost forgot- EAT A BAG OF DICKS MARSHALL FANS. ALSO, TOO.
stuckinred
#23????
wmsheppa
Make sure you get that booze before Sunday… I have a bad feeling we could be in trouble against the Falcons.
BobbyK
I’ve been a ‘Cuse fan 32 years. It would have been REALLY bad for the BE had WVU lost that game.
jharp
John,
You are right. Fuck the Miller Lites. Try Regular Miller. “The Champagne of Beers”
I’m pretty good at beer drinking and it’s good stuff.
jeffreyw
Y’all need a pizza to go with that beer?
Art
I am a graduate of WVU but I will never root for them because a majority of their fans are delusion assholes. Every year they sincerely believe they are going ti vie the National Championship…and that just isn’t going to happen.
Fuck them all.
Kryptik
Jesus, I couldn’t even watch the game. I’m glad they came back, but Jesus, not a good portent.
Nylund
I recently moved to Texas and it scares me how common drinking and driving is. I get nervous being on the road at night on the weekends and jokingly calm myself with the idea that since 90% have been drinking nothing but Miller Lite all night, they’re probably still pretty sober.
John Cole
@Art: Lighten up, Francis.
Violet
I remember when I lived in West Virginia and a WVU football game was being played, so many cars would be sporting those WVU window flags. People were really serious about it. And I grew up in a football state, so I am pretty used to football being a Big Deal.
Steve
I saw that the widow of the coach from the ill-fated 1970 team was attending her first Marshall game since the plane crash. I hope you feel good about making her cry, John Cole!
MikeJ
Is this post in English?
beltane
@Nylund: Yesterday afternoon I narrowly missed colliding with a pickup truck that had flipped over in the middle of the road. Miraculously, the driver was fine and his first thought after getting back up on his feet was to hide all the empties that had fallen out the door.
beltane
@Steve: That was 40 years ago. Look at it this way: were people in 1970 so weepy about things that happened in 1930? It is the distant past.
BTW, I never heard of Marshall College before reading this post. Is it known for anything but football and a plane crash?
cfaller96
Clearly this is Rich Rodriguez’s fault.
Punchy
Dub-vee won that game? Holy fuckin shit. Mahshaa was crushing for the foist 3 quartahz.
Rite now I need SF to beat SD and a decent win by da ‘Gels for a great parlay victy. Tank Hayzeuz I stayed away from colly f-ball until tomorry.
Pun +7
Restrung
This is why John Cole has a blog.
Whether I read it or comment at it is my business.
handy
@beltane:
Randy Moss. Or somebody. I dunno. Somebody famous went there.
freelancer (itouch)
@beltane:
It was featured in a couple eps of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.
mr. whipple
Tomorrow OSU lays the beatdown on Miami.
MAJeff
I’m not a Marshall fan, but where is this bag of dicks? Are they attached to attractive men? I *may* be game.
KG
@jharp: when you say you’re good at drinking beer, and then refer to any Miller product as “good”, I’m going to have to assume you mean you are good at drinking a lot of beer, but not necessarily good beer.
Granted, I’m a beer snob and won’t drink any form of Bud, Miller, or Coors, but there are so many better choices when it comes to American beers.
Sentient Puddle
Speaking of beers, I approve.
And I know I heard of this one somewhere…I bought a bottle of it thinking I had some recommendation, and then later that day, a friend who doesn’t like beer randomly told me that he tried this one and actually liked it.
That's Master of Accountancy to You, Pal (JMN)
Beating up McArdle was fun, but over at DeLong’s I seem to have exercised my skill at making a long winded comment in a thread that everyone else has left.
Steve
@beltane: There is an old lady in my office who is a Holocaust survivor. It still seems to bug her.
IronyAbounds
Well, I had WV to cover in my betting league, and the panty-waists eff’d that up. Pussies.
burnspbesq
I’m off to bed. Everton – ManU comes on at 4:45 a.m. out here.
Looks like I’ll be at Old Trafford for ManU – Spurs on 10/30. Can. Not. Wait.
Enjoy the rest of your Friday night, y’all.
jharp
@jharp: when you say you’re good at drinking beer, and then refer to any Miller product as “good”, I’m going to have to assume you mean you are good at drinking a lot of beer, but not necessarily good beer.
You pretty much nailed it.
How is everyone doing with their tomatoes?
We’re slowing down here is central Indiana. It hasn’t rained here in a fucking month and I’m not kidding.
Tattoosydney
@MAJeff:
No. It’s just a bag, with dicks in it. Which could come in handy.
Steeplejack
@KG:
So gimme some suggestions. The one supermarket that is convenient to me doesn’t carry
muchanything that is exotic, so I have gravitated to various Sam Adams beers. I really liked Black Lager, but then the store stopped carrying it. Currently I have defaulted to Irish Red, but I am looking for other options.On the low end, I liked Saranac Black & Tan as an everyday glug, but the store stopped carrying that. I do not like the Yuengling Black & Tan.
(Yes, I like dark beers.)
Mnemosyne
@Steeplejack:
Do you have a Cost Plus World Market anywhere nearby? They have a pretty darn good selection — G reaffirmed that I was the bestest wife in the world when I came home with a sampler pack of Abita.
RobertB
If I was Marshall’s AD, I’d have fired some coaches right there in the press box, starting with the defensive coordinator and working my way down until my voice gave out. Maybe fire that idiot Doc Holliday too. “Ooh look, we hired Slingblade’s idiot cousin for our head coach. He ain’t too bright, but he’s from around here.”
I’d kick my dog, if I could catch him. My mother-in-law from Morgantown called, and there was no way I was going to answer it, because I want to remain on speaking terms with my wife.
I knew when MU fumbled that ball on the 6 or wherever that they were going to find a way to dick that up. Although to be honest, the fact that WVU barely squeaked by MU’s tissue-paper defense and Chinese-fire-drill offense bodes ill for the Mountaineers’ future.
/rant off
Sentient Puddle
@Steeplejack: What state do you live in? Craft beer can be a pretty regional thing, and if I were to recommend to you, say, the latest in Saint Arnold’s Divine Reserve, that might not be of any damned help if you don’t live in Texas.
But just to throw something out there, if you say you like dark beers, see if you can find Dogfish Head’s Raison D’Etre? I think they distribute nation-wide.
Console
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx4uMqwmPPA
Louis CK- Bag of Dicks
asiangrrlMN
@Tattoosydney: Hi, FH#1! How you be? I got no bag o’dicks for you, sad to say.
@Steeplejack: Gin and tonic. Hiya!
RobertB
@efgoldman: They played once in 1909 or whenever, and once back when Pennington and Moss were teammates. Marshall was I-AA at the time. Then after MU went I-A, Joe Manchin sat them at the table and made them schedule some games with each other.
The schedule they came up with was this:
@ WVU
@ MU
@ WVU
@ winner, best of previous three
@ MU
@ WVU
@ WVU
I certainly hope the Marshall AD got a reacharound on that little dealie.
Steeplejack
@Mnemosyne:
Sorry if this sounds like a flame at you–it’s not–but I have had this same frustration in previous Balloon Juice beer threads. Currently I am living the urban hiker lifestyle. I don’t have a car, and if something is not within about 1-2 miles it involves (possibly complicated) mass transit logistics. On the other hand, I pass by this one convenient supermarket almost every day.
There is a Cost Plus World Market about 2.5 miles from me, but in the urban hiker lifestyle it is not “near.” It is in the opposite direction from the way that I go every day, and a “quick trip to Cost Plus to get some beer” would be about 1-2 hours, depending on the bus schedule. Weighing that vs. just picking up yet another six-pack of Sam Adams Irish Red at the regular store on the way home from work is a no-brainer.
So I’m not looking for recommendations of the form “if you have store x nearby then you can pick up cool beer y.” I’m looking for recommendations on stuff that is available pretty much everywhere. Maybe just opinions on which mainstream American beers are least swill-like. I hate Budweiser and don’t like Miller Lite, but I will drink Miller Genuine Draft in a pinch. Are any of the new trendy Michelob titles any good? Heineken? Amstel? Haven’t had any of those in ages. Are they any good? Are there any “regular” American beers that are any good?
Maybe the question should be framed as: What beer would you take to some friends’ TV football get-together if you knew they were no-class Budwieser fans and you were going to buy the beer someplace on the way over to their place?
My local supermarket does have a few microbrews, or quasi-microbrews, and I’ll check to see if they have Abita. I don’t think they do.
Again, sorry if this comes across sounding crabby. I tripped and pulled a muscle in my leg on the way to work today, then had to walk and stand on lightly carpeted concrete for about eight hours, so I’m not feeling the love tonight.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: “Gin and tonic Eddie!”
“Gin and tonic sweetie!!”
Mnemosyne
This is an open thread, right? Because I’ve become pre-emptively pissed off that if Obama dares to mention the spectacular infrastructure failure in San Francisco that burned down a suburban neighborhood and points out that maybe we might want to throw some money at our infrastructure, you know, like he said we should, the Republicans and Professional Democrats will scream about him “politicizing a tragedy.” And journalists will stroke their … chins and award style points to each side without ever addressing the question of why Republicans are opposed to fixing leaky natural gas lines before they explode and kill people.
Meanwhile, Glenn Beck hosting a TV extravaganza 9 years after 9/11 apparently does not count as politicizing a tragedy. Because shut up, that’s why.
Tattoosydney
@asiangrrlMN:
I’m well. And you?
It’s Spring here, apparently. Which is nice.
Steeplejack
@Sentient Puddle:
I live in NoVa (suburbs of D.C.). Funny you should mention Dogfish Head, because in my rant to Mnemosyne I was going to mention that my local supermarket doesn’t carry Dogfish Head even though there is a Dogfish Head Alehouse directly across the parking lot. Maybe that is deliberate, because I think Dogfish sells six-packs to go. But jeezy-creezy . . . it drives me nuts.
Mnemosyne
@Steeplejack:
Well, I’m gonna be a little snarky in return — G does a lot of urban hiking, but his range is more like 6 to 12 miles round-trip. Granted, he’s generally not schlepping back with a 24-pack of beer, but 2.5 miles seems like a pretty reasonable distance to carry a 6-pack, especially if you own a backpack. Once your leg heals, that is.
If your range as an urban hiker is that limited, maybe you should consider a bicycle instead. I can carry about 40 lbs. on my back rack with no trouble, and I’m pretty out of shape.
Mnemosyne
@Tattoosydney:
We have a museum exhibit going to Melbourne in November and it’s very hard to get our heads around the fact that it will be part of their summer series.
Bizarre.
Steeplejack
@Mnemosyne:
Perhaps “urban hiking” was an ill-chosen phrase. It’s not just a question of distance, or carrying some weight some distance. It’s a question of time. Even at a speedy clip, your G is looking at 1½-3 hours to cover 6-12 miles. And I am not talking about, “Oh, today I think I will take a hike.” I’m talking about what I can do on a regular workday between getting off work and getting home to do other stuff that I need to do. A two- or three-hour jaunt is not an option, or not one that I’m prepared to take just for that special beer.
It’s also a question of geography. To get to Cost Plus I have to cross a major highway that as a pedestrian you can’t cross without a significant detour. Hence the recourse to buses and the scheduling and inevitable delays that entails.
Sorry if I offended you. My previous comment was not intended as snark at all.
Tattoosydney
@Mnemosyne:
I know. And yet somehow we survive that, the being upside down all the time AND the drop bears.
stannate
There’s absolutely no comparison between the two towns. Morgantown has culture, scenery, steep-ass hills, and the PRT. Huntington has tons of strip clubs converted from former Pizza Huts, weird odors in the air, and far too many hillbilly hot dog shacks (where “far too many” is any whole number > 1). WVU’s campus is attractive, while Marshall’s is a slightly cleaner and brighter spot on an otherwise dreary street.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
You’re right, gin and tonic–or rum and tonic–is probably almost always a better answer.
How you been? I am dreadfully behind on the threads. Hoping to catch up a bit tomorrow morning. Tonight I’m just dicking around. I did hear that Soonergrunt is okay, which is good.
Mnemosyne
@Steeplejack:
I wasn’t snarking about the bicycle. If I can ride one in a city that has one of the highest pedestrian death rates in the country and survive, so can you. A three-mile trip on a bike only takes about 20 minutes, and that’s including stoplights and other traffic.
Steeplejack
@Mnemosyne:
Thanks. I don’t have a bicycle. I was just asking about beer. If I see the Abita I will try it.
Ed Marshall
Hmmmm, I got a Marshall hat this summer. Someone insisted I take it, my last name is Marshall and I wasn’t even aware there was a higher institution of learning with the name. I don’t follow college football and I got like five comments today about the hat.
Will someone clue me in about why I need to disavow the hat?
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: I’m all right. I need to crash soon, though. I’m trying to catch up as my Juicing has been spotty the last few days.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Sounds like you’ve been having fun. See you sometime this weekend.
Sentient Puddle
@Steeplejack: Unfortunately, I don’t know anything about what’s in Virginia, so I can’t help much here. Though I don’t know, I don’t think I can really criticize much…yeah, I squirm a little when I hear someone saying that the beer they most like is Miller or Coors or something, but (a) I tend to think that’s more because said person hasn’t been exposed to some other styles of craft beer; and (b) I’m not sure you fit what I describe anyway if you’ve recognized Dogfish Head around, especially because they seem to thrive on brewing rather odd beers.
I’d suggest grabbing a beer on occasion that you know absolutely nothing about just to see what all’s out there, though this strikes me as being a sort of obvious suggestion. But all things considered, drink what you like. I tend to think us beer snobs do recognize that there’s a wide swath of tastes out there, but we do have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to the American light lager. And I’m just not a fan of the condescension.
Arclite
John Cole +5, no?
Steeplejack
@Sentient Puddle:
Thanks for the reply. But I’m not asking for some double-secret insider recommendation on what craft beers are available in my specific area, nor am I asking for some guide on what to try now that I’m spreading my dewy wings to venture beyond the Budweiser-Miller axis. I am aware of
mostsome beer traditions, and I have been drinking beer for 40 years. To put it in the starkest terms, perhaps what I am asking is this: If your local grocery store stocks only mass-market horse-piss American beers and some quasi-microbrews, e.g., Sierra Nevada, which of those is the least offensive to your delicate palate? If the answer is “none,” fine. I’m just trying to spare myself the process of going through all of them to find something palatable that I can grab on the way home from work without buying a bicycle and/or making a three-hour side trip. Some of the Sam Adams beers work for me. Just looking for alternatives./Crabby off and Steep out.
Cacti
@handy:
Randy Moss went to Marshall as a school of last resort.
He lost his scholarship to Notre Dame after his conviction for two counts of misdemeanor battery.
Florida State decided to give him a chance after that, but while he was a redshirt freshman, he violated his probation from the above conviction when he tested positive for marijuana, which got him kicked off the FSU team.
By the time he got to Marshall, he was considered toxic and no Division I-A school would touch him. Marshall was I-AA at the time.
PaulW
Go Bulls!
Glenndacious Greenwaldian (formerly tim)
I keep asking why eating dicks is considered to be a bad thing, but I never get an answer.
Also: Boomer Sooner and Rock Chalk Jayhawks
Lori
@JohnCole I bet you’d enjoy home brewing. Kind of like gardening but you can do it in the winter, too.
@Steeplejack Just curious – ever considered bicycling? With a bicycle trailer you can carry pretty heavy loads, and go much further distances.
Blonderengel
You guys make me cry.
All those beer choices…
*sigh*
We have a wonderful selection of all sorts of Miller for your beveraging pleasure & Bud Light Lime is considered an artisanal beer.
Of course, we also have Drive-Thru Daiquiri places should you hanker for girlie drinks.
The sun over the yardarm somewhere, so cheers!
Mnemosyne
@Glenndacious Greenwaldian (formerly tim):
It’s like on “The Amazing Race” where they had to eat a whole bucket full of deep-fried grasshoppers. The first dozen or so are fine, but then you start looking into the bag and thinking, “There is no way I’m going to be able to eat all of these dicks in one sitting.”
But you have to eat them all in one sitting. That’s what makes it bad. Even chocolate cake can be as bad as eating a big bag of dicks if you have to eat the whole cake in one sitting.