WENCH, FILL MY CHALICE . . . . please?

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Let it be known that there are plans in place for a "Dinner and Tournament." Now, this isn't going to be just your average "Dinner and Tournament." I am hoping to hop on a party wagon two days after the first full moon during the 10th month of 2008 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Medieval Times and my 25th birthday! Does it get any more perfect than that?? A quarter century should be celebrated in style.

I don't know about you, but I personally love a great dinner and tournament. You get to eat with your hands and wet your whistle with a self-decorated chalice (classy), all while being entertained by falconry, sword fighting, jousting, and a tour through a torture chamber. Ya, that's right we are now old enough to see the torture chamber...sweeeeet.

I highly suggest checking out the website for more info, as M.T. has really stepped it up this year. The chivalry, rivalry, and revelry are second to none. Don't forget to check out the horses page; I never realized how talented they were. I'm not afraid to say that they may be the most talented performers of the entire show. Damn, that is one fine looking stallion if you ask me!

For more information
1-888-WE-JOUST
No, seriously that really is their number!

Living Big

I would like to preface this post with the following information. About two weeks ago I found this cup hidden in the back of a cabinet in our kitchen. Since finding this cup I jokingly have used the term LIVE BIG whenever possible. I am not sure it refers to any one thing in particular, more just a new motto to live by.

Right now this LIVE BIG motto seems sort of foolish considering the circumstances. Last night at 1 am, I agreed to a 60 day weight loss competition with one of my best friends... all the while asking myself how can I live big while losing weight? Now, normally a competition such as this would totally be out of the question considering the fact one of my favorite things to do is to prepare and eat food. I even think my roommates may consider me to be a lazy and unmotivated, person. Yet I see this as an opportunity to make some cash (pronounced cay-sh), and get in shape at the same time. In the mean time, I still need to figure out how to continue to live big with a shrinking waistline.

He's a Governor? Really? REALLY?

So I came across this on the internet the other day.
Ummm......not going to lie, I want some.
That's about all I have to say.

Vodka + Red Bull = Standard Saturday Night

No, the image above does not mean Vodka Red Bull (VRB) automatically leads to encounters like the one above. However, on any given Saturday night a round of VRB's are typically expected. Hence, once VRB's are distributed the night may or may not take a turn for the worse or better.

In most situations the use of VRB is to pick the night up. Maybe we are sitting in a bar debating whether or not it is time to call it night. There is also a chance we have been drinking for a long time and I feel like everyone is starting to feel the effects of multiple beers/mixed drinks but we all really want to take it up a notch. The following fact is the most important thing about VRB. Many websites point out the negatives of mixing a depressant (vodka) with a stimulant (red bull).

One doctor says, "Mixing alcohol with energy drinks such as Red Bull is like 'mixing Cocaine with Heroin', a drugs expert had claimed."

Herion with Cocaine? That doesn't sound like a negative, that sounds like a party! No, no, no with all seriousness, the major issue is that experts think Red Bull masks the effect that alcohol is having on your body. This so called masking in turn allows us to drink more. In fact one study about people who mix Red Bull with alcohol states...

"In a typical drinking session, they drank up to 36 per cent more than the other students, and they also reported twice as many episodes of weekly drunkenness, and random sexual encounters."

This is scary stuff if you ask me. After reading articles like these plastered all over the net I think that I, like most social drinkers will probably give up mixing Red Bull into vodka and start mixing it with every drink we have. Twice as many episodes of weekly drunkenness you say? Can it mask the effects of alcohol? Random sexual encounters? I'll tell you what's scary...Imagine how fantastic it would have been if we had these statistics when we were in college!