ThereÂ’s wrong, thereÂ’s more wrong, and then there is most wrong. This has to be one of the most wrong things IÂ’ve seen for a while. Since I found this, I figured I had to share it.

IÂ’m going to go kill some zombies now.

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When I was a kid I used to do a lot of fishing. In a lot of the local stores you could get a lure that looked like a mouse. I knew it was for bass and other larger fish in the lakes around here, but I had never seen any fish actually eat a mouse. Until I found this video of a guy feeding his pet bass a mouse:

CÂ’mon thatÂ’s kind of cool. And for your animal cruelty people, lighten up. Animals eat other animals.

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For my next meeting at work I am going to bring in a double a battery, some copper wire and a magnet. Just so I can do this:

ItÂ’s always fun to have people look at me strangely in meetings. It keeps them from asking my opinion.

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Gah, I really wish I would stop finding these games, but I can’t help it. Here’s a nice little one called Boomshine. It’s a chain reaction style game. You set off one “explosion” and it causes the other moving dots to explode. There are twelve levels. The last one took me about 15 minutes to beat.

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In the comments to this post, Richmond made the suggestions that I should start a new blog series based on my being a therapist.

Maybe this could be a new blog series - "Therapy with Contagion" has a nice ring to it... ~Richmond

I laughed at that, and then I snickered, finally I chortled at the thought. Who would want to get advice from me? So I responded to her by e-mail that no one would ask me questions. To which she responded, yes some people are insane desperate bold enough to see what I would say. Plus if they didnÂ’t, I could just take questions asked to Dear Abby and give my own answer to them.

Hey, I could do that. Sure I could. I mean I live a sound healthy life with a happy family and everything is perfect. Hey! DonÂ’t roll your eyes at me! Anyway, IÂ’m going to give it a shot. But I would like a little help from you. Instead of pulling my questions from Dear Abby, I would rather try to help some of my loyal readers out. If you need advice or are having a problem, IÂ’d like you to go ahead and ask me. You can either leave it in the comments or if you want to remain anonymous send your question to contagion_1 AT yahoo DOT com. Once a week IÂ’ll post my advice.

Lets get moving people, help me to help youÂ… get your head out of your arse!

You can Blame Richmond for this.

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I made a mistake this week. It wasnÂ’t until late last night that I realized that I it was Wednesday. That meant I had a beer review to do. It was too late for my deadline yesterday, so IÂ’m doing it a day late. Hope no one is too upset, especially since I ended up not doing one last week. This is the last review for the month of March, which means the last Irish beer for a while, this week I did Harp Lager by the Guinness Brewing Company.

We have a standard 12 oz brown bottle with a front, back and neck label. The labels aren’t all that fancy, a cream oval on a dark blue background. It has the name of the beer and the picture of a harp on it. Along the bottom it tells you that it’s “From the brewers of Guinness.”

When poured into a standard pint glass, the beer itself has a nice golden to straw yellow coloring. ItÂ’s clear with no distortion or cloudiness at all. It formed a nice half-inch head that dissipated very slowly. As the head disappeared, it left a good, thick lacing on the side of the glass.

The smell was kind of week. There was a nice floral scent of hops with a touch of malts to it. There was a citrus undertone like that of lemon that helped enhance the hops and malts. The flavor was that of malted grains with just a touch of hop bitterness. The flavor wasnÂ’t very strong. IÂ’m even going to say it was a little on the week side.

This is a light bodied beer. There is a nice level of carbonation that makes it easy to drink. ItÂ’s very crisp and refreshing.

This is not a bad beer; IÂ’ve had it before and was never overly impressed with it. Since it is an import, IÂ’m not sure itÂ’s actually worth the price for the quality. IÂ’m going to give Harp 5 out of ten.

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I saw this over at LeslieÂ’s Omnibus.

You Are 96% Grown Up, 4% Kid

Your emotional maturity is fully developed, and you have an excellent grasp on your emotions. In fact, you are so emotionally mature - you should consider being a therapist!

How Emotionally Mature Are You?

Yea, me a therapist. I might be emotionally mature, but I also have almost no empathy. I get over things quickly, but I don’t care if I hurt someone else’s feelings. I also tend to be brutally honest. So basically me as a therapist would be: “Get over it, grow up and get a pair you whiney arsed wussy. I’m about to give you a swift kick in the arse to jump start your attitude adjustment.”

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It took me 15 tries just to start the next sentence I’m so angry. The Illinois House has approved a bill that will give driving “Certificates” to Illegal immigrants. Seriously, they did, in a 60-56 vote.

”The state would offer driving “certificates” to people who lack the valid Social Security number needed to obtain a regular license. The certificates would allow them to drive and buy auto insurance, but couldn’t be used as identification”

Seriously folks, it’s bad enough that my governor wants to jack up my taxes and drive businesses out of the state so he can bring in a health plan that will cover ANYONE who is in the state. Now the house wants to give a valid driving “certificate” to any Tom, Dick and Juan that wants one? Sure there are some requirements to get one:

”To get the certificates, people would have to provide a photo ID, such as a passport from their native country, and submit fingerprints. They also would have to prove they’ve obtained insurance within a month or the certificate would be canceled.”

I donÂ’t know if the illegals bring a passport or not with them, but IÂ’m willing to bet they are going to start. About the only upside to this that I can see is that if they apply for one, at least now we might be able to track them and finally deport their illegal arses if our government ever decides to rectify their rectal-cranial inversion. On the downside weÂ’re just caving in more and more to the illegal culture.

On my way home they where discussing this on the radio, and much to KtrevaÂ’s shame and embarrassment I actually called in on it. Some of the supporters are toeing the line that the Illegals are driving anyway and tend to flee the scene of accidents because they donÂ’t have a valid license or insurance. They are saying that with this at least if a citizen is hit by an illegal the citizenÂ’s vehicle and medical bills will be paid. IÂ’m saying that if we deported the illegals, they wouldnÂ’t be driving on our roads anyway. And itÂ’s not going to cause more lines at the already overcrowded Department of Motor Vehicles.

On the radio and in the above linked article there is talk about a similar program created by Tennessee in 2004 that failed in less then two years because people were coming from other states to get a certificate through fraud. Mix our licensing issue AND the fact we want to give free* healthcare to anyone in the state, citizen or not, I can see our illegal population skyrocketing.

At least there is still hope. Maybe the state Senate will vote this down. I guess I know what IÂ’m going to be talking to Senator Dave Syverson about in a couple of weeks.

*By free I mean being paid for in the exuberant taxes that are going to have to be paid by legal citizens of the state.

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ItÂ’s been a long, long time since IÂ’ve posted anything really about the boys, with pictures. You may recall that last weekend was CloneÂ’s fourth birthday. We had a lot of fun and he scored himself some pretty cool toys. Which is both good and bad.

Ktreva and I found these foam swords that were made so that kids can actually hit each other with them and not get hurt. Hell, Clone and Boopie whack away at each other with hard plastic lightsabers. I was tired of listening to them scream and felt these would be perfect. Soft foam swords, shields and daggers for the boys to play with. We ended up buying two complete sets for Clone, that way the person heÂ’s going after can actually defend themselves.

BTW, soft foam swords still hurt when they hit Mr. Happy and the Good Time Boys.

Clone also scored two bubble guns. One is completely automatic that works like a squirt gun, you load it with bubble and it will continue to shoot until you need to add more bubble juice (?) to the tank. My parents gave him that one. Ktreva and I, based on a recommendation from another parent, bought him a battery powered one that you have to dip into a tray. That one puts forth a cloud of bubbles that will completely cover an entire room.

Yea, bubbles of doom!

He got some other toys, such as a Playmobile and a Fischer Price castle, a basketball hoop, and a new game for his V-Smile. But itÂ’s mainly the swords and bubble gun from hell that he plays with the most.

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1 OHG! How flippin' cute *IS* that child?!?!

And that picture with the sword? T.R.O.U.B.L.E.

So when can I come over and play with the new toys? ;-)

Posted by: Tammi at March 27, 2007 08:16 PM (wbVY2)

2 Crap. That last line didn't come out right. Crap.

Well, you know what I mean.......

Crap. of all places to make THAT mistake!

Posted by: Tammi at March 27, 2007 08:17 PM (wbVY2)

3 Aww! He is sooo cute. Happy late birthday to him. Sounds like he had a blast!

Posted by: oddybobo at March 27, 2007 09:50 PM (NyFiM)

4 I have bubbles for my boys, but they must play with it outside at all times. I discovered that bubbles and wood floors do NOT mix. ;-) I love the sword and shield... where did you get it???

Posted by: vw bug at March 28, 2007 05:24 AM (Y483N)

5 Geeze dude, like you didn't have enough swords for him to play with? ;-)

Seriously, those swords & shields rock! My two youngest play with theirs constantly. Did you get them at Toys R Us?

Posted by: Wes at March 28, 2007 08:53 PM (jsV0Y)

6 He is "adorable"!!!
Hey, you could find that cutie pie a job making bubbles for weddings

Posted by: h~ at March 29, 2007 02:43 PM (V0mR8)

7 Oh cuuuuute! That looks like so much fun! :-)

Posted by: Richmond at March 29, 2007 05:52 PM (e8QFP)

8 Like Wes, I'd also like to obtain a foam sword for recreational purposes. Where would I go to get one?

Posted by: Harvey at March 30, 2007 01:03 PM (L7a63)

9 Toys R Us, Harvey. :^)

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Well it looks like IÂ’m going to be getting yet another set of new neighbors. As many of you may remember, I actually try to keep my neighbors at a certain fear level of me. ItÂ’s healthyÂ… for me. IÂ’ve been known to do things that actually scare them. Some of my antics IÂ’ve posted, others I have not.

Like an incident when I was checking to make sure the .45 wasnÂ’t loaded while standing in the driveway. I pull back the slide and let it go just as the neighbor lady walks out the front door, at which point she abruptly turns around and goes back insideÂ… quickly. Apparently having a guy with a firearm in front of her house made her nervous. Well thereÂ’s been many of other things IÂ’ve done, but IÂ’ve never actually done anything to hurt my neighbors.

Now today I come home from work and see the house next door is up for sale. Apparently my newest neighbors donÂ’t want to live next to me any more. I tried talking with them, but of course they just pretended not to see me and ran into the house. Maybe I shouldnÂ’t have been wearing the sleeveless T-shirt with skulls on it.

So there you have it, another set of neighbors IÂ’m going to have to break in.

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IÂ’m a bit on the melancholy side this evening, and not even the thought of Grau cat-fisting brings a smile to my face. No, I did NOT type that wrong.

Have you ever had a dream that while not impossible, it would be really difficult for it to come true? But if it were to happen you would be a fool to pass it up. Like say, since you where 12 you set your heart on one day owning an original 1954 Oldsmobile F-88, one of the rarest cars on the planet. You talked about it, and dreamt about one day actually owning this vehicle. All your friends and family know this what you have been dreaming about.

Then it happens. The planets align just right and through a series of unlikely events not only does the opportunity to buy this car come up, but also you can actually afford itÂ… barely. This is the chance that will probably never happen again. Your family knows about it and wants it to happen for you. As you contemplate the purchase of this vehicle you look at what itÂ’s actually going to cost you. Not just the immediate cost of the vehicle, but the maintenance, the storage and the non-financial costs. Purchasing this vehicle you discover will stress your relationship with your family and friends.

These burdens, both financial and emotional, will last at least for five years. After doing the math, youÂ’re pretty sure you can handle the financial burdenÂ… barely and if no new or unexpected costs come about, but youÂ’re not sure about the emotional. You spend weeks or even months contemplating is it worth it. Will you finally be able to fulfill your dream? If you do fulfill your dream will you end up possibly bringing yourself to ruin? Passing on it, however, will disappoint a close family member greatly as they share a similar dream. ItÂ’s a weighty decision that one does not make lightly.

I was put into this situation a couple of weeks ago. Something I wanted, but thought I would never be able to get landed at my feet. I know that the chances of this happening again are pretty much nil. And after weighing the benefits and the consequences, I came to a decision.

Sometimes, dreams just arenÂ’t meant to come true.

And now I feel like a part of me has died. There is an emptiness in me that IÂ’m not sure will ever be filled again. Sorry for being so morose, but itÂ’s what is on my mind.

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WHAT A NIGHT! Normally before the Raptor games I go to Carlyle Brewing company to do some tailgating since you arenÂ’t allowed to tailgate in the city limits. Yesterday since we decided to go to the Raptors sponsored tailgate party. They had a VIP section for season ticket holders. Since they were going to do something nice for us, I figured I should go check it out. Well we did and to be honest I wasnÂ’t all that impressed.

When we arrived at the park we had to go through the security shake down. Fine, I can understand that, but they really should get a security guy that is familiar with what Illinois licenses look like and their renewal processes. He was completely thrown off by Ktreva’s and my license. To quote him, “I’ve never seen a renewal sticker for a license before.” Which is sad, because I got my renewal sticker 4 years ago.

You couldnÂ’t just buy beer or food; you had to buy tickets in order to get beer or food. Depending on what you where getting depended on how many tickets you needed. Well, I donÂ’t know how much IÂ’m going to need in advance, and there is only one place to get tickets, which wasnÂ’t by the beer or food tent. Thus many trips back and forth to get tickets.

They stated the tailgating was going to start at 4:00 with food and drink. Well they had Bud, Bud light and Bud Select (Bleh to all three). The food wasnÂ’t ready until almost 5:30. The VIP section was supposed to have it so we didnÂ’t need to wait in line with everyone else to get food and drink. The drink wasnÂ’t a problem, food however caused quite a bit of commotion.

They had a live band for everyone to enjoy, the band was name Ten Times Better. Well to steel a line from Ktreva, “Just about any other band would have been ten times better”. It may have been the sound system they where using or the mixing board, but they didn’t sound good at all. All in all I pretty much decided I’m not going to back to their tailgating party again unless there is a band I really want to here. IE I know someone playing in the band.

The game itself rocked. Unfortunately we lost. But I did get another game ball. My favorite player, Jeremiah Thompson scored a pair of touchdowns. After his second touchdown he came over and threw me the ball he scored with. Then after the game I stuck around to get him to autograph it.

And thatÂ’s how I got kicked out of the MetroCentre. They set up these tables for all the players and the Dynomites (Cheerleaders) to sit at. They had a line for people to walk down the row of tables so each person can autograph something. Well I didnÂ’t want everyoneÂ’s autograph, just ThompsonÂ’s and he was in the second to last spot. After waiting for 30 minutes just to get onto the field, and the line was moving slowly, I asked a guy if I could just run over and get ThompsonÂ’s. He told me he couldnÂ’t let me do that and then he said we probably wonÂ’t get anything signed anyway because they have to close in 20 minutes and the line wasnÂ’t moving fast at all.

When he walked away I turned to Ktreva and Boopie. I told them to stay in line, I was going to go get Thompson’s autograph when a break in the line got to him. Quickly I ran over handed him the ball and said, “Thompson, sign this before they kick me out.” As soon as he started signing it, two security guys came running over, “Sir, we can’t have you cut in the line like this we’re going to have to ask…” Me, “No problem, I just wanted his autograph on the ball he scored a TD with. I’m out of here.” Thompson gave me the ball back and I was escorted off the field. Ktreva and Boopie left the line and we headed home.

I did have a great time and IÂ’m looking forward to the next game in a couple of weeks. This morning I have no voice. So for those of you expecting a phone call from me today, itÂ’s not going to happen.

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Hey cell phone users out there. IÂ’m not sure if this is a hoax or real, but damn

Yea, thatÂ’s interesting. Honestly I'm thinking its a hoax. I can't see how they would be able to do something like this. I know technology has improved, but there would have to be some kind of power to the receiver for it to get a signal to "turn on". Then again even when I have my phone turned off the clock still keeps track of time so I guess it could be on some kind of passive power supply. Still, I just don't see how this would work.

Hat Tip to IHMC(NSFW) for the story.

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Sand castles, when I was a kid I would spend hours making sandcastles. Mostly I made them on the beach at the campground that my parents and grandparents went to all the time. I made everything from little forts that I would destroy with my GI Joes to an entire sand community that was about to get squashed under my feet while I pretended to be Godzilla.

I was never very good at making sand castles. They didnÂ’t look all that great, nor where they generally all that creative. Mostly it was just piles of sand that had been shaped into buildings, forts or actual castles. The best I ever did was one that actually kind of looked like Fort Sumner from the Civil War. Yea, it was destroyed.

It has been at least 20 years since the last time I even attempted to make a castle. But If I did make one today, IÂ’d probably still want to destroy it. So when I saw these videoÂ’s I was enthralled by it. Sand Castles explodingÂ… in reverse. ItÂ’s kind of neat to see them reform.

This makes me want to go to a beach with some black powder.

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Okay, this is about a week late, but itÂ’s still funny. Ever wonder what if the Beatles were Irish, what would their music sound like?

Sure the guy seems to be a conservative bashing liberal, but this clip is still funny.

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Tomorrow is a big day. IÂ’ve been counting the days for a while now in anticipation. Now I could tell you that tomorrow is important because itÂ’s CloneÂ’s birthday, and I guess that wouldnÂ’t be wrong. But thatÂ’s not why IÂ’m so excited. Tomorrow is the first day of football season!

Wait, did I say football season? Yes I did. The Rock River Raptors have their first game tomorrow night. I bought my season tickets again this year, the same incredible seats I had last year. Now I know some people say that Arena football is not real football. They would be wrong. Sure the field is shorter and there are fewer players on the field, but they hit just as hard, if not harder. Remember they are playing on lightly padded concrete and constantly are run into walls and flipped into the stands. These guys get hit so hard that you can feel it in the stands. A lot of these players played college ball or are trying to get into the NFL. They work hard and trust me; they are worthy of the respect that should go toward any athlete.

IÂ’ve completely thrown myself onto the Raptor bandwagon. Well, it is only their second season in Rockford and IÂ’ve had season tickets, best seats in the house if you ask me, for both seasons. IÂ’ve bought jerseys, shirts, hats, etc. IÂ’ve even bought Ktreva and the boys various Raptor gear. IÂ’m even getting a custom made Jersey this year. They changed their jersey style and I wanted to get one of my favorite playerÂ’s jerseysÂ… so I did. IÂ’ve completely thrown myself into the Raptor camp.

So tomorrow night at this time, IÂ’ll be in the stands getting ready for kick off. What are you going to be doing? If youÂ’re in the area, IÂ’d suggest heading to the MetroCentre and watching the game. ItÂ’s well worth the price of admission.

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I heard about this video clip on the radio yesterday morning on the way to work. Then again today on a different show they mentioned it, I hadnÂ’t seen any of the blogs I normally read post this. IÂ’m not saying they didnÂ’t, I may have just missed it.

I guess the mudslinging and image bashing start early this election season. What really gets my goat, besides the fact that Obama is from Illinois, is that Obama didn’t feel he had the merits to go toe-to-toe with Hillary. They had to result to crap like this already. Sure some of you might think that mudslinging and this type of crap doesn’t have any insight into the candidate that is opposing the “victim”. I disagree.

When I see crap like this, it just tells me that ObamaÂ’s people feel that Hillary is better for the job, so they need to make her look worse in the publics eye. That way Obama will look better. And that folks is just me simplifying it down to basics, itÂ’s really not that plain. If Obama really were the better candidate, he would be able to sell himself on his platforms, accomplishments and accolades alone. He wouldnÂ’t need his campaign people or supporters starting a smear campaign. Since there is nothing that actually links this commercial to Obama's campaign staff, I can't give him too much crap. But we can tell it was done by someone that supports him over Hillary.

DonÂ’t get me wrong; I know a lot of candidates do this. That doesnÂ’t make it right. I donÂ’t care if they are liberal, conservative or independent. It just tells me that the candidates that are being put forth are lacking in character. Those types of candidates are not the ones I want in office.

Fortunately in the Democratic primaries I donÂ’t have to worry too much about who IÂ’m going to vote for, I donÂ’t get to. IÂ’m not a registered Democrat; then again IÂ’m not a registered Republican either. I just love my independence.

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I love my kids. TheyÂ’re greatÂ… really. But sometimes I just want to duct tape them to a ceiling fan. Take for instance yesterday morning. WeÂ’ve been working with Clone on potty training; heÂ’s turning four on Saturday and is in pre-school. HeÂ’s been doing pretty well. He will use the bathroom to drop a deuce with out a problem. ItÂ’s when he has to drain the main vein that we run into issues.

He just does not like to use the potty. From what I can tell, itÂ’s just out of laziness. He doesnÂ’t want to quit doing what ever it is he is doing. Thus he ends up with a pair of jeans soaked in urine. ThatÂ’s pretty annoying and itÂ’s not all the time. ItÂ’s the days he does it 2-3 times in a day that it gets really annoying.

Because of his wetting issues, we’ve taken to “reminding” him to go to the bathroom. This usually consists of me saying, “Clone, go upstairs and go to the bathroom, NOW!” Clone is Mr. Independent. He does not like to be told to do anything or have anything done for him. He wants to do it all himself on his own schedule. So when we remind him to go take a piss, he gets upset. There will be crying, pouting and occasionally screaming over having to go to the bathroom.

Yesterday morning I get Clone up and am getting him ready to go. Of course itÂ’s time to do the morning emptying of oneÂ’s bladder. Clone is in the bathroom crying that he doesnÂ’t have to go while heÂ’s pulling his pajamas out of the way.

Me: DonÂ’t forget to pick up the toilet lid

Clone: I donÂ’t have to go potty (pulling off pajama bottoms)

Me: Put up the toilet lid.

Clone: I donÂ’t have to go potty (Pulling off night time pull-up)

Me: You better put that lid up.

Clone: I donÂ’t have to go potty. (Pulling up shirt)

Me: You better notÂ…

Clone: I donÂ’t have to go potty. (As he pees all over the lid to the toilet.)

Me: God DAMMIT! (Cleaning up piss)

Yea, he lived, but only through the graces of all that is good in the world.

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IÂ’ve been whining about a head cold for three days. Which if that isnÂ’t bad enough, I ended up leaving work early today because of it. The incessant dripping of mucus down my throat was annoying enough, starting to lose my voice was even worse. When the front of my face felt like it was trying to bulge out like balloon almost made up my mind.

The icing on the cake was when I made a huge no-no. I took some Nyquil at work. Which, normally isnÂ’t bad. I just get a little groggy but I feel a hell of a lot better. Well not today. My brain when into a vapor lock and I ended up making a huge mistake. How huge, uh well I ended up violating some Federal laws. It wasnÂ’t intentional. But in my Nyquil addled mind and rush to get work done before a meeting I completely missed a simple step in one of our procedures.

This allowed someoneÂ’s personal information to be released to the wrong people. Quickly I jumped on the phones and started calling all over the place to do damage control. I think everything has been taken care of, and the information was stopped before it was actually sent out. We wonÂ’t find out until tomorrow if they where able to stop it in time.

So now I feel like a big wussy. Because I couldnÂ’t handle the discomfort of a head cold I ended up making a big mistake.

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IÂ’m sorry but tonightÂ’s beer review is being postponed. Not because I donÂ’t have any beer, quite to the contrary I definitely I have a beer to review. ItÂ’s the fact that I have a tremendous head cold. Mixing Nyquil and beer doesnÂ’t bother me, hell my home remedy for a head cold is 1 part Jack Daniels, one part Nyquil and a Tavist-D. ItÂ’s a time tested concoction that makes the pressure in your head disappear.

So why am I not doing a beer review? Simply it is because of snot. ThatÂ’s right snot. The review would be:

Aroma: This beer has the strong heady scent of snot with a mix of hops, barley malts and boogers.

Taste: The absolutely wonderful scent is only enhanced by the flavor of snot with a nice roasted malt background. Unfortunately the taste of snot over runs everything else.

Mouth feel: TonightÂ’s beer is a medium bodied lager that drinks easily. It leaves an interesting coating in the mouth and throat that is very mucus like. This helps the snot aftertaste linger.

Sadly enough, I actually drank one of the beers in order to try to review it. The above is pretty much what I got out of it. Since IÂ’m pretty sure that the beer does NOT have a snot like taste of scent, IÂ’m going to wait until this head cold clears up before doing this weeks review.

Now if youÂ’ll excuse me IÂ’m going to go get a Snot-Coke to help wash the Snot-beer taste out of my mouth.

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