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I guess I am not the only one excited about the Back Street Boys.

Here is a nice little clip from last night’s show. I’m not sure who did the filming but they literally must have been within 5 feet (probably a little to the right) of Chadinator and I last night because this was pretty much our vantage point for the concert.

This was my first time seeing them live and overall it was good. Many songs from Kid A, Amnesiac, & Hail to the Thief really come to life live. It was great seeing them recreate all the sounds right there on stage. Not much was played from the bends/ok computer era which is my favorite so obviously that was a bit disappointing, but I can appreciate them not wanting to play the same songs over and over again. The only problem is much of there latter music is a little slower paced. Which I like in the right mood but not my typical concert experience. I know Chadinator and I would cringe every time they rolled the piano out.

From the new album Bodysnatchers and Reckoner translate very well live. Also Bangers n Mash was quite rocking!

Of course they did play Paranoid Android as part of the last encore and as far as I’m concerned any let down in the setlist was otherwise made up by the inclusion of this one song.

Check one more big band off the dwindling list of bands I need to see before I die.

Hamilton “Hammy” Beach

coffee maker 2003-2008

Friends today is a sad day in the Crosby household; my wife and I say goodbye to Hamilton “Hammy” Beach our devoted coffee maker of 5 years. He was a good, faithful, dependable coffee maker; but alas his time has come. We laid him to rest last night.

I remember the time he “Hammy” brewed 4 pots of coffee consecutively when I was on a vengeful tear through Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, he gave me the caffeine/meth-like reflexes to beat the game. I also remember him helping me though long nights of job hunting.

He brewed with such fervor, never losing taste, never losing heat.

“Hammy” you were the best part of waking up…

You, my friend, will go down in the annals of brewing lore. I want you to know that your gold plated permanent filter will live on when we get a new (mind you, not a REPLACEMENT) coffee maker.

In the mean time your cousin French “Frenchie” Press has come to help out, she’s nice. She’s a little slow, but she makes a good cup, she takes after your side of the family…

Brew on my friend, brew on….

In honor of Bob Barker, I’d like to remind you to get your animals spayed and neutered to help control the wild pet population.

But, if you happen to be looking for a new pet, adoption is a great way to go. I stumbled across this video of a very loving cat, Pinky, that would be the perfect addition to any family.  Here’s Pinky’s audition for the local TV show as the Adopt a pet’s Pet of the Week:

Pinky - the loving cat!

Here’s my latest “Chronicles of Chad” piece for the Tribune.

http://www.theclaytontribune.com/articles/2008/05/08/opinion/opinion03.txt

First-look pics of Josh Brolin as George W. Bush in Oliver Stone’s controversial up-coming movie W. (or dub-ya).  For those of you who don’t recognize him, Josh Brolin is the actor who starred in No Country For Old Men.  (he also started out his career as Brand in the movie Goonies)

Filming begins in less than two weeks according to EW.com.  The movie follows Bush’s rise to power.  This should be a pretty interesting one…

“The most alarming cautionary tale for men since Fatal Attraction.”

It’s official.  SoItGoes will likely break down into a heaping pile of teary-eyed mess once he finds out.  Sorry dude.  Today is a very sad day.

Scarlett Johansson is getting married to Ryan Reynolds.  With roles in movies like Van Wilder, Waiting and Blade Trinity, Reynolds is actually a pretty cool actor in my book.   However, he is still taking one of our favorite curvaceous vixens off the market.

If history is any indication of the past, Reynolds was already engaged to Alanis Morissette…and that didn’t work out.  We can only hope the same happens here.

Scarlett Johansson, a Eulogy in pictures.  Enjoy…

Today I am sure many of you will enjoy your favorite Mexican food at your local Mexican restaurant, perhaps enjoying a nice chilled Mexican beer, perhaps a Margarita, or maybe even a shot of Tequila to get your work week going. El Cinco de Mayo though is a holiday that I don’t think many truly understand.

So if you can’t wow your waiter tonight with some rudimentary Spanish perhaps you can show them that you at least understand why you are enjoying your 1.50 Pacifico.

Sometimes El Cinco de Mayo is thought of as Mexico’s Independence day. Please don’t assume this it is vastly inaccurate. Mexico declared independence on September 16 in 1810. Some 50 years later on May 5th in 1862 is when the events that make El Cinco de Mayo historic take place. Mexico struggled in its early years and had recently been defeated by the United States in the war of 1846-48. A struggling economy led President Jurez to declare that Mexico would not pay any foreign debts for two years in an attempt to get themselves as a country together. The French, English, and Spanish all took exception to this and sent troops to Mexico to collect their debts. The English and Spanish were able to settle there debts relatively quickly and easily, but the French decided they wanted more. The Napoleon army was known as the best in the world at this time and they were on quite a high horse.

On May 5th in 1862 the battle of Puebla took place in which a group of Mexicans fought and defeated the Napoleon army which was was equipped and trained as the best in the world. It was an incredible showing of patriotism and courage by the Mexicans lead by General Zaragosa. They won the battle but the French troops returned later and this time with even more troops and were able to take over Mexico and implant Emperor Maximilian of Hapsburg of France as the new ruler over Mexico. He ruled until 1867 when former President Jurez’s troops surged and took back control of Mexico again.

So El Cinco de Mayo is not really a landmark day that declared independence or even one that won a war, but it is celebrated because it stands for the courage that man can show when faced with losing his/her freedom. The Mexicans had no business even being able to win the battle that they won being outnumbered, undertrained, and having less sophisticated weapons, but they found a way to do so anyway.

I’m sure i missed some facts here and there but i think that gives everyone the gist of the Holiday. Which by the way is much more popular here in the US then it is Mexico.

So enjoy your cervaza today and do so knowing what you are celebrating!

NBA OR NFL?

36 have been accused of spousal abuse;

7 have been arrested for fraud;

19 have been accused of writing bad checks;

117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses;

3 have done time for assault;

71 repeat 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit;

14 have been arrested on drug-related charges;

8 have been arrested for shoplifting;

21 currently are defendants in lawsuits, and

84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year.

Can you guess which organization this is? NBA or NFL?

Give up yet??????
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Neither!

It’s the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group of idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.