Justin, Jake and Kim. Tim had called me back and mentioned that there was also another ticket available for the Badger game. I quickly started twisting Justin's wrist to get him to come along. I will be honest, it didn't take a lot of twisting to get Justin to go.
After the Brewer game, in which they lost, we got a group photo. I still say that they should have caught that double by Adam Dunn in the 8th. A poor effort on that play in my opinion.
Tim told me to bring my beer bong along for the tailgate party. Here I am showing the kids how it is done.
I forget this girls name. But she a bit of a rock star. She was partying pretty hard before the game and was visibly intoxicated. She saw me with the beer bong and slurred out the words that she wanted to do one. To which her boyfriend objected her doing one. She was upset with his disapproval of her drinking more and retorted back with "Listen, Faggot!!! I will drink as much as I want!!!" Easily the funniest thing I heard prior to the game.
Even Tim go into the drinking a beer bong. My buddy, Joe, showed up by us for a beer or two. We had got to talking and he reminded me of one of my less bright moments at a Badger game. We were at a bar near Camp Randall after the game, and I think this was the night that we went to see Matthew Sweet play at a bar close to downtown. Joe and I didn't want to walk downtown and couldn't find a cab. I decided it would just be a good idea to run out into traffic and jump on car hoods until one finally stopped and gave us a ride. Oddly enough it only took two cars before we got a ride. Still not very smart.
At half time Justin and I called Kim and Jake who were sitting in the student section. Kim told me that they had a couple of open seats next to them and they ended up sneaking us into the student section. This was the first Badger Game that I have actually been inside the stadium for in at least 3 or 4 years. And getting into the student section is always more fun than any other section. Since this was Justin's first ever Badger Game, I was happy to help get him into the student section as well. It helped to round out the total Badger Game experience.
Here is Justin in the student section.
Jake (a.k.a. Tom Brady, because I think Jake looks like Tom Brady), and Kim in the student section.
After the game we went back to the bus where they were grilling out. I happened to notice this girl in the middle of our tailgate party. She was apparently the niece of someone who was on the bus. I saw her past out and had to go and take a picture of her. She looks like she had just fallen off a building. But being the good person that I am, I was the one who got her up off of the ground and into a chair between two buses to pass out.
Earlier this summer I was up in Eagle River with the Sherman's and I took this picture. You can see Jake (Tom Brady) in the back ground. I like to call this the Tom Brady for President Pose.
So with this girl passed out, I made everyone do the Tom Brady for President Pose with her. 
Here is Justin. Look at how happy Justin is.
Shockingly this is not the first time I have taken advantage of someone in a alcohol induced coma.
Even Kim got in on the act.
Even though we were taking pictures of this girl, please remember, I was the one who got her up off of the ground and then helped carry her to a waiting car. Not flexing.
Look you can tell she is even smiling. 
And then there is Tim taking a nap on the bus on the ride home. I am sure we won't see this on the Christmas DVD.
For a weekend that held very little promise of being exciting it was a lot of fun. I got to see both the Brewers and the Badgers for free. Admittedly I was rather spent when we got back from the Badger Game and I headed straight to Appleton. I spent all of Sunday on the couch watching football. I have a lot of thank yous to people for making my weekend as much fun as it was. Tim, for getting me a ticket to the Badgers. Nate, for tickets to the Brewers. Michel, for letting Nate watch the game with me. Preston, for again letting me crash at his place. The Shermans, for letting me tailgate with them. Joe, for showing up at tailgate party. Kim and Jake for getting me in the student section. Justin, for going to the Badger game. I think that is all, but if I missed someone I am sure they will leave a message.
out, they asked if I had a ride. I said "Sure, my mom is waiting for me down in the parking lot." I got in the car and drove to the drug store and picked up my drugs and then went home. I recall on the drive home, thinking "Should I really be driving?" then thinking "Who the hell cares? I feel great!" I got home and went to bed. That night I actually played in a league basketball game. Sure I was in a little bit of pain but you can't let the team down. During the game I was going for a rebound and took an elbow to the jaw. Immediately my mouth filled with blood. I just swallowed it all down. I know, pretty disgusting.
still don't think my teeth are that bad. But I went to the dentist for a cleaning yesterday. Going in, I knew that I had a bit of a hole between two of my molars and I also knew that I had part of a filling fall out. I got my teeth cleaned and had to make two appointments, one to fix the hole and one to fix the filling. As I was leaving and making my next appointments, they mentioned to me that they had a cancellation and I could take the spot if I wanted. I ended up being at the dentist for 2 hours. Not really as much fun as I had expected. Here are three quotes I heard while I was having my dental work done.
We tried to get a couple of kites to fly Friday night, but all we managed to do was get them caught in the trees. Here is Ryan trying to get a kite out of a tree. Nice work by Ryan with a fairly athletic move of riding down the tree.
Here is Doug taking a poke at a barge with a golf ball as it drove past. I don't think it was this barge, but Doug was able to hit another one with one of his drives. We also launched a couple potatoes at the barges, with a potato launcher but never really got very close. Saturday afternoon, to get some exercise I swam across the channel to the other side. Apparently Eric took a couple swings and nearly hit me as I swam across.
When we got to the island, we quickly noticed a hornet's nest in the tree. Friday night, Bob eventually climbed the tree, poured gas on the nest, then lit the nest on fire with a torch. Here is the Hindenburg like picture of the hornet's nest going up in flames.
Here is Bob in the tree setting fire to the hornets nest.
Here is an action photo of the bottle rockets going off. I think I got his at least 3 or 4 times while taking pictures.
Here is Jota Saturday afternoon after jumping in the river. Jota sported the underwear look for a good share of the afternoon.
Saturday in the late afternoon Nate was feeling a little better. He sat down and made a homemade rocket. Here it is before launch.
Saturday night is always tenderloin on the grill. Here is Tim serving up the meat.
Saturday night we had a decent fire, you can see here the campfire and then behind a cardboard tube stuffed with newspaper that we got to lit up like a torch.
Sunday morning we all packed up to head back home. After having his tent all packed up, Eric realized that he left his wallet and car keys inside his tent, so here is Eric unpacking his tent.
were asking their guest what they thought the Packers record would be at the end of the season. This gave me an idea, I want to give my readers a chance to post in a comment what they think the Packers record will be at the end of the season. And I am going to spice it up a little bit. Whomever guesses the correct record at the end of the season will win a meal (not a bowl of soup) at Oakland Gyros on me. What a prize. To be honest, I only see Preston and Borky actually leaving a comment. But that is fine. Let me go through the schedule week by week.
Home against LT, he scores 3 TDs (LOSE)
Friday night I went out to dinner with my uncle Walt, aunt Charlie, aunt Marilyn, mom, uncle Dave, and my dad. We went to Water Street Brewery for a fish fry, my cousin, Kim, was working her last night of serving there before she headed back to Madison for school.
Saturday I went to my cousin, Mike's, football game. He plays for Whitewater and they kicked the crap out of Lakeland College, 41-7. Here is my uncle Dave, with a couple of bloody mary's tailgating before the game.
Here is Mike in action. He is the starting left tackle. You can see him here with a kick out block. I don't know Mike, I think I see a little bit of holding with your right arm.
After the football game, I stopped by my brother, Dan, to watch some more college football. Here is his son, Josh.
Saturday night while I was watching football with Dan, his wife, Jody, came home with tickets for the Brewer game on Sunday. We quickly talked her into staying home with the kids rather than going to the game. This freed up a ticket for me. Here I am tailgating before the game. I took off my shirt because it was hot and Tree likes it. I am shootgunning a beer here with my brother in law, Tim. I easily won.
Nate and Michel were also at the game with a big group. I met them in the parking lot. And here is our group picture.
Here is your mother of the year photo. Michel pushing her son, Elery, while drinking wine. Call Social Services.
It was really hot in the sun. So for the first three innings of the game I sat with Nate and Michel's group. When the shadows finally hit the seats that Dan had I headed down there. They were great seats, 14 rows behind the visitors dugout. Here is Prince Fielder just after hitting a home run. I was a little disappointed in myself, because I have a similar picture of Ryan Braun, but it is about a half a second too soon.
Prince crossing the plate.
After the game I had to go and get a picture with "The Doorman". If you watch the Brewers at all, he is the guy who is always in the picture when they show the batters. He has seats right by the entrance to the visitor's dugout. I talked to him a little bit and told him that he is the Brewer equivalent to Freeway for the Bucks.
After the Brewers game I headed out to Sun Prairie. My old roommate, Joe, had a golf outing in the morning and then a cookout afterwards. Here is Jota.
The Stegall family showed up later and The General's son, Topher was the most popular person there. Here is Melon with Topher.
Joe and Topher.
Roman with his angry face. Is this going to be Roman's Christmas card this year? 
Here is Jota's wife, Shelly, sporting my Elvis glasses.
At the end of the night, the host, Joe, is just to tired to play Nintendo Wii. It was the first time I got to play the addicting game. I found it pretty frustrating, yet fun.
And then to round out my weekend, I had my fantasy football draft Monday afternoon. I can't foresee how I don't only retain my Super Bowl Championship, but also win the regular season. I had a posting a couple months ago about my favorite day of the year. Well I can say that so far this was one of my best weekends of the year. I was constantly on the move and I had a lot going on. A couple of thank yous to a number of people. The Shermans, for inviting me out for fish and to Mike's game, as well as the cookies. Although Kim, the CDs you gave with Eagle River pictures on them were blank. Jody, for not going to the Brewer game with the kids and allowing me to have a ticket. Nate and Michel for letting me sit with your group for a while. Bubs and Joe, for letting me crash at your places. Deb for allowing us to have the draft at your house. And lastly I would like to thank Tree and The General for absolutely nothing, you are both worthless.
