Another Monday

Congratulations Claire and Jeff on an awesome and beautiful wedding this past weekend! The weather was absolutely perfect for the occasion. It was good to see some old friends from High School that I haven't seen in a while, as well as see one of my good friends from the past 15 years get hitched! I even had the honor of playing cowbell along with the live band for a song! Talk about a lifetime achievement award! Adding cowbell to any song will never be enough.... MORE COWBELL!!! Another wedding down, still a ton to go. The next one is next weekend in Los Angeles! That will be a blast!

We started Saturday morning by hitting the Renaissance Festival in the Cities. For anyone that hasn't gone, you're missing out on a good time. The weather is usually the tricky part as last year it was cold and wet. Saturday was perfect and Hazel and I enjoyed the brief time we were there. I was even the "apprentice" for a magic show in which he tore a guy's dollar bill up and reassembled it inside of an orange... missing a corner. I never can figure out how some of that stuff works. Guess that's why it is called magic.

The Twins did some magic of their own yesterday to win the AL Central and now are able to avoid the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs. They still have their work cut out for them but after playing a good game against Chicago yesterday, paired with a Detroit collapse at home against one of the worst teams in the league.... the Twins have one of the best records since the All-Star Break and should be playing well enough to beat anyone!

Iowa State pulled one out of you-know-where on Saturday to beat UNI by one measly point. Sure, they're undefeated at home this season... but these close games are getting to be too "regular". It was a come from behind victory too which is unusual for us this year considering our fallout in the 2nd half the past few weeks! Plus Iowa got smoked which always makes me happy! Nebraska is the victim this weekend so that means this is the big week where everyone wears their Gold colors with pride! GO CYCLONES!!!

The NASCAR race was pretty dumb... the first 2 finishers coasted across the finish line without any gas in the tank. Kind of like me leaving the house last spring and running out of gas on the 37th street bridge around 12:30pm. My "teammate" Drew bailed me out.

Song of the Day - Bare Naked Ladies (BNL) are on iTunes this morning. I think they have a new album out again but I haven't had time to check up on them lately.

Video of the Day - Lappy has been Lappy-napped. But StrongBad finds it... among other "old school" things.

Webpage of the Day - For all of you ladies out there, tear down your Mmmmm Bop posters! All three (yes, I said ALL) of the Hanson brothers are now married. No, not the kickass Hanson brothers from Slap Shot, but the little annoying singing trio that we all despise from the late 90s. Oldest one just got hitched last weekend.