Don't Mess Up a Good Thing

I was checking out The Reflector and ran across a story titled Sororities suffer stereotypes.  Go ahead and take a minute to read it.

Hey Dummy, what are you trying to accomplish by criticizing one of the most sacred jewels of the college experience?

My advice for the sororities: Modernize with deliberate speed. Gone are the times of Victorian angels of the house. Our country is in desperate need of more Hillary Clintons and fewer Paris Hiltons.

Really?  

The next time you are riding with that escort on your way to the date party, lean over and whisper into his ear, "So, what's your opinion on Barack Obama's foreign relations policy?"

Which would immediately have your date planning his escape route for the evening.

My advice is take advantage of the situation you are in.  Enjoy the beautiful scenery and friendliness of your female classmates at MSU.  You just don't like the Southern Belles?  You can easily move to many other parts of the US where the girls don't act like that...just don't go messing up the good thing they have at Mississippi State.

Starkville Trip Wrap Up

Some random thoughts and comments from our trip to Starkville last weekend:

• The alumni events would be a lot cooler if they served alcohol (at least at the banquet portion...maybe not so much at the Saturday 8 AM events).
• You should check out the new Templeton Athletic Academic Center on your next trip.  It's really nice.
• Everyone seems really excited about our new coach.  He was entertaining when he addressed the alumni association as well.  One of the questions Mullen fielded from the audience was along the lines of, "...anyway you could get Tebow to come with you to MSU..."
• The Rock Bottom bar needs to do something about the lack of running water in the bathroom.
• What is the red stuff splattered on the walls in the bathroom at Up Your Alley?  Looks like a crime scene in there.
• As John already mentioned, why would you stand around on the street (at both of the bars mentioned in the last two bullets) when The Grill is sitting empty 1 block away?  Kids these days.
• The Mossy Oak store in West Point is not as cool as I remember it. 
• Speaking of kids these days; some students ended up drinking at our table and we quickly figured out we were all from the Coast.  So they started running through the name game to see if we knew any of the same people and it went something like this:
  Girl: Do you know Person X?
  Us: No
  Girl: Do you know Person Y?
  Us: No
  Girl: Do you know Person Z?
  Us: Look, we're a little bit older than yall.
  Girl: When did you graduate high school?  Like 2000 or 2001?
  Us: Try 92, 96 and 96 (Curtis was with us)
  Girl: Oh
• You know how much John loves people.  I'm amazed he's so dang friendly after he gets drunk.  John ended up going to eat dinner with two of the kids from the last bullet point minutes after that conversation.  When he got back I asked if he even knew their names...he did not.
• Some things never get old.  One of the kids from the Coast left her camera on the table and left the bar.  Curtis went ahead and took a couple pics of his rat brain so she'd have something to ponder the next day.  We did eventually find the girl and return her camera...she was ecstatic that we returned it.  Too bad she didn't know it was tainted.
• You should get involved with your local MSU alumni if you're not already.  Sometimes it's hard for John and I to drink by ourselves at the game watches and I'm sure you've got officers near you that feel the same way.  And if you don't have a chapter...start one...you'll be the president.

Liquor Alert

If you're looking for something to alternate with your Sweet Tea Vodka. Three Olives has Root Beer vodka. I've been mixing it with Diet Sprite, and it's not too shabby.

The Grill

This is James at the Grill a little after 10 PM last Friday. Note the crowd.



They booted us out a couple minutes later. Turns out the kids would rather stand around some bars on University these days. I couldn't believe they took their nachos off the menu years ago, and they didn't have Coors Light on tap this time (also an inadequate supply of Bud Light Limes).

The cheese sticks are still good though.

Baconized backtoms

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Super Bowl....Blah

Super Bowl Sunday just isn't the same today since I'm sitting at home instead of there at the game.  First, golf was ruined for me when some of you a-holes bought clubs for me, and last year Nunnrey took us to the Super Bowl and that will never be the same either.

That was a good time though and here are a few pics from last year.

Note: This is actually Nunnrey (above) and not Jeremy Shockey just in case you can't tell. And both pictures below are from after the game.

Hotty Toddy Revisited

You may remember a post from November about an Ole Miss guy flagging me down on the highway in my original post called Hotty Toddy.  Today John wanted to swing by Lowe's after hitting the gym this morning.  On our way out of the store, one of the employee's asked how much I'd sell my t-shirt for?  My t-shirt was a Superbowl shirt from last year.  I asked why he would want a year old Superbowl shirt and about that time he also noticed that I had an MSU cap on and said that he went to Ole Miss.  That explained his desire for my t-shirt since he has a man crush on Eli.

Anyway, we were standing out in front of the store and he pointed at his vehicle which was the same Toyota that pulled up next to me in my original posting.  Just can't get away from this guy.  Ole Miss beat up on MSU yesterday and now this dude is hassling us at Lowe's.