Need Help Emptying Keg

I have a dilema on my hands. I have a few brews left in my keg of Freckeled Rooster Ale (homebrewed clone of Old Speckled Hen), and I need help emptying the keg so I can fill it up with the recently-brewed Belgian Abbey Ale in preperation for Bhaiya Bash 2005. So basically, if you want some brew come over and we can hang out in the hot, sweltering confines of my apartment, coolin off with homebrew. If there are no takers, I will be pretty darn banged up tonight, drinking by myself, probably throwing in Old School or Monsoon Wedding at some point, followed up by IMing or talking to Saci V and/or the Bhat.

Got A.D.D.?

So we're here on Monday of yet another exciting, challenging, and all together fun work week. The daily routine for everyone includes something along the lines of:

• Signing on to AIM and shooting a "yo" to a bunch of people
• Checking your gmail, yahoo, work, and any other email addresses.
• Checking your fantasy team which you don't care about
• Checking your credit card statement online, and realizing you blew way too much cash at "Dragonfly" over the weekend
• Getting back to some AIM conversations
• Taking a dump
• Getting back to your email
• Check to see if anyone "Friendstered" you
  
• Reading CNN or WashingtonPost
• Looking at goofy pictures from Yahoo! News pics

That's the easy part. After taking care of business, you still have about 5 hours to kill (no worries, 2 will go at lunch). Still, there are some excellent timewasters I've discovered over the yeras that have helped me become a more effective, dedicated, and valuable employee. Here are some of SatyanBhaiya's favorite timewasters, in no particular order:

• Craigslist's Rants and Raves
  
• The Sheik's Blog
• Omesh's Blog
• TheSabre.com
• Hangover 2005
• Best of Craigslist
• Wikipedia

Happy Working!

The Plight of the Redskins at QB

I ripped this off of TheSabre.com, but it illustrates why being a redskins fan over the last 15 years has been less than pleasant. I don't know if any franchise in the history of the NFL has had worse QBs for as long a time period.

Redskins Starting QBs since 1985

1985: Theismann broke leg. Schroeder steps in.

1986: Schroeder has a great season (4,109 yards passing).

1987: Schroeder gets hurt; Williams steps in. Then the strike
intervenes; Ed Rubbert starts the first two games for the Scabskins but
gets hurt and Tony Robinson then leads the Scabskins to a 13-7 victory
over the REGULAR Cowboys. The strike ends and Schroeder gets the
job back but Williams comes in against Detroit; they then lose the next
week and Schroeder comes back, but is replaced again by Williams in
the regular-season finale and Williams keeps the job through the Super
Bowl win over the Broncos.

1988: Schroeder traded to the Raiders in the offseason for Jim Lachey
(boy, talk about a one-sided deal). Williams starts the season but gets
hurt and Rypien takes over, although Williams is the starter when
healthy.

1989: Rypien becomes the starter.

1990: Rypien gets hurt in Week 3 win over Dallas and Stan Humphries
takes over; they lose 3 of 5 under him, but then when Rypien returns
they win 5 of their last 7 to finish 10-6. I believe Jeff Rutledge might
have started a game at some point in this season, and I think this is the
year Brian Mitchell played half a game at quarterback. Rutledge threw
for 363 yards in the second half against the Lions.

1991: Rypien leads the team to an 11-0 start and a victory in Super
Bowl XXVI.

1992: Rypien holds out in training camp, team winds up 9-7 but makes
the playoffs.

1993: Rypien's final season. The team goes 4-12. Cary Conklin was
the backup.

1994: Team drafts Heath Shuler and Gus Frerotte. Shuler holds out in
training camp. John Friesz is the initial starter, although Shuler later
comes in and plays like crap.

1995: Frerotte is the starter.

1996: Frerotte is the starter again. Final season at RFK.

1997: Frerotte remains the starter, I believe.

1998: Frerotte starts the season but Trent Green soon takes over. I
believe this was the year when Frerotte injured himself head-butting the
wall at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium. After the season both Frerotte and
Green are released.

1999: Brad Johnson signed as a free agent during the offseason and
leads the team to the NFC East title. In the playoffs they beat Gus
Frerotte's Detroit Lions before losing to Tampa Bay.

2000: Johnson was the starter but got hurt. I believe Jeff George was
the backup.

2001: Johnson left in the offseason and Jeff George was the starter, but
was cut after two weeks because he was HORRIBLE and had a 14.3
quarterback rating for the first two games. Tony Banks became the
starter.

2002: Steve Spurrier arrives and brings in Danny Wuerffel and Shane
Matthews; Patrick Ramsey is drafted. Matthews started the season as
the starter, but all three were on a carousel.

2003: Ramsey was the starter but got hurt. I don't remember who the
backup was.

2004: Gibbs returns as coach and signs Mark Brunell, who is the initial
starter but is eventually replaced by Ramsey.

The Nats

Another night, another 1-run victory. The Nats continue to win, and give the nation's capital something to cheer about. In a city that's been deprived of a winner (not counting the DC United) for way too long, the Nats have finally brought some glee to the area. This bunch of Canadian rejects actually is a great TEAM (look it up, Danny), with lots of young, hardworking, scrappy players and a 70 year old manager who doesn't take shit from anyone. I'm not quite calling for a world series ring just yet, but we're a couple weeks from the all-star break and the Nats are hanging on to first place in baseball's toughest, most competitive division.

If you're not on the bandwagon yet, hop aboard.

Here's the Bhaiya list of reasons to be a Nats fan, first and foremost

• No egos. No overpaid washed up vets. No headcases, err actually Jose Guillen is a certifiable head case but more in the sense of Saci V than Rod Strickland.
• Winning by defense. Chad "The Chief" Cordero sure knows how to close out a game. 17 straight converted saves, I believe.
  
• Sweet colors. Red, White, and Blue baby.
• RFK Stadium - it shakes.
• $5 tickets. $5 beers. Orange Line Metro. 'Nuff said.
• Ryan Zimmerman. The Nats used their 1st pick (4th overall) in this year's draft to take UVA's Ryan Zimmerman, one of the best 3rd base prospects to come around in a while. He is a vacuum with the glove, and has a sweet stroke. I'll be first in line to get my Zimmerman jersey!
  

As my buddy Kevin knows, I was on the Nats bandwagon even before the season started. I drafted Brad Wilkerson in my fantasy league. I got the visor (which was tough as balls to find). I knew that Jamey Carroll is the backup secondbaseman.

I love the NATS!!!

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