Month: November 2016
Time to Focus
Well the weather is getting cold and you know what that means — no more golf season. We may have a few more weeks of potential play, but my own personal cut off is 50 degrees Fahrenheit. That means we are in the shoulder season between golf and skiing. I’m happy to report that La Nina has brought enough snow to the west to allow some ski resorts to open mid-November, but realistically I don’t see myself hitting the slopes until January (unless of course if we set up a “Guys Only” trip for Tahoe in December again). So what’s a degen to do? Drink obviously, but as you can tell by this post and Pipes’ missives below, it’s time to get back in blogging game. Buckle up Monkey fans, a lot of crazy shit has happened since we were last blogging regularly, was there an election recently? We also have a new provider of content as we are proud to add Irish Jesus to the site. He only blogs when he’s not sober, so you can expect commentary from him all the time.
As IJ likes to say, Let’s Go!
Why is [INSERT NAME HERE] so drunk?
So apparently [A PERSON] partook in some day drinking yesterday, which led to [THAT PERSON] getting a text from his buddy’s distraught wife. The wife asked:
“[PERSON], why is [BUDDY] so drunk? Did he drive home like this? He’s sick.”
We’ve all been there. Happens all the time, unfortunately. And I don’t think we have ever determined the right answer, or how to handle this situation. So what is the correct response? Continue reading
Viral Alert – The Mannequin Challenge
After spending all my time the last few months following the Cubs and that other thing, it is time to get back in the blogging game. So here’s a quick and easy Viral Alert to break the blogging slump.
While most of us were distracted by our long national nightmare, which is unfortunately not over, “The Mannequin Challenge” became the hot new thing on the internet streets. The way this works is that everybody stands as still as possible in a frozen pose of some sort, and then a person roams around the scene filming everyone while a song called “Black Beatles” by Rae Sremmurd plays in the background. Then they post it on the social media. That’s it. That’s all there is to it.
Here’s an example.
How this became a thing is beyond me, but you need to be aware of it. All the kids are doing it, of course, and even pro and college sports teams are getting in on the action, either in the locker room, on the practice field or at halftime. The Cavs did it today with Michelle Obama at the White House and Hillary did one the other day on her campaign plane not long before the world ended. We sure do live in interesting times, and we also have the Mannequin Challenge. Continue reading
Monkey With A Gun 