So yesterday was the 6th Annual Lee’s Beer AND Tequila Experience and I’m actually upset to say that unless things change with the direction of this festival, I won’t be too upset that this was probably my last beer festival. It just seems to have gotten completely out of hand. I’m not sure if Lee’s already does limit the number of tickets they sell to this event but rather than give away loads and loads of 2-1 tickets, Groupons and Living Social deals which just let all the riff-raff in, they should charge full price, limit the number of people, keep free food stocked through the entire thing and for the love of God get rid of the Tequila. They added the Tequila last year and it has led to way, way more drunk, out of control people. There’s really no need for it. It was a beer festival; now it’s an AA meeting gone horribly wrong. And if I’m not mistaken, there seemed to be less beer this year. A whole quarter of an X was vacant and the other part of the X was Sake. And there was no standout beer this year either. Perhaps it would have been the Tanilla porter had I not recently already discovered it’s majesty. All in all, this was not the beer festival I have come to know an love, this was something different. The more things change, the more they change.

I’m currently watching: We Bought A Zoo

Finally!

I went to Fogo de Chão last night. I was waiting for so long to get back there. Today I feel terrible that I didn’t eat more. I ate a lot but I’m still pissed I didn’t eat more. The place is so good that no matter how much you eat and how disgusting you feel walking out of there, the next day you just want more. Something tells me I won’t be waiting so long to get back there the next time. The first time I was there, the bacon wrapped filet was so rich, I could barely eat one. Last night, I couldn’t help but eat 2 of them. They added lamb t-bones to the menu which were an awesome addition to the lamb chops. And the house picanha was phenomenal. I want to eat lunch now but I can’t stop thinking about Fogo. This is bad news. Without Fogo, we’re just animals in pants. I’m hungry.

Either something I ate isn’t agreeing with me or I just bought an iPad. I think I just bought an iPad. That’s a lot of money. My stomach hurts.

So I went out the other day and got one of those shiny new Apple TV devices and hooked it up. It is everything I imagined it would be. Using my iPhone, the Remote app and home sharing I can play my entire iTunes library through my stereo system. Using Airplay I can also just play my iPhone’s music library through it at as well without bringing pen and paper into this… or my computer. That’s pretty much all I bought it for… so I could listen to my iTunes on my main speakers. Check! Loud music is once again available in this house. So long laptop speakers.

With the mirroring though, you also get some cool game play which I haven’t delved too deep into. I don’t have too many games but so far Metalstorm is real cool. Your phone is the cockpit, the 55″ TV shows the planes battling away. I’m sure there are a lot of other great games that’ll have advanced features on them but I have to start looking. In the meantime the only thing I wish it had was HBO GO but Game Of Thrones is still on OnDemand so it’s not that big of a deal.

What I’m watching: 30 Rock

What started off rough ended possibly even more rough, missing our last 3 cards by 3, 1 and 1 points all from poor play and mostly missed foul shots. The fundamentals in this year’s tournament, or lack there of, was mind boggling. From start to finish, the quality of play was so subpar I’m only left wondering how. All I can say is, see you next March. This one is over.

I’m currently watching: 2012 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Third Round: Murray State vs. Marquette

Holy cow is this not going as planned. I see a pattern here, a pathetically feeble downhill slope where we won good a few years ago and have won less and less each year since. That’s a trend that needs to stop. Tomorrow. Today was day 1 of the tournament. It sucked. Pretty much all favorites, only 2? dogs. That doesn’t make for a whole lot of fun. Here’s to tomorrow going much better; at least if only for the fact that I’m taking the day off from work and will be sitting in the sports book for 12 hours like every sports fan should be. Sitting in work today while losing money made the experience a whole lot less fun. Blah. Rabble, rabble, rabble.

I’m currently watching: Anthony Bourdain: No Reserverations – Ireland

We overcame Mississippi Valley State blowing a 16 point lead.
We overcame 95 points in the first half of a 162 point BYU under.
We couldn’t overcome the Gaels blowing a 25 point first half lead to BYU.

How does a team score 17 points in the 2nd half after scoring 55 in the 1st? I’m going to bed scratching my head. They had 26 points to play with. Iona blew over 30. There has to be some lesson learned here right? Don’t tell me. I’m stunned.

I’m currently watching: Inside March Madness

I just got HBO and am starting on Game of Thrones. It’s about time. All of season 1 is on OnDemand. I’ve got 2 weekends to watch the 10 episodes. Season 2 starts in just a few weeks.

I’m currently watching: Game of Thrones

Tomorrow’s the big day. The ACC Tournament wraps up by noon, the Big Ten Tournament is done by 3PM, the Selection Show is on CBS immediately afterwards and then there’s hours and hours of bracket breakdowns and bracketology goodness on ESPN that makes Selection Sunday another great sports day. Only a few more days until another March Madness is upon us. I can’t wait.

I’m currently watching: College GameDay