Monthly Roundup: August's Top Five Posts

To close each month, we'll do a quick roundup of the top five not-to-miss posts. In a blog with so much fascinating content, it could be easy to miss one or two good posts.

 

 

Okay, I know it's already September, but this is the first chance I'm getting to write this post. I've been busy working on my comedy routine (aka matron-of-honor speech) for my sister's upcoming nuptials. The top five posts from August were:

• Photo of the Week - Emmental launched this popular weekly feature with pictures of a mega jellyfish, a hot lady sunbathing and Hurricane Irene.
• Inside Scoop from Hunter Pence Batting Practice - Saucy linked to this post in a comment on the popular Fightins site, resulting in some major traffic. And only one douche said it sucked.
• Shipyard Pumpkinhead - Most commented-on post of the month, but I'm not sure why it was so hot. The beer itself stunk.
• Pizza Reviews - Pies were pretty darn good last month. We recommend Marzano's, Perrotto's and Olce Pizza Grille.
• Props Out: My Wife - Perhaps this was not one of the most popular posts of the month in terms of pageviews. But I like it. A lot.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Hurricane Irene

(In this handout image provided by NOAA, Hurricane Irene churns of the coast of the Carolinas on August 26, 2011. NOAA via Getty Images)

Where do I begin? I'm sure many of you spent the latter part of your Saturday evenings in your basements or laundry/panic rooms anxiously awaiting a tornado caused by the passing through Hurricane Irene. 

Props Out: My Wife

Six years ago today, I married my wife, which is something I am starting to worry about. You see, six years ago today was also the first day that Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. When you consider that we are currently getting inundated by Hurricane Irene and that I just got a text from a buddy that there could be a TORNADO heading my way, you sort of have to worry that this day could be a little cursed.

But you know, I think it is wholly appropriate that I would have married my wife on this day, because she is a bit of a force of nature herself. She works a job while taking care of a kid every day and is always the first person a friend would call if they needed someone to talk to. And she would never skip the call. Meanwhile, she has to deal with a husband who knows nothing about finances, makes her talk to the waiter if his order gets screwed up, writes crazy posts about wanting to proposition ladies at his work during an earthquake, gripes every time she asks him to clean the house, and whines every time she tries to make him eat a meal that he knows is healthier for him then the first option he would have chosen (which would probably be a salt-filled burrito every time). There are many more aspects of his odd personality that there simply isn't time or space here to recount (esppecially since the power is going to go out any minute).

Booze...in 50 Words or Less: Yards Poor Richard's Tavern Spruce Ale

Yard's Poor Richard's Tavern Spruce Ale
Incredibly distinctive beer. Tastes like no other. Literally tastes like a spruce tree flew in your window and landed in your beer. That was before Hurricane Irene caused an actual spruce tree to fly in my window and land in my beer. They brewed it that way, in other words.