Just to keep you updated on things……

Dude, I’m tellin’ ya……….

Figured it’s been a couple of weeks since I took a look back at some of the posts/events in the news and brought us all up to speed.

The Blackhawks, the best sports team in Chicago {See 10/1/09 post: Puck drops at 11AM }  as I proclaimed them just before the season opener, are looking awesome at 12-5-2. I know…..that wasn’t the most ballsy proclamation to make. Most rabid Chicago sports fans were in agreement when I said it. But there’s still a lot of Chicagoans who aren’t down with hockey. And there were some blurry eyed Bears fans who thought we secured a deep postseason run with Jay Cutler on board. So give me a tiny, little dab of credit. It was news to a few snoozers.

The Hawks keep chugging along and seem to really be hitting a stride. I was at the game last Wednesday night when they won in a shootout. It was the first win in what is now a 4 game winning streak. They’re 2-0 when I’ve attended the game this year. So send me your tickets, people. And they are still doing it without mega free agent Marian Hossa. He’s due back within a week or possibly even a matter of days. On the TV news yesterday, they announced that the Hawks are in deep negotiations to sign new deals with Jonathan Kane, Patrick Toews, and Brent Seabrook.

Everything is going good with Cold Steel on Ice.

What else is happening?? Oh…….I checked again and just like the last updates on 11/2, balloon-boy daddy Richard Henne is still a Grade A Asshole. {See 10/27/09 post: Asshole of the Month }   I’m watching the news carefully for any late contenders for this month’s award. Keep an eye out in the coming 10 days for this month’s lucky winner. Who will it be ??

Absolutely do not forget about the Dick Ourada Band holiday show spectacular !!!!! {See 10/15/09 post: DOB ready to rock out }    It’s less than two weeks away. Get that babysitter lined up already for Chrissakes. He plays the Saturday right after Thanksgiving. Here is the info if you lost it:

Dick Ourada Band holiday extravaganza
Saturday, November 28, 2009       9PM
Rolling Lanes Bowling Alley (Bar)
Joliet Road      Countryside, Illinois

I talked to band leader Dick O recently and he’s fired up. He’s figuring to see a lot of Dickheads out that night.

On a really good note, I haven’t been ripped off  (to my knowledge) in recent days. {See 11/12/09 post:  Stop ripping me off }    I actually thought they got me at Arby’s the other day. I used a coupon for 3 Beef N Cheddars for $5. And I did check the bag before I pulled away from the drive-thru window. Sure enough, there were three sandwiches. So I went home to eat them and got 90% of the way thru the first one when I realized all I tasted was regular Arbys sauce. I lifted the remaining bun up a little bit and all you could see was red sauce.

So I figured they dropped the ball and gave me regular roast beef sandwiches and not Beef N Cheddars. BUT I WAS DEAD WRONG. I admit it completely. Just to give them the benefit of the doubt, I lifted the whole bun up on the second sandwich. And there it was. The smallest freakin’ dopple of cheddar cheese sauce you can caress out of a squeeze bottle. It wouldn’t have completely covered a quarter ( $.25 )  laying in the center of the sandwich. It wouldn’t cover your belly button. It was the size of a thumbnail. But it was there.

I was wrong. I wasn’t ripped off…..Not really….Well, sort of…..But not as bad as I thought I had.

Kind of.

None of my dead-serious predictions have come true just yet {See 11/05/09 post:  The Dirty Dozen }.   Although it’s only been two weeks since I made them. But as we discussed, the Blackhawks are looking good so far on that Conference Finals prediction. And with their thrilling last second touchdown to win Sunday night’s national TV game, the Colts stayed undefeated in football. So they’re still looking like a nice bet for the Super Bowl.

The other more long-term predictions are obviously too early to produce yet. But there were rumors of Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas and her hubby Josh Duhamel and infidelity this past few weeks. Could a Hollywood split be in the works? Well, even if those two did split up, it wouldn’t count as a correct prediction for me on the high-profile celebrity divorce. They’re not high-profile enough. So it wouldn’t count. I’m talking about a couple much bigger than them.

Finally, there’s news out of Australia that Hulk Hogan got worked over and beat to a bloody mess by one of my all-time heroes, Ric Flair. And supposedly it is legitimate !! {See 11/3/09 post:  You Wrote a Book }    I’m not buying that for a second. But allegedly it was a media event to kickstart a “reunion tour” wherein Hogan and Flair will do a series of wrestling matches as the biggest icons of the 80s and 90s. Reports are that Flair and Hogan started making real remarks to each other about their marraige woes. It escalated and eventually Flair attacked Hogan and beat him good. Reporters said they suffered damaged equipment and near-injury when Flair threw a table into the assembled media.

For the love of God, people……..buy this man’s book already !! Maybe he’ll go away then. It can’t be more than $5 in the discount rack if Sarah Palin’s book is already there. Just buy the damn book and maybe the Hulkster will slink away once and for all. Please. I beg of you.

So that’s about it as far as updates go. We’ll check back in a couple of weeks after Thanksgiving, after the Dick Ourada show, after we have a new Asshole of the Month……..and we’ll see how my Blackhawks are faring then too.