The Champions League Moving To Fox Is The Best Move Ever

I heard the devistating news back in April as I was on my way to the FBI Academy that the bidding for the rights to the Champions League broadcasts here in the US.

I have been watching the Champions League on ESPN2 for the last four years now. It's because of the Champions League that I became a fan of Chelsea.

So to see that the broadcast rights to the premier club competition in the world were going over to Fox Soccer Channel, a station that I don't have, I almost cried.

So imagine my surprise that when I flipped it over to TV Guide Channel to see if Sports Science was coming on, I saw those sacred words, UEFA Champions League.

I have the kettle on, getting ready for my tea and ready to watch Arsenal take on Celtic as they play for their right into the group stages.

So I know have the best of both worlds. I have the EPL on ESPN2 on a weekly basis and now I have Champions League football as well.

Late Summer Saturday Date: Yazoo Brewing Company

It was a hot ass day here in Music City USA but me and my girlfriend had a plan to cool things off just a bit.

We did not hit up the Titans game down at LP Field. Nor did we head over to the Bicentennial Mall and play in the fountains.

Instead, we headed down to the Yazoo Brewing Company to take the tour of the brewery itself and taste the beers that they had on tap.

From the outside, the building that houses the brewery looks like another abandoned factory of Nashville's yesterdays. But once you enter the doors of the old Marathon Motors Co. and take a right, you find yourself in a beer lovers paradise.

The anti-room to the tap room itself is semi-spacious, with chairs, tables, and a rather nice bench. Off to the side of the anti-room is a beer garden that was hosting a party for Vanderbilt alumi. Being an alumnus of UT, I steered clear of their party.

While the area described above is small, the tap room itself is smaller than that. I counted, at most, six tables that can seat four or so people a piece. There is also space at the bar for about six or seven. We happened to show up in the middle of someones birthday, so the spots at the bar were secured.

While the wait to purchase our sampler tray of beers was roughly thirty or so minutes, it gave me the chance to really get a feel for the customer base and the people serving the beer.

I have been to bars with crappy service and bars with good service, stepping up to the bar at Yazoo was like stepping up to my favorite bar from my college days. The service was quick, fast, and to the point. Apart from a few people that were ahead of me, their was no poking or prodding to get up to the bar.

I personally recommend the Nitro Stout. It was by far the best beer that I had out of the sampler tray. It was not as thick as Guinness but it had that wonderful stout taste and texture that hooks the dark beer lover.

My least favorite was the Hopps Project IPA. I'm not really an IPA kind of guy and this IPA surely had enough hopps to last me until next year. However, if you are a fan of IPA's, there is no reason that you wouldn't love this beer.

The culmination of our evening out was the tour of the facility.

Our amazing tour guide walked us through the process by which they made the delicious beer that we got to sample at each step of the way and for a low price of just $6, the tour is truly worth it.

Not only do you get beer samples, but you get a pint glass that you can keep, for tasting your samples.

Pros: Quick tour with multiple times offered (check the website for specific times), decently priced pints and growlers ($4 and $11 respectively), great staff.

Cons: It is balls ass hot in that building.. if you do not like to sweat while waiting for a beer, you may want to wait and make this a fall/winter/early spring outing, if you aren't use to a more trendy crowd then the brewery may not be the place for you.. I know I mentioned this point to my girlfriend and it brought a laugh, it's really cramped at times.. so if you have a problem with crowds you may want to try and schedule an earlier trip and possibly not on a weekend.

Overall:4 out 5

Oooh Look! A Pretty Girl

Boy, she sure is pretty isn't she? I certainly got off the Asian push years ago and therefore, I doubt that I would accept a download from one of my friends who decides to send an image like this to me.

Would you have the ability to resist?

I think most would but there are a select few individuals who would continue to download the image of what they think may be a beautiful girl.

So, lets run through a scenario before I go explain this post.

You are a young guy who is about to leave for college. Got your new HP Netbook or laptop to go with all the essentials of moving into your dorm.

You get to school and unpack your room. You get everything set up on your desk and around the room and before you head out to the Freshman picnic, you log onto your email account and see that your buddy back home has sent you the file containing the picture above.

"Hot Asian girl... I love Asians," you think to yourself and you click on the link. You get the picture and hurriedly send it off to your friends.

A few weeks later at noon on a Tuesday (your only class is at 4pm (you totally scored that sweet time slot for the class)) your dorm phone rings and you roll over and answer it.

It's your mom... and boy is she pissed.

Somewhere over the course of the first three weeks of school used your credit card that your parents have linked to their account (it was for gas and emergencies only) to download $200 worth of music from itunes and you also subscribed to a handful of small porn sites.

What happened?

You were attacked by a Trojan Horse virus.

And according to an post by my friends over at The Dark Visitor, this was common back in the day in the form of the "Maritime Girl."

Read the post. It's good knowledge to pass on to your less web savvy friends who don't really know that the hot Asian is anything but.