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It's the Man Show
Tuesday, 2005 May 3 - 11:36 pm
Wait, let me check... yep, everything's still working properly.

Tonight, my activity choices were:

- Work late
- Go home and watch "American Idol"
- Go golfing and drink beer

Thankfully, my nads were functioning properly, and I chose the golfing and beer option. And speaking of nads, by the way, I think naming a hair removal product after a slang word for testicles has got to be right up there with the worst marketing decisions of all time.

Dan, the guy who used to do all the monkey work that I now have to do, met me for golf. He's one of the few single guy friends I have, so I have to make sure not to piss him off. We went to Knight's Play, which is a par-3 course that's lit so you can play at night. (Get it? KNIGHT'S/NIGHT'S PLAY. So clever.) And, they have beer so you can play when you're lit. It's a great combination.

I shot a 39 for nine holes, which is 12 over par. That doesn't sound very good, but it's actually a decent score for a lousy golfer like me. I got one par, 5 bogeys, and 3 double-bogeys. I hit four greens in regulation, and three-putted each time. Most importantly, I DIDN'T LOSE ANY BALLS. That's a good thing, because I would hate to lose balls that were functioning properly.

Afterwards, we went out for beer and dinner at the MacGregor Ale House. I realized, at that point, that we were on a "Man Date". But it was okay because beer and sports were involved. It's not like we split a bottle of wine and a tabouleh salad after seeing "The Vagina Monologues". Not that there's anything wrong with that. Well, okay, there would be something a little bit wrong with that.

There was a blonde girl at the pub in a frilly green chiffon-like outfit, and she looked a little bit like Paris Hilton. I dared Dan to go up to her and ask for her autograph. Then I thought it might be better if I went up to her, pretended to be a Japanese tourist, and asked to take her picture. But I was not drunk enough for that, especially considering that her boyfriend was hulking nearby. Ah well.

So anyway, I don't know what happened on "American Idol" tonight. I did find out that there was a contrarian movement afoot, "Vote for the Worst", and thousands of people were voting for Scott Savol just to make a mockery of the whole show. That might explain a few things. The votefortheworst.com web site seems to be down; I wonder what the story behind that is?
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