National Corndog Day

As if the Obama Rally wasn't enough to make for a great weekend, on Saturday, I celebrated National Corndog day for the first time. What happens on Corndog day? Well, you eat corndogs. A lot of corndogs. And beer. And tater tots. Veterans of the festival strive for a triple double, that is 10 Corndogs, 10 Beers, and 100 tater tots (10 10 tater tot units). The holiday is taken the first Saturday of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Legend has it that a couple of guys sat around all day watching the games. A concerned family member was determined to get them to eat something and corndogs is what they'd agree to. By word of mouth, an underground movement was started. Each year more and more corndogs parties were thrown. A couple years ago, Foster Farms got wind of this and sponsored the first 300 parties (including the one I attended) to register with the company, providing as many free corn dogs a needed. Later Pabst Blue Ribbon followed suit. This year, over 5000 parties were thrown. Where else but in the United States would there be a full day celebration of something like a corndog? God Bless America!

Links
Homepage: http://www.corndogday.com/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Corndog_Day
Shout out from the Oregonian (see page 2):

A Great Week To Be An Obama Supporter

It has been a great week to be an Obama supporter. On Tuesday, the Illinois Senator gave one of the most impressive speeches on race our nation has heard.

On Friday, he held a rally in Portland where he received the endorsement of Gov. Richardson. Shannon was swift in getting us two tickets. It was an early morning. We arrived at Memorial Coliseum at 6:45 AM to join a crowd waiting for the doors to open at 7:30 for a rally that began at 9:30. All time well spent. We sat one section up behind the main podium. Richardson's speech was inspiring and very complementary of Obama. Seeing Obama in person was inspiring. He is even more polished, motivational, and intelligent (though a little bit skinnier) in person than he is on TV.

Check out the rest of my pictures.

Pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/MrSharps/20080323Obama
Source of Image: http://obeygiant.com/post/obama

Go Retrievers!

I don't know about you, but I've got march madness! For the first time, my alma mater, UMBC win be in the tournament!!!

I remember being a high school senior and attending a recruiting event. UMBC President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, laughed as he mentioned that "We're not exactly know for our basketball team" before moving on to promote the chess team and several scholastic achievements of the university. I remember being a junior at the university and walking through our bookstore displaying T-shirts reading, "UMBC Football: Undefeated", mocking our absence from the gridiron. I remember that every winter, there will be a day when ESPN will have on its men's basketball ticker, "UMBC 60, Maryland 90" with no highlights. But this year it'll all be different. Here's hoping for an upset in the first round.