IT'S DARK, IT'S COLD. NO WONDER WE PARTY SO HARD

I got this random email today. Now I have always wanted to visit Iceland but this just ratcheted it up a few notches for me. The women are hot:




They have hot springs/geothermal baths:






Iceland's weather is cool, and the Icelandic climate is temperate. The warm North Atlantic Current ensures generally higher temperatures than in most places of similar latitude in the world. Iceland's winters are mild and windy while the summers are cool which is typical for Scandinavia.

There are some variations in the climate between different parts of the island. Oftentimes, the south coast is warmer, wetter and windier than the north. Snowfall in winters is more common in the north of Iceland. :


The only thing that may freak me out is the 4 hours a day of light during certain time of the year.
Anyways who is up for a road trip to Iceland??

IT'S DARK, IT'S COLD. NO WONDER WE PARTY SO HARD

With Thanksgiving just a few weeks away, thoughts turn to what comes next - that universal holiday celebrated throughout most of the world. No, not the great bargains on Black Friday. We're talking the big one. The one that makes us merry.

Christmas in Iceland is in many ways similar to Christmas in the United States, except Icelanders celebrate 13 days of Christmas. The period starts on December 24 and ends on January 6, which is when all Christmas decorations are removed from streets and houses. This tradition is believed to extend back to the 4th and 5th centuries in Europe where the birth of Christ was celebrated on December 25th and his christening and the three wise men were celebrated on January 6.

Icelanders have not one, but thirteen Santas, or Yule Lads. These lads are not related to Santa Claus in any way. They are descendants of trolls and were originally used to scare children. In the last century, however, they have become a lot friendlier.

New Year's Eve is probably the biggest party night of the whole year. The most distinguishing characteristic of an Icelandic New Year's Eve are the fireworks. Everyone buys fireworks and on this night everyone is allowed to light them (we wonder if afterwards there's big demand for four-fingered gloves). Fireworks explode all night long, reaching the high point at midnight, when the sky lights up for a few minutes as the fire trucks and harbored ships ring their bells and blow their horns to welcome the new year. It is certainly the grandest display of fireworks you will ever see. After midnight, people gather either downtown to go clubbing or at parties where they drink the night away, often until the early hours of the morning.

It's not too late to book your trip north. Learn more about Christmas in Iceland here:
http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/knowledgesafety/qt/xmasiceland.htm

Fantasy Recap

From the desk of TMX a fantasy football reporting source with a loose affiliation with folan.com...


Well week 8 is in the books!! TMX which as always aims to inform and please the public and stands by its COMMITMENT to at least 30% honest reporting had a few complaints that they do not acknowledge the team that wins the week but only brings out the last place team for shame and ridicule. TMX will make efforts to mention the first place team but the intent is to help the last place team and we find shame and ridicule is a great motivator. UNMARKED BILLS (aka team smelchie, aka smiddawgs) won the week(124) getting 74.5 points from 3 players which was more than the 65.5 points that SKZA’Z SOLDIERZ entire team put up. The Soldierz took home last place with that performance.

TMX is a huge fantasy reporting operation and does not have the time to go into each teams history or management team but will mention Skza is routinely in the upper half of the league and finishes in the money so we don’t anticipate offering any advice that this winning manager doesn’t already know. We will start with Wes Welker is available. If you’re looking for a poor wide receiver option on the Patriots why go with Deion Branch when you can have the new 83? You’re buying hydrox cookies when you can have oreos kid!! TMX is not expecting you to know that Mike Sims-Walker would go off for 30pts but you had to have a clue that Branch wouldn’t? This mistake cost you a chance to make a move during a bye week which is tough to do. Patrick Crayton is the first ever bench player to ever contact TMX!! The following is the exchange- “yo this TMX” yup this is TMX who is this? “ Its Patrick Crayton, you know a marginal wide receiver who played for the cowboys and now I’m on the chargers” uhhhm ok can we help you? “ yeah tell that Skza guy I put up 2.5pts in my sleep and it took Branch an entire game to get that, fool want some fool got some Patrick Crayton out to run a route Peaches and Herb homie” click. No clue what “out to run a route means or peaches and herb homie but we can all see your backup backup backup wr was calling you out Mr Skza.

TMX as in the policy did make a call to the player on the team we feel needed to be heard from in this case its Mike Sims-Walker.
MSW released a statement “ This kid has a history of doing this you saw how he sat roddy white, its almost like he does it on purpose. I put up numbers if he don’t want my numbers then so be it” Well, I guess Mr Skza you need to decide if you want his numbers? If you don’t learn from history you are bound to repeat it.

TMX is widely popular and does not need the self promotion but we would be amiss if we didn’t mention we are the EXCLUSIVE site of The Real Decision. Known playboy William J Smiddy will announce exclusively if he will be bringing a lucky lady to the wedding of the year on TMX Thursday!!! The list of options is endless and TMX is being flooded with calls of possible ladies. Follow TMX on the text for the breaking news.


Good luck this week to each team and you’re all winners cuz you didn’t QUIT like Iggles did. Remember folan.com for everything t-shirts are available on the site mention TMX and get a 10% discount off a purchase of $45.00 or more. Don't forget to stock up on Eau D'Smiddy.

After week 9 the league is shaping up like this:
1. DEVILS 998.0
2. UNMARKBILL 900.0
3. BEACHBUMS 846.5
4. VILLENZ 834.5
5. THE REAL STEVE SMITH 824.0
6. MFNMP 799.0
7. BBROWN 783.0
8. SFLABOHFRW 777.5
9. SSOLDIERZ 766.5
10. SLIPERYWIZ 745.5

Week 9 Darts Update

We started week 9 in 3rd place in the standings but were probably in 4th because the team right behind us is still missing a match score. We were playing the 2nd place team - the centre bar who beat our ass in week 2 by the score of 8-3 and was sitting on 51 points. The good news is we are still looking good in the overall playoff picture with 46 points just 5 back of 2nd place.

Capt'n Derek decided to fire up the team and announce his choice for the 1st half MVP award in Cricket to Jeb with his 5-1 record. I was far too busy to look up the rest of the stats but at least this gives us all something shoot for over the last 6 weeks of the season. As of week 7, the overall win/loss records were: Kevin "2 first names" Barry 3-8, Tim "Too Quiet" Bright 8-7, Jeb "Had a bad day" Chipman 10-5, Mike "Prez" Foley 13-6, Jeff (combo of Jeff "The finance` let me show up tonight" and "Sean Larry")Lundrigan 16-6, Sean "Super P" Meehan 9-12, "Crazy" Bob Valenti 7-7, Mark "Cartoon Character" Welch 6-11, Derek "Mr. Booze" Whitley 8-9. I am sure the nicknames will bring a few comments next week and I say, "Bring 'em on!" For those that are offended, thicken up your skin and take it for the joke that it is meant to be! I'll log in a few extra blogging hours next week and provide a breakdown of each player by each game to really stir it up.

We were looking like we were going to take another bad beating as we lost 5 of the first 6 games but we were able to fight back and make it a close match. I had a chance in the final game and secure the win but failed miserably. Now I am angry and plan to channel that anger into many wins in the last 5 weeks.

The match details:
601's Lost both (0-2)
Cricket Lost games 1 & 3 and won the second (1-3)
301's Lost the first and last and won the middle 4 (4-2)
Final score 5-6

Next week we will play a team of freak shows from Good Biddy's on Pearl St in Boston. As always, come on down and have some fun!

'Til next week Bitches,
Prez

APB

My friends and I were bullshitting earlier today and we we got on the subject of this blog. We can't remember the last time Stylegal wrote up anything. Now I know she fell in love but hell some of our female audience loved the shit that she posted. Where oh where are you stylegal? I mean can't you post who had the best halloween costume from a celebrity? Who got recently arrested? What is Lindsay Lohan up to? This blog needs some womanly touch to it. As this conversation went on we started talking about Iggles. Where are you Iggles? Your non Massachusetts view on all things Boston was insightful. I miss your snarky comments, your writing style and most of all your piss and vinegar attitude. Will you be coming back? Remember when Rio did reviews of movies and television shows? It was like a blog version of cliffs notes.

I never saw one episode of Sons of Anarchy but man I could get a B-/C+ if there was ever a pop quiz on it. I vaguely remember the Chiefdude posting political babble and GIWLTF every week. Maybe he could start writing about his life? What it is like to be married? What its like having 2 young boys and a dog and how he tries to juggle it all. Or maybe just once a month he can bring back GIWLTF.

I am not complaining we have the ghost writer from TMX for fantasy and The Prez writing about darts. Plus I write and chime in when I can. I just miss the different things that people posted. Anyone new want to start posting? Just email me and I can set you up with a password and what have you.



Now onto a side note. Would anyone be interested in purchasing a bottle of Eau D'Smiddy? He is doing a side venture with the help of some backers to create his own cologne. It will be available exclusively through drunknothings.com to fund folan.com and the Smiduation's expanding empire. Unlike most colognes that are sold in 4oz - 8 oz bottles this will be sold in 12 oz, 16 oz, 40 oz and keg sizes.
Please contact the Smiduation at Smidawg Production @ 781-632-3296 if you are interested in cologne or if the ladies are looking for a date, he is your man. Heard a rumor that he may be at Foxwoods resort and casino Thanksgiving weekend solo and on the prowl. Ladies panties will be dropping. You have been warned.

Super Bowl

To Whom It May Concern:

From all of us at The View Restaurant and Tavern to all of you who attended last years Super Bowl Party at The View we thank you and look forward to seeing you again this year!

Please join us for:
The View Super Bowl Party
On February 6th, 2011

Festivities will begin at noon until the end of the game
With all you can eat starting at 1pm
Cost is $20 per person which includes food and 1 square
Please reserve your spot by calling 617-770-2500

Room is also available for Holiday Parties and/or New Year’s Eve Parties!

Thanks,

The View Management

I know that it is a bit early with the Super Bowl party talk but last year was kind of thrown together at the last minute. This year we are coming harder faster and better. There should be washer toss tourney starting early and ending around the start of the game. There will be lots of fun and we are working on prizes. Please let me know if this is something you would be interested in. Invite your friends, family, neighbors, co-worker or anyone else you think may want to come. Everyone knows my philosophy of the more the merrier.

Like I already said it is only week 9 in the NFL. I know February is a hell of a ways away but it is never too early to start thinking.

WHHHHHAATTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!

(Reuters) - Alcohol is a more dangerous drug than both crack and heroin when the combined harms to the user and to others are assessed, British scientists said Monday.

Presenting a new scale of drug harm that rates the damage to users themselves and to wider society, the scientists rated alcohol the most harmful overall and almost three times as harmful as cocaine or tobacco.

According to the scale, devised by a group of scientists including Britain's Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) and an expert adviser to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), heroin and crack cocaine rank as the second and third most harmful drugs.

Ecstasy is only an eighth as harmful as alcohol, according to the scientists' analysis.

Professor David Nutt, chairman of the ISCD, whose work was published in the Lancet medical journal, said the findings showed that "aggressively targeting alcohol harms is a valid and necessary public health strategy."

He said they also showed that current drug classification systems had little relation to the evidence of harm.

Alcohol and tobacco are legal for adults in Britain and many other countries, while drugs such as ecstasy and cannabis and LSD are often illegal and carry the threat of prison sentences.

"It is intriguing to note that the two legal drugs assessed -- alcohol and tobacco -- score in the upper segment of the ranking scale, indicating that legal drugs cause at least as much harm as do illegal substances," Nutt, who was formerly head of the influential British Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), said in a statement about the study.

Nutt was forced to quit the ACMD a year ago after publicly criticizing ministers for ignoring scientific advice suggesting cannabis was less harmful than alcohol.

The World Health Organization estimates that risks linked to alcohol cause 2.5 million deaths a year from heart and liver disease, road accidents, suicides and cancer -- accounting for 3.8 percent of all deaths. It is the third leading risk factor for premature death and disabilities worldwide.

In an effort to offer a guide to policy makers in health, policing, and social care, Nutt's team rated drugs using a technique called multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) which assessed damage according to nine criteria on harm to the user and seven criteria on harm to others.

Harms to the user included things such as drug-specific or drug-related death, damage to health, drug dependence and loss of relationships, while harms to others included crime, environmental damage, family conflict, international damage, economic cost, and damage to community cohesion.

Drugs were then scored out of 100, with 100 given to the most harmful drug and zero indicating no harm at all.

The scientists found alcohol was most harmful, with a score of 72, followed by heroin with 55 and crack with 54.

Among some of the other drugs assessed were crystal meth (33), cocaine (27), tobacco (26), amphetamine or speed (23), cannabis (20), benzodiazepines, such as Valium (15), ketamine (15), methadone (14), mephedrone (13), ecstasy (9), anabolic steroids (9), LSD (7) and magic mushrooms (5).

HONESTLY?? ARE THESE FUCKING BRITS FOR REAL?? I AM CALLING BULLSHIT. Thats all I have to say about this dumb shit. You can not say booze is worse for you than any of these other drugs. Utter and complete shit!!

November 1st

After a nice relaxing weekend of kicking around and what have you its time for November...

This is what I learned this weekend:
1. People really like country bars. The new Texas Saloon was packing em in on Friday and Saturday.
2. My favorite thing about November is its mustache month - http://us.movember.com/.
3. Sign up to get Bobby Shakes podcast - http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bs-bobbyshakes-com/id399564719 - you will not be disappointed.
4. I could probably spend $1,000 dollars at BJs and not even bat an eye.
5. I found out the 5-0 in Hawaii 5-0 isn't for cops but for the 50th state. People just started calling them cops after that.
6. People who never talk to me about the Bruins all of a sudden want to talk Tim Thomas and his .50 goals against. Don't make me start the Wanna B's list.
7. Dietz and Watson make a Hot pepper with Buffalo wing sauce cheddar cheese for sandwiches and its to die for.
8. People are talking about Sunday Supper club and asking if there are dues, how can they join and is it a boys club.
9. Halloween just didn't have that feel to it this year.
10. There are literally hundreds of different mustards out there!
11. I couldn't go a whole day without a cellular telephone, I don't know how Welchie is going on 4-5 days now.
12. The best thing about college football is that you can watch any game and enjoy the actual football.
13. Dunkin Donuts has a new item called Sausage Pancake bites:

I have not tried these but I don't know if I will.
14. I am so over french fries as a whole.

As always have a nice week. The wedding is 26 days away.

Happy Halloween weekend

I had a few requests for different chicks to kick off the week and I have placed them on the list. Since Halloween is this weekend I thought we would kick it off with sexy costumes. Guys love Halloween because no matter how ugly they may be they can cover that shit up and hit on chicks without regard. Ladies Halloween because they can release their inner slut!! Believe me ladies we like your inner slut. Maybe you should dress up more often. I love Halloween because there is yet another reason for a pub crawl - http://crawlinboston.com.

Kicking the weekend off with chicks in costumes: