Happy Monday folks. Hopefully everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed watching the Bears win as much as I did. A “w” is a “w”, but for the love of God…………what happened to the defending NFC Champions that I watched last year. Every quarterback on this team is about as useless as rubber lips on a woodpecker!

Courtesy of Ron Turner & Co., I am going to lose a crazy prop bet and have to get my head shaved this year on New Years Eve. <————tape delayed on Youtube of course

Saturday night we threw a surprise party for one of my best friends Karl. My wife and I, along with our other buddy John and his girlfriend, and of course Karl and his wife ate at THE best restaurant in our town to get the night started. This is an Italian restaurant named Maria’s and is soooo old school Italian. Literally you are eerily reminded of several Soprano’s episodes when eating here. All the regulars (Italian’s) go back into the kitchen and exchange kisses on the cheek with the cooks. When I say hard core Italian restaraunt, this is what I mean.

I am fairly certain if my half Norwegian, half German, half Swedish ass went into the kitchen………….. I would have my kneecaps broken.

Nonetheless we had a 7 course meal, an unbelievable steak, and a $125 bottle of Merlot. Hands down, eating at Maria’s is always an experience to remember. The food is amazing, the atmosphere is incredible, and we were with our best friends. And we had an overnight babysitter for the kids. You can’t beat that for a Saturday night.

So after dinner we had to rush to the club where Karl’s wife Amy did a kick ass job setting up the surprise party for him. She rented out the back room of a local sports bar, ordered beer, food, the whole thing. And if this was not enough, she even had a band playing. When we showed up, there were between 75-100 people. Oh Snap, let the party begin.

We had an absolute blast. I couldn’t think of a good gift to get Karl, so I got him what any good friend would get a buddy turning 30; his very own Pimp Chalice. You can see the pictures below.

Overall it was a great weekend. I got to stand up and say a few words about the old guy Karl. I was a little buzzed, but Karl is a great friend and has probably accounted for much of my success. Many of my biggest business decisions have been made on Thursday nights over beers and advice with Karl. Here are a few of the pictures below.

Tomorrow’s post will be a good review of the ChanPoker Affiliate Program and 5 reasons why you need to be promoting them.

In the part of town this bar was is in, the average yearly household income is around $22K……..I suppose Karl and I would be considered ballas! Obviously only ballers drink out of chalice’s too.

This is Karl and his wife Amy. She did an awesome job planning this whole shindig. Plus her and Karl have 4 kids…..yes 4, and she is still quite hot.

This is my wife and I obviously. She got a bit tipsy that evening and tried to take advantage of me later in the night. I was so offended, but as always gave in to peer pressure.

This is Mrs. E, Karl’s mom. How could I not put a picture of her drinking out of a Pimp Chalice onto the internet? Sorry Mr. E, I had to do it…….

Please notice the man on the left of the picture below, also known as Johnny Maples. Someone get this man another beer immediately.

And finally let’s have a look at Karl. Anyone that knows Karl will tell you that this man can tell a story like no one else. Unfortunately on this particular evening I think the facial expressions on the other peoples faces pretty much sums up his level of sobriety by the end of the evening.

Happy Birthday Karl. Welcome to the old age club.

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