Well I’m pleased to say that Thanksgiving was a smashing success on many fronts. My Dad and I had challenged each other to a Thanksgiving Turkey Cook-Off earlier in the week. We both made turkeys for the big family dinner, however mine was done in my infamous fryer while his was dried out cooked in the oven. After much consideration and a family vote, I did prevail as the winner. In fact, I would say it was one of my best fried turkeys to date. In a Kramer like ceremony in front of the family, I was awarded the inaugural Turkey Trophy.

Speaking of turkey’s, let’s talk about my twin brother Jason Enke for a second. For every winner, there has to be a loser. And on this Thanksgiving, Jason unfortunately was a loser. For starters I offered to let him buy into our 3 game parlay pick AFTER the Green Bay Packers already covered and won. He could have invested a simple $20 and by the end of the night made 5 times his money. Oops……dumb ass.

While watching football, Jason then proclaimed to the family that he could beat me in a wrestling match. I think he forgot I wrestled for one year in 8th grade. Within minutes of the match beginning I had pinned and he was forced to tap out. I would have expected a little more out of a collegeiate athlete and physical education teacher.

So then in a last ditch effort to save even a little bit of his pride, Jason challenged me to an arm wrestling match. That would be his final mistake of the day. As you would expect, this match ended within seconds and I was once again victorious.

You can see some of the official event photos below.

My brother and I with our parents. (Obviously I got the looks)

The Initial Ass Kicking. 1….2….3….PINNED.

The Arm Wrestling Challenge - Seconds Before The Victory

I can’t resist a simple copy and paste from Bodog either, of which he could have had 20%…….oops,

Risk $100.00 to win $627.71

Outcome:
WIN

So that was the weekend highlights. To Jason’s defense though, I haven’t beat him in any type of race since I was a sophomore in high school. He has ran a 4:06 mile and a sub 2:30 marathon. I think Christmas might call for some more friendly competition. There’s a good chance I will have to break out my exemplary Chess skills on him.

Also I am leaving for Southern California on business first thing in the morning. I got invited by Greg Powell to tour the CAP offices while I’m there, followed by beers and and strippers. <——–Shit, my mom or my wife might read that. Okay, just beers and Monday Night Football. It should be an exciting trip for many reasons. Hopefully I can give more details on the trip later next week.

See you on the flipside!

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