Who wouldn't want a pint of Ass Clown Stout?

Arrived at Bobby's: Sat, Jan 7, 2017 @7:35 AM.
#SecureThePorch: Accomplished

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Big Jim - Thanks for the Craft Beer playing cards you gave me. The cards are themed with craft beer and celebrate 53 different Brewmasters. Each of the 53 breweries is profiled on the card faces and celebrated for embodying the spirit of American entrepreneurship. While many craft breweries are noted for having unique names, such as Dog Fish Head, Turtle Anarchy, Belching Beaver, etc., I did find a very strange brewery name in the deck and that is Ass Clown Brewing Company out of North Carolina. According to Matt Glidden, the founder, he had a friend that used the term ass clown very often and "it became burnt into his skull. Why does a name of a brewery have to be so serious". Who wouldn't want to drink a pint of Ass Clown Stout. I have to get down to North Carolina some day to give this place a visit.

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 The BKWRP committee has turned down a proposal by BC-2 to levy a $20 fee against any BKWRP contestant who has not lost a pre-determined amount of weight by Week 4. Initially, I was against this proposal but was warming up to it with a 1-pound per week threshold. However, BC-1 was dead set against it as was BC-4. BC-1's reasoning was, "Hey guys, I'm just trying to lose a few pounds here".  BC-4's reasoning was, "My home scale is stuck on the metric setting so I don't think that would work for me". Please note, I have gone to great lengths to protect the identity of all plus-size BK members. Wait...that's all BK members...not named Al or Mike.

Key:
BKWRP - Breakfast Club Weight Reduction Program
BC-x - Beauty Contestant

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Congratulations to Ryan Hagerty on winning the College Football pool. You started out with modest success and had a big spike mid-way through the bowl season and went on to hold off the Widdoss boys. Second and third place will be decided in the championship game between Alabama and Clemson. If Alabama wins, Zach and Patrick Widdoss will get 2nd and 3rd place. If Clemson wins, Tim Hagerty gets 2nd place and Zack and Rick Cooper will share 3rd place. Congratulations to Steve B. for falling under the BK rule and getting your $25 back. It is not often that one gets money back at the BK club.

There has been some talk of raising the BK monthly dues to increase our lottery winnings. If I'm not mistaken, last year's winnings totaled $51 with an investment of $770....or something close to that. I'm all for 'doubling down' but I like to double down when we are winning. If we increase our winnings fourfold we are still losing $500 on a $770 investment. But wait, it's all going to education...talk about a good laugh.

All of the local Super Bowl box pools are starting to fill up rather quickly. The money that was changing hands this morning would have made Bernie Madoff blush.

Mike H. - Happy Birthday. The rules are, if anyone wishes you a Happy Birthday, it must be noted on the blog. To fail to do so would be disrespectful. Hey - I don't make the rules.

Coach Connelly - It's nice to see your new hip is healing well. You should be good for a while with all the replacements you've had the last couple of years. Is there anything else you're looking to get replaced? Let me know if you need any suggestions?