Whoa.

This morning I had a post planned out in my mind based on my work at a beer stand last night. Then I open up my laptop to find that The Vest has resigned amid the shitstorm at Ohio State. It isn't that often that anything makes you stop and say "Whoa." in sports anymore. But the resignation of one of the most famous football coaches at one of the biggest universities in the country will make you do that. My sincerest hope is that a whole bunch of players go down with him and that Ohio St needs a year or two to reload. Because Buckeyes are terrible human beings. That is all.

What I was going to post about today is how people are assholes. This shouldn't come as much of a surprise. If you've dealt with anything resembling a human in your lifetime, you will realize that people are assholes. Also, they are fucking cheap. I never considered myself a big spender. In the grand scheme of things, I would probably say that I lean towards being cheap because that is how I was brought up. However, after last night, my eyes have been open to cheap, inconsiderate assholes, and I have gained a greater appreciation for bartenders.

Last night I bartended at a festival in the city I live in. I was doing it for charity. I didn't get paid (other than I got a little free food and all the beer I wanted to drink. And I was too busy to drink much). All tips went to charity. My wife and I both donated six hours of time on a beautiful holiday weekend to help raise some money. And we were BUSY. Really running our asses off all night. When I say "bartend", I mean I opened cans of beer, and poured tap beer. I wasn't making mixers or anything. So anyway, when I order a drink at a bar. Whether that is at a festival or a bar, I tip. I had assumed this was a normal response. If my beer is $3.50, and I give a $5, I will usually leave the change as a tip. At the very least I would leave a $1 every time I order a drink. I had assumed that was common courtesy. But I guess not. I am willing to bet that I probably served 500 or so beers myself last night. I bet 10 people tipped. Fucking ridiculous. Just mind-boggling to me. I suppose this means that these people are like this everywhere, and that myself and my ilk are generally speaking, "big tippers". Anyway, people are cheap dicks.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that despite the large garbage barrels, which were emptied about every 10 minutes. I had to don rubber gloves and pick up thousands of empty beer cans because the people that didn't tip couldn't be troubled to throw away their own fucking garbage.

As for my new found respect for bartenders. People are impatient dicks. It is impossible to know as a bartender to know who was "there first" when there is hundreds of people waving cash at you for five straight hours. I'm not going to give bartenders attitude any more. I'm not going to be that bitch that says "Um, Hellllloooooo!!! Is nobody serving this line or what????" My response? "I don't see any lines lady, I will get to you in a minute." Then I purposely go to someone else next. Did I mention I got almost no tips?

MOVIE REVIEWS FOR MOVIES YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SEEN

"The Fighter": Pretty awesome. I don't think Mark Wahlberg has been in a bad movie. If Christian Bale has, I can't recall that either. Definitely should see it if you haven't. Also, no boxing movie has ever sucked.

"No Strings Attached": A chickflick special! As chick flicks go, it could've been worse. The premise is stupid, but there were moments that made me chuckle. I don't hate Ashton Kutcher even though I probably should. And Queen Amidala is in it. If your wife/girlfriend is going to force you to watch a shitty movie, you could do worse.

DRINK OF THE WEEKEND

Large plastic cups filled with Bicardi Limon and Sprite.

ANTI-DRINK OF THE WEEKEND

MGD 64 Lemonade. Fucking terrible.

Why are the Packers being pricks to Ryan Grant?

It turns out there is another very important player on the Packers who is having a contract issue. Ryan Grant, who stormed his way into the ESPN Fantasy Football Hall of Fame with him performance last season, is still unsigned. If he doesn't report, the Pack will go with Brandon Jackson, who has started ZERO games in his career. Word on the street is that McCarthy has been walking around at half mast over how Jackson has looked lately, so it doesn't appear that the Pack is willing to budge a whole lot on Grant. The situation is sort of bizarre though. Grant started 8 games last season, and in his career. But he was really, really good in most of those. He is 25 years old. But again, he came out of the blue, and has only really played a half season. He is a "restricted rights" free agent, meaning he plays for the Packers or nobody, and the only leverage he has is to not sign at all and not play, and make no money. Arguably, he has no leverage at all. Especially since the Pack seems happy with Brandon Jackson. Another problem he has is that Favre is overshadowing everything, every is sort of ignoring Grant, so there isn't much outward pressure on the Pack to do anything. Grant is seeking 6 yr/40mil, with incentive based bonuses (including apparently $10mil if he runs for 2000 yds). Personally, that doesn't seem overly ridiculous, and if he runs for 2000 yds (which has been done like 4 times ever) then he is probably worth the 10mil. BUT, the position of RB is not one that teams should overpay for unless that player is irreplaceable, because they can quickly become replaceable (see Shaun Alexander). Right now I would argue that only LDT and A Peter would be worth long term investments. The rest are a tweaked ankle away from losing a step, which in the NFL means you fucking suck. Every year there are two or three guys that come out of the blue when the big time starter gets hurt, and run for a shitload of yards. Those players either become the starter themselves, or fade into oblivion. (see Ryan Grant, Ernest Graham, Ahmad Bradshaw, Justin Fargas, Dorsey Levens, Ahman Green, Edgar Bennett, Terdell Middleton, etc.). Of course the NFL isn't like baseball where everything is guaranteed, so they could just cut his ass after two years if he sucks, but they would lose out on the bonuses they gave up, which I assume would be sizable. I think the Pack should be fair, but not overpay. Right now, I according to Grant they aren't being fair. I think they will be fine without him. Alot of times the RB isn't as important as the O-line (Shaun Alexander, Larry Johnson). But whatever the Pack is offering is alot more than Grant could make by taking his degree from Notre Dame and being a bank teller. I'm just sayin'.