Save The Date: It's Official !!!!

Team R will be hosting "Road Warrior Jeopardy" at the Hoover/George Fisher Memorial Regatta - June 18, 2011 at Hoover Sailing Club.

Participants will be able to test their knowledge of ALL things Interlake ----- the boat, the class, regattas, people, and Team R !!!!!!!

Prizes and BIG FUN promised!    Don't miss it!!!!

Beware the IDEAS of March .... Part Duex

Other exciting Team R happenings:

1) be sure to INK your calendar to attend the Hoover Regatta in June.      Team R will be hosting "Road Warrior Jeopardy".....  an exciting game to test your knowledge of all things Interlake.....   the boat, the class, the people!!!!        YOU might be fortunate enough to be a contestant and win valuable (???) prizes!

2)  March is a VERY important month ... with plenty of holidays.      The most important ... of course .... being March 14th.

http://www.steakandbjday.com/

REMEMBER:      NOTHING says "I Love You"   like a steak and a blow job.

Beware the IDEAS of March .....

or something like that!    Whatever The Bard had to say .... just go with it.    SPEAKING of going with it ..... since it IS the first of March .....  time to start thinking about the upcoming sailing season.

And what says a new season better than a NEW TEAM R SHIRT????     Yes fellow sailors ... the design is done.   This year's sportswear will make any mother-in-law proud .... even Jamie Jones'  !!!!

This season .... you too .... can be sporting a classic simple T .... with no foul words or sexual inuendo.    But we DO promise it will be very "piratey".     And if you are a fan of Warren Zevon .... you will doubly love it.

Orders need to be placed by May 1st with delivery expected at Hoover Regatta ... (another good reason to attend).

This is of course predicated on the belief that it will STOP FRIGGIN SNOWING SOMEDAY !!!!!!

Get Ready !!!!

Prepare yourself for "Road Warrior Jeopardy" ...... coming soon to a regatta near you!

More details to come when the ice melts.

Holiday Greetings !

MFC!      'nuff said.

All Hail The Empire !

Team R had the honor and pleasure of participating in the 20th Annual Savage Family Regatta.   We were humbled to be included in such an esteemed event.
Many thanks for the great time, plenty of food and beer, nice shirts, GREAT HATS, and of course..... the camaraderie !

Captain Jeff had an honorable showing .... surviving until the next to last match race.   Having won the "challenge" race off, he is now an official bastard son of the family and Savage Empire.   Let's see if he can do it again in another 20 years!

As always ..... a Kiss of The Fish to all members of the Empire.

Sail On Sailor

Hadn't heard "Sail On, Sailor" for a long time.   Forgot what a nice tune it is.   Even if Brian Wilson didnt write most of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdrN89Vxu6I

I wrest the waters, fight Neptune's waters
Sail through the sorrows of life's marauders
Unrepenting, often empty
Sail on, sail on sailor

Kicked To The Curb

Ah yes .... relationships.   Gotta love 'em.  There is absolutely NOTHING that makes a guy feel better about himself than getting dumped by a woman.  Give me a kick in the balls and root canal with no meds anyday!  And the icing on the cake ....  "I'm too busy with work right now".   Nice ..... hope that job keeps you warm at night.

Oh ... and you're welcome for the t-shirt.  (at least I have some "interesting" pictures to share with people!)

So its back to piratey ways for me.   Giving up the chardonney for Private Stock.  Getting into Autumn so the beard may come back. Eating & drinking what I want, when I want it, where I want it.  Farting when I feel like it.   Just like being on the R boat with the boys!

It's just like Tom Waits says .... (Better off without a wife)

     "I like to sleep until the crack of noon
      midnight howlin' at the moon
     goin' out when I wanto, comin' home when I please
     I don't have to ask permission
     if I want to go out fishing
     and I never have to ask for the keys

And then again .... maybe it will be fun interviewing applicants for the NEXT pirate babe.

Bite And Smile ......

Team R has a friend .... (ok, he's really my friend .... Jeff and Brian have never met him).... named Don Janes.    Don is a whitty, charming, politically astute guy who's biting humor is surpassed ONLY by his ability to consume alcohol.  (no wonder he fits in so well!).  I attended high school with Don and was lucky enough to reconnect a few years ago.

But I'm not here to talk about Don.

I am here to praise his (slightly) younger brother Joe.   Who I also know from our hometown in northern Ohio.   "Joe is a writer, director and actor in Chicago. He teaches at The Second City Training Center and at Columbia College. He is also a senior writer/director at Fig Media, Inc."  Taken directly from his website.   (why try to create accolades when he does it for himself?)

But I'm really not here to talk about Joe either.    Just his blogsite..... "Bite and Smile"
http://biteandsmile.blogspot.com/

Very enjoyable and funny insights into life, love, and the human condition.    Or some bullshit like that.
Here is one that caught my attention recently:

 "dating at my age is sometimes fun and mostly frustrating. Part of it is that I don't look my age and women  my age do. (I know, I'm going to hell). I'm also dragging around a few past relationships where I invested a lot of time, energy, emotion and commitment only to get screwed over. Relationships are hard. They have their moments of being a blast and their moments of being rough. If I get into another relationship - and I'm totally cool if I don't - it's going to be with someone who's not going to jump off the roller coaster when they discover it goes down as well as up."

So check out Bite and Smile once in awhile.  We may "borrow" Joe's idea on tshirts.    Wonder if people would pay money to have drawings of the members of Team R on their chests?    Probably beats having the real thing shoved into their boobs! 

Team R Dominates with The Dread Pirate Robert

Team R had an impromptu reunion on this past Sunday.    A nice brunch at a local bisto ..... complete with a small dose of debauchery and inappropriate discussions.    (But the waitress was nice).

Later in the afternoon ...... The Dread Pirate Robert proved his worth as an honary member of Team R .... helping Captain Jeff to 2 wins and a 2nd place for the Fall Hoover Series.   Robert proves to have the makings of a good pirate and an able sailor.    (plus he gets all of our Team R humor).   Will look forward to sailing with him again.     Once he gets this whole ...... "bun in the oven" thing worked out.

Wonderful to see The Savage Man out and about.  Another generation of Savage sailors in the making?

It is unclear at this time if the entire Team R will be invading any ports and vanquishing foes in the near future. Captain Jeff may be visiting with The Poltergiest in October............Whoooooo ...... scary, scary, scary.
(please see hard copy of Big Book for full story)

However .... have no fear.    Normal debauchery continues off the water as usual.

We Didn't Get To Nationals ....But We SURE Got Down To Business !!!!!

2010 will be known as one of the few years that Team R did NOT participate in the Interlake National Championships.  Wish we could blowviate about "giving someone else a chance to win"....  (ha ha) ... but such is not the case.  

BIG CONGRATS to members of The Savage Empire .... Scott and Rick.   From all accounts an impressive .... and dominating .... performance.   Congratulations to Hank and all of the other "hardware" winners.   Rumor has it that Jumpin' Jimmy Ward and Jivin' Jay Mueller even showed up!

Lastly, we hope everyone has gotten a chance to see the 2010 Team R t-shirts.    Glad to have Terry quit yapping about never getting a shirt.   And thanks to my "personal assistant" for allowing the accompanying photo.  

"It's Business Time!"

Happy Birthday To The Big Wiener !!!!!!!

OMG ..... can you believe?     Brian "Big Wiener" Boelk turns 50 today!         FIFTY!!!!    He still looks great and has the butt of a 20 year old.    A kiss of The Fish and cold St. Pauli Girl to you Brian, our brother!

Could It Be????

Is it really possible that summer is right around the corner?    WELL I'LL BE.......       yep, hot sun and a 4+ hour kayak trip today.    Yours truly is one crispy critter.   Gosh.... good thing I wasnt on the R boat... probably would have been forced to drink beer too!

You Need the Right Tools for the Right Job

Washington (CNN) -- The United States has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and many thousands more that have been retired and are awaiting dismantling, according to a senior defense official.

The release of the number of warheads marks only the second time in U.S. history the government has released the once top secret information.
The Pentagon statistics show the nuclear stockpile was reduced by 75 percent between the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and September 30, 2009, and 84 percent since its peak of more than 31,255 in 1967.

**** Wondering if they thought they would ever get around to using ALL 31,255?       Just sayin'

Springtime in New Hampshire

Black flies.     Need I say more?       

On the other hand, at least when they die, you dont need front loaders to dispose of them and your entire town doesnt smell like dead fish.   

So we got that going for us up here.

For Every Season There Is A Reason ......

Hurray, Hurray ... its the first of May.    Outdoor f#@*ing begins today!

Blue Oyster Cult .... get's it right!

Who would have thought that BOC (that's Blue Oyster Cult ... the band)... would be so darn prophetic and have such enlightenment in their lyrics?

"History shows again and again how Nature points out the folly of man".        Yep ... one little volcano and you'd think that modern technology and civilization were crumbling.   HA ... maybe that wouldnt be such a bad thing!     After all .... Ted Kaczynski wasnt all bad ... just a little misunderstood. 

Hmmmmm.... wonder what they mean by "All praise    He's found the awful truth, Balthazar     He's found the saucer news".    

Keep your eyes and ears open!

You Say It's Your Birthday .... !

Happy Birthday to Jamie the Weatherman.   Jamie is a long time friend of Team R.  Much beloved but much ridiculed.... usually over weather forecasts.  Jamie has turned 40!    WOW..... middle age.   Nothing like having a wife, an ex-wife, 3 kids, another on the way, 2 cars, a house mortgage, child support, and a declining economy to add a dose of reality to your life!   Wow... what a buzzkill.

Regardless....  have a very happy, happy birthday.   Capt R was there to represent us .... I owe you a birthday beer.   CHEERS!

AHHHHHHH ...... Spring time ....

YEAH ..... RIGHT!          35 and snowing this morning in Ashland NH.
"Boat drinks ... waitress I need two more boat drinks ....."

Happy Tax Day ....

Yep ... its April 15th.      By now most of you have filed your tax returns ... or gotten your refund.      CHEER UP!      This is Amerika .... the land of opportunity and capitalism.        Just remember this little tidbit of info the next time you take a look at your check stub:

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The joke goes, The economy is so bad Exxon Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen. If only.


Turns out the economy is never really bad for the oil giant, and the last thing they would want to do is cut off support to members of Congress who allow them to pull off the remarkable trick of making $45 billion in profits last year but paying no federal income tax.