I present to you....

The Filipino Barrack Obama

The Afghan Lebron James

The White Kobe Bryant

The bbq started around 12:30 and went all day. Then we went to a Chinese joint for more drinks and karaoke (not me, i dont sing, but Dallas loves him some karaoke). So we shut that joint down, and crammed 7 grown adults into a regular sized sedan Cab. I would have taken pics, but i couldnt get to my camera, which was in my own pocket.

So essentially it was a good 13 hours of drinking and telling Jake stories as we honored the man. Still cant believe its been a year already though.

Anyway, here are a few pics and videos.

And my man Dallas loves the karoke, as you can see.

This is Dal and Fitzy double teaming the karaoke, its a lot longer than the clip above, and not as entertaining as Dal's "BWAWK" (although he did throw a few BWAWKs in at the very end), but i told them i was gonna make them famous on the "interwebs", so here it is.

ps - if you watch and listen closely at about the 1:20 mark, it appears that Fitzy turns into a retard for a few seconds. And possibly again near the 2:00 mark. Im just sayin.

Is the 1 year anniversary of the day our boy Jake passed.

Im gonna be celebrating my man, with Dallas and the rest of the crew tomorrow. But for now, here's a look back at the man himself.

Rest in Power Jake.

(Click to enlarge)

So it turns out the hat i designed for that contest is NOT gonna be a New Era product. Instead, the Elm Company is going to be producing them. I cant lie, at first i was annoyed by this (and still am a LITTLE bit to be honest) but then they posted a sneak peak at the production of a hat from the last contest. The embroidery looks really nice and theyre gonna have custom tags and taping on the inside.

I LOVE green underbrims but hopefully i can avoid the tonal logo monogram on mine. We'll have to wait and see. Sometime this fall is what im being told.

Stay tuned.

..for my lady's dad's birthday. He's a man, and he likes beer.....theres no way he won't like it.

Overview:

Our Railroad Spike Bottle Openers are eye-catching, unique, and make fabulous gifts for your beer-drinking friends. Each bottle opener is hand-forged from an old railroad spike which was collected from an abandoned railroad line.

The forging process requires heating the steel spike to 2400 degrees Fahrenheit. Several custom tools were designed to create the bottle-opening claw as well as the twisted design on the handle.

Due to the hand-forging process, there will be slight variations between each opener. A thin coating of pure beeswax is added for protection and a bit of coloring.

Features & specs:

• Dimensions: 6.25" x 1.5" x 0.75"
• Made from reclaimed railroad spikes
• Coal-forged by hand in the USA
• Protective pure beeswax coating

Get it here if youre interested:

http://www.vat19.com/dvds/railroad-spike-bottle-opener.cfm