Nik Bronder

Last night before meeting up with Dom and Kelly we went to Merkle’s to catch the Mets game. I had a couple Rolling Rock’s before I noticed the pledge on the back has been amended:

TO HONOR THE TRADITION OF THIS GREAT BRAND, WE QUOTE FROM THE ORIGINAL PLEDGE OF QUALITY:

“FROM THE GLASS LINED TANKS OF OLD LATROBE.

WE TENDER THIS PREMIUM BEER FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, AS A TRIBUTE TO YOUR GOOD TASTE.

IT COMES FROM THE MOUNTAIN SPRINGS TO YOU”

“33”

Where to begin. As you can imagine I’m pretty pissed. Jim Wallis warned me about this over several Yuengling’s one night but I didn’t really listen. I mainly drink Rolling Rock during football season so it’s been a while. I like how they ‘quote’ from the original pledge because they can’t ‘honor’ the plege. Instead the honor the idea of the pledge but no they pledge. Which is not honoring at all. It should just say “We liked what it said on the bottle before but none of that is true now, so shit was made in New Jersey.”

Looks like I’ll be drinking Iron City this football season since beer is the last commodity to cross the Appalachian Mountains with any consistency.

Mo was in the Chicago area for the past week for a little bit of a (or maybe a lot) Family Vacation. Before heading out of town she stopped by for dinner and a couple of drinks. We ended up walking to the Goose Island Brewery in Wrigleyville for dinner and then headed to the Cubby Bear for a a couple of drinks. Neither Julie or I have been there and my only comparison would have to be any Choch bar (sp?) in Columbus, Ohio. Take your pick; The Lodge Bar, Frog, Bear & Wild Turd, you get the idea.

The iPhone and its’ real meaning

I got an iPhone the other day to celebrate the end of my unemployment vacation and besides waiting 2 days to receive calls it’s been pretty awesome. I’ve been pointing out to Julie whenever she, I or anyone we’re with has a question that if I had the iPhone we would know. Well that day has come. Below you will see me being proven right (the first of many times to come) with the power of the iPhone. Basically the iPhone’s greatest feature is a it’s quick ability prove anyone wrong, at any time, in any place.