I Have a Lot to Share

FIVE THINGS I LIKE:
1. M&M’s with peanuts.
2. Tim Tebow.
3. Dan Patrick, during his old SportsCenter years.
4. The name “Steve.”
5. Keith Olbermann, during his sane years on SportsCenter.

FOUND ON FACEBOOK: “Well I know it’s wrong but every time I see kids walking thru obviously wet concrete I just wanna stuff their Lil faces in it and ask em how fun is it now punk?”

OVERRATED: Stephen King.

UNDERRATED: Stephen Strasburg.

FIVE THINGS I DON’T LIKE:
1. All Detroit Tigers.
2. All Michigan Wolverines.
3. The Sun Belt Conference.
4. Canned peas.
5. Squished worms on the sidewalk.

FIVE THINGS I LIKE:
1. Buzzcut Mondays and Kustom Cuts.
2. The Sea Hawk.
3. Captain Blood.
4. They Died With Their Boots On.
5. Carthage, Ill., still the home of the Blueboys.

FOUND ON FACEBOOK: “Scariest thing in the world when (you’re in the bathroom) and ya hear a rat chewing thru the ceiling and all you can do is pray Your fast enough to make it out alive.”

OVERRATED: Ashley Judd.

UNDERRATED: Ashley Boyts.

FIVE THINGS I DON’T LIKE:
1. Movie westerns made after 1979.
2. South Park.
3. Gel pens with tips larger than 0.7mm.
4. Angry mimes.
5. SportsCenter highlights I have seen seven times … in the same hour show.

FIVE THINGS I LIKE:
1. Trackburgers at Quincy Raceways on a Sunday night in the spring.
2. Any conversation with The Blonde Girls.
3. Golf shirts on a Monday.
4. Mount Rushmore.
5. The Phillipines.

FOUND ON FACEBOOK: “Note to self. Shorts were a totally stupid idea tonight.”

OVERRATED: “Harper Valley PTA,” by Jeannie C. Riley, circa 1966.

UNDERRATED: Bryce Harper, circa 2012.

FIVE THINGS I DON’T LIKE:
1. “NAPCAR” (that’s what NASCAR has turned into … holy crap, that sport needs a major fixing.)
2. Finding no ice in the fridge when I’m dying for a Coke on the rocks.
3. New Mexico State University football.
4. Any movie that John C. Reilly is in.
5. The end of the American Idol season.

FIVE THINGS I LIKE:
1. The Darlington Stripe.
2. “Back In The New York Groove.”
3. Wi-Fi.
4. Pizzas that are cut in squares.
5. Drive-thrus that are open until midnight and later.

FOUND ON FACEBOOK: “We both might run outta gas.”

OVERRATED: Neil Patrick Harris.

UNDERRATED: Danica Patrick.

FIVE THINGS I DON’T LIKE:
1. Denis Leary comedy routines.
2. The number “87.”
3. Dancing With The Stars.
4. So You Think You Can Dance.
5. Chili cheese fries.

FIVE THINGS I LIKE:
1. Vests.
2. Quiet Saturday afternoons in the mancave.
3. Quiet Saturday nights in the mancave.
4. NASCAR races on Saturday night that I’m able to watch in the quiet of the mancave.
5. Taking my wife out to buy a birdbath. (Her idea, not mine. Happy Mother’s Day, hon’.)

FOUND ON FACEBOOK:  “Besides my flaw of being a complete fountain soda snob. I have a lovely personality. Like the shining star of niceness.”

OVERRATED: Walker, Texas Ranger.

UNDERRATED: Josh Hamilton, Texas Ranger.

FIVE THINGS I DON’T LIKE:
1. Anal gland issues with the family pet.
2. Matt spelled with one “t.”
3. Opposing teams that intentionally walk Josh Hamilton.
4. The color purple, at least in most cases.
5. The number “47.”

FIVE THINGS I LIKE:
1. Thursdays, because Friday is next and right after that is Saturday.
2. Post-its.
3. Vinnie Pestano.
4. The sound of baseball cleats on concrete.
5. Auntie Anne’s pretzels.

FOUND ON FACEBOOK: “Yay, Steve is back … oh how I’ve missed his abs!” (Wow. Thanks!)

OVERRATED: Junior Samples.

UNDERRATED: Junior Toppmeyer.

FIVE THINGS I DON’T LIKE:
1. Swiss cheese.
2. Mint-flavored Three Musketeer bars.
3. Socks that lose the elastic at the top.
4. Long-distance running events.
5. NASCAR Truck Series.

FIVE THINGS I LIKE:
1. Canadian bacon.
2. Peanut butter Snickers.
3. Suits.
4. The Soap Box Derby.
5. Irish Spring soap.

FOUND ON FACEBOOK: “I’m actually using actual ice in a Ziploc bag. How barbaric.”

OVERRATED: Tom Hamilton

UNDERRATED: Hamilton, Joe, Frank and Reynolds.

FIVE THINGS I DON’T LIKE:
1. Parallel parking.
2. Bucket seats.
3. Too much sauce on pizzas.
4. Gel pens that blotch.
5. Old-fashioned goal posts on football fields.

FIVE THINGS I LIKE:
1. The number “22.”
2. Watching Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw pitch.
3. The name “Diane.”
4. Names on the back of baseball uniforms.
5. 1970s Afros.

FOUND ON FACEBOOK: “I`m sorry I hurt your feelings. When I called you stupid, I really thought you already knew.”

OVERRATED: Unicorns.

UNDERRATED: Unibrows.

FIVE THINGS I DON’T LIKE:
1. Taking my dog to the vet.
2. Any kind of uniform the San Diego Padres have ever worn.
3. Italian accents.
4. Cats.
5. Unsalted french fries.

FIVE THINGS I LIKE:
1. Ken Harrelson broadcasting White Sox baseball games.
2. Steve Stone also broadcasting White Sox baseball games.
3. Chili dogs on fresh buns.
4. Gangster movies.
5. Living in the Central time zone.

FOUND ON FACEBOOK: “I can’t believe I even left the house today.”

OVERRATED: Josh Brogan.

UNDERRATED: Josh Tomlin.

FIVE THINGS I DON’T LIKE:
1. Hi-liters any color but yellow.
2. Unearned runs for Indians pitchers.
3. Popcorn-flavored jellybeans.
4. Ashes the family dog letting me know she needs to go outside — at 4 a.m.
5. Wet hair in the bathroom sink.

FIVE THINGS I LIKE:
1. Tambourines.
2. Alliteration.
3. Cup holders in cars.
4. Freshly mowed lawn.
5. Giving the family dog a bath on a 90-degree May day.

FOUND ON FACEBOOK: “Crazy or not if I can jet to my seat with a beer and haulers are there, then racing will happen. At least that’s what my head believes.”

OVERRATED: UEFA Champions League finale.

UNDERRATED: 6-year-olds’ soccer at John Wood Community College.

FIVE THINGS I DON’T LIKE:
1. Limes.
2. Tea. (Green, iced or otherwise.)
3. The month of December.
4. Orange soda.
5. Toads.