St. Pat's 2006

I’m pretty confidant that those of you reading this rarely sit back and think, “I wonder what Ringo is doing right now.” But if you did, last Friday night you would have thought, “What did Ringo do for St Pat’s?” The answer is obvious: I hosted a party (with my roommate Zola) involving costumes, gimmicks, lights, and nametags. If I didn’t, who else would?

Planning for this party started last year when myself and coworkers built a permanent wooden holder for the 300 pound ice-shot-luge. Planning accelerated when Zola lined up a friend with two turntables to DJ the party. My favorite part of the planning was the phone conversation when I was calling around trying to find a 300 pound ice block for the party. It went like this….

Me: Hey, I’m looking for a 300 lb ice block.
Guy at ice-place: We have that.
Me: Do you have the “Ultra Clear?”
Guy at ice-place: Sure.
Me: What we’re gonna do is carve a couple tracks into it for taking shots, and then…
Guy at ice-place: Is this Ringo?
Me: Wow. Yes it is.

I’ve never felt so famous.

The party went exceptionally well. Check out the pics (you picture whores).

Ringo's St. Pat's Pics

Zola's Pics

Special props go to…..
Zola for being the third floor hostess
Ryan-the-Canadian for carving a nice shamrock in the luge (instead of a maple leaf)
John for bringing PBR longnecks! (I doubted their existence)
Andrew for the use of the first floor in his absence (what a terrible idea)
Staci for use of the inflatable monkey and palm trees. (of course there was an inflatable monkey)
Luke for resurrecting everyone’s old school favorite: The Salmon.
St. Patrick for giving us a reason to do it.
Bradley University for beating Kansas.

Weapons of Mass Destruction Found!!!

Excellent news patriotic Americans!!!! The missing "Weapons of Mass Destruction" have been found in Kansas City! Unbeknownst to UN Inspectors in 2003(wrongly looking in Iraq), the weapons were cleverly being buried beneath Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, near the Boulevard Brewery. This subterfuge was masterminded by the man seen in the picture, known only as "Dre" to his employers (suspected to be from the middle East).

This picture, taken in November of 2003, shows "Dre" or "TFG*" supervising the burial of an ICBM nuclear warhead purchased by Iraq from Kazikstan after the collapse of the Soviet Union. All parties, (Kazikstan, Iraq, and Dre) deny these allegations.

When asked about these allegations, "I'm just a red-blooded patriotic American like yourself," Dre responded, while smoking from a Hookah with his two friends Mohamet and Mohamet at the Jerusalem Cafe in Westport. Further investigations have discovered that Dre is also involved in organizations such as the "All Star Drinking Team" and "League of DARKNESS!!!!" Until these charges can be proved, we urge you to approach this man with caution.

* We don't know exactly what "TFG" stands for, but we speculate it means "That Fallujah Guy" (Fallujah is where Dre was born)