Random things

Over the weekend, my husband Mike and I saw The Departed with Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. In the movie, Matt Damon's character, Colin Sullivan, is a dirty Massachusetts State Police officer working with the mob. I really liked this movie. All of the actors were great and Damon was so good that I wanted to kill him throughout the movie. He got what he deserved in the end.

Sunday afternoon with one lap to go at the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Dale Earnhardt, Jr was in the lead, behind him was Jimmie Johnson and Brian Vickers. Jimmie Johnson and Vickers pulled out from behind Earnhardt to pass him. Junior pulled out in front of Johnson to block. Vickers got in the back of Johnson, Johnson then got into Earnhardt, they both turned sideways and crashed. Vickers went on to win. Earnhardt and Johnson finished 23rd and 24th. Earnhardt said in interviews he would have been happy with second or third, but Vickers got too excited and crashed into the back of his own teammate. GRRRRR to Vickers!

The day after Talladega, Jeff Gordon cried to the media about Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Gordon said that "there was more bump-drafting than he'd seen in a long time." He also said one of the worst offenders was Earnhardt, who put the bumper of his No. 8 Chevrolet under countless cars as he battled from a lap down to take the lead. NASCAR warned Earnhardt during the race but said after the race that they didn't see any excessive bump-drafting. Cry some more Jeff.

My husband and I went to Fricker's today for lunch. The waitress came to take our order and told us that it was 25 cent wing day. She took our drink orders, I ordered water and Mike ordered Sierra Mist. Our waitress told us some rules to follow for 25 cent wing day, you MUST order a pop or alcohol. Mike covered us with his Sierra Mist. If you just order water, the wings are full price. She also went on to say that if we do not eat all of the wings, we can't take them home. Fricker's will not provide a to-go box.

While we were eating, a group of four were sitting at the table in front of us. I saw that they all had left over wings. I then saw them dumping all of their wings into a to-go box. Our waitress told us, no wings can leave the building. These people had 10 or more in their to-go box. I guess their waitress didn't get the wings memo.


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