Tainted Love

It's only fitting that the name of one of the all time great 80's songs, is also the name of one of the all time great 80's cover bands. I first saw "Tainted Love" about 5 years ago in S.F. with my buddy Guido...they were awesome.

5 years later...still awesome.

Hard to tell in this picture but I am playing Megan like a guitar...absolutely crushing the solo in AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long".

Golden Birthday

For those that are unfamiliar with the term "Golden Birthday", it refers to the birthday that matches your age to the day of the month your birthday happens to be on. Mine came when I was 8, because I was born on May 8th. My wife had her "Golden Birthday" on Friday...I'll let you figure out the rest.

We hit some old favorites (Hip Hop Sushi & Nunu's) with some old friends and had a blast. In fact...that's why today's post is so late...a little too much of a blast.

Expect then same tomorrow.

I'm the One on the Right.

There was a time in the middle of the last decade that I would be walking down the street and random Padre fan would yell out at me, "Hey Matt, how are the Padres gonna do this year?"

The Matt they were mistaking me for was Matt Vasgersian. As you can see we look nothing alike.

So when random Padre fan yells to me now, "Hey Scan, how are the Padres gonna do this year?"...at least I kind of understand.

Fore

With Tiger Woods off at sex rehab camp somewhere in the desert, I'm not sure how many people really care that the PGA tour is in town this weekend. One guy that definitely does is Tod Leonard of the Union Tribune...he's the golf writer and we had him on set tonight for Postgame.

If you missed it...and who are we kidding, you missed it...he thinks Tiger will be back on the tour for the Masters this April. For now, he likes Ernie Els in the Farmers Insurance Open (that's the tournament this week here in San Diego at Torrey Pines).

As for me, I like Phil Mickelson...if he can drive well. He says he's worked on it a lot, and I believe him, that's why I've got him winning the tournament for the first time in 9 years.

We're number 1!

I met my buddy Greg for dinner tonight at Tornado in North Park. The food was good, but the beer was great...and most of what was on tap was local. I commented on that fact and Goose (that's Greg's nickname) responded with some interesting information. He said that San Diego had recently been named the number one beer town in America.

I wouldn't call myself a skeptic but the first thing I did when I got home was look it up on the Internet. And wouldn't you know it, according to "Men's Journal" San Diego tops the list of the best beer boroughs in the U.S.

According to the article there are 33 local breweries in San Diego...tops in the nation. That's pretty cool. I mean, none of our sports teams seem to be able to reach the pinnacle in their particular fields, at least when we're drinking our sorrows away we know we're doing it with some damn fine beer.

Confucius Says

As it turns out, fortune cookies are as American as apple pie. Actually they're more American because apple pie was invented in England and the Chinese Fortune Cookie was invented right here in California.

Though no one can seem to agree on exactly who invented the cookie or exactly when...it doesn't really matter. They're here now and we all get to enjoy then after dinner at our favorite Chinese restaurant. The thing is I never really thought they tasted that good in the first place...I just love getting the fortune.

Best fortune I ever got... and I swear this is true...read like this:

"Something usual will happen to you at school or work this week." And you know what...that cookie was right.

A New PR

When I was younger I had a robe, but when I had my growing spurt freshmen year of high school, I literally and figuratively grew out of it. Now that I'm a bit older, and perhaps wiser, I thought it may be time to get back to my roots, so I asked my wife for a robe this Christmas.

Great call on my part because as it turns out robes are even better then I remembered them. Comfortable, practical, and yes stylish.

I know Snuggies are all the rage right now but I guarantee you'll never see James Bond wearing one. Just like Bond will always choose a classic tux over some ridiculous 7-button suit, he will always choose the sophistication of a robe over some gimmicky blanket.

Clearly I am on "Team Robe" and as a show of support today, I set a new personal record for robe wearing while perfectly healthy...7.5 hours. It could have been way longer but I slept in pretty late today and I had to go my Mom's birthday dinner at 7...and no matter how hard I tried to convince my wife to let me wear it to the restaurant, she wouldn't go for it.