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Alright, so, after being stared out by someone in my household for making Wednesday “Women Wednesday”, I have decided to change formats rather than suffer the wrath of sleeping outside “for as long as you both shall live”. I’m happy to oblige, of course.

So, Wednesdays at ManVBlog shall now be known as “The WERD”. You can take this 1 of 2 ways… Or I suppose a 3rd.

1. I left out an I.
2. I replaced an O with an E because I’m tragically hip.
3. I am spoofing Stephen Colbert.

For the inaugural WERD Wednesday, I thought I’d start it out by doing a little ditty to the “Gilligan’s Island” theme song. Just be glad I haven’t set up my studio yet to do videos.

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful dip
That started from a garage port
Located on the Vegas Strip.

The tosser was a mighty drinkin’ man,
The pongs were fast and true.
Ten cups of beer were laid that game
Set for a weekend splurge, a full weekend splurge.

The shots had started getting tough,
The beer was growing warm,
If not for the courage of the fearless one
The Bud would be doomed, the Bud would be doomed.

Inspired to go play yet?

And yes, there really is a World Series of Beer Pong.

The 2010 tournament season gets underway in July, and there are tournaments throughout the US that you can enter in hopes of gaining entry into the WSoBP (or you can just pay your entry fee, which includes a hotel room, but doesn’t it sound better to say “We won the Tricky Dick’s Pub tournament!”). The top prize is 500 Benjamins ($50k).

If ManVBlog had a nice sponsor, we’d go to cover it. *charity cause?*

You can also read this article on MAXIM online (or in the March edition with the blonde hottie Kaley Cuoco from The Big Bang as the covergirl).

In honor of the forthcoming Olympics in a few weeks (*sarcastic cheer… ice skating… dread*), and seeing as this is Women Wednesday, why not start a series of Wednesday posts in honor of our American hopefuls? So, I will be giving a few women to watch for and why they are the “Gold Standard” in my playbook.

Without further ado, here are 3 of the gold medal hopefuls in Vancouver!

1. Katie Uthlaender – Skeleton. If you haven’t seen a skeleton race, they’re freakin’ awesome. (Think of sledding, only going down head first on your stomach at break-neck speeds.) A bit about Katie: 25 years of age, father was a MLB outfielder for the Indians (yes, they still have a baseball team), and apparently likes to drink really large mugs of beer.

?2. Noelle Pikus-Pace – Skeleton. What is it about these skeleton Olympiads? Good lookin’ and thrill seekers. Facts about Noelle: 27 years of age, was the NJCAA National Discus Champion in college, and apparently went to the same university my wife did to get her MBA in 2007 (might have even been classmates… go figure).

3. Erin Hamlin – Luge. Think of the skeleton race, but on your back and feet first. Thrill seeker, yet again. Mucho gusto. Facts about Erin: 23 years of age, hails from Lake Placid NY (don’t confuse her coming from there with that REALLY bad movie Lake Placid…), and won a gold medal at the 2009 FIL World Luge Championships, breaking the streak of 99 straight German victories. The Germans then drank themselves into a stupor.