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Congratulations! You made it through another week. And to reward you we have another edition of time wasting links we affectionately refer to as Happy Friday. We touch on a few of our favorite things this week like beer, punk rock, beer, Hanson, and more beer. Now sit back, relax and enjoy the links, after all, you deserve it.

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Do you remember what you were doing in 1989? We were six and seven years old and most likely wasting our time with WWF related fun. Little did we realize that at opposite ends of the country a couple bands were just starting out in what would be long careers. Also we had no idea these bands would include a couple of singers that would cause us to admit feelings of homosexuality. Definitely not something were even thinking about then, though the WWF thing should have been a clue. Anyway, here’s an interview with the Bouncing Souls and an interview with Jason Cruz of Strung Out.

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Now let’s travel forward from 1989 to 1992 and change from one of our loves, punk rock, to another, baseball. In 1992 Denver was preparing itself for something it had been missing for some time, major league baseball. But an expansion team doesn’t just show up and say let’s play. There is a lot of prep work that goes on before a single pitch is ever thrown. Lucky for us we have this account of what those early days were like in the Rockies organization from people who were there. ESPN was denied access to the Rockies suite during the expansion draft and it seems like those babies have held a grudge ever since.

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Working for an expansion team sounds like it would be a fun job. We want to know where and how to sign up. One thing we do know is not to send a cover letter like this one. Make us wonder if this poor kid was able to find a job anywhere? We’re guessing no where worth talking about. Maybe next time they’ll take a little more time on their letter. I guess they were just too excited to worry about content. Another thanks to F-U-Natalie for sending us this link.

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This week we dive into the world of young love. We have all been in that awkward stage when we first start discovering that some people are more attractive to us than others. So we want to know who your childhood celebrity crush was? Did you wish you were in Beverly Hills with Jennie Garth, or did you want Menudo to be singing directly to you? Whoever it was we want to hear about it so send an email our way.

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If your one time celebrity crush was Zac Hanson, then you are going to love this link. And even if you have never liked Zac and his brothers and hoped you never had to hear anything related to “Mmmmbop,” again, you might still enjoy this link. For those of you still going to concerts hoping for your chance to meet a band member just know there is hope as everyone of the Hanson’s met their wives at concerts. That’s right all three members of Hanson are now married. These are the kind of things you can learn from this interview.

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Do you now have “Mmmmbop” stuck in your head and it is slowly giving you a death wish? Our only advice for this is find a place from this Cracked article, move there, and wait for death all while humming the song that sent you there in the first place. When we read articles like this we are always reminded that no matter how bad things may get, it is always great to be living in America.

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If you don’t have a death wish and inexplicably end up living in one of the shit holes above just remember these words, “There is always beer.” And with that note we give you several beer related links. First up we have an important one. It’s called “Pints for Prostates,” and it started as one man’s goal to help men become more aware and more open about prostate cancer. For many men prostate cancer can be a hard thing to think about let alone talk about. But grab a bud and a brew and suddenly there are no topics too taboo.  And this time it may save your life.

Batting second in our beer lineup is an article about one of our favorite beer companies, New Belgium. As it approaches its 20 year mark, it has grown by leaps and bounds but has still managed to maintain its down to earth, grassroots, startup company vibe. It is easy for a company to become cold and heartless once they get big so it is enduring to hear there are some companies that haven’t lost their soul. For this reason, and because they make a tasty brew, we will keep on drinking New Belgium beers.

Have you ever seen those ads for Crown Royal with a busted Crown bottle and it reads, “Have you ever seen a grown man cry?” This video is along those same lines. Some careless forklift operator destroys so much beer. Shelves of the stuff come crashing down like a sandcastle wrecked by a bully. And like the kid who built the sandcastle, many of us cried uncontrollably. Keep this video in mind and don’t waste beer.

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Sometimes beer can lead to an accidental pregnancy. If this happens you may have a lot of questions about the baby growing inside you. We want to end this week with a link answering one of the most important questions surrounding any upcoming pregnancy. We’re going to protect our necks here and throw a disclaimer up. The advice given does not come from professional medical experts and you should consult your own doctor with questions like these. But if you have a question like this, please for the sake of the baby, give it up for adoption.

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How about an adorable demotivator this week?

Seriuosly, what more?

lee.s.hart@crujonessociety.com