Hey, it’s another Monday, and that means I have to write a mock draft.  It’s also Evening 3 of a 4-day weekend which means, you guessed it, I’ve had a couple.  And by a couple I mean one margarita at my mother’s birthday lunch, (strawberry with a spice that I’ve already forgotten; it was not a great margarita), followed by a margarita I made myself after mowing and raking the lawn, (and I’ve got an acre of it), then removing the grass piles to the compost pile, then walking the dog.  The margarita I made consisted of the following:

3 oz. resposado tequila

1.5 oz. Pomegranate Triple Sec

2 oz. Rose’s lime juice. (straight lime juice is better, but I was out and the store closed)

1 oz. Grand Marnier

It’s basically the Stone Cold Steve Austin recipe with pomegranate tagged in and the lime juice boosted.  He is likely right about actual limes being better than lime juice, but ain’t nobody got the time for that shit, Steve.  There’s drinking to be done.  The pomegranate, in my humble opinion, takes it to another level.  Also pomegranate is a superfood, so it’s really good for you despite what the 5.5 oz. of liquor will do to your liver.  Suck it up, little buddy; we’re on a mini-vacation and you had yesterday off.

Anyhoodles, it being Memorial Day I expect most of you will be out and about, or aboot, unless you’re in CT, where after three days of gorgeous weather, (I was actually able to do some much needed exterior painting and gutter cleaning!), Memorial Day itself is headed for a washout and our town’s famous 400 yard parade, (I’m not kidding), has already been canceled.  So this is gonna be a short topic and I’m already at 280 words so why am I still typing?

Draft a holiday.  Your favorite.  Your second favorite.  One you just made up.  Whatever.  Just have fun with it and let’s all drink a bit too much, (but not drive), maybe burn one with a loved one, (or complete stranger), and grill some meat or meat-like products.  Maybe watch ‘Saving Private Ryan, (or ‘Shaving Ryan’s Privates’)

while remembering that this holiday is for the guys (and gals) who died, while the guys (and gals) who got out alive get their day in November.

Speaking of November, Thanksgiving is off the board as my first pick.  The Manchester Road Race in the morning, (back when I had knees that would allow me to run just short of 5 miles), followed but the Detroit Lions “playing” “football,” followed but Gluttony Round 1, followed by Dallas versus Someone, followed be dessert, followed by Random Evening Game Because Why Not, followed by Gluttony Round 2.  Really, the most American holiday possible.

The rest of you are on the clock.