It’s Monday. It was a beautiful Saturday morning, so the girlfriend and I decided to take a road trip up to Michigan for the day. We picked St. Joseph as our destination because we’ve been there several times and really enjoy the beach and laid-back vibe. With Labor Day weekend in the rearview mirror, most of the vacation crowds had packed up and headed home, leaving us with a beautiful beach and plenty of room to relax.

After spending the afternoon soaking up the sunshine and enjoying the beach, we decided to take a scenic drive down to New Buffalo for dinner at one of our favorite spots, The Stray Dog. The food and drinks are fantastic, and if you can snag a table up on the Sky Deck, I highly recommend it. Great food, cold drinks, a beautiful view, and a gorgeous day in Michigan—hard to beat that combination.

Sunday turned into a full-blown dual-sports day, with football and NASCAR filling up the schedule. First up was the Bears game against the Panthers, and holy crap, did the Bears come ready to play! They absolutely lit up the scoreboard, rolling to an impressive 59–37 victory. Bears fans couldn’t have asked for a better way to kick off the season!

Then it was time to switch gears and check out the NASCAR race in St. Louis. It turned out to be a pretty damn good race, with a track-record 18 cautions keeping things interesting. After all the chaos, Kyle Larson came out on top in double overtime, snapping a 51-race winless streak and finally getting himself back into Victory Lane.

All in all, it was one hell of a weekend—beautiful weather, a Michigan road trip, a great dinner, a Bears blowout, and a NASCAR win to finish things off. I’ll take weekends like that anytime!

-keep

It’s Friday! Today is the 25th anniversary of 9/11. This remains one of those days that feels like it happened yesterday. We remember the nearly 3,000 innocent lives lost, the heroes who ran toward danger, and the countless families and communities forever changed by the attacks. A quarter-century has passed, but the images, emotions, and memories of that terrible day have never truly faded. We remember, we honor, and we will never forget.

It was a short week thanks to the Labor Day holiday last Monday, and after all these years, I’ve learned one very important thing: a short workweek is a damn good workweek! Now it’s time to kick off the weekend with a brand-new user-submitted amateur photo, double babes, and a whole mess of jokes. Sounds like a pretty damn good way to start the weekend to me. Enjoy!

-keep

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It’s Thursday. Now that Labor Day is officially in the rearview mirror, Fall is starting to creep in—and you know what that means: Candy Corn!

The girlfriend went on a grocery run yesterday morning and came back with these bags of tasty goodness! I know it’s one of those candies people love to hate, and not everyone is a fan, but I happen to love Candy Corn. In fact, it’s my favorite seasonal candy. So while everyone else is busy arguing about all things pumpkin spice, I’ll be happily stuffing my face with those little orange, yellow, and white wedges of sugary goodness!

-keep