An Actual Text From Last Night: Camera Phone Needed

Editor's Note: I really hope this becomes a recurring feature because I get some of the most entertaining text messages.  I really do.  However, none have been accepted to go on the renowned site textsfromlastnight.com.  So rather than wait for their "acceptance" I figured I'd post them here -- but with fake area codes to protect the innocent.

Hilarity after the jump.

Illinois Best Chicken?

Bottoms Up from Gus Bode on Vimeo.

It is a 1 hour, 24 minute, nearly 63-mile drive that I try to make every week.  All for $5 chicken.  It's not Popeyes, KFC or Churches.  It's better than that.  The only chicken that rivals it (that is not home made) is Harold's Chicken in Chicago.  I'm a homer like that.  In any case, Bottom's Up provides an entire whole chicken for $5.  I usually swap the thighs for an extra set of breasts.  That's just how I roll.  They also serve up $1 domestic bottles of beer.

Chicken and beer.  It's like a Ludacris album without hoes in different area codes.

It's a weekly tradition to go to Bottom's Up in Neunert, Ill., with a gang of people.  Recently, they've been getting a lot more people which is good for their business and bad for my stomach.  But believe me, it is worth the wait.

Video via Julia Rendleman and siuDE.com.  Check out Julia's blog here.

An Actual Text From Last Night: Tales Of A Wordsmith

Editor's Note: I really hope this becomes a recurring feature because I get some of the most entertaining text messages.  I really do.  However, none have been accepted to go on the renowned site textsfromlastnight.com.  So rather than wait for their "acceptance" I figured I'd post them here -- but with fake area codes to protect the innocent.

(770): For someone who writes a thousand words a day, you sure know how to use the same tired ass cliche's whenever you talk to her.
(773): Fuck you. Let's get smashed and pretend this night never happened

LOL No Homo

I Think It's Time For A New Kanye West Album

I feel as if every time my life is at a crossroads, Kanye West has not been too far behind in dropping an album I can relate to.

Someone Check Miley Cyrus' Birth Certificate

Singer/actress Miley Cyrus is really making me consider putting my child on a mountain side in case I have a daughter.

Maybe The Kids Should Be Spanking The Parents

Ranting after the jump.

And Now, A Message From The Baller-In-Chief

My fellow Ballahollics...

Friday's Road Trip Playlist: Starring Lil' Wayne

Every week I write a feature for the newspaper in which I sit down with a student-athlete and ask the most random questions I could think of.  One of my "go-to" questions asks said participating student athlete about their tastes in music.  A lot of them give me a pretty standard answer, as if they're all in it together.

"Lil' Wayne."

In honor of my recent interview subjects, I present to you Friday's Road Trip Playlist: Lil' Wayne edition.

1. I'm Me
2. Kobe Bryant
3. "S" On My Chest
4. Championship Pop Bottles
5. Go DJ
6. Bring It Back
7. BM Jr.
8. Fireman
9. Money On My Mind
10. A Milli
11. Got Money
12. Lollipop Remix (feat. Kanye West)
13. Yes (feat. Pharrell) 

Playlist Time: 56 minutes 53 seconds