THEY SHOULD MAKE A SHOT WITH CRAWFISH JUICE.

After work last night, I met David, his girlfriend and her friends (none of them for me) at Madigan's. Or as David calls it Madi's.

Before I arrived, Tara realized she didn't have her ID with her, but she didn't necessarily care because she wasn't drinking. She went up to the bar to order a Sprite, and the bartender carded her, saying she couldn't be in the bar without an ID. This caused an incident.

By the time I arrived, Tara and another girl went back home to retrieve the ID. I'm being caught up on the story.

David: Why didn't she put it in her purse?
Samantha: She doesn't like to bring her purse with her when she goes out.
David: Well, she has pockets.
Me: She couldn't put it in her pockets, though. They're full of sunshine.
(Samantha couldn't stop laughing.)

Of course, Samantha was digging in her purse five minutes later and found Tara's ID. So, Tara wasn't in the bar without her ID. She was still pissed about the way the bartender treated her, though. Eventually, everyone made up. Yay!

No trip to Madi's is complete without some original shots from Bill the Bartender. Here he is making his renown Kill Bill Vol. 1. It contains 12 vodkas. He just goes down an entire row and puts a splash in from each bottle. Strong stuff.

On the way home, I decided to mess with David and Co., who was driving in front of me on River Road. Every 10 to 15 seconds, I flashed my bright lights. Usually for a second at a time, once for five seconds. I figured they knew it was me. When David turned at the beginning of Harahan, I honked my horn at his van. Driving near people you know is fun!

On Saturday at the second annual Rittiner crawfish boil, I learned that David and the girls had no idea I was driving behind them. They thought I was some giant douche. The girls kept shooting the bird at me, though I couldn't see that.

Me: How did you like me flashing my lights at you last night?
David: That was you? Oh, man. I kept saying, 'Look at this asshole. He keeps flashing his lights at me. Why won't he just fucking pass me?' I even slowed down for the car to do that. And then when you honked the horn, I was like 'This is the biggest asshole ever. Now, he's honking at us.'

When everyone found out, they agreed it was a good prank. They didn't hold a grudge and found the humor in it. That was a lot of fun. I hope to do it again someday.

That's the spread for the second batch of crawfish Saturday. The first batch was good, and the second batch was awesome. I must have had me about eight pounds. All around good times.

THE TINA CURSING CORNER

My mom is upset because all the headphones in our house have one earpiece broken, even though we have four iPods. "Piece of shit. $200 iPod. Ninety-five cent headphones."

Mom wants the tree in our backyard to come down. She's sick of it. It's expensive, though. "I guess I'll take money out the fucking bank and pay someone to cut it down. It's coming down. I had enough of it."

Mom falls behind on her chores. "I'm wasting all my time doing other shit."

The other day, mom also was all out of sorts. "It's been so long since I seen fucking Lost. I forgot what happened. I haven't even read the newspaper today. It's fucked. I haven't done my exercises yet, either. All this fucking shit."

MORE PRICE CHANGES

On Friday, I noticed that the granola price had been fixed. It is now .85. For the past week, it had been $8.55 for a Natural Valley granola bar. That's a drop of $7.70, probably marking the biggest one-day drop of a candy price in history.

PARTING SHOT
D turns to check out some of the Rockets-Blazers game.

D: This is why I should win the lottery. Then, I could sit at home and watch 40 games in 40 nights.
Liam: With a 40 ounce.
D: Every night.

THE DAILY TOP LIST
Two lists today because they are both favorite three.

My top three bands of the 60s.

3) The Beach Boys.
I feel like I should be on the beach when listening to them.

2) The Rolling Stones.
They were No. 5 on bands of the 70s.

1) The Beatles.
Who doesn't like The Beatles?

My top three movie soundtracks.

3) Lion King.
Thank you Elton John.

2) Space Jam.
Used to listen to it as I feel asleep.

1) Forrest Gump.
Too many big hits not to be.