News-Record.com

Well, it's late in the day, I'm swamped and I've got nothin', so I'm going to do what every other blogger in the whole freakin' world is doing today and link to the story of the bear that drank all the beer:

BAKER LAKE, Wash. - When state Fish and Wildlife agents recently found a black bear passed out on the lawn of Baker Lake Resort, there were some clues scattered nearby -- dozens of empty cans of Rainier Beer.

The bear apparently got into campers' coolers and used his claws and teeth to puncture the cans. And not just any cans.

"He drank the Rainier and wouldn't drink the Busch beer," said Lisa Broxson, bookkeeper at the campground and cabins resort east of Mount Baker.

Fish and Wildlife enforcement Sgt. Bill Heinck said the bear did try one can of Busch, but ignored the rest. The beast then consumed about 36 cans of Rainier.

1) Before this summer, my dad had drunk Busch beer for more than 50 years. Finally, this summer, he decided he liked something I can tolerate -- Negra Modelo, which spared me from having to use the ultimate put-down on him: "Geez, Dad, even bears won't drink Busch, and bears will drink anything!"

2) It was a funny story, but it would have been even funnier if the bear had waked up next to some sleeping quadriped whose name he didn't know and he couldn't remember how he got there or where he left his shoes.

I'm just sayin'.

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UPDATE: Punctuation glitches fixed.