Chad Weiser makes the cut and queen loss fall out...

Hello, and welcome to TundraTalk as we continue on our 2 to 6 year selection process of picking my entourage. I know, most of you have been a bit angry about how long it has been taking. Some of you have moved on completely and don't care any more. Sorry about that, but you know, life catches up to you and a guy that is running a multi dollar multi media conglomerate like TundraTalk runs short of time. Or Maybe I am just a bit lazy. Who knows. Get over it. I am back to doing it. Trust me, the guys who are involved are paying attention.

I guess as you can see by the picture up there that Chad Weiser is the latest selection into my Entourage. Chad came up strong in his interview overcoming a few obstacles. CLICK HERE if you want to run it again. The first being that he sat in a car and watched me fight two guys once. Yeah, it happened. Oh, and the huge hurdle of marrying one of my old girlfriends. He did well and excelled to make the cut.

I first met Chad when I moved to North Dakota back in the early eighties. Yes it is true he was in the original posse that was formed in a 1982 Ford Escort GLX. That car was dubbed the Escorche and was the site of many a crazy scheme and RUN DMC sing-a-long. We spent a lot of time running around the state of ND blowing shit up and having a ton of fun doing it. Other members of this posse were Shannon Just and Bryan Powell.

In fact, those guys were the basis of my company WhiteHot Productions. Back in 1983 we stole my old man's camera and took over the Hazen Golf course and shot the first of many award winning shows. Celebrity Golf Tournament started me toward WhiteHot Productions and to a career where I actually get paid to run a camera. Nice. Chad now lives in Seattle, is married to Angie Reiker (said former girlfriend), has two kids and is working as a Lawn Care Specialist. I guess he mows lawns and stuff. Naw, he is a landscape architect. Chad has something to say..


I, Chad Weiser, newest member of Chris Peterson's Entourage, would like to thank God, my family, Chris of course, the people of Canada, the Packers, and cold North Dakota winters which provided long extents of boredom for Chris and I to start the origins of his first crew/entourage.

Being an old timer in Chris's circle of candidates, I appreciate Chris's memory of my great skills in having his back for all potential slobber-knocking fights and entertaining him during those long winters (not like that, get your mind out of the gutter), while forgetting that I married his old girlfriend. Well a lot of time has passed, and we are all better for it.

Now that Chris is a big shot, I am sincerely humbled by his selection of me for his Entourage. I expect to be a confidant and counselor, but most importantly my goal will be to properly serve and protect while bringing him a beer or brat whenever he desires.

To the TT Nation, carry on and be strong. Go Brett Farve.

Chadwick Von Weiser


Nice job Chad, well except for that Brent Favre blast at the end. Screw Brent Favre.

Speaking of Brent Favre. I got some good feedback on my last posting. First thing I got, within minutes, was from Gene Principe, of the Sportsnet Principe's.

I never should have believed in Favre...what the hell? Too many players on the field? Who is the coach Ken Miller? Then the pick. What a shithead Favre is...if he doesn't know better by now it's too late...I should be watching the Super Bowl hoping to wash away the ghosts of Fran Tarkenton and the Vikings 4 Super Bowl trips without victories..instead Drew 'Birthmark' Brees represents the NFC..I've had enough.. Gene

I believe that was sent via his crackberry because I had to correct a ton of grammar and spelling. One thing I do love about it is the venom involved. Ha, ha ha. Live by the Favre, die by the Favre. Not sure why he had to blast Drew Brees, but hey, he was angry, and I love it.

Marty then followed up my post by sending me a ton of pictures that really make me happy. Have a look...and have a great week...



LEFT: Adrian Peterson Action figure

RIGHT: viqueen Super Bowl Ring

LEFT: viqueens Super Bowl Parade

Right: Adrian and Favre's new store.

LEFT: New Favre T-Shirt

RIGHT: Favre Motivational poster

Favre round two...

All right, it has been a month. I have had plenty of time to digest the loss that was. I really just did not need that. In fact the week after it became a ZERO TOLERANCE week. If anyone brought up the game or the queens to me I just explained that I did not want to discuss it at all and walked away.

This really pisses me off because I have other things to talk about here on TundraTalk and I am getting sidetracked by the Douchebag of the year and the dick who kicked him out of Lambeau. Important things like this texting shit and the language that has sprung up from it. DRIVES ME CRAZY. Oh and I did an psychological experiment on myself. Yup, you read it right, I experimented with my psyche and lived to talk about it. More on that if I can ever get this stupid queens thing out of my foremind. Is that even a word? Screw it. It is now. Of course I have the Entourage to think about also. How dare Brent Favre do this to my big announcements. Dick.

To make matters worse on the Wednesday after the Monday night game, I was not working. So about 2pm in the afternoon, the doorbell rings. I am literally sitting on my throne. That upsets me just to start it off. So I quickly 'finsish what I am doing' and run upstairs. I open the door and it is some religious door to door folks. They explain to me that they had dropped off some stuff a while back and wondered if I had read it. I said no, and the dude said, and I quote, "I see you are a big Packer fan by your truck and flag." I say 'yeah' wondering what is coming next.

This jerk off says to me..again, I quote..."Well, I am a big vikings fan and...." ARE YOU F'N KIDDING ME? At that point I said "And this is where I close the door." And I closed the door. ZERO TOLERANCE.

I just ain't gonna sit and listen to this bozo run his mouth about Brent Favre and the godless queens. I am always very considerate of door to door people. They have a tough job dealing with all that rejection. I will at least listen to their speil and then say no. THIS GUY, has the balls to drop "I am a viking fan." on me and expects me to invite him in? Screw that.

So there was that along with everyone I know wanting to hear my opinion. I am glad that so many people want to hear what I have to say, but I am sooooo tired of talking about this a-hole that it is starting to make me a bit sick.

So here I am again talking about the jerk off. Today, in honor of Brent Favre returning to Lambeau to get his ass handed to him I have the top 4 ways to welcome him back to Green Bay Wisconsin. Keith Murphy, of the Dead Moines Murphy's, called me and wanted me to be on his radio show to talk about this topic. So I came up with this list, along with some visual aids.

#1. First thing we need to do is let him know that we have decided that his number will be retired when HE retires, not anytime sooner. So we give the number to the punter to let him know that we are serious about it. No more ignoring the number when it comes time to hand out numbers to rookies and such. Hell we could even give it to the water boy.




#2. On every wash room in Lambeau field put a picture of Aaron Rodgers on the Mens room door and on the Womens room door put a picture of Brent in the ugly purple dress. This would also send a message to the man. Plus it just makes me laugh thinking about it. Really that shit is funny. Just look at it. I think I will send this off to Lambeau and see if they get it done.

#3. Just to take the last one a few steps forward, lets put Brent's picture crying at his presser when he retired the first time on all the toilet paper in the joint. Sell it at the Pro Shop. Since 90 percent of all the toilet paper in America is made in the Green Bay area this one should not be that hard. We could also put the number 4 on all the toilet seats so when you sit you are sitting on his number. Good idea Chris.

#4. Okay this one is the best one I had. FIRE TED THOMPSON. Fire him today, tomorrow, or hell fire him yesterday. He has got to go. I am so sick and tired of his management. We have no o line to protect A Rod. He spends most of the game on his ass. He will not sign free agents, wait, I take that one back. He signed Ahman Green. AHMAN GREEN? Wasn't he the one that sent him packing saying he could not play anymore? I love Green. I am forever grateful for his years with the Pack but man, shake your head Ted. YOU SUCK. The minute you are gone is the minute this glorious franchise gets back on the right track. I hate Ted Thompson. I do.

I have a few bets on this game, as I always do. I am down one game to all these queen fan losers, but I will get back even on this game. As of right now I owe Dahler, of the minneapple Dalher's, a 12'r of Leinies Amber. I was up one dinner with Gene Principe, of the Sportsnet Principe's, so now we are even, but I will get that dinner back. Oh, and this kid Jodie M, of the who knows where he lives now, I owe a toonie.

James Grandy, of the Minot Grandy's, thinks he is being smart by betting that if the Pack looses I need to put a queen logo on my FB profile for the rest of the season. I cannot take that bet because that would be treason. Treason. I shall not associate myself with the color purple EVER. I know the Pack will win, I just ain't gonna risk that kind of girlish behavior. I would not ask him to do that if the Pack win. Too much humiliation, for him of course. Oh and isn't it funny how these people who never wanted to bet in the past all of a sudden are all over me? Yup, bandwagon must be getting full. Don't worry, it will empty off here in a few more games.

So here is my prediction. Now that the queens have lost a game...oh by the way. They finally play a team that had a winning record last year and the LOSE. The queens are not a great team, they have been playing crappy teams padding their record. So, the Pack will win at Lambeau 31 to 21. Brent will be sacked 3 times and will throw one pick. Read it and week queen fan. queen fan!!! Start your excuses!!!!

Favre and the queens suck...

The big match up on Monday against the queens has elicited some good comments. I want you first to read this article in the Milwaukee JS. Kinda sums it up, Packers want to kick Favre's ass, and Favre is a big fat liar.

Marty Frey pipes in on the whole mess that this game has become...

So many emotions... I said the first day that Ted Thompson took over that there was something wrong with him.. Plain old just didn't like him and what he stood for. And time has bore that out. But Brett should never have gone to play for the viqueens - that is unforgiveable.

The Pack isn't ready for this game - The viqueens only have to hand it off to Peterson enough times and then throw a couple passes and game over. I'm just sick about this and how those godless queen fans will claim that they are unstoppable. The only good that can come of this is for Ted Thompson to be fired as GM.

Marty

Marty, my man, I know this is a tough time. I am right there with you. It seems that everyone I know wants to talk to me about the whole Favre thing. Even the freaking Premier of this province wants to rub it in a bit. Yeah, how do you tell the Premier to "F-off. I don't want to talk about it."? You don't you just smile and say that the queens are still the same queens and will NEVER win the super bowl. NEVER. By the way, that is usually what I say when I see the evil grin in someone's eye in the news room. I don't want to talk about it. I will get over it on MUST WIN MONDAY NIGHT. That is what it is called now. MUST WIN.

Jay Carton, of the Billsfan Edmonton Carton's, drops me a line and calls me out a bit. Read it first then I will explain...

Hey Chris,

As always, TT is just plain good reading. I've been waiting all week for a Pack/Vikings rant. Got to say, I was a bit perplexed. The letter to Ted Thompson (wouldn't it be awesome if his middle name was Ian? He seems like a giant mammary) seemed like you were hedging your bets.

You make a decisive prediction, complete with an injury with massive consequences, yet you wrote the letter just in case. Huh?

On a separate note, we're going to be in the big R this weekend, but I'm not sure how much free time we'll have. Be great if we could meet up for a bit (and beer).

Jay

You know what Jay, I am big enough to admit it. I was wrong in my intent of that letter. You were right. Ted, that letter was for you no matter what happens this weekend. You are a jackass wether the Pack win or lose. You suck. I have an idea for you though Ted. Maybe you could put Harrell in as an offensive lineman, he sure as hell can't play defense. Give it a go, it can't any stupider of a move than picking him in the first round. Oh, and Jay, you are always welcome in my house and are welcome to drink my beer.

Next, Gene Principe, of the Sportsnet pain in Cory Blashill's ass, Principe's, accepts the bet on the game for monday. On a related note, the bet on the game with Scott Dahl, of the Minneapple Dahl's, is for a 12'r of beer AND he will stop deleting my comments on FaceBook about the queens. I will not lose, but, if they do, but they won't, I will owe him a 12' of beer and I will not post any more smart ass remarks on his comments about the queens. Gene, what dumb ass thing do you have to say?

I actually like Favre now..after his last second TD toss....you're on big boy

Gene

Yup, dumb ass.

The Nordic Man makes the cut and shows up big...

I got to get better at doing the TundraTalk a bit more often. A lot has happened since we last spoke. The Packers are 1-1 by beating the snot out of the BearsStillSuck and losing to the BengalsAlwaysSuck. I have a lot to say about this but I have a more important announcement to get to. TundraTalk has spoken. The Nordic Man is in. Most would say that the Nordic One was a lock for this group and I would agree. He would have had to really screw up on his interview to mess this one up. Like tell us he has switched allegiancies to the queens or something drastic like that. He did not, and he got in.

I first met the Nordic one back in 1996 in the Brown County Arena at a Green Bay Gamblers game. I was making a lot of noise telling the other team that they sucked and so was he. I believe that we considered each other bookends in Section A and B. He was B. For the next 3 or 4 seasons we terrorized the USHL with our signature heckling and killer fashion sense. I consider him a brother from another mother and a guy who I would go into battle with any day of the week.

We may not agree on everything, but we do agree on the important things like a good bratwurst, beer, and the Green Bay Packers.

Nordic Man has something he would like to say...


Dear TundraTalk,

I would like to start by saying what an honor it is to be part of your entourage. I can't wait to see who else will make the cut. As being one that was there for the infamous "Dee Snider" comment, it makes me long for the nights of playing poker and listening to Denis on the box. I need not mention the late night runs across the street for pretzels and other munchies. Oops, I just did. I think that is how we stayed so slim.

It is always fun to sit around and talk about the old times and tip a few beers, (OK, maybe a lot of beers.) but what is best is being able to look back at the good times and knowing that that is not where it ends. Here is to many more good times to come, all the times I will get to tell you how wrong you are and why, and all the times you get to do the same. (WOW, am I writing for Halmark now?)

The Nordic Man

PS: If the Posse needs any tickets for the Pack or a hook up to go to any clothing optional resorts, I know just the person. He he Scratch that. I meant really cool, relaxing resort locations in Florida.

Remember, acquaintances will bail you out of jail, but friends can't. (Because they are already there with you!)

PSS: Get back to work you bum!

Nice work Nordic Man. There was a lot in there. There was some great words of wisdom, some great memories, and clothing optional resorts? I do not think that you and I need to be attending any of those any time too soon. I am not sure if I am ready to move to that level in our relationship.

So there you have it, Entourage member number two. The Nordic Man. So we have Shawn Hauser and the Nordic Man in. Both live in the promised land. Will there be more from there? I guess you will have to wait around and find out.

NEXT: Okay, the Packers have beaten the BearsstillSuck, and the Rams. They had a bad week and lost to the Bengals. Oh and check the dude in the pic to the right lobbing the bird when Ocho Dicko jumped into the stands. Packer fan of the year as far as I am concerned.

On the other end of the NFC North, the viqueens have gone 3-0. Yup the moron queen fans are already engraving the trophy. Don't get ahead of yourself, queen fan. You beat the Browns, Lions, and the 49'rs. They had a combined record of 11-37 last year. Big deal. Beat a team that had a winning record then call me.

As for this weekend, you will face your first real test in the Green Bay Packers. Although here is another team that had a losing record last year. 6-10. Nothing to write home about, but most of the prognosticators on week one were picking the Pack to make the Super Bowl. I have placed my bet with vegas with 20-1 odds. I am already spending that money.

Speaking of bets, I will be making my yearly bets with queen nation. Scotty Dahl for Leinies, Gene Principe for dinner, and Shane T Keller for whatever I can get out of him. Losers everyone of them. Screw the queens and Brett Favre.

Packers 24, queens 7. Favre a broken leg.

Oh and if for some god awful reason the queens do prevail I have a message to Ted Thompson...

Dear Ted,

Hey jerk off. Now you have done it. You just had to be a dick and push number four out. You had to do it 'your way' which means drafting losers like Harrell in the first round. By the way, when will he come off the injured list, next year? You suck. How is that offensive line coming? Yes I agree it is OFFENSIVE. Try to protect your quarterback jackass. Don't even get me started on your bonehead move of releasing Jon Ryan, the best punter in the league. We are still paying for that move.

You just had to do it didn't you? Brett asks you to make a play for Moss. You ignore him. Brett says he wants to compete for the job in Green Bay, you say 'We have moved on." He shows up for camp and you bar him from practice. You trade him to the Jets and he makes you look stupid. He has a better record than your team. Just to make sure that you are king dick you put a clause in there that says he cannot be traded to the viqueens. Well I guess that worked didn't it. Dick.

Just to let you know that if your team loses to Brett's team this week and in November your days are numbered. Dick. If I have to I will drive down there myself and demand your resignation. You are an embarrassment to the Packer Organization. Ron Wolf would have NEVER let this happen on his watch. NEVER.

Ted, you dick, make it right. Make us forget about Number 4. Win these two games against the queens and you may get another year to screw with MY team. Lose these two games and I will be down there to collect on the bets I lost. You will pay, TED, you dick, you will pay.

Chris

We did have a TT nation member at his first preseason game. Shannon Just went and filed this report...


Here Favre is trying to decide if he will join in on a Viking pre-game huddle. I think he thought about going over to the Chiefs huddle for a moment then changed his mind. He's blurry and confused in this photo.





So my brother and I get to the game and these girls ask us to take a photo with them in a dark corridor.?





Thank you Shannon for that report. Hope you did not have fun. Well I hope it does not take me another month and a half to make the next announcement. So there you have it..now
GET BACK TO WORK!!!

Welcome to Friday, Pack win, and some old video to laugh at...

Allllllllright. The Pack won on Monday night. Sweet game and a sweet result. A Rod looked good. I know I have been critical of the kid in the past but if he plays like he did on Monday night against the queens, we are all good. NOW it was against the queens, the crappyiest team ever, so he should not get a big head. After all a lot of that credit needs to go to me for my goatee shave. That's right, now that I have shaved the 'Rodgers' cut in my goatee, he will continue to win. Not to mention I am starting a huge craze for this style cut all over the nation. I made Packer Palace dot com THE place for all things Packer. Well, besides TundraTalk. Sweet coverage of my goat. Nice. No way I can shave it now. In the infamous words of Crash Davis..."Never Fu#k with a streak".

Another thing that is nice is that Scott Dahl, of the Minneapple Dahls, and Gene Principe, of the Edmonton Sportsnet Principes, both lost bets to me. Suckers. I now am owed 12 Leinies from Dahler and supper from Principe. I love it when a plan comes together.

A few other things to take care of before I get to the classic video to show you. Brett Favre made it to Regina. Thats right, I saw him the other day on Albert Street. I managed to snap a picture of him. Have a look... Nice huh? It is great that he made the trip to Regina to visit. He really is not gone, he is always with me in my travels up and down Albert here in Regina. I guess you could say Number 4 is my co pilot. Speaking of Number 4 Jenna Leith, of the Regina Leiths, is going to see him play this weekend in NY and I have been promised a program from the game. Nice. Mom, of the Phoenix Mom's, sent me this picture she snapped in Wisconsin the other weekend.

NEXT: Speaking of parents. I have the update on the Ahman Green Car raffle. All of my postive thinking and sending out the good vibes did not over ride all the negative thinking of my parents. Every time I spoke with them I told them that it is their car. They WILL win it. Done deal. They would always reply with, and I quote, "Yeah right". You can't go into a situation like this with an attitude that you will not win. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb. Anyway, needless to say they did not win. DAMN. I already had a trip planned in this car. That is a pic of my dad and my aunt standing next to the car. She got a key, they had a party going on so they sat around and waited then Betty got in the car, tried to start it, and.....nothing. Too bad.

So they also did not also win the trip to Texas for the game. Oh well. They got an autographed Ahman Green football. Nice. It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine. That ball will look great next to the Number 4 ball.

NEXT: Robby DuPuis, of the Minneapple DuPuis, spent some time at the RNC in St. Paul last week. Here is his account of all those crazy white people who proclaim to want 'change', but I ain't buying it since they are the reason there are so many problems....

Here's a few photos from my time at the RNC though they're not very exciting. I was only in the building on Tuesday and Wednesday and (thankfully) didn't have to deal with the anarchists.

There's a few photos from our studio suite in the Xcel, a couple outside (security entrance and snipers on the roof) and inside the Fox News Channel tent (which was huge).

The week as a whole was a lot easier (for me) than I expected, but the entire production was MUCH larger that I anticipated. Two police officers on every corner of downtown St. Paul and the security zone was quite large and heavily guarded.

That's it. No exciting stories. Saw a few famous talking heads from cable news channels (which doesn't do much for me since I think their part of the problem and not helping matters) and a couple of polititians (same comment there).

I posted an album on Facebook if you're a facebooker.

Peace, rob

Thanks Robby for the update. Looks like you missed out on most of the crazy rich people speeches. Good Job.

NEXT: Now we get to the goods. I recently was cleaning my shed when I stumbled into the boxes of tapes that I have amassed in my TV career and I found some stuff I wanted to share with you. I am not going to give all of it up today, I am going to spread it out a bit over a few weeks. Just to keep you coming back. That my friends, is what we in the biz call a 'tease'. Nice.

First up is a classic Peterson video from around 1998. Right after There's Something About Mary came out. Of course you know that the greatest QB of all times made his screen debut in that film and took off like rockets. Well, I heard that a local golf tournament in Sheboygan, I love saying that name, Sheboygan, was having as a special celebrity guest Chris Elliot. My favorite comedic actor. Those of you who worked with me back in Bismarck remember the Christmas that I gave everyone in the building, that I wanted to, a copy of his book, Daddy's Boy. I am a huge fan, so of course I insisted that I get to go and cover this.

Of course my angles was that Brett Favre was in the movie with him and I could ask him about it. Bingo I get the green light to go. It was in the evening so I decided to take Donna with me for company. It also just happened to be a week when my parents were visiting. Sooooo they went also. Really kinda unprofessional of me, but that is one thing I have NEVER claimed to be was professional.

I of course was going to conduct the interview. Now that is not a big deal, but I do not beleive that I had ever done it before this. Those of you who take the time to listen to the TT Podcast know that I am not, like Roy Firestone, the best interviewer in the business. I, in fact, really suck. I was really nervous when I sat him down for the interview and did not remember any of the questions I had thought of. I now write them down. As you can see when you watch the interview he is a bit annoyed with my style, or lack there of, and cut me down on several occaisions. Chris is a guy who used to write for Dave Letterman back in the NBC days. He is the king of sarcasm and loves to take shots at people. He took many at me. But by the end of the interview I made him laugh and it was all good.


Chris Elliot Int from hamiltongbp on Vimeo.

After the interview I had him sign my copy of Daddy's Boy, which he could not believe I had, and took a few pics. One of which was our Christmas card in 1998. Oh, I also remember when I introduced myself to him I told him my name was Chris Peterson, and he said "Shut up you are lying" I showed him my DL and he laughed and said "Do you live over your parents garage?" I said no, but these are my parents. He just rolled his eyes, laughed and sat down. Way cool. In case you do not know he had a sit com on FOX called Get a Life that his characters name was Chris Peterson. He was also a paper boy in that show. Great Show.

Anyway this is the first in many videos that I will show you that are very funny in a self depricating way. Enjoy.

Have a great weekend and GET BACK TO WORK!!!!

Welcome to the new Packers season...

Packers video from hamiltongbp on Vimeo.

The Packers season is ready to start again and I thought I would post the video above just to get all of us motivated to cheer on the greatest football team to walk the face of the earth. I am not sure who shot this footage and I am also unsure of who edited it. Maybe I did, maybe James Rafferty, of the Montana Rafferty's. Who knows. All I know is it is awesome.

This is something I think about on occasion. At WGBA we had a great group of shooters. With the exception of Flan from FOX in Green Bay, WGBA had THE BEST football shooters in town. Hands down. NFL films looks at our stuff and drools. Anyway, enjoy this video. I do daily.

So the new season is upon us and I have yet to proclaim to you that the Packers are gonna win the Super Bowl. It is a seasonly occurrence, one that comes in the fall along with the bluster of the cold winds. Well this year I am still stinging a bit from the whole Brett Favre thing. Oh and to just pile on a bit TT decides to release Regina's own, Jon Ryan. You will know that story because TundraTalk broke the story NATIONWIDE. Those Bozo's dump the 9th ranked punter in the league for a guy who has NO ranking in the league. MORONS. Oh and again, all the great pics of Packers and stuff are from PACKER PALACE DOT COM.

Anyway to get back to my proclamation. Like I said it is tough. Had Number 4 still been here I would have been shouting it from the mountain tops, or here in Regina hilltops. Don't get me wrong the Packers are still going to win the SuperBowl. Oh yes they will. I just needed a little more time to get behind it this year. So here we go...


THE GREEN BAY PACKERS WILL WIN THE SUPER BOWL. Believe that.

They of course open the season this Monday night against the queens. Which brings me to my next comment. Like you didnt' see this one coming. The queens suck. What better team to start your season at home with an ass kicking? Maybe the bears. It will be great to see on MNF, for the whole world to see. A Rod better have his head wired on straight or there will be lynch mobs outside Lambeau.

For all you queen fans out there, there is a standing offer to bet on this game. Not for money, you all know the currencey I wager in. Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch, Funyuns, and the best beer in the world Leinie's. Bring it queen fan. I am running low on the Cap'n and Funyuns. Principe, you owe me a dinner, might as well be two. Bring it. Dahl, wanna go 'round again? Those Leinies that you paid up with this summer sure tasted good. Wanna fill my fridge some more? How about you Keller? You want some? I mean really it is like shooting queens in a barrel. How about some of you newbies out there? Want to get in on the action?

Oh and one more thing. I have been critical of A Rod our new QB that he is candy ankles and kind of a pussy but in honor of the team I have decided to throw my support behind this guy. I will be shaving my beard on Sunday to resemble his. He has this crazy goatee thing going on that I am sure will look crazy on me and sure as hell looks crazy on him. I will post it on game day for you all to laugh at.


CWA from hamiltongbp on Vimeo.

To go along with the Packers season opener I also put up the classic CWA interview and video that I shot at Lambeau. This is a band that truly is awesome. I have all their albums and a poster. If anyone is interested in a copy of the CD's let me know. This is great music to listen to on game day, at a tailgate, or any other day of the year. VERY Inspirational. Ask Trevor Doroshenko of the Regina Doroshenkos. He knows.

In the past few days I found some old school stuff that I put to DVD and then to the computer. So in the next week or so I will be posting some classic WhiteHot productions stuff that will make you laugh, cry, and maybe throw up. Stay tuned and
GO PACK GO!!!!
Shane T Keller, of the Hollywood Kellers, sent Tony some love for being in Speilberg's video...

That is so cool! The coolest thing is not that he is in this video, but the reason that he is in this picture. I am very proud of Tony and am very proud to say that I know him, his wife and people of their caliber. It really takes a special thing to do what they do and to have that kind of conviction!! Well done.

Shane

Nice Job Shane, could not have said it better.

Oh and GET BACK TO WORK!!!

Response to my opinion on the drama has been strong...

The response was almost immediate. TundraTalk nation has spoken. Okay, we can start with the queen fan of the bunch and his 'opinion'. Gene Principe, E-Town Sportsnet Principe's, lets us all know what he thinks, and his IQ with this little diddy...

I almost, stress almost, feel bad for all you Pack fans with the Favre mess..on second thought I'm actually enjoying all this in fighting...

Gene


Thanks Gene for that little nugget. We will see you next year with our regular bet (to which you still owe me one meal) and you will lose again.

The response that I knew I could count on was Marty. He is a born and raised Packer Fan. His dad was at the Ice Bowl (the day I was born I might add). He is a #4 fan just like me. We froze our beers off at the NFC Championship together with the Nordic One. So he definitely has the right to spout off. Marty take it away...


What? Marty Frey being pragmatic about the possible Brett Favre return?

I must be getting old since I can see merit in both points of view - but maybe something different is required in this case.

I get that Brett has "the itch" to play football.. 25 years of training camp in July just doesn't go away because of some arbitrary decision.
Salmon swim upstream to spawn in the spring - the swallows return to Capistrano - football players attend training camp in July... It's part of the rhythm of nature.

But the Pack does need to plan now for the future... I say Brett can come back to camp - if he wants to - and compete for the starting quarterback job.
Let's be realistic - Aaron Rodgers may be mentally ready to play right now. If he wins the starting job, so be it. But everyone knows that Aaron Rodgers is made out of glass. He broke his damn foot running out of bounds! Rodgers starts the season - gets a little dinged up about halfway through the season, but at about the 3/4 mark of the season he goes down with a season ending injury. Who are you going to call for his backup? Not some stone-cold rookie who is still wondering why there aren't any cheerleaders on the sidelines. No - you call on The Iron Man. Favre has stayed in shape, he's ready to play and comes in firing. The other teams haven't prepared to see him again - so they are off balance. Favre takes the Pack through the playoffs, into the Superbowl and wins it against the San Diego Chargers. Then he quietly retires to his farm in Mississippi to ride his tractor into the sunset..

Oh yeah - and the Bears and Vikings finish with 4-12 record, fighting for last place in the division.. Now we're talking..

Marty

Word as the kids are saying on the streets these days. Marty speaks wisdom and I hope this is how it plays out. Especially the queens going 4-12.

Next up we have an Entourage contestant, a good friend, and a former boss. As a boss he was VERY right to hire me, but in this case we will have to agree to disagree. Mike Chaussee is a lifelong Pack fan, as he points out, and has a problem with my logic. Mike....

I get your love for #4. And it's understandable for all the Packer fans out
there who only became Packer fans once #4 got there. But Favre is not
bigger than the team. And he obviously thinks he is. What the hell were
the Packers supposed to do? He dances around retirement for four
off-seasons, they don't know if he's coming or going or riding a frigging
tractor of throwing lawn darts. But all of a sudden he 'changes' his mind
and the world is supposed to stop for him. That's ridiculous.

I'm not anointing Rodgers. He'll never be as good as Favre. Favre in his
glory was one of the best players ever. But don't kid yourself into
thinking the Favre of the last four or five years was the Favre of the first
10. Not even close. He's playing to survive. He talks about not wanting
the ball with 2:00 left in the game. He talks about how he doesn't have
confidence in the team around him. Last year was his first come back drive
in like four years.

He made a couple of plays last year that I'll give him credit for. He had a
good year. But I can count on one hand the number of clutch plays he's made
in the last five years. I mean, down to the wire, need to have a play...and
he makes it.

In Philly it was Walker's fault. In St. Louis it was the line's fault.
Against the Giants it was that his receivers weren't open. B.S.!!! He had
every chance to win that Giants game...TWICE!!! We had the ball with 2:30
left and he threw three of the worst passes I've ever seen. 3 and out.
Then, the bullet to Jenni....oh, I mean the lob to the dude in the blue
helmet.

Hey, I love and appreciate what the guy did for the Pack. He definitely
brought us back from the pit of despair of the 70s and 80s...but at some
point it's time to move on. Especially when the dude friggin retired. He
retired!!! What the hell? Should the Packers have just stopped moving
forward just in case he changed his mind?

We should have known he was going to pull something like this when he didn't
sign his retirement papers. Hell, this was probably his plan all along.
Boo hoo, they don't coddle me like a baby anymore, I'm going to take my ball
and go home and play for someone else next year.

Come on back Brett. Please. We need you. We can't go on without you.
Here's your ball back. Everyone else who's here all off season, committed
from the start, working their asses off while your gardening will just watch
you strut in, take your ball and START THROWING INTERCEPTIONS. Then be
forced to talk glowingly about you and the legacy you are trying to ruin.

Nice.

And that's just another point of view from a lifelong Packer fan.

Mike

I get ALL that. really I do. I have gone over all that twice. BUT, Favre wants to play, I WANT TO WIN. These windows don't open all that often. It has been what? 10 years since we were even close? Okay give it to Rodgers fine. What do we do when it game three he breaks his ankle going to get a drink of gatorade? Favre is now playing with the Ravens. We got nothing. Let him come back another year then trade him. If he sucks, put in Rodgers, everyone gets what they want.

Trading Favre or letting him go is a no win situation. Really think about it, TT has a choice, AGAIN, start a guy who has NO NFL starts, No NFL wins, got hurt in practice once, came into a game in relief and lasted about two plays(?) then Favre had to come back in. OR you start a three time MVP, two time super bowl, one time super bowl winning, TD leader, Yards Leader, consecutive game leader, INT leader, he owns the record book, you get the drift. To me its a no brainer. He also was the only reason they won games that 8-8 season. They had nothing around him. Nothing.

I did not see the Greta interview last night, Damn Canada, so I don't know all what was said but I what I did hear is that I am kinda right. So what now. Now we have a mess, when if they just would have let him come back and keep all the shit under your hat we have a season that we all will remember, for better or worse.

In Philly it was Shermans fault, 4th and one with the best rb in the league and you punt? In St. Louis it was his WR's. Missing routes and knocking the ball UP in the air for someone else to catch. Against Dallas it was also MM fault, had he run the same game plan with Favre that he did with Rodgers we would have a W instead of a L. Against the Giants that was MM fault. Where the hell was Grant? Why was he calling for long passes and not running the ball or throwing the slants? Dude, I was there, I saw all the mistakes. Why the hell could we not cover Plax. ONE GUY!!

Favre does throw some crazy shit, I understand that. But I will put up with one or two of these 3 INT games for 14 games of W's. Which is what we got last year. I just want it to end. I am tired of it. Let him play, back up whatever. When fancy pants Rodgers gets hurt, and he will, Favre comes in and saves the day.

Oh and no one gave Strahan shit for not coming to practice in the off season, and look how that turned out. SB trophy.

I am sorry but this is how I feel. and the becoming a fan after Favre was a bit harsh. I after all played for the Packers in PEE WEE football. I hated the cowboys. AND I lived in GB.

I was born on the day of the ICE BOWL. So I think I get a bit of leeway.

Have a nice day, if you can.

Next up we have another GB naitive and Entourage participant. Hauserinskinov, of the TitleTown Hausers, has his opinion. Take it away Hauser...

You do not want my opinion coming from a GB media outlet that is sick of the Favre issue!

A really sad situation, too bad it ever had to happen.....but it just really might be time to move on!

How about them RoughRiders!

Hauserinskinov

Nice touch Hauser with the Go Riders. Buttering up the Canadians is always a good idea. I know as a former media member who lived in GB we hated the Packers stories when they were winning so I can only imagine what it is like now. Too bad. Just hang tough, it will be over someday and you can go back to doing your 'winter saftey kit in the trunk' story.

So where do we go from here? I guess we will find out in the next couple of days. I just hope it goes good for both sides. I am sure there will be more opinions coming so stay tuned. ONe thing is for sure. The queens will NEVER win a Super Bowl. Gotta love that.

Now, GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!

So I got some responses, but not to many challenges...

SIGN ON THE vIQUEENS LOCKER ROOM DOOR

So I have had a few responses to my challenge, but no real challenges. Principe and I have a longstanding bet on this game so that is a done deal. Here is what he had to say...

You are just one big mean spirited cheese head..Vike-queens. You are on buddy..What's the spread because I know your football team full of boyfriends will be favored?. Give me the points and we are good to go. What's the bet?

Gene

I already told you about the bet Dahl and I have. Pilsner for Leinies. I can't wait. Nobody else really accepted the challenge. Nordic Woman, of the Gillet Nordic Clan, just sent me an email saying that she does not even read my emails any more during the NFL season. Well, she must read some of them because she read that one. That hurts Lisa, I thought we had a mutual respect for our hatred of each others teams. Can you believe that the Nordic Man and Woman live in the same house but love different teams? Crazy. Here is what she said....

Come football season I just delete the e-mails from you. It doesn't matter whether the vikes are good that year or not. I try hard to not dish it out to anyone cause I don't want to hear it from others either. Sorry! Will tune in Feb.

Lifelong Vikings fan!

I guess that you queens fans are not really confident in your team this year.

Reg Rudolph, of the Garrison Rudolphs, wants three touchdowns. What do I look stupid? Wait, don't answer that. Sorry Reg, the most I can give you is 10 points. The line on the freaking game is only 2 points. I believe that we agreed on Funyuns for Caffiene free Mountain Dew but cannont agree on terms. Here is what Reg had to say....

OK Smarty Pants Canadian, If your Packers are so damn good, you should be
more than happy to cover the three touchdowns. Come on be a loyal
supporter, you are talking so loudly about your cheeseheads I can barely
remember last years Packer record.

Cover the three TD's and if you win you can rub my face in it the rest of
the year. I think you are afraid you may not even win, typical Packer fan!
All flash and no substance.

It isn't good to start hedging so early in the betting negotiations, it
shows fear and weakness. Three touchdowns Pete or no deal.

PS: I will throw in some free hostfest tickets for any performance too!

Hostfest, been there done that, got the t-shirt. No thanks. Lutefisk and Lefse? Lefse yes, Lutefisk, NO! If the Pack win you better believe that I will rub it in your face. That is why we are here.

Now Shane Keller, of the Los Angeles Kellers, called me out but did not make a bet. Shane, always had a way with words, said this...

I'm glad to hear Shannon has found a lady who has better taste in Men than Football Teams. It's always a woman trying to come between a man and greatness. My wife (Yvonne) and I were having lunch last Wednesday and were talking about football and the Vikings genius plan to lose a couple games before the Packer match in a divine effort to fool the Packers and the entire NFL into drastically underestimating their ability. During the conversation Yvonne said, "I'm tired of losing! Why don't we just start watching the Packers?" The poor woman knows nothing about blind faith and the fact that conspiracy theories CAN COME TRUE! Now Yvonne is very lucky we live in America and not Nazi Germany, because I would have promptly called the Gestapo and reported her. But instead I politely excused myself from the table under the guise of having to use the restroom. I then walked to the front door of the restaurant, turned around and screamed, "Vikings rule, packers suck! I hope you brought your purse because the meal money is leaving with me!" Oh Etu Bruta, Etu.

Now a note for Shannon: Packer fans live in the past, riding the tailcoat of days gone by. Where as Viking fans still have the opportunity to look towards the future. To dream that Little dream and to experience the joy, nay, the euphoria when that little dream becomes reality . Packer fans are thinking dinosaurs while we Viking fans are thinking space travel baby!!!

Don't forget, your playing in the Dome bitch! Shane

Shane

P.S Favre rules! No one on the face of the planet can
deny that.

Okay, Shane, good story. Sell out your wife for the queens? I could maybe see someone do that for the Pack or even the Bears, but NEVER the queens. Hmmmmmmm, let me think, THREE SUPER BOWLS AND 12 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS against the hope or faith that you might win one in the future. Uhhhhhh, I think I will take the three trophies and the 12 world championships. You can have your 'little dream'. Just remember queenfan, there is always NEXT YEAR.

He did take the time to send me a joke also. Thanks Shane, and just to be fair and to show that I am an equal opportunity insulter, here is his joke...

Three football fans were on their way to a game when
one noticed a foot sticking out of the bushes by the
side of the road. They stopped and discovered a nude
female-dead. Out of respect and propriety, the Vikings
fan took off his cap and placed it over her right
breast. The Bears fan took off his cap and placed it
over her left breast. Following their lead, the
Packers fan took off his cap and placed it over her
crotch.

The police were called and when the officer arrived,
he conducted his inspection. First, he lifted up the
Vikings cap, replaced it and wrote down some notes.
Next, he lifted the Bears cap, replaced it and wrote
down some more notes.

The officer then lifted the Pakcers cap, replaced it,
then lifted it again, replaced it, lifted it a third
time, and replaced it one last time.

The Packer fan was getting upset and finally asked,
"What are you, a pervert or something? Why do you keep
lifting and looking, lifting and looking?

"Well," said the officer. "I am simply surprised;

normally when I look under a Packer hat, I find an
asshole."

Nick Chase also took time out of running down criminals for 'W' to ridicule me. Not sure what the hell he is talking about, but I, again in the spirit of equal time put his note here...

What’s this packer talk? You were always a Redskins fan. Remember, Mr. Bandwagon??? At least you jumped to a less racist bandwagon. The Packers won the Superbowl and you moved there for about 15 minutes and now you’re Vince Lombardi. What? Because you eat cheese and drink beer? Yeah, they don’t have that anywhere else. And if you ever move to New England, you’ll have Tom Brady’s baby.

What team are you going to follow in REGINA, Sask? You better get GPS for your car, because if memory serves from high school, you never could find your way around a Regina.

Keeping it real and keeping it street,

NC Justice

Nick is way too funny, if I could understand him.

Chad Weiser, of the Microsoft Weisers, also sent me a joke. No bet, but a joke. A joke does not provide me with any Funyuns....

Here ya go Chris Peterdaughter!


Q:Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, a dumb Packer fan, and a smart Packer fan are walking down the street when they spot a $10 bill. Who picks it up?


A:None of them. There is no such thing as Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy or a smart Packer fan and the dumb Packer fan thought it was a gum wrapper.

Now it is less than 24 hours til game time so I guess no one else will take the bait. Oh well, remember, no gloating if you did not call your shot. Whoooooooo!! Time to take the queens to school.

Little H is on the way, and happy birthday Gene...

FIRST: Johnny H has just informed me that he is on the way to the hospital to welcome into the world a junior H. Go get 'em Johnny. Good luck and whatever you do, RESIST THE URGE TO HAVE A LOOK. There are just some thing dudes do not need to see. That is at the top of the list. Let us know how this whole thing comes out. Get it, comes out. I am sooo funny.


NEXT: Just so you know, Jeff Finger, of the Green Bay Gamblers Finger's, is now up in the show. That's right, my favorite Gambler is now playing on my favorite team. "Give'em the Finger" was one of Sign Boy's favorite signs back in the day. In fact up until last year in the Avalanche media guide Jeff Finger listed that phrase as his favorite. Nice. He got his first NHL goal of his career the other night against Colorado. The pic to the left is just after it. The Avalanche have a back to back here in Edmonton on the 21st and the 23rd so I hope he sticks long enough to be reunited with his biggest fan, me. I am currently shopping for a new Av's jersey to get signed by number 6. My old Av's jersey was recently signed by Joe Sakic so I think it would be bad form to have him sign that one also.





NEXT: Do you recognize the guy in the pic to the right? Neither do I. I found it in slide form on the floor behind my computer desk. Not sure if this is a guy that Donna is seeing on the side, or if this is my arch nemesis. I need to know. The guy must obviously live in a big city because the camera he is using in the photo is way high tech. One of those new 3/4 inch tape jobs. Way, way, way new technology. If you have any idea who this guy is let me know. I also have this pic for you to look at....


Not sure who the hell that guy is either. Lots of hair. Keith Murphy, of the Dead Moines Murphy's, describes him in a 'Molly Ringwald Phase". Again, if you know who this is let me know.




NEXT: In the wake of the Ryan Smyth trade I have been given the go ahead to use the infamous 'Jacket' photos again. So if you want to see what all the hub bub was about last year, go to the right and click on Ryan Smyth under what we talk about and all the posts are there again. Just so you can see what went on. I did a search recently on Google for "Ugly Jacket" and these LINKS came up. They all link to TundraTalk and discuss the jacket and the controversy following. Kinda funny how all that stuff happened. Not funny all the heat Cory and I took for it. It is also kinda funny how all the heat went away as soon as Ryan was Traded. How did I find the pics when I said I had given all copies to the Oilers? I did a search on the home computer and they were still there. I deleted all the pics from the laptop but forgot to delete them on the iMac at home. Enjoy...

Hot-Oil.blogspot.com

Proicehockey.about.com

Bleeding blue and Gold.blogspot.com


Someone sent me the picture at the right with the title, the guy most likely to kill Kevin Lowe. Very funny. "Ryan Smyth is my inspiration" , that shit is funny.

LAST: On Friday Donna and I went to Gene Principe, of the Edmonton Principe's, 40th birthday party. It was a suprise costume party. The theme was 1920's gambling casino night. We rented Donna a costume and I put on a suit, egad, I own one. It was held in the Eskimos locker room. Very cool. We gambled with fake money, pretended to be gangsters, not gangstas, and drank all the free booze. Lots of fun for all.

Cory of course took care of Cory and was the bartender. He mixes a killer Julian (rum and coke). Gene got way too drunk and did a lot of stuff that he will regret and Cory made sure he got pictures of all of it. I got to do the invite for the party and I will show you the 'Limited Edition' of the invite. Gene's wife did not like this one. Have a look...
THEN GET BACK TO WORK!!!!