Thighs Wide Shut

‘Rock & Roll’ name-coiner Alan Freed’s gravesite, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland Ohio

they and we used to say ‘Monroe County Dank‘, but now we say ‘Monroe County Thanks’.  thank you Monroe County, for giving us a place to escape after a wild week of American head-shaking and denial.  if there was ever a weekend to get away and disappear into a fuzz of farts and beer, then this was the one  

Monroe County was one of four blue counties in the entire state of Indiana red…

but my blood bleeds blue AND red for the city seat of the county – Bloomington

ahhhhhhhhhhhh Bloomington – the home of my ‘education’ from 1995-1999, and the home of an annual weekend trip where a bunch of dudes I truly love get together and party like it’s (1995-)1999

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except our bodies can’t really handle it

but who cares – cause we will ALWAYS give it the old college try!

once again – LOVE THESE FCUKING GUYS!!!

(and the ones who couldn’t make the trip this time)

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and we were there to get our game on

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football vs Penn State live, with an outcome leaving us half empty… like the stadium holding the event

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and got to watch the bball Hoosier boys play in Hawaii at our favorite bar

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beer me

onion rings him

sometimes we juss had to wing it

and sometimes we REALLY needed to wing it (our mothers and wives are so proud)

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and coat our stomachs with something that looks like glue, but tastes like heaven

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and occasionally, add a few ‘greens’ into our weekend diet

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and then eat incredible cheesy and breaded foods from that bear with boobs!

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and of course – dig in on one of America’s best non-chain hamburgers

on Veteran’s Day no less – and you can’t get more American than this…

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and you can’t get more delicious than this – as we tried out a NEW place (a very rare thing to do – try something new)!

and said goodbye to some old places (who have moved to a nearby location, but this building was kinda an institution to us)

and we even branched out on more new stuff… like antiquing!

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and something I’ve wanted to do since I left…

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ATTEND A CLASS!!!

and especially this class – which I always got shut out of when registering for in the 90s – but better late than never…

The Music of Beatles by Glenn Gass!!!!

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learning never ends

and sometimes lines never end either…

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shout out to the IU Art Museum and their awesome Vik Muniz exhibit!

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what a lovely fcuking city/town/place Bloomington is

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and even as the world feels like its upside down – the world still turns

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and I’m thankful to be alive, and to have such amazing friendships, that were forged in such an amazing place

life is beautiful

I could go on and on, and spin some more yarns…

but methinks you’d rather wear these NFL tie-dyes than hear more

RANCH FARTS ÃœBER ALLES!!!!!!!!

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previously…

2015 - Diana, In

2014 – The Union Forever

2013 – Thighwalker Ranch Farts

2012 – Unhidden Valley Ranch Farts

2011 – Ranch DuBois

2011 – #RanchFarts2011

2009 – Herman B. Wells That Ends Well

2008 – Ranch Sauce Farts Part 6 Meets Police Academy Part 6

2008 – Bloomingtales

2007 – Village (Pantry) Idiot

2006 – College of Arts & SciencesCollage of Farts & Appliances

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bonus…

the trip actually began briefly with a night stay over in Chicago!

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where having an Italian beef sammy at 11pm wasn’t nearly enuff to quench my burst

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also had to have hot dogs covered in fries – to begin the stomach stretching the weekend required!

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and on the way down south – stopped off in Gary, Indiana, and paid love and respect to the Jackson family home

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and if you aren’t following us on Instagram, you may not have known that the Mrs and I were in Indiana (and Michigan) 10 days earlier!

where we…

paid respect to the Rebel

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said goodbye to a Moose

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and fell for the fall leaves

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big time!

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btw – an amazing time to be on any college campus is Halloween!!

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although there were not as many slutty cats as you’d think there’d be!

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looks like today’s kids are more into slutty zombies

love you so much B-town

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5ever

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cheers!

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and cheers to you MSU campus!

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and even to you Michigan fans!

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Big Ten = Big Friends!

Colonel Ichabod Bennet Crane (July 18, 1787 – October 5, 1857) was a career military officer for 48 years and the probable namesake of the protagonist in Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

While Washington Irving did not expressly admit that the character is named after Colonel Crane, the two men had met in 1814 at Fort Pike located on Lake Ontario in Sackets Harbor, New York.  Irving was an aide-de-camp to New York Govenor Daniel D Tompkins, who was inspecting defenses in the Sackets Harbor area. Crane’s somewhat unusual and memorable first name Ichabod comes from the biblical name of the grandson of Eli the High Priest and son of Phinehas

here lies Ichabod – not in Sleepy Hollow, but in Staten Island!