We all have been in relationships that are probably not in our best interest, but when it is your sports team that is the offending partner you really don't have anybody to blame but yourself. Soon you will be able to place your hard earned money on your teams instead of just your emotions...so you have that going for you.

Distractions are all around us this week in the Pallet House, but like true pros we pressed on.  Professionals know not to get distracted when using a power washer or a paint gun, but this week we are reminded that we are not the type of pros that have mastered those tools. As long as the accidents we endure don't require penis transplants we should good though.

Most people dream of waterfront living, but it is more often than not out of reach.  Trailer park life is easily obtainable, but not often something you dream of.  If you combine the two though you just may have a happy medium.  Kind of like being colorblind with corrective glasses. It may not be perfect, but it is a pretty good substitute. Of course there is no substitute for a Yeti cooler...that dream lives on.

We should always be checking our surroundings when using ATM's, and sometimes even after.  Some scams are relatively harmless, while a small scam like the value of a hotel in Monopoly can be life threatening.  Rumors are a scam all of their own, and we spread one.

This week we lost everybody's favorite Drill Sergeant, R.Lee Ermey, and we remember some of the life lessons he taught us.  Something tells me he was a Bud man, and two of us reflect on our first week of being one ourselves. The stories get a bit off track, and like eating a two donut burger this episode needed a break...TBC.

A beer drinkers loyalty to their brand is not something you see often change.  Truth is many of these loyalties are formed long before the first sip is taken thanks to marketing, or family and social ties.  We wanted to put these beer affinities to the test by blind tasting 5 common American Lagers.  This sounds easy but when numbers and unsophisticated palettes get involved all bets are off.

This week a one of a kind gift is received.  The question is which gem was the gift deemed one of a kind?  Was it the Uber driver's war stories, the giant stye, the rainbow shirt, the joy of no carbs and booze, or the return of The Master's.  JR knows the answer.

This week we are out of the Pallet House for RVA Brunch Weekend at one of our favorite restaurants and watering hole, Social 52.  We discover that there is no such thing as a graceful tooth fairy, well mannered leprechaun, or an ugly quarterback.  We did manage to find at least one guy who won't pee in the lazy river though.

Our mystery benefactor has struck again, and this time from San Diego bearing twice as many gifts.  We learn of another helpful provider who showed up in the form of a dirty Air BnB.  We also find a way to combine the two most common lazy mans food items into an overly complicated but delicious union.

Richmond Brunch Weekend is on the horizon so naturally we brought in Sara and Cazey from the As Told Over Brunch blog to get us up to speed on all that is going on.  While they were here we took advantage of having them in the room to help us answer if cheap champagne or expensive champagne makes a better mimosa.  A couple of us even treated ourselves like lab rats to test the latest in hangover prevention.