So What About Kate Walsh Nude?

There may be nudes of her somewhere, but I have yet to find her. She’s had a killer career and shows no sign of stopping. She’s been in lots of shows over the years.

I remember first seeing Kate Walsh in The Drew Carey Show. Later she also appeared in some episodes of Grey’s Anatomy. There was a spin-off of Grey’s Anatomy called Private Practice. Kate Walsh was a regular on that show for a couple of seasons at least. During her career she has guest starred on a lot of different TV shows. She’s also been in several films, a number of commercials, has modeled, and has appeared in plays including Off-Broadway. Not only does her talent shine, but her good looks add to whatever she’s in too!

Wait, Kate Walsh is How Old?

Kate Walsh is about 50 years old and she is still hotter than hell. She has a pretty face. She also has a lean killer body. She looks like someone who really cares about herself, her health, and how she’d look without clothes on. I can appreciate that. I don’t know this for a fact, but I’d guess that she puts a lot of effort into looking the best she can. I don’t see how she can be her age and look so fantastic without making an effort.

The woman is lean. She is a good looking lean. What she does not look like is a strung-out runway model suffering from an eating disorder who has food splurged by eating two crackers today instead of the usual one. It is a good bet that Kate Walsh is not a habitual over eater. I’d say she eats healthy.

Since this article is about Kate Walsh’s nude body, why am I talking about what she eats? Because the woman is in unbelievable shape and has to look good naked. She was on this show called Bad Judge that was on for one season. She appeared in a hot looking bra and a skirt. Not nude, but damn. She looked outstanding.

Kate Walsh Nude Would Be Hot at Almost Any Age

If you think that 50 is too old to look hot you are really missing it. I’d love to see Kate Walsh nude right now at 50, or at 40, or at 20 or 30 or at 55. I’ll bet that even when she hits 60, Kate Walsh will still look smoking hot with or without clothes on.

I have not been able to find any nude pics of her. I don’t know if she ever knowingly did any nude work in her career. You know what? I really don’t care. I’ve seen pictures of her partially clothed and in a bikini. That’s good enough for me. Why? Because Kate Walsh is hot, that’s why.

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Drinking Craft Beer at The Beach Boys Concert

I went to The Beach Boys concert last night. The answer to the first question is “yes”. Yes, they are still around. Founding member Mike Love and very long time member Bruce Johnston are there. Johnston has been involved with the group since 1965.

I love surf music. Dick Dale is a fav.  With The Beach Boys, I especially like the surfing songs and car songs. You could say that pretty much covers it. Oh yeah, the songs about girls too. Now I have it covered. Just that whole Southern California beach culture thing gets me all jacked up.

Back to music. I tell you what, they sounded good. All the way around. Great videos playing on a huge screen behind the band too. As far as how they sounded, their touring band is the shit.

Beach Boys Touring Band

They have a helluva band assembled. More than a few of which have been playing with them for quite some time. John Cowsill on drums and vocals, Jeff Foskett on rhythm guitar and vocals, Scott Totten on lead guitar and vocals along with some other great players too. Foskett provides the falsetto vocals that are a big part of many of The Beach Boys songs.

I went to see the show at the Liberty Bank Amphitheater along the Mississippi River in Alton, IL. It was my first time at that venue. I have to say it was pretty sweet. The weather was kind of rainy. Off and on, no big deal. Good crowd that was surprisingly of mixed ages.

John Finds The Beer Tent

Naturally, I found the beer tent. As expected, the craft choices were severely limited. They had two offerings from Boulevard Brewing out of Kansas City. I was a fan of their now-retired Double Wide Imperial IPA. I also like their Quadrupel called “The Sixth Sense” which is part of their Smokestack Series. The Sixth Sense is big, bold, and packed with brain buzzing alcohol.

Overall, Boulevard brews a bunch of great craft beers that look interesting to me. What they had at the concert was their year-round Unfiltered Wheat. I wasn’t in the mood for that so I opted for the other choice which was Jam Band.

A buddy, Buford, was working the beer counter and recommended it. All I can say is Buford and I have very different tastes in beer.

Drinking Jam Band Ale

Once I tasted it, I felt like an idiot. The “jam” in the name should have been an obvious clue as to what I was getting involved in. Jam Band is a berry ale. It is a very berry ale, in my estimation. Way over the top with berry flavors and berry connected sweetness.

There were blueberries, there were raspberries, there were cherries (supposedly tart?!?!) and I was definitely over-berried. Have you ever made gelatin, as in Jello®, and slurped down the liquified mix before sticking it in the fridge? Very concentrated flavors. That is what I felt like I was drinking, except more concentrated. It was like a pick-up truck full of mixed berries smashed into one can.

As you have, by now, figured out, I am not a fan of Boulevard’s Jam Band. Thank the beer gods that it clocked in at 5.9% ABV so drinking it was not a total loss.

Keep bending those elbows, my friends.

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I think I’ll stick with what I did and had to drink the first day and night I was there. That is most clear in my memory. After that, it gets a little bit hazy. This man knows overindulgence personally.

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Finding Chicago Craft Beers

Hanging Around The Magnificent Mile

I was up on the city’s North Side. The Magnificent Mile area. Lots of traffic and lots of people. It’s a big city, go figure. After checking in to the hotel, the first order of business was a late lunch. That had to include two things I associate with the Windy City, local brew, and deep dish pizza.

Lucky for me, a Gino’s East location was a short walk from the hotel. Not too busy and, lucky for me, happy hour was just starting.

I have to give this joint some respect. They did not just have the usual pissy looking big corporate beers discounted for their happy hour, they had deals on local beers.

Brew Pub Beers

Broken English ESB

An ESB called Broken English caught my eye. Gino’s, themselves, brewed it so I thought that was a good place to start. The $5 price tag for a pint of craft in this part of the city didn’t hurt either. I was already happy about their happy hour.

Broken English was a fine example of the ESB (English Special/Strong Bitters) style of beer. It was a full bodied ale with a pleasing amber color. Come to find out it was a back to back Silver Medal Winner in 2015 and 2016 at the US Open Beer Championship.

CaraMunich, Challenger, English Marris Otter, and Belgian Special B. English East Kent Goldings hops and malts were used to brew up this well-balanced ale. It looked good and tasted good and I’d have it again.

Broken English bowed in at 5.7% ABV so a pint or two won’t kick your ass all over town.

Pineapple Imposter American Pale Ale

Next up was Pineapple Imposter.

It was at this point that I finally figured out that Gino’s East was also a microbrewery. Man, I can be dense sometimes. No. Don’t say, “It’s the beer.” It is NEVER the beer. NEVER! Don’t ever bring that up again.

So, Pineapple Imposter was another on-premise brewed beer. English Maris Otter and CaraHell malt rounded out the Centennial and Mosaic hops that filled out this American Pale Ale.

Pineapple flavor was prominent, as the name would imply. Tasted a bit of citrus too. The aroma was a little bit fruit laden without any strong hopness to knock you back. I’d say it was kind of on the lighter side of medium, body wise. Orange tint with a halfway decent head.

All in all, it was a refreshing APA with a respectable 6.2% ABV.

Chicago Deep Dish Pizza at Gino’s

You know what, the deep dish pie wasn’t bad and wasn’t good. The cornmeal crust was not exactly my thing.

I’d return for the beer, but not for the deep dish.

Cheers!

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Checking Out Craft Beers Around the Town

My Things Men Buy friends, let me tell you a little about it.

After enjoying some damn tasty appetizers at a fine dining establishment (no joke, they actually let me in), it was time for some desert downtown. That is not so subtle code for having a few drinky-poos.

The downtown is Alton, IL. It is very close to the banks of the Mississippi River. Alton is the town I’ve been hanging out in lately. Good little downtown, plenty of bars which appeals to me.

All in all, it was a fun boozy night of new for me craft beers and dancing. Not posting any videos because I prefer not to embarrass my self publicly. Again. In yet another way. I’m running out of ways. That’s what happens when you have no shame.

Cash Money Imperial IPA

From 4 Hands Brewing Company, I got my big hands on their Cash Money. It is an Imperial IPA. They claim they use a “wasteful” amount of hops brewing this can of kick ass liquid candy.

This 8.5% ABV ass-kicker has a healthy long lasting head (ahem). So, the carbonation is there but it is not fizzy.

The color is a light amber. Let me tell you what, it is clear as a bell. Check out the photo and you’ll see what I mean.

A little bit of fruit, a little malt sweetness, and the expected hopness from a double IPA. The aroma might be a touch too fruity, but I think the flavor takes over and makes up for that fruit nose-burst.

A pretty damn solid offering from the brewing company.

Incarnation IPA

Incarnation is also from 4 Hands. This craft beer used to be called Resurrected, but they re-branded it. Same brew. And the can has some mighty fancy artwork on it. They use Mosaic hops to brew it, so the can’s label art shows that “mosaic” influence.

Incarnation is an IPA clocking in at 6.5% ABV. I’d call this a workhorse brew for 4 Hands Brewing. It is highly drinkable without making your head swim too soon like an Imperial IPA can easily do.

The color is a light golden yellow-orange with a head that holds well. Expect a pine, citrus, hop aroma which is an inviting blend.

The carbonation was just right, which appeals to me. Not too weak on the bubbles and not over the top lively.
To me, it is a medium-light bodied IPA with a slight amount of bitterness that would not scare away the bitter-phobics. The touch of bitterness simply lets you know what type of craft beer you’re knocking back.

A good beer that is bound to appeal to a pretty wide swath of craft drinkers.

Putting the Bow On on the Beer

There you have it. It was a night of thirst quenching and tastebud satisfying. We met up with some great friends and even had a shot or two too.

As you can see, I like to share the good times that I have in my never ending search for more and better craft beer. If you’d like to share some awesome craft beer with friends or give it as a gift, check out what Things Men Buy has to say about Give Them Beer.

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All Set for Beer Drinking

My girlfriend is all about summer and all about her yard. She has put together a backyard pool paradise that adds exponentially to the good time to be had when the weather permits. Sorry, no pics of my girl. She’s all mine.

She has a pool. She has a sweet deck between her house and the pool. That deck leads to another deck that runs along part of the side of the pool. Naturally, there is a grill and the requisite metal patio chairs and table. How about an umbrella for the table? Damn skippy. She has that too.

The Little Voodoo Ranger Pool Party

A bud of hers from work was coming over so I zipped over and stocked up the alky haul. What she wanted and what I wanted. What I wanted was craft-brewed beer and Voodoo Ranger from Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing fit the bill.

We were already having some splashy, drinky fun in the pool when Hess made it over. As expected, he was toting some craft. As it so happened, he had an arm full of Voodoo Ranger also. But it was not the straight up Voodoo that I was working on.

Hess Brings Juicy Haze!

Hess brought over some Juicy Haze. Which, I have to admit, gave me mixed feelings. Not because I had not tried the Juicy Haze yet, I was all game for that. Mixed because it sounded refreshing, but it also sounded too fruity for my beer pallet.

I’m playing a bit of catch up. New Belgium has greatly expanded their Voodoo Ranger Line to 6. Hell, they’ve been cranking out all kinds of new beers. Which means that I have a shit ton of more craft beer drinking to do! Pity, eh?

Anyway, Hess brings the Juicy Haze IPA and we start working on having less beer while bullshitting and splashy around in the pool like city kids around a blasting fire hydrant.

I grill brats and hot sausages along with corn on the cob. We had fun and feasted. Hey, if you love grilling like I do then check this out from the Grill Masters Club!

My Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze Review

The Juicy Haze, you wonder? Good stuff. I surprised myself by liking it. It is fruity, but in a more citrusy way and more so on the nose than on the taste buds. The bitterness comes through like I expect it should with a strong IPA. The strong I’m referring to is the 7.5% ABV of this sort of pale orange-ish brew.

Overall, I found New Belgium’s Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA to be an enjoyable, easy drinking, medium body ale that I would drink just about anytime.

Keep Drinking…

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Where We Go for Concerts

We’ve been going to the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre which is in Maryland Heights, MO. Maryland Heights is between St. Louis and St. Charles just before you cross the Missouri River. 

For any of you that have ever been to any type of concert or sporting event or something similar, which if I had to guess would be everyone, then you know how expensive food and drinks are at these venues. Tickets are expensive too. But my sister has a plan to get more bang for our entertainment bucks.

Sandy’s Plan

My sister is Sandy. Sandy’s plan is lawn seats. Nothing revolutionary about that, but she is working the system just a little. St. Louis’ main rock radio station is KSHE. They promote most of the shows. So as soon as they announce a show, she signs up to win tickets. They also offer early purchase discounts. 

She gets us tickets for either $20 or $30 bucks each. We get to go watch classic rock bands for damn little money. ZZ Top and John Forgerty. Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker Band, and The Outlaws are some others we’ve seen so far. 3 Doors Down, Collective Soul, Kid Rock and others are coming up. For $20 or $30 dollars, I think they are a deal.

She is always the driver so I can imbibe to my thirsty heart’s content. We pack a cooler with some pre-show adult beverages. We get to the parking lot as soon as they open, find a spot, and do a little tail-gating. 

Concert Craft Beer

Where does the craft beer come in? Well, once in the amphitheater I still have a thirst. Fortunately, they have craft beer. An IPA that is local. Sure, it costs me $14 for a 16 ounce can. Ouch! But I’m not paying $50-$100 or more for show tickets. That’s how I rationalize it. I spring for a few over-priced craft beers at the venue and I feel like I’m still within a decent spend.

I also like the fact that the craft beer I’m downing is an 8% ABV Double IPA. Urban Chestnut is the brewery. The beer is STLIPA. STL for St. Lou and IPA for…IPA. A little acronym action there, for sure. 

STLIPA is a back to back gold medal winner at the World Beer Championships in 2015/16. It is a hop bomb. They use Chinook, Cascade, Sterling, Columbus, Willamette, and Mt. Hood hops. All those hops are countered with Munich and Pale Ale malts. It has a fairly light copper color.

You know what is stupid about the whole thing. Not Urban Chestnut, they are a stellar brewery. And not STLIPA either because it is one damn tasty craft beer. 

What is stupid is that I get a big kick out of the can. I’d buy this double IPA just for the damn can. I’m not talking about the label. I have a crush on the can top. The whole damn top of the can comes off! When I open it, it is like I’m drinking out of a handy aluminum glass. 

Stupid? Pretty much so. But I still get a kick out of it. Plus the beer is really damn tasty, so that helps too. 

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Nada. Zip. Zilch. Epic Fail.

No Craft Beers…Yet.

I mean, it has been a week and I have not hit any place for craft beers. Not a single damn place. I don’t know what the hell is wrong with me.

Wait a minute. The situation is not as dire as I’m making it out to be. There has been some light at the end of the tunnel. There was a little can or so of craft beer at the end of my rainbow of thirst.

Here’s the deal. I had some old friends contact me. Going way back to my college years old friends. Friends I don’t get to see nearly often enough.

One of them was doing a little weekend house sitting up the river road from where I live. Carter said some others from college were going to join him on the deck for some beer and whatnot fun. Man, I just couldn’t miss that opportunity.

I slapped a new battery in the Harley. It cranked up like a champ. It wasn’t long and I had the Mississippi River on my left and limestone bluffs on my right as I powered up the river road.

Being a distracted dumbass, when I arrived at the house in this little town I was empty-handed. I didn’t even stop to pick up a six-pack of craft. Nothing. Man, I sucked.

Begging For Beers

There I was saying “Hi” to dear old friends and I was a beer beggar.

You know what? They saved me. A couple of them happened to have some Yuengling Lagers that they were willing to share. I am a fan of the Lager. You know my affection for America’s Oldest Brewery.

I downed a few of those Lagers and enjoyed the company.

Wait, I noticed Carter was drinking something different. I didn’t recognize the can. I quickly fixed that. I asked, he offered, I sampled and I hated it.

Yeah, it was some awful super sweet flavored something or other that I did not care for at all. He liked it. Not me. I’ve had other craft beers from that brewery that are good, but this stuff made me want to do a shot of gasoline to kill that taste.

Salted Caramel Pecan Brown

I won’t leave you hanging. Here’s what the hell it was: Salted Caramel Pecan Brown Ale. That is the name of the craft beer. It is a product of the 4204 Main St. Brewing Company in Belleville, IL. They do make some righteous beers. Not this one, though. At least not for me.

It is a 5.5% seasonal that is malty and super sweet. They took their Pecan Brown Ale and made is a diabetics nightmare by adding that super sweetness of caramel. The name says “salted”, but I didn’t catch much salt flavor.

Anyway, I thanked Carter for the taste and went back to the Lager. After a couple of those and plenty of talk with old friends, I was being pasted by bugs on the night time ride back.

Bugs? No problem. I’d do that again in a heartbeat to see old friends. Next time, I’ll be sure to stop on the way for some carryout craft beer.

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I understand someone thinking that way, but I don’t agree with that point of view. I think a checks and a checkbook are important to have. Getting your checks from your bank may be fine, but I prefer to getting mine from a printer/supplier like Deluxe. Find out more about them by clicking here.

The other side of the “Why keep it?” checkbook question is really a two-part question. The first part is along the lines of is it necessary to keep my checkbook after I have filled it up and gotten a new one. In other words, “Do I need to keep the checkbook for my records?”

The second part of that question is, “If I need to keep my old checkbook, for how long do I need to keep it?” This question has to do with the duration of financial record keeping.

The way the question could be taken is, “Why should I fill in the check register or check stubs?” So “keep” refers to actually keeping records and balancing your checkbook.

Answering Checkbook Questions

Let’s answer the two-parter part of the question first.

If you have a checking account, you should be filling in the check stubs or the check register. These are part of your “checkbook” and once they are all filled in, they are a record of your financial transactions. As such, they come in real handy at tax time. So you should hold on to and store both your personal and business checkbook fill with either a completed check register or check stubs.

For tax purposes, you should keep your financial records (this includes your checkbook) for seven years. You want to keep your checkbook as part of the current tax year documents. Plus, since the IRS can contest your tax returns up to six years in the past, you want to keep your older checkbooks in case the IRS comes calling. That’s the current year plus six additional years for a total of seven years.

Next up. Why not go totally electronic with my banking? That’s not as easy as it sounds. There are still places that will not take credit cards. Yeah, they only accept cash or a check. Having a paper checkbook can in some ways make life easier. You can access your checks and all your checking account information 24-hours a day. You can always see where you stand. You don’t have to rely on technology. Also, physically writing things down helps many people to better understand their financial situation.

Finally, when using a checkbook you should absolutely keep it balanced and up to date. Fill in all the information and update your total with each and every transaction. This can save you money by being able to look at any time and see what your balance is. If you know your balance, you will not accidentally write a check that would overdraw your account. This means you avoid fees and overdraft charges.

Your written record checkbook can also help you see mistakes, avoid any fraud, and examine your spending habits to make changes to meet your savings goals.

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Downtown Alton, Illinois

Summer is in full force here in my part of Illinois. That means summer vacation time for me. I slow down my work schedule during the summer months so I can have some fun. Fun for me is getting in the water, riding my Harley-Davidson, doing a little traveling, and knocking back pints of delicious craft beer. So, now is as good a time as any to plan how I’ll be spending my summer “beercation” this year. Craft Joint friends, here we go.

My Summer of Beer is Here

I’m a firm believer in extending the experience. If I’m going to have fun, and I do like having fun, I’m going to dedicate either as much time as possible to that fun or I’ll increase the frequency of the fun. If I can do both, you know the saying, “Winner, Winner, Chicken and Beer Dinner”. Yeah, I modified it a bit for my evil beer purposes.

Hitting It Close To Home

Currently, I’m calling the Mississippi River town of Alton, IL home. There’s a really nice little downtown bar district near the river. I know some of the bar owners and they carry some real flavorful craft beers.

Bossanova is a classy, sassy bar with top-shelf creative food and a cocktail and craft beer menu to match. I’ll be sure to visit Bossanova often.

The Cat’s is Where its At!

Catdaddy’s is my hometown divey bar in the best sense of the word. I was just there the other night having some new cans of craft they stocked. Cat’s, as we call it, will be graced often with my drinking presence.

There’s a self-serve craft beer place called the Germania Brew Haus which I’ve only been to once. Okay, twice. I’ll be sure to check in there again.

Chez Marilyn’s is downtown and I was there to have a new IPA. More from them as the summer wears on.

The Old Bakery Brewing Company is a micro-brewery which I have yet to visit. Yeah, shameful. I have emptied quite a few of their canned craft brews though. I know I’ll be getting together with some of my craft blasting buds there for sure.

Across the River

St. Louis, MO is just a short drive across the river. St. Louis is a beer town. I’m not talking about big corporate beer, I’m talking craft. A whole bunch of craft beers are in and around St. Louis. I will do a little research and make a hit list. Some I’ll hit solo. Others I’ll drag someone with or meet some like-minded beer friends there.

I think I have a rough outline for my craft “beering” over the next couple months or so. As I hit these joints I’ll let you know what I’ve been drinking and my thoughts on my craft beer explorations.

More craft beer fun next week. Cheers to my summer beercation!

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Using Your Check Register The Right Way

All this coming and going of money in and out of your account is called your cash flow. If you have more money flowing out of your checking account than flowing into your account, your account will be overdrawn. If your checking account is overdrawn, it will cost you money. Your bank will charge you fees. The businesses or utilities that you wrote checks to will charge you fees.

Bouncing a check is another term used when you write a check and don’t have enough money in your account. Keeping your personal and business checking accounts in order is necessary. You can find checks, check registers, and other financial products from the Deluxe company.

Using a check register properly will help you from having to pay fees. In your check register, you record your transactions. It is simple accounting. Write down your deposits and write down your withdrawals. Your deposits are income. Your withdrawals are expenses.

Be sure to keep a running total in your check register. This running total is your balance. Your balance lets you know how much money you have in your account. Make sure you check for addition and subtraction errors. Accuracy is important.

Check Register Tips

Write down every transaction. This includes deposits made automatically like if your paycheck is direct deposited. This also includes automatic payments like a car payment or utility payments.

Remember to record all your transactions. Did you hit the ATM? Write it down. Did you write a check? Record it in your check register and then total. Did you deposit a paper check? Don’t forget to put that in your check register too.

You must reconcile your account. Reconciling your account is when you compare your check register with the records the bank has. They must match. If they don’t match either you or the bank has made an error. You must find the error and correct it. Some errors are in your favor. Some errors are in the bank’s favor. Reconciling can also help you to see if you have been a victim of identity theft.

Take a look at your check register regularly. By reviewing it, your account will be in good shape. This adds to your overall financial health.

These how to use your check register hints will be helpful. All you have to do is follow them.

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