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  • Bill Eubank, Dick Nixon and Other Mentors

    How the Hell do we have a President’s Day? I am certain I am the only American that genuinely loves President’s Day that hasn’t served in the White House or attended an RC Willey sale. To me, it’s not the three-day weekend or the big box sale prices. It’s not because it always seem to…

  • Pink Elephants At Utah’s Legislature

    The Utah Legislature is in session again and these means it is open season on Utah liquor laws. Rep. Patrice Arent’s HB 283 was unable to get out of committee with a 4-3 vote. Rep. Arent’s bill was for a one-year trial period of keeping the DABC package stores open on holidays. On the surface,…

  • Mad Dogs and Weathermen

    Hunting man, they say, is the most dangerous game. For about two years, I had a dicey hobby. It was stalking Fox 13 weatherman Damon Yauney. It started innocently enough. He’d come by the Tavernacle when I was bartending and order Captain Morgan and Cokes. Some would say he was just having a drink and…

  • It’s Been 10 Years?!?

    Ten years ago I was dressed in a tight black vest, tuxedo shirt, stained black slacks and a bowtie that restricted the flow of blood to my head. I looked like a 300-pound penguin shoveled into 185-pounds worth of clothes. Think Chris Farley playing 007. It was 10 o’clock in the morning and I had…

  • Scott The Kid Hosts A Super Bowl Party

    Say what you will but Scott Wegner knows how to throw a Super Bowl party. For four years going to Scott “The Kid” Wegner’s house for the biggest sporting event of the year was a must-attend function. Between the lit’l smokies, 7-layer dip, comfortable seating and copious amount of Templeton Rye, Scott was the consummate…