Unprotected beer pong play is almost as bad as unprotected sex according to the Center for Disease Control.

There has been a huge increase in Herpes transmission and reports of the virus have gone up 230% from last year in people 17 to 21. This is traced to the sharing of cups during beer pong. The type of Herpes increasing is the Simplex-Virus 1 that causes cold sores. EW!

Universities are starting to take notice. Arizona State University is even providing new, free red cups to all students in the dorms because they realize that playing beer pong is inevitable and there is no way to prevent it.

And you can always play a different game. According to CDC spokesman, Dr. Cole Desorio, “Flip cup is great because each individual has their own cup. If it’s absolutely necessary to play beer pong, use the waterfall method. Many young adults, when asked if they practice safe pong, responded that they rinse the ball after it bounces off the table.”

Surprised the CDC knows what beer pong, waterfalls and flip cup even are. Props, I guess?

Last night I was drinking with some buddies. A friend that recently took a plane to LA and back told me how not only did he accidentally fly with a lighter that the security overlooked, but while waiting for his plane he met a young woman that used to work for a popular airline. She told him that if anyone of the low level employees wanted to, they could get away with something really destructive due to the lack of security and monitoring of the workers. Pretty comforting, huh?

Well, searching around the rants and raves section of Craigslist today, I saw Homeland Security’s new business plan for weeding out terrorists. This has got to be their best work yet, and I really commend them for thinking outside the box.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT SATURDAY!

As you may already know, it is a sin for a Muslim male to see any woman other than his wife naked. He must commit suicide if he does. So next Saturday at 4 PM Eastern Time, all American women are asked to walk out of their house completely naked to help weed out any neighborhood terrorists. Circling your block for one hour is recommended for this anti-terrorist effort.

All patriotic men are to position themselves in lawn chairs in front of their house to prove they are not Muslims, and to demonstrate they think its okay to see nude women other than their wife, and to show support for all American women. Since Islam also does not approve of alcohol, a cold 6-pack at your side is further proof of your anti-Muslim sentiment.

The American government appreciates your efforts to root out terrorists and applauds your participation in this anti-terrorist activity. God bless America!

It is your patriotic duty to pass this on. If you don’t send this to at least 5 people you’re a terrorist sympathizing lily-livered coward and are in the position of posing as a national threat!

I’m not a lily-livered coward, so I will be doing my part in this great movement forward. God bless America.

Baseball player Corey Hart was elected for an All-Star bid. During the press conference, Hart’s Milwaukee Brewers teammates couldn’t wait to congratulate him. Hart had his two-year-old daughter on his lap during the conference when his teammates ran into the room spraying beers all over them. His daughter was fine after getting a popsicle and forgetting all about it but now there is a major media backlash. Judge for yourself, here’s the video:

A friend of a friend decided one day that he needed a change of pace. “I know!” He exclaimed. “I will spend my entire savings on traveling and beer and blog about it.” Extraordinary! He did just that. And thebeertraveller.com was born in good ol’ Seattle, WA. It’s not a very pretty blog, but it’s knowledgeable nonetheless. And he uses terms like “lizard draining”. The best part is that he’s just getting started. If you’re a beer lover, check in on him from time to time. He’s a fun read.

I was being tagged team by both Nicole & Sara at the bar. Being Sara’s 1st day on the job, Nicole was helping field my questions about bar history & beers on tap. I decided to go with a pint of Roslyn Beer (a dark mild lager) & a sample of Brookside Pale (a pale lager). See my reviews. Nicole threw me a curve ball when she asked if I have had a mix. She poured me a sample of 50/50 (dark/pale). Seemed a little weird at first, but she said “they’re both lagers…why not?”. More I think about it, it’s like a Black & Tan. It actually worked out quite well as the Pale removed some of the sweetness of the Dark & the Dark removed the tartness of the Pale.

It’s summer.  In Chico, that means we get drunk, go down to the olde’ swimmin hole and then get engulfed in the current mess of smoke caused by the 4 billion fires in Northern California.  At the Synthesis, it means that we have too much cool shit laying around, so we’re giving stuff away.

Our Warped Tour/ Guitar Hero contest has been birthed (it’s a girl!) and now you need to adopt that shit.  We’ve got sick band’s signatures all over this thing, and if we were smart we would throw this on Ebay and spend the money on hookers and beer… but we’re not.  How do you with this fine piece of gaming history?  We’ll I would start by watching the video below, then subscribing to our YouTube channel and leaving us a message telling us how you want it more the Cournty Love was her soul back (who names a baby girl Francis Bean, anyways?!).   Here’s Alex from Cobra Starship reppin it.

The only time I’ve ever flown JetBlue I had a huge layover and it royally sucked. Now I hear about this lady, Christina Szele, a 35-year-old New Yorker who decided it was a good idea to light up a cigarette on her JetBlue flight. After downing three vodka drinks she lit up in her seat with a match. Flight attendants tried to restrain Szele but she assaulted them by punching one attendant in the jaw and kicking and screaming. She then threatened to kill the attendant, dropped the N bomb and called him a “dumb mother fucker”.

She was traveling from New York to San Francisco but she caused the flight to make an emergency landing in Denver after her outburst. Szele had also drank beers before getting to the airport. She claims to not remember any of these incidences of lighting up or slugging the worker. She has been charged with disorderly conduct in the past. She is now facing charges of causing a disturbance, assault and interfering with a flight crew. This is a felony and she could get up to twenty years in prison.  Blacked out much?