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CABC Baseball Draft

With the CABC Fantasy Baseball Draft now scheduled for 8PM Eastern on Sunday, March 27, it is imperative that you all join the league or tell me that you don’t have the balls to try something new.

We have already had MMB bitch out because he is afraid that all the luck he has experienced during the past couple football seasons will be wasted if he plays another game with us.

If anyone has ideas for other people who may be interested in participating, please forward them on to me.

If We Don't Have Football The Terrorists Win

Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears. A lot has happened in the time since we last spoke many fortnights ago. In the weeks since Crocs Out Cocks Out won the CABC Football Championship, Starbucks changed its omnipresent logo, Charlie Sheen went completely sane, Nic Cage drove angry, and Black History Month passed us by like the unexplained Smoke Monster from LOST. I come to you all now, nearing the Ides of March, in hopes that I can assassinate all memories of the 2010 Syndrome’s terrible performance. The good people of CABC Nation deserve better.

How do I propose that we move forward and improve the almighty League? Diversification.

Every day the NFL Owners and Players Association meet and don’t come to some sort of agreement, a part of me grows increasingly worried. I may not have the Ivy League education or financial expertise that can be claimed by our newly crowned champion or other league members, but I do understand how important it is to cover your ass when there’s a risky situation on the horizon. While I hope for the best in these ongoing labor talks, I know that football is at the earliest still 6 months away.

To fill our fantasy-less summers, I motion that we throw out the first pitch for the 2011 CABC Fantasy Baseball Season.

In a mere matter of days, The Texas Rangers will begin their defense of the American League Pennant. And as we cheer them on, I invite you all to join me in this exciting new venture. Our shared ignorance when it comes to the game of “baseball” will allow for level competition until Mr. ARB builds some super spreadsheets to destroy us all. And if CABC Summer League goes as planned, the blog will be brought back from hiatus, providing hours of cute and/or hysterical enjoyment.

I ask that you all please confirm your participation so draft preparations can be made. “I had rather have such men my friends than enemies.”

Here's to hoping these bees don't move to Ashburn, VA

If you're from Ashburn, VA, and are not being attacked by bees please let us know. Or let us know if you were at the Cook-Johnson-Mack Family Reunion 2010. Please give us the potato salad recipe; where was that chicken from, Church's? It was DELICIOUS.

mmm cat balls

For all things cat, check out our sister blog Miles To Go

Frozen Maveritas

The key to a great frozen margarita from the blender is very cold ingredients. When you use cold ingredients, ice melting is reduced (if not eliminated) during blending. Each batch of margaritas can then be blended longer and more aggressively to create a finer texture (smaller ice crystals). This effect is heightened when the liquor added is significantly colder than 32 degrees.

Equipment
A good blender
Styrofoam cups

Ingredients
1 6oz can Minute Maid Frozen Limeade Concentrate
3 tablespoons Light Agave Nectar
6 ounces Reposado Tequilla (very cold)
3 ounces Cointreau (very cold)
1/4 cup Simply Limeade
3 cups Ice
8 drops Blue Food Coloring
1 heavy pinch Salt (optional)

Add ice, frozen limeade, and limeade to blender.

Pulse blender on highest setting, scraping down sides if necessary, to crush ice.

Add remaining ingredients and blend until desired consistency.

Serve immediately in Styrofoam cups. Serves 2.