"The Boys of Summer" Parody for the Cleveland Browns

I often sing to myself around the house and there are several songs I get significant parody mileage out of but Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" is a particular favorite to quote.

Henley's song is catchy and popular. He sings about themes and images everyone can understand: sports, summer, love, youth, pain, loss of innocence. Everyone sings along to it when it plays on the radio and it's spawned a few popular covers.

As I was following the saga of this year's Cleveland Browns  (a subject I am familiar with) when I started singing Henley's song because the "empty lake, empty streets" is an image I associate with Cleveland.

My parody is dedicated to all those Browns fans out there in "Believeland" who are"waiting for next year."

Tales of the Domestically Challenged: The Ten Pound Bag of Chicken Leg Quarters

Approximately every other month our local grocery store has a SUPER DUPER AWESOME DEAL:

Northeast Ohio's Finest!

they charge anywhere from 59 to 89 cents for a ten pound bag of chicken leg quarters. This week they sold the bag for 59 cents (see picture at right) so a crafty consumer can get a bag o' chicken for $5.90.

No, it is not the most glamorous cut of meat but it's cheap which is a word David loves! While David is perusing the store's weekly ad he says: "You got to hit this chicken when you go to the store tomorrow!" like we are suburban rappers. Rolling up to the store in a four door champagne-colored used Kia sedan! Hitting things with our fat middle class cash and sticking to the meal plan!