At Least He Didn't Have to Eat Octopus

Most of Michigan is still celebrating the Red Wings' Stanley Cup championship. And just in case it wasn't sweet enough, here is the result of a bet placed between Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (whose Penguins were matched against the Wings in the Stanley Cup finals).

We see Governor Rendell enjoying a (popular Michigan mainstay) Faygo Rock-and-Rye pop, a comfy Wings jersey, and posing with a Wings bumper sticker and some Kowalski sausages. All straight from Michigan with love.

Hey-ey Hockeytown!

Hooray for the 2008 Stanley Cup Champions - the Detroit Red Wings!

My hometown boys did a phenomenal job this season (just as long as I promised to not watch any of the games....it turns out I'm a jinx). They clinched their Stanley Cup win on Wednesday night in a match against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

But that's not the real story, here. At least, it's not the real funny story here.

You see, my Wings love to par-tay. More than once in the past couple days, I've seen them take the microphones away from local reporters interviewing them, just so they could drunkenly start slurring sweet nothings to a chuckling tv audience.

And that's all before they headed off to celebrate at Cheli's Chili in downtown Detroit - a local restaurant/bar owned by Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios. Once at the restaurant, my wonderfully drunk hockey heroes ascended to the roof of the restaurant - and in the act of events still unexplained - they accidentally dropped the Stanley Cup off of the roof of the building. Way to go, guys!

Apparently the cup handler had to be called in for emergency repairs to a sizable dent in the side of the cup. Worry not, though; the cup has been repaired and is (almost) good as new.

I don't think I could be any prouder of those guys if I tried.