1.) Welcome to the real world?

On Wednesday, Second Life will be hosting commencement ceremonies for online students graduating from Bryant and Stratton College. Apparently, students can take their entire curriculum through the education community and are able to attend virtual campuses in the Second Life world. Afterwards, graduation parties are scheduled all over Facebook via the “send a drink” application. Post graduation, most of the students are planning to find employment in Azeroth.

2.) Speaking of Reality

The other day, I regrettably watched this show on MTV called “College Life”. It’s a show where a group of college freshman tape their lives while at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The first thing I asked myself while watching this was, “Was I this big of a douchebag in college?” My first answer is, “Yes, I was pretty dumb in college.” After seeing one kid spend $1200 of his tuition money on a tattoo, and one dude kid get kicked out of the dorms (while skipping all but one of his disciplinary meetings), and another guy just being a creep, I have to say I was actually pretty cool compared to these people. My conclusion of this show is that I want to slap sense into each one of these people. Violence isn’t the answer so I will just not watch this at all. I recommend that you avoid this show as well.

3.) Welcome back Co Co!

You may have heard that Conan O’Brien took over for Jay Leno on The Tonight’s Show this week. I don’t think there was any one person who was more excited than me for this occasion. I have been a fan since he first started in 1993. We’ve come a long way together, my fellow tan challenged friend. My only suggestion is that we have some bands on that weren’t in the height of their popularity when you first started The Late Show. While on the topic of The Late Show, Jimmy Fallon seems to be coming into his own… or just got lucky. I have been a fan of his comedy for a long time, but he has been struggling on his show. Dave Matthews was a guest Wednesday night and I was quite impressed with this diddy.

I still get a kick out of his random breakdowns of uncontrollable laughing.

4.) 300 or 3000… Which will we see first?

During Brewer’s Live Wednesday night, Davey Nelson was talking about which we would likely see a player accomplish next… after Randy Johnson earned his 300^th last night or course. Both 300 wins and 3000 hits are benchmarks for making the hall of fame, but will modern baseball allow anyone to reach 300 wins again? The closest pitcher is Jamie Moyer with 250 wins, but he is 46 and won’t be around much longer. Established stars such as Johan Santana, Roy Oswaldt, or CC Sabathia may have the best shot at attempting this feat out of the current crop of players. As my friend Todd pointed out last night, it may be more likely that one of the young guys coming up (Tim Lincecum, Zack Grienke, Cole Hamels, Justin Verlander)reaches it first. What do you think?

Jeff Suppan is tied for 15^th on the active list with 131 wins. At this pace, even if he pitches another 15 years, it will only leave him with 262 wins. Can you imagine him as a Brewer for another 15 years?

5.) There will be an additional springboard installed for Melon's dive, the Triple Lindy!

Looking for something to do this weekend? Maybe you should head downtown for the official start of the Summer festival season. This will be the 20^th year of Riversplash which runs from Friday, June 5^th through Sunday, June 7^th. There will be approximately 40 bands to check out throughout the weekend. Notable acts will be the comedy of Pat McCurdy on Friday night at the Miller Lite Water St. North Stage and the music of our good friends, Zach Wade and Ryan McIntyre at The Harp Irish Pub on Saturday night. The festival kicks off at noon today at the Miller Genuine Draft Park Stage.

Extra Trivia

Since there was no Friday Five last week, here is an extra piece of information. Last night, someone brought up the fact that he saw someone in a Rob Deer jersey at the Brewer game recently. Deer managed to have the lowest official batting average while still qualifying for the batting title when he batted .179 in 1991. He is the only player since 1910 to have a batting average less than .220 in at least 400 at bats in at least four seasons. This makes Corey Hart look a little better, doesn't it?

Bonus!

I decided to give you all one more bonus because of my lack of entertaining you last Friday. Rock Band is giving you a chance to win $500 by sending in a photo of your best "Rock Expression". Those of you chomping at the bit to waste some work time on the internet should have no problem getting hours of that accomplished. Seriously, these are just hilarious.

Also, perfect chance for a Photoshop contest: