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September 28, 2008

Win A Trip To See The Crimson Tide

Kristie standing outside the front door of Miss Melissa's in downtown Moundville.

Lo and behold, one of my longtime customers is featured in this month’s issue of Guideposts Magazine.

In the story, Saving Moundville, Kristie Taylor talks about what led her, a marine biologist, into a role of not just managing the renovation of Miss Melissa’s Cafe in Moundville, Alabama…but also being involved in local community redevelopment efforts.

Chef Neil Ravenna chatting with patrons.

As a related promotion, Guideposts and the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce have put together a weekend travel package giveaway for two to come visit West Alabama in mid-November. Best of all, the trip includes tickets to the University of Alabama football game scheduled for November 15th.

November is an absolutely perfect time of the year to visit. And since Mississippi State is the next-to-the-last-game of the regular season, there's a good possibility you'll be seeing the Tide try to finish off their run for a national championship berth.

Here’s what included in the package:

Airfare for two
Dinner for two at Miss Melissa’s Cafe
Two passes to the Westerveldt Warner Museum
Two night stay at the Hilton Garden Inn
Two tickets to see the University of Alabama Crimson Tide play Mississippi State

Click here to enter the Alabama Getaway contest. Check the full details and rules for the contest here.

And even if you don’t win, you can grab the recipes from Miss Melissa’s, courtesy of Chef Neil Ravenna, from the restaurant’s website, and cook up a little bit of the South on your own.

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September 28, 2008

The Alabama Knockout

It was like the Bulldogs, and their fans, never knew what hit them. Guess the clothes don't make the team after all.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Yesterday’s vaunted matchup between the #8 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide and the #3 Georgia Bulldogs turned into a first half neutering of the puppies in front of a stunned blackout crowd in Athens.

Alabama scored on its first 5 possessions to take a commanding 31-0 lead at halftime. The Crimson Tide’s performance in the first half is arguably the most complete and balanced football played by any team in the entire NCAA this year.

Georgia rallied in the second half, but Alabama proved too dominating a team, putting Georgia away 41-30.

All of which adds up to the fact that Alabama is not only back, but a legitimate contender this year.

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September 25, 2008

College Football Game Of The Week

Oh no...you won't catch me calling this picture 'Playing Dead' or 'A Funeral In Athens' or anything like that.

There’s no doubt about it…

If you want to see the best college football game this coming weekend, then you need to dial up the Alabama vs. Georgia game this coming Saturday night.

Last year’s game went into overtime, with the Dawgs coming out on top 26–23 in Tuscaloosa. As much of a barnburner that game turned out to be, this year’s contest has already been turned up to 11.

Both teams are unbeaten so far this year.

#8 ranked Alabama is looking to prove that they are truly back, thanks to the stellar coaching of Nick Saban, Alabama’s dominating offensive and defensive lines, and the prowess of the Tide’s freshman phenoms.

Despite being the pre-season #1 ranked team in the nation, Georgia has fallen to #3 and wants to prove to the BCS championship voters that they should move back up in the rankings.

Make no mistake about it, both teams will be ready to rumble. Georgia’s planning to wear their ”secret weapon” black jerseys, and have called for their fans to execute a “blackout” in the stands.

Droves of Alabama fans have already stared making the trip to Athens to support the Tide.

This game is the epitome of SEC football.

As I’ve said before here at the Funcave, I have an enormous amount of respect for Mark Richt and what he’s accomplished in rebuilding the storied Georgia progam back to national prominence. A lot of other people in the Tide Nation feel the same way.

So, win or lose, I expect it will be a game marked by a lot of hard play, but a lot of respect and class at the end.

The only thing that would make this weekend better? If I could score some tickets and attend the game in person.

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September 25, 2008

Hyper-G Wants To Pimp Your Infrastructure

Awww...yeah! Come get yo shizzle on!

If you liked the video below with HP’s smokingly badass customized c3000 ROK edition AKA “Shorty,” you’ll love this!

HP, Microsoft, and AMD are sponsoring an official Pimp My Infrastructure contest.

Full details at the link above, but there are 2 prizes, one built around SBS ($16K value) and another built around EBS ($36K value). Winners have their business pimped out with a slew of new HP gear.

HP resellers get props too. The referred resellers of the prize winners each get $5K in HP stuffs.

Seriously, one of the coolest guys you'll ever meet in your life. Yes, that's a c3000 behind him. No, it's not the ROK. But that doesn't change the fact that the c3000 is pure badass.

All this info came from The Man himself, Mr. Greg “Hyper-G” Starks.

He’ll be at a certain IT show in Seattle next week. If you’re planning to attend, be sure and stop by the HP booth to say “Heya” to the Hype Man. Better yet, find a karaoke machine and turn him loose on it.

Whatever you do, be sure to tell him The Funcave sent ya!

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September 25, 2008