And here we go with the thirteenth edition of SHOUT OUT! Friday. Let me know if you liked SHOUT OUT! Friday by leaving a Commment at the end of this entry. And if you didn't, you can still leave one! Or if you'd like to give someone a personal SHOUT OUT! just e-mail me and I'll consider it for the following week.

This week's first SHOUT OUT! goes to Patrick Leopold who heads up the Vikings Childrens Fund. Leopold implemented the Vikings Victory Wristband to help raise additional funds. It only costs you a buck at your local Taco Bell. I got mine Thursday. Got yours yet!?!?

Update: I spoke to Patrick this morning (8/5) as I was getting a ton of e-mail requests from the non-TC residents asking how to get their own wristband. Patrick told me that the deal is exclusive through Taco Bell. He has looked into selling them on The Plaza on gamedays but because of the exclusivity deal, the Vikings cannot. The only way to get your wristband is through local Taco Bells. And I'm sorry, I just don't have the time and manpower to meet individual requests. So, contact a local friend or plan to get your butt to the Twin Cities for a game and make sure you stop by a Taco Bell!

A very smelly SHOUT OUT! to the Air quality officials in the San Joaquin Valley who made a 'discovery' recently. (I can't make this stuff up!)

A million-dollar-idea SHOUT OUT! to GadgetBargains.com for this great game-day idea. As I understand it, the Green Bay area has already depleted the companies stock.

A SHOUT OUT! to Chris Lancaster who recently had a bad experience with his bank. Ever have this happen to you?

A SHOUT OUT! to Pro Football Talk for a nice, and well deserved rip, of the Vikings defense. The quote was, "Vikings CB Ken Irvin says that the presence of Randy Moss in past training camps made the defense better (we wonder just how bad the team's defense would have been over the past five years if Randy hadn't been there to help pull them up to, you know, No. 31)." Zing!

If Any One Cares

My iPod favorite tunes for this first August weekend. These songs are in celebration of my fourteenth wedding anniversary to The Wife®:

1) Something 'Bout You Baby I Like by Tom Jones
2) If I Were a Carpenter by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
3) Let's Stay Together by Al Green
4) Real Love by The Beatles
5) Lithium Sunset by Sting
6) Peace Is Just a Word by the Eurythmics
7) Here Comes My Girl by Tom Petty
8) Baby, I Love Your Way by Peter Frampton
9) Buona Sera by Louis Prima
10) Dreaming of You by Selena

Have a great weekend everyone! Come back Monday for another podcast. I'm not sure at the moment who the guest(s) will be as I have several irons in the fire. But I'm sure it will be a worthwhile listen.

And I'll be in Mankato, Monday. So, if all goes well, you can start looking for updates starting Monday evening complete with pictures and additional podcasts.

See you then!

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