Pickled

 EMPIRE, MICHIGAN  JULY 13, 2003

Word on the street is that a collection of well-behaved young gentlemen assembled at Brad Bagaloff's pad in Empire this past weekend to celebrate a bachelor party for Eric "Pickles" Clausen.

The group was rumored to include Joel Peterman, Brian 'Scoop' Gordon, Spike Fuehr, Andy Whitmore, Kays, Rod & Ken Sweckard, Chris Hawley, Matt Tomlinson, Greg Laberge amongst others and was hosted by Eric's big brother, Gregg "G. Clawdog Liddy" Clausen.

The featured acts of the weekend:

• Rod & Hawley went after the modern record for sleep deprivation.  They lasted over 36 hours but fell short of the record.  Memo to you two:  Try going after a record you can handle, such as Bobby Brady's junior Seesawing title.

• Being awake for 36 hours requires activities to occupy the time.  So Rod, Ken and Chris provided the quiet town of Empire with their own version of Shock & Awe:  An all night fireworks session that prompted a series of calls to Brad's house from furious neighbors.  Nice work.  I suppose that 36 hours of debauchery and bottle rocketry should be commended.

• Brad's soon to be brother-in-law Matt scraped pot after pot off all the 30 something know-it-alls during poker play.  Take this memo: "Hey college boy, screw you and your neverending string of boats."