Fightin’ A&M College of Texas Aggie Ring ’42 decided he needed a “cold one” so he asked me to drive him up to the new brewery that recently opened near us here on the Jersey Shore. I asked Aggie Ring ’42 what he wanted and he replied, “I’ll have the stout.”

Just before Aggie Ring ’42 started to drink his stout, I asked him if he wanted to go for one of those crazy Aggie “Ring Dunkings.” He looked at me as if I was mad and replied, “Are you kidding me? A&M College of Texas Rings from my generation have way too much class for that sort of tomfoolery. I’ll leave those sort of shenanigans to Balfour manufactured Aggie Rings.”

“But, why not?” I implored Aggie Ring ’42. He laughed and said, “My generation of Aggie Rings from 1940-1948 were made in Minnesota where the men were handsome and the women were strong. That’s why the detailing on us is so much better. Also, we know to stay out of cold liquids unless one falls through the ice while fishing.”

“Besides,” Aggie Ring ’42 then said. “I don’t want to get my leather neck strap all sticky and smelly.

#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere

While we were in Chicago’s Union Station. A&M College of Texas Ring ’42 asked me to buy him a drink. Aggie Ring ’42 got to thinking and told me that the last time he probably was in Chicago was probably back in 1941 when the Army shipped the Texas Infantry through Chicago on the train on the way to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey to ship them over to Europe on a big ship to fight the Germans in Italy.

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring had thought that he’d see some pretty good omelettes here on the Jersey Shore but he’s ring enough to admit that he had misspoke. For some reason, Aggie Ring can’t get the most incredibly delicious Apple & Cheddar Cheese Omelette he had for breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s in Downtown Chicago (since 1923) off of his mind.

Aggie Ring kindly asked me to tell everyone that underneath those delicious cinnamon apples, was an omelette prepared with chunks of real cheddar cheese. “NO American processed cheese food slices!” says Aggie Ring. He’s not having any of that artificial cheese stuff on his omelette. Not Aggie Ring. No Sir!

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

Attention! Yes, there was a tragic accident, but Aggie Ring ’84 is perfectly fine and is no longer angry at me. Aggie Ring understands that there’s always a risk for any Aggie Ring involved in culinary photography. Again, I repeat, Aggie Ring ’84 is just fine!

Whilst Fightin’ Aggie Ring ’84 and I were in the magical town of Red Bank, New Jersey a couple of days ago, we decided to stop into Pho Le Vietnamese Restaurant for a nice “big ass” bowl of soup. Aggie Ring was all in for the “Fragrant Sweet and Sour Soup with Shrimp” because that’s just how Aggie Ring ’84 Ring rolls.

Aggie Ring ordered the extra large bowl. When it was delivered to our table, even Aggie Ring was impressed at the massive size of the bowl of traditional South Vietnamese soup prepared with a light tamarind broth with Asian rhubarb, pineapple, fresh tomato, bean sprouts, and shrimp. In Asian manner, there was a bowl of noodles served on the side which you dump into the soup immediately before you eat it so that they don’t get waterlogged like noodles do in most American soups.

Aggie Ring had decided that the best way to show off his “Aggie Ring” greatness would be for me to photograph this stud of an Aggie Ring in the Asian soup spoon resting upon the freshly made noodles that I had just poured into the huge bowl of fragrant soup.

Sadly, Aggie Ring and I had forgotten about Archimedes' principle which indicates that the upward buoyant force which is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether fully or partially submerged, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces. Archimedes' principle is a law of physics fundamental to fluid mechanics which Aggie Ring and I learnt at Texas A&M back “in the day.”

Within seconds of taking the photo of my most excellent Aggie Ring sitting upon the Asian spoon floating in the bowl of soup. The unthinkable happened. The spoon sank along with my poor little Aggie Ring.

I immediately tried to “fish” out Aggie Ring from the bowl of steaming hot soup, but the bowl was so large and the Asian spoon so small that I couldn’t find him. Sitting there without my Aggie Ring to guide me, I did what I thought he’d want me to do. I started to eat the soup… Now, the soup was extremely hot and as much as I “fished” around for Aggie Ring, I just couldn’t find him at the bottom of the large bowl. After around 5 or 10 minutes, I was able to locate Aggie Ring and rescue him from the bowl of soup. The first thing Aggie Ring said to me was, “Holy Mother of Baby Jesus on a Donkey… I thought you’d never find me!”

I told Aggie Ring, “Oh Aggie Ring. You are my Aggie Ring. There are many like you but you are mine. I’d never leave you alone for long.”

Once I “fished” Aggie Ring out of the soup, I tried putting him back on my left hand where all Aggie Rings should be worn, but he was just too “hot.” I let him cool down upon the table until he came back down to room temperature.

After I finished the soup and Aggie Ring had cooled down, he said, “Wow, that was a hell of a thing. I did like the soup though. This place gets Aggie Ring’s approval.”

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring ’84 had a long, pregnant pause as he stretched out before setting the Jersey Shore Aggie Ring Quad Ring Dunking Record at the new brewery’s grand opening down the street. Finally, Aggie Ring said, “Well, I’m not getting any younger, let’s do this.” As Aggie Ring ’84 jumped into the first of the four glasses of craft beer he cried out, “Adrian!”

#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere

Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring ’84 wanted a selfie with what he called, “The lucky Asian kitty.” As I was taking the photo, Aggie Ring kept whispering into the cat’s ear, “Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty…”

#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere

Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring had thought that he’d see some pretty good omelettes here on the Jersey Shore but he’s ring enough to admit that he had misspoke. For some reason, Aggie Ring can’t get the most incredibly delicious Apple & Cheddar Cheese Omelette he had for breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s in Downtown Chicago (since 1923) off of his mind.

Aggie Ring kindly asked me to tell everyone that underneath those delicious cinnamon apples, was an omelette prepared with chunks of real cheddar cheese. “NO American processed cheese food slices!” says Aggie Ring. He’s not having any of that artificial cheese stuff on his omelette. Not Aggie Ring. No Sir!

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

(Safety Warning! — Do NOT try this with a lesser university or military academy ring such as a West Point, Air Force Academy, Virginia Military Academy, Citadel, or texas university class ring. Naval Academy rings that are diving qualified are exempted from this warning. Only Texas A&M Aggie Rings are specifically trained in “ring dunking” at the Aggie Ring factory in Austin, Texas.)

Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring returned to the new Jughandle Brewery that just opened down the street from where we live for a “quality control” inspection. When we entered the brewery and looked at the board with the day’s beers on them I told Aggie Ring, “Gee, they all look good.” Aggie Ring replied, “I’ll be the judge of that…”

Aggie Ring chose first and ordered a pint of the German Berliner Weiße (sour) (4.5%, 9 IBU) and Aggie Ring decided to go with a shot of the optional raspberry (himbeere) syrup added to it. Aggie Ring, without concern about his personal safety, selflessly dove into the pint to make an observation. “Hmmm..” said Aggie Ring, “Not too sour or sweet. The raspberry doesn’t overwhelm the beer.” After a few swigs, Aggie Ring told me to “Mark this one down as getting an Aggie Ring seal of approval.”

Fightin’ Aggie Ring allowed me to choose the second pint. I opted for the English “Bitter” (5%, 30 IBU). Aggie Ring said, “Wise choice. Now that the English have voted to leave the eu, they won’t have much to be bitter about anymore.” After stretching out, Aggie Ring dove to the bottom of the glass. “What do you think?” I asked Aggie Ring.

“Wow!” called out Aggie Ring from the bottom of the glass. “Nice amber colour and a variety of complex malt tastes. I’ll allow this one to stay on the menu.” said Aggie Ring.

After Aggie Ring and I finished the second pint, Aggie Ring laid around in the bottom of the pint glass for a bit and then finally said, “Ok, this Aggie Ring’s mission is accomplished. Time to go home for a good long Aggie Ring nap.”

#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere

Attention! Yes, there was a tragic accident, but Aggie Ring ’84 is perfectly fine and is no longer angry at me. Aggie Ring understands that there’s always a risk for any Aggie Ring involved in culinary photography. Again, I repeat, Aggie Ring ’84 is just fine!

Whilst Fightin’ Aggie Ring ’84 and I were in the magical town of Red Bank, New Jersey a couple of days ago, we decided to stop into Pho Le Vietnamese Restaurant for a nice “big ass” bowl of soup. Aggie Ring was all in for the “Fragrant Sweet and Sour Soup with Shrimp” because that’s just how Aggie Ring ’84 Ring rolls.

Aggie Ring ordered the extra large bowl. When it was delivered to our table, even Aggie Ring was impressed at the massive size of the bowl of traditional South Vietnamese soup prepared with a light tamarind broth with Asian rhubarb, pineapple, fresh tomato, bean sprouts, and shrimp. In Asian manner, there was a bowl of noodles served on the side which you dump into the soup immediately before you eat it so that they don’t get waterlogged like noodles do in most American soups.

Aggie Ring had decided that the best way to show off his “Aggie Ring” greatness would be for me to photograph this stud of an Aggie Ring in the Asian soup spoon resting upon the freshly made noodles that I had just poured into the huge bowl of fragrant soup.

Sadly, Aggie Ring and I had forgotten about Archimedes' principle which indicates that the upward buoyant force which is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether fully or partially submerged, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces. Archimedes' principle is a law of physics fundamental to fluid mechanics which Aggie Ring and I learnt at Texas A&M back “in the day.”

Within seconds of taking the photo of my most excellent Aggie Ring sitting upon the Asian spoon floating in the bowl of soup. The unthinkable happened. The spoon sank along with my poor little Aggie Ring.

I immediately tried to “fish” out Aggie Ring from the bowl of steaming hot soup, but the bowl was so large and the Asian spoon so small that I couldn’t find him. Sitting there without my Aggie Ring to guide me, I did what I thought he’d want me to do. I started to eat the soup… Now, the soup was extremely hot and as much as I “fished” around for Aggie Ring, I just couldn’t find him at the bottom of the large bowl. After around 5 or 10 minutes, I was able to locate Aggie Ring and rescue him from the bowl of soup. The first thing Aggie Ring said to me was, “Holy Mother of Baby Jesus on a Donkey… I thought you’d never find me!”

I told Aggie Ring, “Oh Aggie Ring. You are my Aggie Ring. There are many like you but you are mine. I’d never leave you alone for long.”

Once I “fished” Aggie Ring out of the soup, I tried putting him back on my left hand where all Aggie Rings should be worn, but he was just too “hot.” I let him cool down upon the table until he came back down to room temperature.

After I finished the soup and Aggie Ring had cooled down, he said, “Wow, that was a hell of a thing. I did like the soup though. This place gets Aggie Ring’s approval.”

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring and I had just stepped off of the brand new Kansas City Streetcar line which had only opened a couple of days earlier and were walking through the River Market District of KC heading to a coffee shop/bar in the old Kansas City Opera House when Aggie Ring spotted this sculpture titled “The Vision.” The statue is of a young man with an adorable collie dog pointing off in the distance thinking about the future of Kansas City.

Before I could stop him, Aggie Ring jumped off of my left ring finger and onto the statue’s hand. After I retrieved Aggie Ring from the statue, I asked him what the heck he thought he was doing. “Sorry,” Aggie Ring blurted out. “No Aggie Ring can resist a statue with an adorable little Reveille dog like that.” I could tell from the emotion in Aggie Ring’s reply that there was more to the story that this so I asked him, “Do you want to elaborate on that?”

“Well,” said Aggie Ring as he choked back a few sobs, “I thought I could use my special Aggie Ring powers and turn him into a real boy with a real Reveille dog but it didn’t work. I failed.” I thought about this for a moment and said, “Oh, Aggie Ring. You’re thinking about Pinocchio. Everyone knows that story. The magic only works on puppets. You’re more likely to figure out where the 5th slide position on a trombone is before you can bring a statue to life.”

Aggie Ring and I walked over to the coffee house, the only sound was the gentle sobbing of Aggie Ring as he thought about that adorable Reveille dog and what fun it would be to have one around to play with.

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

To show his community spirit, Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring drove over to a local community college for their food truck event this evening. Aggie Ring had seen most of the trucks that were there before at the many other local food truck events.

There was one particular food truck that caught Aggie Ring’s attention. It was called “1 Potato Two.” Their three main items were “Spudwiches,” “Spudnachos” and fries. Apparently, the “Spudwich” is an oversized potato (over a pound) which is baked, scooped out and deep fried until dark, crispy, and crunchy shells. The shells are then filled with a selection of items (cheesesteak, bacon cheeseburger, pulled pork with coleslaw on top, turkey and cranberry, or BLT.

Texas Aggie Ring doesn’t eat much bread and quite liked the idea of a crispy sandwich made from two halves of a fried potato instead of bread so we decided that we’d order the cheesesteak “Spudwich.” Aggie Ring and I were the first in line at the truck and while we waited for them to open, Aggie Ring kept saying, “This “Spudwich” thing is going to be so damn good…”

After a few minutes, the 1 Potato Two truck opened for business and as we were about to order the cheesesteak “Spudwich,” a miracle happened. The boss lady of the truck put down a static display tray of the three items that they were selling today to show everyone what they were about. The three items on the tray were fries (covered with all kinds of toppings), a bacon cheeseburger “Spudwich” (which looked awesome!) and the most elusive of all potato products, the coveted “Spudnachos.”

Texas Aggie Ring shined just a little bit brighter in the late afternoon sun when he saw the last of the three items on the display and cried out loudly, “Spudnachos!” It seems that they take pieces of crispy fried potato skins and they top them with chopped bacon burger, and heap on the lettuce, tomato, cheese, a special house sauce, and plenty of chopped jalapeños. Well, I knew that there was absolutely no way to win this argument with Aggie Ring. Anyone who has an Aggie Ring can tell you that there’s nothing any Aggie Ring loves more than Shiner Bock or nachos. Let alone, the miracle of the “Spudnacho.”

“We’ll have the “Spudnachos.” I told the lady at the window. Minutes later, Aggie Ring and I had our “Spudnachos” and headed over to a table with our freshly squeezed lemonade. Before I could pick up a fork and napkin, Aggie Ring in the most selfless and heroic act that I’ve ever seen an Aggie Ring perform, leapt off of my finger and onto one of the crispy fried potato skins in the “Spudnachos.” Then, Aggie Ring cried out “I’m King of the Spudnachos!”

(Editor’s note: As I was putting Aggie Ring into the container of jewelry cleaner later in the evening to get the cheese sauce out of his crest, Aggie Ring said, “I did that because I love you and I wanted to make sure that those potatoes had enough toppings and were safe for you to share with me.”)

#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere

While we were in Chicago’s Union Station. A&M College of Texas Ring ’42 asked me to buy him a drink. Aggie Ring ’42 got to thinking and told me that the last time he probably was in Chicago was probably back in 1941 when the Army shipped the Texas Infantry through Chicago on the train on the way to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey to ship them over to Europe on a big ship to fight the Germans in Italy.

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

I had thought that I’d seen plenty of happy Aggie Rings in my day but apparently I was mistaken.

While Fightin’ Jersey Shore Texas A&M Aggie Ring ’84 and I were in Red Bank, New Jersey this afternoon. Aggie Ring found himself a small 6” tambourine.

I could tell the moment that Aggie Ring saw it, that he was enthralled by it. On the way home in the car Aggie Ring was shaking the tambourine back and forth and alternatively hitting the head with his ring crest (Aggie Ring says the leather is made from the skin of an actual t.u. graduate!)

Aggie Ring was just so happy playing the little tambourine that I’ll go out on a limb and say that Aggie Ring was actually jubilant!

As soon as we arrived home, Aggie Ring immediately ran upstairs to show his new tambourine to Aggie Bear. The two of them immediately broke into an a Cappella duet of “Mr. Tambourine Man” by Bob Dylan.

“Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you”

I asked Aggie Ring if I could play his tambourine but he said, “No. You’d look like that retarted little girl on the Partridge Family who just stood there looking at something offstage while she badly played the tambourine.”

“Ouch..” I thought.

Then, Aggie Bear and Aggie Ring started singing the Elvis song “Oh let me be your teddy bear!”

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

I had thought that I’d seen plenty of happy Aggie Rings in my day but apparently I was mistaken.

While Fightin’ Jersey Shore Texas A&M Aggie Ring ’84 and I were in Red Bank, New Jersey this afternoon. Aggie Ring found himself a small 6” tambourine.

I could tell the moment that Aggie Ring saw it, that he was enthralled by it. On the way home in the car Aggie Ring was shaking the tambourine back and forth and alternatively hitting the head with his ring crest (Aggie Ring says the leather is made from the skin of an actual t.u. graduate!)

Aggie Ring was just so happy playing the little tambourine that I’ll go out on a limb and say that Aggie Ring was actually jubilant!

As soon as we arrived home, Aggie Ring immediately ran upstairs to show his new tambourine to Aggie Bear. The two of them immediately broke into an a Cappella duet of “Mr. Tambourine Man” by Bob Dylan.

“Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you”

I asked Aggie Ring if I could play his tambourine but he said, “No. You’d look like that retarted little girl on the Partridge Family who just stood there looking at something offstage while she badly played the tambourine.”

“Ouch..” I thought.

Then, Aggie Bear and Aggie Ring started singing the Elvis song “Oh let me be your teddy bear!”

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

While Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring ’84 and I were at the Kansas City National World War I Museum and Memorial, we noticed several of theses “collectable penny” machines about. You put in a penny, fifty cents in quarters and turn the handle. The mechanical advantage of the gears presses the unfortunate penny totally flat and embosses one of several WW1 related designs onto the poor squashed penny.

Aggie Ring wasn’t terribly excited about having his photo taken on the machine. “Gold is a very soft metal. What if I accidentally fall in?” said Aggie Ring. However, after all was said and done, Aggie Ring had a nice copper medallion with a 1917 Harley Davidson Military Motorcycle embossed upon it and a nice Map & Gallery Guide to the museum.

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

Can you find the Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring in this photo?

You see, Texas Aggie Ring went to the grand opening of a new brewery today which is walking distance from Aggie Ring’s house. I had thought Aggie Ring would have been better behaved, but a glass of great beer is like a jacuzzi to an Aggie Ring and he had to jump right in. Some of you know what I’m talking about. Other’s never will.

After selflessly performing an “Aggie Ring Dunk” with a flight of four beers (Hefeweizen, IPA, Rye and Saison), Aggie Ring told me, “Time to move up to ‘Big Boy Aggie Ring’ pint glasses.”

#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere

Can you find the Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring in this photo?

You see, Texas Aggie Ring went to the grand opening of a new brewery today which is walking distance from Aggie Ring’s house. I had thought Aggie Ring would have been better behaved, but a glass of great beer is like a jacuzzi to an Aggie Ring and he had to jump right in. Some of you know what I’m talking about. Other’s never will.

After selflessly performing an “Aggie Ring Dunk” with a flight of four beers (Hefeweizen, IPA, Rye and Saison), Aggie Ring told me, “Time to move up to ‘Big Boy Aggie Ring’ pint glasses.”

#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere

I had thought that I’d seen plenty of happy Aggie Rings in my day but apparently I was mistaken.

While Fightin’ Jersey Shore Texas A&M Aggie Ring ’84 and I were in Red Bank, New Jersey this afternoon. Aggie Ring found himself a small 6” tambourine.

I could tell the moment that Aggie Ring saw it, that he was enthralled by it. On the way home in the car Aggie Ring was shaking the tambourine back and forth and alternatively hitting the head with his ring crest (Aggie Ring says the leather is made from the skin of an actual t.u. graduate!)

Aggie Ring was just so happy playing the little tambourine that I’ll go out on a limb and say that Aggie Ring was actually jubilant!

As soon as we arrived home, Aggie Ring immediately ran upstairs to show his new tambourine to Aggie Bear. The two of them immediately broke into an a Cappella duet of “Mr. Tambourine Man” by Bob Dylan.

“Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come followin’ you”

I asked Aggie Ring if I could play his tambourine but he said, “No. You’d look like that retarted little girl on the Partridge Family who just stood there looking at something offstage while she badly played the tambourine.”

“Ouch..” I thought.

Then, Aggie Bear and Aggie Ring started singing the Elvis song “Oh let me be your teddy bear!”

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

Attention! Yes, there was a tragic accident, but Aggie Ring ’84 is perfectly fine and is no longer angry at me. Aggie Ring understands that there’s always a risk for any Aggie Ring involved in culinary photography. Again, I repeat, Aggie Ring ’84 is just fine!

Whilst Fightin’ Aggie Ring ’84 and I were in the magical town of Red Bank, New Jersey a couple of days ago, we decided to stop into Pho Le Vietnamese Restaurant for a nice “big ass” bowl of soup. Aggie Ring was all in for the “Fragrant Sweet and Sour Soup with Shrimp” because that’s just how Aggie Ring ’84 Ring rolls.

Aggie Ring ordered the extra large bowl. When it was delivered to our table, even Aggie Ring was impressed at the massive size of the bowl of traditional South Vietnamese soup prepared with a light tamarind broth with Asian rhubarb, pineapple, fresh tomato, bean sprouts, and shrimp. In Asian manner, there was a bowl of noodles served on the side which you dump into the soup immediately before you eat it so that they don’t get waterlogged like noodles do in most American soups.

Aggie Ring had decided that the best way to show off his “Aggie Ring” greatness would be for me to photograph this stud of an Aggie Ring in the Asian soup spoon resting upon the freshly made noodles that I had just poured into the huge bowl of fragrant soup.

Sadly, Aggie Ring and I had forgotten about Archimedes' principle which indicates that the upward buoyant force which is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether fully or partially submerged, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces. Archimedes' principle is a law of physics fundamental to fluid mechanics which Aggie Ring and I learnt at Texas A&M back “in the day.”

Within seconds of taking the photo of my most excellent Aggie Ring sitting upon the Asian spoon floating in the bowl of soup. The unthinkable happened. The spoon sank along with my poor little Aggie Ring.

I immediately tried to “fish” out Aggie Ring from the bowl of steaming hot soup, but the bowl was so large and the Asian spoon so small that I couldn’t find him. Sitting there without my Aggie Ring to guide me, I did what I thought he’d want me to do. I started to eat the soup… Now, the soup was extremely hot and as much as I “fished” around for Aggie Ring, I just couldn’t find him at the bottom of the large bowl. After around 5 or 10 minutes, I was able to locate Aggie Ring and rescue him from the bowl of soup. The first thing Aggie Ring said to me was, “Holy Mother of Baby Jesus on a Donkey… I thought you’d never find me!”

I told Aggie Ring, “Oh Aggie Ring. You are my Aggie Ring. There are many like you but you are mine. I’d never leave you alone for long.”

Once I “fished” Aggie Ring out of the soup, I tried putting him back on my left hand where all Aggie Rings should be worn, but he was just too “hot.” I let him cool down upon the table until he came back down to room temperature.

After I finished the soup and Aggie Ring had cooled down, he said, “Wow, that was a hell of a thing. I did like the soup though. This place gets Aggie Ring’s approval.”

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

Another photo from Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring’s recent vacation. He said, “Take the picture already. I’m a busy Aggie Ring and I have some Guinness to drink!” Then, Aggie Ring looked behind the bar and said, “Whoop! They seem to have a very good selection of single malt scotch and bourbon. Time for this Aggie Ring to get to work and make sure that their product is up to Aggie Ring standards.”

#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere

Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring had a long layover on his train adventure in Downtown Chicago so he decided to visit Greektown which is just down the street from Chicago’s Union Station. Here are some photos of his delicious meal that I took with the better camera.

Aggie Ring directed me into Athena Greek Restaurant on S. Halsted Street. Aggie Ring started out ordering the Octapodi appetizer which was char-broiled octopus seasoned in olive oil and vinegar. There was enough on the plate for at least two or three Aggie Rings. The octopus was so tender that it almost melted in one’s mouth.

For the main dish, Aggie Ring selected the Dolmades which is rice and ground meat wrapped in grape vine leaves and smothered in egg-lemon sauce. They were served with a side of Greek peas which, for peas, were incredible. It must have been the oil and spices.

All in all, there was so much food that Aggie Ring finally said to me, “I want you to stand up and get away from the table, now!” I protested, “But, there’s so much food, I can’t leave it…” Aggie Ring sternly told me, “I’ll NOT be having you eat yourself into a larger ring size. I’m not having any of that Fat Ag stuff in our relationship. No Sir, No way…”

I did as Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring said and slowly backed away from the table still covered with food. Aggie Ring has always said that there’s nothing worse that an Ag that eats so much that he has to get his beloved Aggie Ring resized so that it can fit on his fat finger. And I, for one, will not shame or disgrace my Aggie Ring by having to have him split open wider so he can fit on my fat finger.

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring and I had just stepped off of the brand new Kansas City Streetcar line which had only opened a couple of days earlier and were walking through the River Market District of KC heading to a coffee shop/bar in the old Kansas City Opera House when Aggie Ring spotted this sculpture titled “The Vision.” The statue is of a young man with an adorable collie dog pointing off in the distance thinking about the future of Kansas City.

Before I could stop him, Aggie Ring jumped off of my left ring finger and onto the statue’s hand. After I retrieved Aggie Ring from the statue, I asked him what the heck he thought he was doing. “Sorry,” Aggie Ring blurted out. “No Aggie Ring can resist a statue with an adorable little Reveille dog like that.” I could tell from the emotion in Aggie Ring’s reply that there was more to the story that this so I asked him, “Do you want to elaborate on that?”

“Well,” said Aggie Ring as he choked back a few sobs, “I thought I could use my special Aggie Ring powers and turn him into a real boy with a real Reveille dog but it didn’t work. I failed.” I thought about this for a moment and said, “Oh, Aggie Ring. You’re thinking about Pinocchio. Everyone knows that story. The magic only works on puppets. You’re more likely to figure out where the 5th slide position on a trombone is before you can bring a statue to life.”

Aggie Ring and I walked over to the coffee house, the only sound was the gentle sobbing of Aggie Ring as he thought about that adorable Reveille dog and what fun it would be to have one around to play with.

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere

“I need a drink damnit!” said Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring. “I needs a drink real bad…”

You see, getting to the Tiki bar on the beach was a living hell for Aggie Ring today. The traffic was so badly backed up that it took at least 14 or 15 minutes for Aggie Ring to get there. That’s twice as long as it normally takes Aggie Ring.

When Aggie Ring finally arrived at the Tiki bar after nearly a quarter of an hour of driving, he immediately ordered us a frozen beverage. Aggie Ring told me, “Jimmy Buffett would want this Aggie Ring to make sure that the daiquiris are fruitiful. It’s any good Texas Aggie Ring’s responsibility to make sure that the frozen beverages are made properly.”

After slamming down a couple of cold ones out of a responsibility for the public good, Aggie Ring looked around and then told me. “Look at all of these young women from the local universities out on the beach. They must be poor because they apparently can only afford tiny, tiny swimsuits to wear while they’re running around on the beach or jumping up and down and up and down on the beach volleyball courts.”

After a couple of beverages at the Tiki bar, Aggie Ring climbed into a native New Jersey palm tree to take in the sights. Then, uncharacteristically, Aggie Ring said, “The Jersey Shore has this Aggie Ring’s seal of approval.”

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Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring and I had just stepped off of the brand new Kansas City Streetcar line which had only opened a couple of days earlier and were walking through the River Market District of KC heading to a coffee shop/bar in the old Kansas City Opera House when Aggie Ring spotted this sculpture titled “The Vision.” The statue is of a young man with an adorable collie dog pointing off in the distance thinking about the future of Kansas City.

Before I could stop him, Aggie Ring jumped off of my left ring finger and onto the statue’s hand. After I retrieved Aggie Ring from the statue, I asked him what the heck he thought he was doing. “Sorry,” Aggie Ring blurted out. “No Aggie Ring can resist a statue with an adorable little Reveille dog like that.” I could tell from the emotion in Aggie Ring’s reply that there was more to the story that this so I asked him, “Do you want to elaborate on that?”

“Well,” said Aggie Ring as he choked back a few sobs, “I thought I could use my special Aggie Ring powers and turn him into a real boy with a real Reveille dog but it didn’t work. I failed.” I thought about this for a moment and said, “Oh, Aggie Ring. You’re thinking about Pinocchio. Everyone knows that story. The magic only works on puppets. You’re more likely to figure out where the 5th slide position on a trombone is before you can bring a statue to life.”

Aggie Ring and I walked over to the coffee house, the only sound was the gentle sobbing of Aggie Ring as he thought about that adorable Reveille dog and what fun it would be to have one around to play with.

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Let this be a warning to all Aggies!

I made the mistake of allowing Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring to smell some avocados at the grocery store this afternoon. Aggie Ring said, “You know what this means, don’t you?” I replied “Oh no, not that!” Aggie Ring answered back, “Oh, yes!”

Then, Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring told me, “This Aggie Ring will be needing some red onion, fresh off of the vine tomatoes, limes, cilantro, cumin, cayenne pepper, and fresh store-made tortilla chips.”

“Is that all?” I asked Aggie Ring. “No,” Aggie Ring replied. “I’ll be wanting some tequila with my guacamole. I want some good stuff. Not that Jose Cuervo crap. Be ready to spend $50.00 for a bottle.”

As Aggie Ring was mashing up the avocados and chopping up the other ingredients he said. “Guacamole and good sipping tequila. That’s just how Jersey Shore Aggie Rings roll…”

So, take a lesson from me. If you don’t want to terribly disappoint your Aggie Ring by not buying him all of the things he needs for guacamole, not to mention a bottle of good tequila, don’t let your Aggie Ring smell an avocado at the grocery store.

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Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring ’84 likes a small Vietnamese restaurant in the nearby river town of Red Bank, New Jersey (Birthplace of Count Basie). They have quite a selection of traditional Vietnamese food, but no traditional Vietnamese monkey brains or meat. “Oh well,” says Aggie Ring, “I guess we can have our soup with shrimp.”

Most people add Sriracha hot sauce to their soups. Aggie Ring, however wanted to use the house-made “special” hot sauce instead which makes the Sriracha taste like baby food seasoning. I asked Aggie Ring, “Aggie Ring, don’t you think that’s a bit hot?” He replied, “I’m an Aggie Ring, damnit. Eating hot stuff is our job. Besides YOU can buy us some Jersey Shore Italian Ice down the street when I’m done.”

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Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring ’84 decided to go for the tacos carnitas at dinner. He drove up to his favorite Mexican “restaurant” in Red Bank, New Jersey where they grill all of the meats over natural wood. Aggie Ring enjoyed his meal with a real Mexican Coke.

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Let this be a warning to all Aggies!

I made the mistake of allowing Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring to smell some avocados at the grocery store this afternoon. Aggie Ring said, “You know what this means, don’t you?” I replied “Oh no, not that!” Aggie Ring answered back, “Oh, yes!”

Then, Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring told me, “This Aggie Ring will be needing some red onion, fresh off of the vine tomatoes, limes, cilantro, cumin, cayenne pepper, and fresh store-made tortilla chips.”

“Is that all?” I asked Aggie Ring. “No,” Aggie Ring replied. “I’ll be wanting some tequila with my guacamole. I want some good stuff. Not that Jose Cuervo crap. Be ready to spend $50.00 for a bottle.”

As Aggie Ring was mashing up the avocados and chopping up the other ingredients he said. “Guacamole and good sipping tequila. That’s just how Jersey Shore Aggie Rings roll…”

So, take a lesson from me. If you don’t want to terribly disappoint your Aggie Ring by not buying him all of the things he needs for guacamole, not to mention a bottle of good tequila, don’t let your Aggie Ring smell an avocado at the grocery store.

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While Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring ’84 and I were at the Kansas City National World War I Museum and Memorial, we noticed several of theses “collectable penny” machines about. You put in a penny, fifty cents in quarters and turn the handle. The mechanical advantage of the gears presses the unfortunate penny totally flat and embosses one of several WW1 related designs onto the poor squashed penny.

Aggie Ring wasn’t terribly excited about having his photo taken on the machine. “Gold is a very soft metal. What if I accidentally fall in?” said Aggie Ring. However, after all was said and done, Aggie Ring had a nice copper medallion with a 1917 Harley Davidson Military Motorcycle embossed upon it and a nice Map & Gallery Guide to the museum.

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Can you find the Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring in this photo?

You see, Texas Aggie Ring went to the grand opening of a new brewery today which is walking distance from Aggie Ring’s house. I had thought Aggie Ring would have been better behaved, but a glass of great beer is like a jacuzzi to an Aggie Ring and he had to jump right in. Some of you know what I’m talking about. Other’s never will.

After selflessly performing an “Aggie Ring Dunk” with a flight of four beers (Hefeweizen, IPA, Rye and Saison), Aggie Ring told me, “Time to move up to ‘Big Boy Aggie Ring’ pint glasses.”

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While Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring ’84 and I were at the Kansas City National World War I Museum and Memorial, we noticed several of theses “collectable penny” machines about. You put in a penny, fifty cents in quarters and turn the handle. The mechanical advantage of the gears presses the unfortunate penny totally flat and embosses one of several WW1 related designs onto the poor squashed penny.

Aggie Ring wasn’t terribly excited about having his photo taken on the machine. “Gold is a very soft metal. What if I accidentally fall in?” said Aggie Ring. However, after all was said and done, Aggie Ring had a nice copper medallion with a 1917 Harley Davidson Military Motorcycle embossed upon it and a nice Map & Gallery Guide to the museum.

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Another photo from Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring’s recent vacation. He said, “Take the picture already. I’m a busy Aggie Ring and I have some Guinness to drink!” Then, Aggie Ring looked behind the bar and said, “Whoop! They seem to have a very good selection of single malt scotch and bourbon. Time for this Aggie Ring to get to work and make sure that their product is up to Aggie Ring standards.”

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Another photo from Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring’s recent vacation. He said, “Take the picture already. I’m a busy Aggie Ring and I have some Guinness to drink!” Then, Aggie Ring looked behind the bar and said, “Whoop! They seem to have a very good selection of single malt scotch and bourbon. Time for this Aggie Ring to get to work and make sure that their product is up to Aggie Ring standards.”

#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere

While Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring ’84 and I were at the Kansas City National World War I Museum and Memorial, we noticed several of theses “collectable penny” machines about. You put in a penny, fifty cents in quarters and turn the handle. The mechanical advantage of the gears presses the unfortunate penny totally flat and embosses one of several WW1 related designs onto the poor squashed penny.

Aggie Ring wasn’t terribly excited about having his photo taken on the machine. “Gold is a very soft metal. What if I accidentally fall in?” said Aggie Ring. However, after all was said and done, Aggie Ring had a nice copper medallion with a 1917 Harley Davidson Military Motorcycle embossed upon it and a nice Map & Gallery Guide to the museum.

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Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring ’84 met some new Asian friends today. He was trying to get them to play his favorite song.

While I was ordering, I heard Aggie Ring telling them, “Now kids, it’s in B-Flat Major and 2/4 time, Allegro. Work with an Aggie Ring here. It starts out with an F note on the intro, but the business part of the song is a repeated B-Flat note throughout the verse. We’ll work out the chorus later. Now, after me…

Hull-a-ba-loo! Can-eck! Can-eck!, Hull-a-ba-loo! Can-eck! Can-eck!”

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Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring had thought that he’d see some pretty good omelettes here on the Jersey Shore but he’s ring enough to admit that he had misspoke. For some reason, Aggie Ring can’t get the most incredibly delicious Apple & Cheddar Cheese Omelette he had for breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s in Downtown Chicago (since 1923) off of his mind.

Aggie Ring kindly asked me to tell everyone that underneath those delicious cinnamon apples, was an omelette prepared with chunks of real cheddar cheese. “NO American processed cheese food slices!” says Aggie Ring. He’s not having any of that artificial cheese stuff on his omelette. Not Aggie Ring. No Sir!

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Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas Aggie Ring ’84 decided to go for the tacos carnitas at dinner. He drove up to his favorite Mexican “restaurant” in Red Bank, New Jersey where they grill all of the meats over natural wood. Aggie Ring enjoyed his meal with a real Mexican Coke.

#AggieRing #TexasAggie #AggiesEverywhere

Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring had thought that he’d see some pretty good omelettes here on the Jersey Shore but he’s ring enough to admit that he had misspoke. For some reason, Aggie Ring can’t get the most incredibly delicious Apple & Cheddar Cheese Omelette he had for breakfast at Lou Mitchell’s in Downtown Chicago (since 1923) off of his mind.

Aggie Ring kindly asked me to tell everyone that underneath those delicious cinnamon apples, was an omelette prepared with chunks of real cheddar cheese. “NO American processed cheese food slices!” says Aggie Ring. He’s not having any of that artificial cheese stuff on his omelette. Not Aggie Ring. No Sir!

#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere