The Top 10 Best Things About Summer

In case today's triple-digit heat hadn't reminded you yet, summer officially began this week. Y-a-w-n. No football. No basketball. No hockey. No frost bite. No worries. With plenty of time to kill, thought I spend today pondering my favorite heat-beatin' time-killers. Otherwise known as The Top 10 Best Things About...

By Richie Whitt

June 23, 2009

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In case today's triple-digit heat hadn't reminded you yet, summer officially began this week. Y-a-w-n.

No football. No basketball. No hockey. No frost bite.

No worries.

With plenty of time to kill, thought I spend today pondering my favorite heat-beatin' time-killers. Otherwise known as The Top 10 Best Things About Summer:

10. Shade.

9. Cold beer.

8. Girls in shorts.

7. Girls in bikinis.

6. Golf.

5. Fireworks.

4. Rangers baseball.

3. The lake.

2. Wimbledon.

1. Tan lines.

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