I’m taking a break from my snowman building to write
this. I woke up this morning to 12" of snow! It was so awesome! That is,
until I turned on the news and saw that school was not canceled. Most schools
just had a delayed start of 1 hour. How sad that a foot of new snow won’t
cancel school here. I grew up in
where if the weatherperson even said the word snow, school would be canceled
for 3 days. Snow days are the best!!
Here is the Low Down for Week 14 (with some added fluff
to keep it interesting):
Congrats to Bob H for hitting the biggest gain this week.
The average points wagered by each team dropped a little
bit this week to 70%.
The average risk this week was 19,327.
I am sure I don’t need to tell you this, but it was a
tough week for point pool participants. There’s a lot of red on the results
page. Even Hot Rob D lost some points.
Of the total points wagered this week, a staggering
458,900 (or 72%) were bet on losing teams. Of the 133 picks submitted, 82 (or
62%) were posted for losing teams.
The
especially hurtful to the pool. 211,900 points lost on the Jets and Giants.
I was in
this weekend. There is a group that meets up for the NFL games on Sunday. The
group is as diversified as a group of sports fans can be (without just randomly
pulling a jersey out of a box), representing the Giants, the Packers, the
Cowboys, the Redskins, the Chiefs and the Lions. ALL LOSERS!! (There is also a
Bronco fan, but they didn’t cover so it doesn’t count.) It doesn’t matter that
we were all losers! We still had a great time!! In fact, I consider
the day to be somewhat of a success in that the Eagles fans called us
obnoxious. The sports bar we go to is a Philly bar so other than our little
cluster of misfits, it’s all frickin Eagles fans. If another bar patron dares
to wear anything from any of the other NFC East teams, the Philly fans chant "assssssss-hooooooooole"
when the person walks in. It’s hard to get a Philly fan to say that you’re
being obnoxious. Takes a lot of effort and dedication. I’m proud of our little
group!!
Speaking of
the Cardinals are hosting a playoff game. Is this one of the signs that the end
times are upon us? Just to be on the safe side, I’m loading up on pork &
beans.
If Buffalo continues with their offensive production of
the last 2 weeks, averaging 3 points per game, it will take them 18 games to
total their offensive production from 3 weeks ago (54 points in Week 12 against
KC).
There were 4 outright underdog winners, 3 of those won
outright on the road including
much of an advantage was it for
to have that game played in a dome? I’m not sure that they could have played in
snow and cold. Christmas came early for the Dolphins.
I guess Plaxico called the Giants receivers before the
Eagles game and asked them to win the game for him. ESPN’s DJ Gallo posted the
conversation:
Teammate: "Hello?"
Burress: "It’s Plax."
Teammate: "How you doing?"
Burress: "Good. Hey, can I ask you something?"
Teammate: "Shoot. Wait! No! I didn’t mean it that
way! Slip of the tongue! Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!"
Burress: (silence)
Teammate: "Uh, hello?"
Burress: "Sorry, I missed what you said just then. I
dropped my cell phone down my sweatpants. Anyway — can I ask you something?"
Teammate: "Definitely."
Burress: "Can you win the game for me today?"
Teammate: "We’ll sure try. We’ll come out with all
guns blazing. Gah! I did it again!"
Burress: "I’m sorry. I missed that, too. I
accidentally shot myself in the ear. You were saying?"
Book List
(Action Nerds of the World Unite!)
So, I mentioned last week that I’m behind in my reading.
I’m trying to catch up. I was so proud of myself last night for watching the
MNF game on mute while reading. (Not only proud of myself, but really found it
to be quite enjoyable? especially when Jimmy sent me a text message saying that
Tony Kornheiser made him want to shoot himself!!) I had a couple of books that
got called up on my library wait list. I have to read those first because they
have due dates and I really don’t want them to stick Mr. Bookman on me!! I am
starting with Robert Rankin’s The Brightonomicon. Rankin is the author of
Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse and The Toyminator, two of my recent
faves. I also picked up A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael
Beah. It was recommended by my sister and Jon Stewart, 2 people whose opinions
I trust explicitly. I’ll keep you guys posted as my reading progresses. Let me
know if you would like to join the book club with Snatch, Ace and me.
Winter Beer Suggestion
I’m a huge fan of Sam Adams’ Winter Lager. If you like
it, I would also recommend trying the Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. It is the
perfect winter brew when sitting by the fire listening to the snow fall!
Music Suggestion
I’m going local for my music suggestion this week with
They have a new self titled album coming out in February. You can hear most of
the tracks online before it hits, including my favorite, their new single "You
Found Me". Loving that song!!! The Fray are going to be in Vail this
weekend for Snow Daze, with Meese another local band I’m really digging. I am
thinking I should probably head up there!
I also recommend "Sex on Fire" by Kings of
Leon. And I like the band Apocalyptica (not to be confused with the Mel Gibson
Movie Apocalypto) and their song "I Don’t Care" not to be confused
with "I Don’t Care" by Fall Out Boy.
There is another
band that I have been wanting to recommend for a while, but they have this
recurring lyric in their latest song that just skeeves me? The band 3OH!3 is
very catchy and I enjoy listening to them. They have a song out called "Don’t
Trust Me". I love listening to the song for the first 2 minutes, then
comes the following lyrics, "Shush girl, shut your lips, do the Helen
Keller and talk with your hips" and then repeated 3 times. Skeeeeevy!!!
What not to do while waiting for a cop to process your
information
During a routine traffic stop in
registration and heads back to his car to run a check on her. She politely asks
if it would be ok for her to smoke. Then she pulls out a joint. NICE!!! Read
the story here.
Are you talking to me?
I can’t wait for the scientists to release studies
showing that those hands-free Bluetooth devises cause paralysis, nose bleeds
and numbness in the extremities. Those things have got to go! I can’t tell when
someone is talking to me or to themselves. I was at the grocery store yesterday
and the guy next to me said "boneless chicken or chicken on the bone".
I had to look down to see if I was wearing my "Ask Me For My Opinion About
Chicken" t-shirt. I was not. Unsolicited. Maybe he could just tell that I
was passionate about the subject. I am very opinionated about chicken. As soon
as I started answering, he walked off and kept talking. Rude! That’s when I
spotted the stupid thing in his ear. So dumb. There was another guy on my
flight this weekend wearing the ear piece for the entire flight. Seriously? You
can’t take it out for the 2 hour flight in which you will not be able to use
your phone? So dumb.
We laughed hysterically
My friend Gigi called me this afternoon to tell me that
they were talking about the origin of the word "hysteric" on the
radio. The origin is found in the Greek word hystera meaning womb to form the
Greek word hysterikos, reflecting the Greeks’ belief that hysteria was peculiar
to women and caused by disturbances in the uterus. So, technically speaking,
only women can be hysterical. I can only imagine, based on the
connotation, that the word "rational" comes from the Latin word
rationalis meaning to have a penis and the word "irrational" means
that which is without a penis.
Fill in the blank
Ever notice Charlie Weis always gets caught on TV with
_________? Big Papa posted a message on the boards last week, but it cut off
the end. What do you think he was trying to say?? I’m thinking it’s either a) a
stupid look on his face, b) a turkey leg in each hand or c) out being able to
explain why the team stinks.
Speaking of getting caught on tv
I hope everyone tuned in for the post game coverage of
the Lions/Vikings game. The Vikings owner gave the game ball to the coach’s son
who is being deployed to
Very nice. Except for the LIVE shot on Fox from the Vikings’ locker room
showing Vikings player Visanthe Shiancoe toweling off after his shower. See the
shot here.
Not disturbing enough?
Try this story. There was a 20-month old boy in
his mother’s car keys and got them lodged in his brain. Somehow he is ok, but
the pictures are horrific.
Need something to tip the disturbing scale one and for
all?
Sports Illustrated’s Peter King thinks the Eagles are
going to win out.
How’s that for leaving on a high note?!?!
Good luck this week!
~Juicy