I have been a fan of the Las Vegas band known as The Killers since their debut album was released not too long ago, but have never really known too much about the group. In fact, I couldn't have even picked one of the members out of a line up, so I guess "fan" isn't the correct term to use. Let's say I was an advocate of their music. Well, now I can pick them out of a line up after their performance on Saturday Night Live's season premiere, and what a disappointment their show was.
First off, SNL has ceased to be funny. They go through phases and this is not one of the high points for them. Dane Cook started off poorly in the opening monologue and couldn't produce the laughs the show so desperately needed.
However, this is not about the show's disappointment. This is about The Killers disappointment. We will begin with this interesting tidbit of opinionated information. The lead singer of the group, Brandon Flowers, can't sing. I'm serious. He is bad. They must pull out some nifty gadgets to get his vocal chords in shape for an album.
Here is the second, and more important, part of my criticizing post. The band members all seem like caricatures of real people. During the first number Flowers seemed to be a Buddy Holly impersonator and then he transformed into Ferris Bueller performing at a bar mitzvah. The drummer was a dead ringer for Jason Lee's television personality Earl Hickey. Slash, from Guns N' Roses, was playing guitar accompanied by Kurt Cobain's clone. It's like this group is a tribute band to the player's favorite celebrities.
After a great freshman album, a cool new single currently being played on the radio and the band paying homage to a casino I won a poker tournament at with their new album title, I was all aboard for the return of The Killers. Tonight ruined all of that.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
TOC IV - Game Seven
Tonight started off terrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiibbbbbbbly. My head was not in the game. I was just thinking about work and how long of a day I had due to a shady funeral home family and a sexual predator doctor that worked for the Ennis hospital.
I lost my head a couple of times and had to take a walk outside, thanks to the suggestion from Mike and Danny, in order to cool off from my bad play and bad luck (mostly bad play). Yet, it all worked out in the end, and it's about end results, right? Right? No? Oh dear.
I need to apologize again to the players at the red table. I lost my cool and took it out on the people around me. I am sorry about that. I need to give a special sorry to Brooke, who was on the receiving end of an aggravated thrust of the cards in her general direction. Oh no, not my two hole cards, the entire deck that I was preparing for the next hand. My bad.
Here are the results for tonight and the standings after seven weeks.
Tonight's game:
1st - Matt - 0 points
2nd - Hector - 11 points
3rd - Danny - 21 points
4th - Linda - 30 points
5th - Mike I - 38 points
6th - Nick - 45 points
7th - Wayne - 51 points
8th - Brooke - 56 points
9th - Mike II - 60 points
10th - Brian - 63 points
11th - Slope - 65 points
12th - James - 66 points
Overall standings:
1st - Linda - 200 points
2nd - Matt - 221 points
3rd - Mike II - 251 points
4th - Slope - 262 points
5th - Nick - 268 points
6th - Danny - 274 points
7th - Brooke - 298 points
8th - Wayne - 326 points
9th - Hector - 340 points
10th - Brian - 349 points
11th - James - 365 points
12th - Mike I - 389 points
I lost my head a couple of times and had to take a walk outside, thanks to the suggestion from Mike and Danny, in order to cool off from my bad play and bad luck (mostly bad play). Yet, it all worked out in the end, and it's about end results, right? Right? No? Oh dear.
I need to apologize again to the players at the red table. I lost my cool and took it out on the people around me. I am sorry about that. I need to give a special sorry to Brooke, who was on the receiving end of an aggravated thrust of the cards in her general direction. Oh no, not my two hole cards, the entire deck that I was preparing for the next hand. My bad.
Here are the results for tonight and the standings after seven weeks.
Tonight's game:
1st - Matt - 0 points
2nd - Hector - 11 points
3rd - Danny - 21 points
4th - Linda - 30 points
5th - Mike I - 38 points
6th - Nick - 45 points
7th - Wayne - 51 points
8th - Brooke - 56 points
9th - Mike II - 60 points
10th - Brian - 63 points
11th - Slope - 65 points
12th - James - 66 points
Overall standings:
1st - Linda - 200 points
2nd - Matt - 221 points
3rd - Mike II - 251 points
4th - Slope - 262 points
5th - Nick - 268 points
6th - Danny - 274 points
7th - Brooke - 298 points
8th - Wayne - 326 points
9th - Hector - 340 points
10th - Brian - 349 points
11th - James - 365 points
12th - Mike I - 389 points
Friday, September 29, 2006
Return Of The Slope
Not only is he alive, but he is here. He arrived in town by bus this morning and has made it the TOC with time to spare. He said he is tired and may not perform well, but at least he is here. It's good to have things back to normal.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
The James Bond Challenge
For a few years now I have had the idea of watching a marathon of films that would seal my fate in the halls of dorkiness once and for all, but sadly somebody is beating me to the punch.
Empire magazine has announced it will have three writers attempt to watch all 20 “official” James Bond movies in one sitting during this weekend. The writers challenge other fans to watch along with them with a schedule they have put out, which include a few breaks for whatever (except sleep). They plan to do this during the upcoming weekend, and I just cannot take part in it due to the TOC messing with my sleep patterns the night before (maybe; depending on how good I do). The writers will spend the better part of two days watching 20 movies without sleep. They can eat and drink whatever they need in order to stay awake, just no sleeping is allowed.
Although I can’t fit this challenge into my schedule this weekend, I have decided to attempt it sometime soon. It may not happen this weekend, but it will happen before Nov. 17 (the date of the opening for "Casino Royale"). I will begin with "Dr. No" on a Saturday at 8 a.m. and the credits of "Die Another Day" should be rolling at approximately 2:02 a.m. on Monday morning if I take no breaks whatsoever.
I would like to see some of you join me in the challenge. I know nobody will stay up for all of them, but if you would like to take part in a few of the movies I will let you know what the schedule looks like. Wish me luck on my path to ultimate dorkdom.
Empire magazine has announced it will have three writers attempt to watch all 20 “official” James Bond movies in one sitting during this weekend. The writers challenge other fans to watch along with them with a schedule they have put out, which include a few breaks for whatever (except sleep). They plan to do this during the upcoming weekend, and I just cannot take part in it due to the TOC messing with my sleep patterns the night before (maybe; depending on how good I do). The writers will spend the better part of two days watching 20 movies without sleep. They can eat and drink whatever they need in order to stay awake, just no sleeping is allowed.
Although I can’t fit this challenge into my schedule this weekend, I have decided to attempt it sometime soon. It may not happen this weekend, but it will happen before Nov. 17 (the date of the opening for "Casino Royale"). I will begin with "Dr. No" on a Saturday at 8 a.m. and the credits of "Die Another Day" should be rolling at approximately 2:02 a.m. on Monday morning if I take no breaks whatsoever.
I would like to see some of you join me in the challenge. I know nobody will stay up for all of them, but if you would like to take part in a few of the movies I will let you know what the schedule looks like. Wish me luck on my path to ultimate dorkdom.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
"King's Men" Hindered By Great Talent
I once heard a saying about the art of filmmaking that explains a lot about movies today. That statement is, “Having all the right elements for a movie doesn’t assure a blockbuster, but having all the wrong ones guarantees a flop.”
With a popular novel from Robert Penn Warren, award-winning and highly regarded actors playing the parts and an Oscar winning writer, turned director at the controls it seems “All the King’s Men” has all the elements to be an interesting morality tale of idealism and political corruption. However, having all the right elements for a movie doesn’t assure a blockbuster.
Sean Penn’s most recent dramatic role – which apparently is all he will consider doing since his last comedic role, not including a brief stint on two episodes of “Friends,” was as slacker Jeff Spicoli in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” almost 25 years ago, which might be the last time he cracked a smile in front of the camera – comes in the form of Willie Stark, a Louisiana governor, loosely based on Governor Huey P. Long, who wants nothing more than to build a better state for his “hick” constituents. Yet, this passion for new roads, bridges, schools and an overall better life must come at a price for someone, but the cost may not be a monetary one.
Stark enters the governor’s race as an honest and loyal husband who neither drinks nor smokes and wants only the best for those around him. Somewhere between intense campaign speeches about his fellow “hicks” and nailing up the competition to winning the election and butting heads with all of the state senators Stark becomes a shadow of his former self. He begins drinking heavily, chasing so many women he needs an abacus to keep up with all the women he is with and takes a lesson in persuasion from Gandolfini’s more famous role on HBO’s “The Sopranos.”
“All the King’s Men” isn’t really just about the king though. This movie shows what takes place to the souls of the men and women underneath the king. These underlings, whom Stark uses like weapons in a game of chess, come in the form of some outstanding players who never really show what they are made of. They include Jude Law, James Gandolfini, Patricia Clarkson, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Hopkins.
A star-studded cast and material that was previously used to win a best picture and best actor Oscar doesn’t come together after 120 minutes to really drum up any real emotional response from the audience. It ends, credits roll, audience gets up and nothing more is said.
Steven Zaillian undertook this project probably thinking he was on the road to another Academy Award, which he won for writing “Schindler’s List.” What Zaillian may have failed to take into account is Academy members have to actually make it through the entire film without getting so frustrated with the sluggish pace and meandering storylines they turn the movie off before it ends.
Zaillian’s choice to have Jude Law’s journalist, turned political right-hand man character, Jack Burden, play the narrator isn’t the problem. It is bringing in Burden’s personal problems of lost love and family turmoil that Zaillian starts to lose us. The movie strays from Stark’s battle with the senators attempt to impeach him, which is never really understood for what reason, to Burden’s battle between right and wrong that involves his godfather Judge Irwin, played by Hopkins.
Wonderful actors, a wonderful story and a wonderful director unfortunately don’t make a wonderful film. It’s not a bad film, just one that is easily avoided.
With a popular novel from Robert Penn Warren, award-winning and highly regarded actors playing the parts and an Oscar winning writer, turned director at the controls it seems “All the King’s Men” has all the elements to be an interesting morality tale of idealism and political corruption. However, having all the right elements for a movie doesn’t assure a blockbuster.
Sean Penn’s most recent dramatic role – which apparently is all he will consider doing since his last comedic role, not including a brief stint on two episodes of “Friends,” was as slacker Jeff Spicoli in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” almost 25 years ago, which might be the last time he cracked a smile in front of the camera – comes in the form of Willie Stark, a Louisiana governor, loosely based on Governor Huey P. Long, who wants nothing more than to build a better state for his “hick” constituents. Yet, this passion for new roads, bridges, schools and an overall better life must come at a price for someone, but the cost may not be a monetary one.
Stark enters the governor’s race as an honest and loyal husband who neither drinks nor smokes and wants only the best for those around him. Somewhere between intense campaign speeches about his fellow “hicks” and nailing up the competition to winning the election and butting heads with all of the state senators Stark becomes a shadow of his former self. He begins drinking heavily, chasing so many women he needs an abacus to keep up with all the women he is with and takes a lesson in persuasion from Gandolfini’s more famous role on HBO’s “The Sopranos.”
“All the King’s Men” isn’t really just about the king though. This movie shows what takes place to the souls of the men and women underneath the king. These underlings, whom Stark uses like weapons in a game of chess, come in the form of some outstanding players who never really show what they are made of. They include Jude Law, James Gandolfini, Patricia Clarkson, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Hopkins.
A star-studded cast and material that was previously used to win a best picture and best actor Oscar doesn’t come together after 120 minutes to really drum up any real emotional response from the audience. It ends, credits roll, audience gets up and nothing more is said.
Steven Zaillian undertook this project probably thinking he was on the road to another Academy Award, which he won for writing “Schindler’s List.” What Zaillian may have failed to take into account is Academy members have to actually make it through the entire film without getting so frustrated with the sluggish pace and meandering storylines they turn the movie off before it ends.
Zaillian’s choice to have Jude Law’s journalist, turned political right-hand man character, Jack Burden, play the narrator isn’t the problem. It is bringing in Burden’s personal problems of lost love and family turmoil that Zaillian starts to lose us. The movie strays from Stark’s battle with the senators attempt to impeach him, which is never really understood for what reason, to Burden’s battle between right and wrong that involves his godfather Judge Irwin, played by Hopkins.
Wonderful actors, a wonderful story and a wonderful director unfortunately don’t make a wonderful film. It’s not a bad film, just one that is easily avoided.
Monday, September 25, 2006
He's Alive! He's Alive!
We haven’t received many details, but Slope is alive and, according to him, doing very well. Mike received a u2u on the Fold For Free Forum from Dave41 (Slope’s username) that said he was sorry about leaving the way he did but he didn’t really want to go into details about where he was or why he left.
Now that we are absolutely positive he is alive we can begin to make jokes about his disappearance without feeling guilty. We made the jokes before we knew he wasn't dead, but we would have a weird feeling in the back of our minds that if we were wrong something really bad wasn't going to descend upon us very soon. There was always that five percent chance that he could have shown up decomposed in Mosier Valley and we would have not been able to forgive ourselves for the snide remarks during the past few days.
Obviously we were worried about his absence, but we felt strongly from the evidence left behind that he wasn’t dead, merely missing in action. However, we are positive now that he is among the living and has not made a permanent move to the afterlife.
Slope, good to hear you are okay. Drop us a line on the forum.
Now that we are absolutely positive he is alive we can begin to make jokes about his disappearance without feeling guilty. We made the jokes before we knew he wasn't dead, but we would have a weird feeling in the back of our minds that if we were wrong something really bad wasn't going to descend upon us very soon. There was always that five percent chance that he could have shown up decomposed in Mosier Valley and we would have not been able to forgive ourselves for the snide remarks during the past few days.
Obviously we were worried about his absence, but we felt strongly from the evidence left behind that he wasn’t dead, merely missing in action. However, we are positive now that he is among the living and has not made a permanent move to the afterlife.
Slope, good to hear you are okay. Drop us a line on the forum.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Gone But Not Forgotten
My friend Clint Hyslop, better known as Slope, has vanished on us for some unknown reason. Although at first we were all worried about Slope’s disappearance, going as far as calling local police departments and hospitals, a little Sam Spade detective work from Slope’s roommate Nick has shown that he might not have been abducted by aliens or accosted by a crazy cult at all. Our best guess is Slope decided to take what little money he had and make the jump to professional poker player in Las Vegas.
I say he didn’t have much money, but in reality he had a couple hundred bucks probably, which is fine for moving to another city and starting anew, but not a lot when you want to start out as a professional poker player. Slope has wanted to pull a Mike McDermott for some time now but has always been talked out of it by friends.
We don’t know for sure that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre family has not kidnapped him or he has received amnesia after taking a spill on a motorcycle he purchased the day after we last saw him, but Slope is a resilient person who can survive in any environment. If he is out in the desert paradise known as Las Vegas then I wish him the best. Slope; make the Arlington crew proud.
I say he didn’t have much money, but in reality he had a couple hundred bucks probably, which is fine for moving to another city and starting anew, but not a lot when you want to start out as a professional poker player. Slope has wanted to pull a Mike McDermott for some time now but has always been talked out of it by friends.
We don’t know for sure that the Texas Chainsaw Massacre family has not kidnapped him or he has received amnesia after taking a spill on a motorcycle he purchased the day after we last saw him, but Slope is a resilient person who can survive in any environment. If he is out in the desert paradise known as Las Vegas then I wish him the best. Slope; make the Arlington crew proud.
Saturday, September 16, 2006
TOC IV - Game Six
Not a good night for me.
Tonight's results:
1st - Nick - 0 points
2nd - Linda - 11 points
3rd - Mike II - 21 points
4th - Danny - 30 points
5th - Brian - 38 points
6th - Slope - 45 points
7th - Mike I - 51 points
8th - Brooke - 56 points
9th - Wayne - 60 points
10th - Hector - 63 points
11th - Matt - 65 points
12th - James - 66 points
Overall standings:
1st - Linda - 170 points
2nd - Mike II - 191 points
3rd - Slope - 197 points
4th - Matt - 221 points
5th - Nick - 223 points
6th - Brooke - 242 points
7th - Danny - 253 points
8th - Wayne - 275 points
9th - Brian - 286 points
10th - James - 299 points
11th - Hector - 329 points
12th - Mike I - 351 points
Tonight's results:
1st - Nick - 0 points
2nd - Linda - 11 points
3rd - Mike II - 21 points
4th - Danny - 30 points
5th - Brian - 38 points
6th - Slope - 45 points
7th - Mike I - 51 points
8th - Brooke - 56 points
9th - Wayne - 60 points
10th - Hector - 63 points
11th - Matt - 65 points
12th - James - 66 points
Overall standings:
1st - Linda - 170 points
2nd - Mike II - 191 points
3rd - Slope - 197 points
4th - Matt - 221 points
5th - Nick - 223 points
6th - Brooke - 242 points
7th - Danny - 253 points
8th - Wayne - 275 points
9th - Brian - 286 points
10th - James - 299 points
11th - Hector - 329 points
12th - Mike I - 351 points
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Fantasy Football Week One Results
I made it through my first week of fantasy football, and quite surprisingly I didn’t completely stink. In a league of nine I am sitting in fourth place.
Eli Manning had a decent game. Two mistakes in the second half cost me some precious points, but hit double digits and scored more than 12 points.
I got some good points from Warrick Dunn, but I would have been better off starting Reggie Bush, since he scored two more points than Dunn. I didn’t start Bush because I wasn’t sure in what capacity he would be used in New Orleans. I have decided to start him along with Larry Johnson. Johnson didn’t get as high of a rating as I thought he would have, but he was just shy of 10 points.
Terrell Owens did a fine job and would have scored better had two plays not been nullified due to offensive penalties, but he still hit 13 points and gave me a good boost. Alge Crumpler had a good night, raking in more than eight points, and Chris Chambers did well considering he didn’t get the ball too much. On one single drive he amassed most of the points he earned, which only equaled a little more than five.
Nate Burleson was a big flop for me, scoring only two points, but it was off of one single reception for 36 yards. I am going to give him another week since Seattle will be playing against Arizona and shouldn’t be in too much trouble.
I had to do a last minute replacement for Mike Vanderjagt after Bill Parcels decided not to take him to Florida. I recruited Nate Kaeding and was very pleased when he took me from sixth place on Sunday to fourth place on Monday after collecting 10 points.
I started out with the New York Giants defense, but after seeing that they were up against Indianapolis I decided to find an alternate. Philadelphia went against Houston and pulled in five more points than I would have received had I used the Giants, but they still only got six-and-a-half points overall. Better than what I would have had, so I can’t complain.
This coming week I have to either dump one of my defenses and find a new one or go with the Giants because Philadelphia and New York are playing each other and I don’t like my choices. If I go for Philadelphia’s defense then I am going against Manning as my quarterback. Tough decisions.
I am hoping to just have another good week and stay in the fray. My goal this year is to not suck, and so far that is working out for me.
Eli Manning had a decent game. Two mistakes in the second half cost me some precious points, but hit double digits and scored more than 12 points.
I got some good points from Warrick Dunn, but I would have been better off starting Reggie Bush, since he scored two more points than Dunn. I didn’t start Bush because I wasn’t sure in what capacity he would be used in New Orleans. I have decided to start him along with Larry Johnson. Johnson didn’t get as high of a rating as I thought he would have, but he was just shy of 10 points.
Terrell Owens did a fine job and would have scored better had two plays not been nullified due to offensive penalties, but he still hit 13 points and gave me a good boost. Alge Crumpler had a good night, raking in more than eight points, and Chris Chambers did well considering he didn’t get the ball too much. On one single drive he amassed most of the points he earned, which only equaled a little more than five.
Nate Burleson was a big flop for me, scoring only two points, but it was off of one single reception for 36 yards. I am going to give him another week since Seattle will be playing against Arizona and shouldn’t be in too much trouble.
I had to do a last minute replacement for Mike Vanderjagt after Bill Parcels decided not to take him to Florida. I recruited Nate Kaeding and was very pleased when he took me from sixth place on Sunday to fourth place on Monday after collecting 10 points.
I started out with the New York Giants defense, but after seeing that they were up against Indianapolis I decided to find an alternate. Philadelphia went against Houston and pulled in five more points than I would have received had I used the Giants, but they still only got six-and-a-half points overall. Better than what I would have had, so I can’t complain.
This coming week I have to either dump one of my defenses and find a new one or go with the Giants because Philadelphia and New York are playing each other and I don’t like my choices. If I go for Philadelphia’s defense then I am going against Manning as my quarterback. Tough decisions.
I am hoping to just have another good week and stay in the fray. My goal this year is to not suck, and so far that is working out for me.
Saturday, September 09, 2006
TOC IV - Game Five
I really felt confident going into tonight's game and I thought there was no way I wouldn't win. Well, I was close. I finished second and came close to winning it had I made a call when I had a better pair against Mike, but I was ashamed of my kicker and didn't feel confident enough to make the call. Here are the standings for tonight and after five games.
Tonight:
1st - Mike II - 0 points
2nd - Matt - 11 points
3rd - Brooke - 21 points
4th - Linda - 30 points
5th - Nick - 38 points
6th - Wayne - 45 points
7th - Hector - 51 points
8th - Danny - 56 points
9th - Mike I - 60 points
10th - Slope - 63 points
11th - Brian - 65 points
12th - James - 66 points
Overall:
1st - Slope - 152 points
2nd - Matt - 156 points
3rd - Linda - 159 points
4th - Mike II - 170 points
5th - Brooke - 186 points
6th - Wayne - 215 points
7th - Danny - 223 points
8th - Nick - 223 points
9th - James - 233 points
10th - Brian - 248 points
11th - Hector - 266 points
12th - Mike I - 300 points
Tonight:
1st - Mike II - 0 points
2nd - Matt - 11 points
3rd - Brooke - 21 points
4th - Linda - 30 points
5th - Nick - 38 points
6th - Wayne - 45 points
7th - Hector - 51 points
8th - Danny - 56 points
9th - Mike I - 60 points
10th - Slope - 63 points
11th - Brian - 65 points
12th - James - 66 points
Overall:
1st - Slope - 152 points
2nd - Matt - 156 points
3rd - Linda - 159 points
4th - Mike II - 170 points
5th - Brooke - 186 points
6th - Wayne - 215 points
7th - Danny - 223 points
8th - Nick - 223 points
9th - James - 233 points
10th - Brian - 248 points
11th - Hector - 266 points
12th - Mike I - 300 points
Thursday, September 07, 2006
A Big Day For Me
I have a lot going on today. I was woken up early because of an 18-wheeler rear-ending a school bus with 34 kids on it. Everyone was okay. Later that morning I saw my fourth dead body since starting this job. A motorcycle fatality, my second, was a long ordeal with the state troopers. I think they forgot about me.
Tonight I will head to Grapevine, about a 90-minute drive with traffic, to see a press screening of “Gridiron Gang.” Not excited about that simply because I need a nap.
Following that is the kickoff, literally, of my first fantasy football season when Chris Chambers of the Miami Dolphins takes the field at Pittsburgh.
Finally, and the biggest news of the day, Moviefone will be premiering the newest “Casino Royale” preview online. I am extremely excited about this and will have to find a computer that can play it somewhere inside this electronic death zone of a building.
Tonight I will head to Grapevine, about a 90-minute drive with traffic, to see a press screening of “Gridiron Gang.” Not excited about that simply because I need a nap.
Following that is the kickoff, literally, of my first fantasy football season when Chris Chambers of the Miami Dolphins takes the field at Pittsburgh.
Finally, and the biggest news of the day, Moviefone will be premiering the newest “Casino Royale” preview online. I am extremely excited about this and will have to find a computer that can play it somewhere inside this electronic death zone of a building.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
A Season Long Inside Joke
My friends have sucked me into the game of fantasy football... and I have to say that my team looks pretty good for somebody who knows very little about the game of football or its fanciful counterpart. I had a lot of help from James, but I must say my first three picks were pretty superb.
I had to use my final pick for a third quarterback due to my backup quarterback having the same bye week as my starter. I also have made an early trade because of scheduling conficts for my wide receivers. The trade is questionable to some, but it needed to be done.
This is what my roster looks like in order of where they were chosen. I had the second pick overall and we used a snake style draft:
1. Larry Johnson - RB
2. Eli Manning - QB
3. Terrell Owens - WR
4. Chris Chambers - WR
5. Warrick Dunn - RB
6. Alge Crumpler - TE
7. Reggie Bush - RB
8. Mike Vanderjagt - K
9. Terry Glenn - WR (This was my original pick and I was very upset to trade him to James for Nate Burleson - WR. However, it had to be done)
10. Ben Roethlisberger - QB (This was a big mistake simply because of his bye week being the same as Mannings)
11. NY Giants Defense
12. Ben Troupe - TE
13. Jerry Porter - WR
14. Aaron Brooks - QB
I had to use my final pick for a third quarterback due to my backup quarterback having the same bye week as my starter. I also have made an early trade because of scheduling conficts for my wide receivers. The trade is questionable to some, but it needed to be done.
This is what my roster looks like in order of where they were chosen. I had the second pick overall and we used a snake style draft:
1. Larry Johnson - RB
2. Eli Manning - QB
3. Terrell Owens - WR
4. Chris Chambers - WR
5. Warrick Dunn - RB
6. Alge Crumpler - TE
7. Reggie Bush - RB
8. Mike Vanderjagt - K
9. Terry Glenn - WR (This was my original pick and I was very upset to trade him to James for Nate Burleson - WR. However, it had to be done)
10. Ben Roethlisberger - QB (This was a big mistake simply because of his bye week being the same as Mannings)
11. NY Giants Defense
12. Ben Troupe - TE
13. Jerry Porter - WR
14. Aaron Brooks - QB
Saturday, September 02, 2006
TOC IV - Game Four
Like the last three games I played on a short stack most of the night and survived. I got extremely lucky when my snowmen cracked Mike's Kings while I was all in and then I also got lucky in a hand with Hector when my three of a kind boated up to tie with Hector on a runner-runner turn and river. I knew I was beat when I called Hector's all in, but I would have had about $5,000 with blinds at $200-400 and I just didn't want to deal with that anymore. I took a chance and got lucky.
Here are the current standings for both last night and the overall tournament:
Game Four:
1st - Danny - 0 points
2nd - Brooke - 11 points
3rd - Hector - 21 points
4th - Slope - 30 points
5th - Matt - 38 points
6th - Mike II - 45 points
7th - Brian - 51 points
8th - Linda - 56 points
9th - Wayne - 60 points
10th - Mike - 63 points
11th - Nick - 65 points
12th - James - 66 points
Overall:
1st - Slope - 89 points
2nd - Linda - 129 points
3rd - Matt - 145 points
4th - Brooke - 165 points
5th - James - 167 points
6th - Danny - 167 points
7th - Wayne - 170 points
8th - Mike II - 170 points
9th - Brian - 183 points
10th - Nick - 185 points
11th - Hector - 215 points
12th - Mike I - 240 points
Here are the current standings for both last night and the overall tournament:
Game Four:
1st - Danny - 0 points
2nd - Brooke - 11 points
3rd - Hector - 21 points
4th - Slope - 30 points
5th - Matt - 38 points
6th - Mike II - 45 points
7th - Brian - 51 points
8th - Linda - 56 points
9th - Wayne - 60 points
10th - Mike - 63 points
11th - Nick - 65 points
12th - James - 66 points
Overall:
1st - Slope - 89 points
2nd - Linda - 129 points
3rd - Matt - 145 points
4th - Brooke - 165 points
5th - James - 167 points
6th - Danny - 167 points
7th - Wayne - 170 points
8th - Mike II - 170 points
9th - Brian - 183 points
10th - Nick - 185 points
11th - Hector - 215 points
12th - Mike I - 240 points
Friday, September 01, 2006
An Upcoming Poker Tournament
My utter disgust with the World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour pampering the women of poker has led me to stage a coo in the tournament scene. I will be holding "The First Annual Outie Open" this October 14. I might even change the name to "The First Annual October Outie Open." Yeah, that sounds nice. It rolls off the tongue like "Mayor Goldie Wilson." I like the sound of that.
It will be an open tournament to anyone who wishes to play, except women. I'm not gay, just fed up with equality not being quite equal enough. I don't see any "Men's Only" tournaments at the WSOP or WPT.
Sure, I understand what they are trying to do. The men in poker tournaments vastly outnumber the women, but that doesn't mean a single female player is at a disadvantage due to the uneven numbers. It is not like basketball or wrestling where a guy has a clear advantage over a woman because of his size, strength or masculinity.
If women want to be treated fairly then they need to ditch things like ladies events. Wanting to be treated fairly means not holding events that are only for you, unless men do the same thing, such as fraternities and sororities.
If there is a "Men's Only" event, whether it is in golf, basketball, chess or whatever, then by all means there should be a "Women's Only" event. There isn't such a thing in poker, so I stand by my "Outie Open."
It will be an open tournament to anyone who wishes to play, except women. I'm not gay, just fed up with equality not being quite equal enough. I don't see any "Men's Only" tournaments at the WSOP or WPT.
Sure, I understand what they are trying to do. The men in poker tournaments vastly outnumber the women, but that doesn't mean a single female player is at a disadvantage due to the uneven numbers. It is not like basketball or wrestling where a guy has a clear advantage over a woman because of his size, strength or masculinity.
If women want to be treated fairly then they need to ditch things like ladies events. Wanting to be treated fairly means not holding events that are only for you, unless men do the same thing, such as fraternities and sororities.
If there is a "Men's Only" event, whether it is in golf, basketball, chess or whatever, then by all means there should be a "Women's Only" event. There isn't such a thing in poker, so I stand by my "Outie Open."
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