For the first time in a long time, I took part in two Fantasy Football leagues this year. In the Chuckfest league, which is commonly referred to as "The Masters League" because of the quality of competition, I finished out of the playoffs for the second straight year. (Which makes me 2-for-5 with a 2nd place in the last 5 years). Back in August, I received a frantic phone call from Chris Ahrens asking if I wanted to join his work league - they were 1 guy short. I hemmed and hawwed for a moment, but then he told me that I'd be getting the 2nd pick in the draft, so I agreed. The format was more or less the same ...
The far-and-away best game on the NFL schedule today is the Indianapolis Colts vs the San Diego Chargers. 95% of the American public will get to see that game. Here in Milwaukee ? We get the frickin' Minnesotta Vikings game. Apparently, that's our "market". Bullshit! Congress wants to get involved in sports (steroids, BCS...)? Here's something for you - step in and do something about the unfair monopoly the NFL has given DirecTV with their "Sunday Ticket" package. Extend that to cable operators, either on a subscription or Pay-Per-View basis.
I'm a little more than halfway through Simmons' latest article, and had to stop and post this. To put this in context, he's talking about possible Ron Artest trade destinations... Anyway, here's the team that makes sense: Milwaukee. They have Bobby Simmons, who could be best described as Ron Artest Lite -- good teammate, good defender, reliable shooter, plays 3 positions, and he's decidedly un-crazy. They also have two big men (Dan Gadzuric and Jamaal Magliore) who could be intriguing for the Pacers -- possible upgrades over Scot Pollard and Jeff Foster. Just feels like something could work here. Plus, the city of Milwaukee has already survived Jeffrey Dahmer -- Artest ...
My trusty iPod has finally bit the dust. Purchased in early 2003, this first-generation iPod with a whopping 5GB of storage was used almost daily for the first 2 years of its existence. Over the last 8 months or so, the battery life had slipped down to about a 2-hour range. Over the last month, that plumetted to 20 minutes of life. And, in the last week, I've been unable to even mount it on my PC to transfer songs. My iPod was first put to use in conjunction with my old Titanium Powerbook, just as Jobs intended. Then, when I moved to a PC, I took the iPod with ...
I just did a search on Google for "upgrading PHP 5" (with a space before the 5). Google thought I might have been looking for "php5" (no space), and gave me a link to try that search instead. When I did, I got this: If you don't want to click the big image, it reads: We're sorry... ... but we can't process your request right now. A computer virus or spyware application is sending us automated requests, and it appears that your computer or network has been infected. We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover ...
I win. I always win. Is there no one on this planet to even challenge me?