I have just spent nearly two weeks playing 72 games of Collins. I'll spare the details of my performances in the two respective tournaments. Nothing to really write about there, except that I probably will need three years to master the Collins and the intricacies of the game associated with that book. Cramming for three months before one of ( Read more... )

Lately I've been trying to find more wines off the beaten path. A few that I've enjoyed ( Read more... )

I notice that a lot of people are posting their head to head records against opponents they've played at least 10 times in tourneys. I won't post my whole list, but I'll give my sub-500 list, starting with the worst record first ( Read more... )

My 39th birthday has passed. We spent the evening at a restaurant called Otom, which is the sister restaurant of Moto. Moto is owned by Homaro Cantu, who beat Morimoto on an episode of Iron Chef. That was a fun episode to watch, and I don't even cook. Otom is run by his protege, and is significantly cheaper. Anyway, the idea is to create a ( Read more... )

I've gotten into wine somewhat over the past few years. And I have to say I'm really surprised at what is and isn't popular. Last night, we tried a new place. The wine the place was pushing was a merlot/cabernet blend from Chile. I inquire as to what else they have besides this unoriginal bottle. I am told cabernets, merlots, and chardonnays ( Read more... )

Man I love visiting New York. That town has always been a part of my life. As a kid, I used to visit my grandmother on the Upper West Side every summer. I would go to places like the Museum of Natural History and the Bronx Zoo, as well as other places like the Empire State Building, Bloomingdales, Macy's, Coney Island, and yes, the World Trade ( Read more... )

We just got back from Vegas last night. I can't believe how big Caesar's has gotten. I think it covers a square mile now. It is so over the top there now. We stayed at Bally's. The room was nothing to write home about (though the upgrade in the new tower is much better, but we didn't do it this time). It's a great location, at the very least ( Read more... )

In the roto league, I finished second out of thirteen teams. I was happy with that, considering how horrible my start was in both leagues. In the head to head league, I could do no better than to finish sixth out of ten teams. The first month proved to be absolutely devastating. I have to say that FBB is incredibly addicting ( Read more... )

In the auction/head-to-head league, I'm in dead last place. In head-to-head, if you start off poorly, it is extremely difficult to recover. I had some disastrous draft picks. Carpenter was hurt, and it took awhile to play itself out. Barfield had a horrendous start. I ended up cutting him for Brandon Phillips, but the damage was already done ( Read more... )

It was a crazy auction, with managers paying up big for marquee hitters. I didn't follow suit, for the most part, and chose to spend money on a couple of top pitchers while this was all going on. The league is a 6x7 head to head. In pitching, CGs were replaced with Quality Starts and Losses. Here is my team, with what I paid for each player ( Read more... )