Each week, I attempt to pick winners of upcoming college football games for www.inthebleachers.net. I'm competing against a group that includes a couple of "Average Joes" (like me), a few sports bloggers, and a nationally-known football columnist. I was actually doing pretty well early in the season, but a couple of weeks ago, I managed to pick ( Read more... )

Uhhh, in case my last post with the video was too cryptic for you, I was basically showing that I won a thousand dollars on a TV show last weekend.

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Nobody would lend money to Gary Coleman, but... why is he laughing?

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I just ain't got nothin' to say. Ain't nothin' happening.

I'm not sure why, but I'm thinking about trying paintball this summer. There's a paintball park not far from my house, and I figure that it may be fun, even if it involves getting shot. I've been completely unable to convince Dr. Wifey to play, so I'm gonna have to do this alone. I'm not in any hurry, so I'm going to wait a few weeks until she goes ( Read more... )

It's 5 degrees outside. FIVE DEGREES. It was ZERO when I left the house this morning. Help?

At 12:45pm, it's 19 degrees with a wind chill of 6. That's Fahrenheit. It's snowing lightly at the moment. I'm about to go out for lunch. I don't really feel like going out into this cold air, but if I wait too long, it might get colder, and I also want to move my car from the spot it's in. If I'm going to bundle myself up to go move my car, I ( Read more... )

It's snowing again. It's 30 degrees outside, so it's not even reallyreally cold, but it's snowing like a mofo outside. Fortunately, I bought some new gloves over the weekend. They're basically ski gloves, and they're niiiice. I had never expected to spend $40 on a pair of gloves before, but this stuff pretty much requires it ( Read more... )

I'm on my way out to McDonald's for lunch, and it's snowing outside. It's 28 degrees, the wind chill is 17 degrees, and I have to remember how to drive in this stuff. Faaaaantastic.