Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Tasteless, yet hilarious

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

My Calling

After reading this article I've decided to quit my job and focus 100% on gaming. With a little bit of financial support from friends I should be back in "gaming shape" in no time.

Monday, September 12, 2005

Not a good first weekend in the NFL

Well, the Browns didn't do quite as good as I had hoped, but it will turn out ok in the end. I have to keep reminding myself that this is a rebuilding year. Hey, at least the OL looked competent.

To add insult to injury, my fantasy team fell apart. What is up with Jamal Lewis and Ladanian Tomlinson getting a compbined 15 points? Those aren't the numbers I excpect from my #1 & #2 picks.

The one great thing that happened this weekend was watching the Ravens get absolutely smacked. Nothing like see Ray Lewis and co. get their asses handed to them. It should have been a shutout... and to think people talked trash when I picked the Colts as my fantasy D.

Friday, September 09, 2005

Cleveland Rocks



The $41 million dollar Indians just pulled ahead of the $200 million dollar Yankees in the tight AL wild card race.

Cleveland, America's team.

Thursday, September 08, 2005

I have to be honest



The other reason why I have that Christmas Eve feeling is because the OC season premiere is tonight. Its going to be mighty awkward tonight when in the middle of the Patriots game I have to leave all of my friends and go upstairs and watch the OC by myself. I can only imagine the jokes that will be made at my expense. Do your worst though, I'm comfortable with my OC addiction, I've come to terms with it, and now I've begun to embrace it.

OC, Oh yeah.....

Pats vs. Raiders

Its finally here. Right now I have that feeling that I used to get the night before Christmas (aka Christmas eve). So exciting....

Tonight's score:

Raiders 20
Patriots 24

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

And your fantasy football winner is.....

The Manchester Mojitos!

Go ahead, try to find a hole in this star studded team. Keep in mind this is a 12 player league. I even have 3 Cleveland Browns in there for good measure.


1 L. Tomlinson, SDG RB
2 J. Lewis, BAL RB
3 T. Brady, NWE QB
4 R. Wayne, IND WR
5 D. Driver, GNB WR
6 R. Brown, MIA RB
7 A. Brooks, NOR QB
8 L. Suggs, CLE RB
9 M. Muhammad, CHI WR
10 E. Johnson, SFO TE
11 K. Curtis, STL WR
12 C. D/ST, IND D/ST
13 J. Reed, PIT K
14 H. Miller, PIT TE
15 P. Price, ATL WR
16 D. Boston, MIA WR
17 W. Green, CLE RB
18 S. Heiden, CLE TE

I love Craigslist



Where else could I get this matching loveseat and pullout sofa for a mere $75? The answer my friends is nowhere.

Fall is here

Yup, Labor day just passed and as I woke up this morning it was as if someone just threw a switch, and "bang" fall is upon us. Some observations that I noticed this morning that were tell tale signs of the changing of the seasons.

1. I was freezing cold this morning when I woke up, last night was the last night that my fan will be in my window on high.

2. The hot shower felt ever so refreshing but getting out onto the cold tiles was a real bitch.

3. The temp control in my car that has been lodged as far left as possible in the "blue section", was adjusted today a little to the right, ever closer to the "red section".

4. Iced coffee is a thing of the past, hot coffee from here on out.

Some things on a larger scale indicating that fall is here to stay.

5. The Patriots have their first game on Thursday (Party at our house).

6. Sam Adams Summer has been replaced by Sam Adams Octobterfest.

7. The wild card chase is getting tight (Go Tribe!)

I'll miss summer and the excursions to anywhere that was near water, but we live in new england cause we like all of the seasons. NFL, playoff baseball, Gordon soccer/lax, and of course pete's favorite, foliage, are just a few of the good reasons to welcome Fall.

Friday, September 02, 2005

Spinning Katrina



The Congressional Black Caucus is at it again. Politicizing something as awful as Katrina is absolutely pathetic. They backed away from claiming racism, but why would they do this press conference as the CBC if they weren't claiming some sort of discrimination, bigotry, racism, etc..... Anyways, the article is here.

My Browns Preview



After reading various NFL previews from Peter King, John Clayton, and Len Pasquirelli I have decided that they don't know jack, especially about the Cleveland Browns, so I will go ahead and make my own preview.

Now we all know Butch Davis basically took Cleveland for all we were worth the last 4 years. For that he is an awful man and will hopefully burn in hell one day. He left us with a shell of a team, and a laundry list of crappy ass draft picks (outside of the Couch pick, that was money). Thankfully the Browns organization decided to do something about this midseason last year. We got rid of Davis and cleared out the front office (who will all also hopefully burn in hell one day). After the awful 2004 campaign we went out and got ourselves some serious management, stealing Phil Savage from the Baltiwhore's front office and Romeo Crennel from the Patriots (the NY yankees of the NFL).

Now Crennel and Savage have done what they can this offseason to erase 4 years of mistakes. And honestly, I think they've done it. Lets take a look at some of our players.

Offense

Trent Dilfer - Super bowl quarterback
Reuben Droughns - Thousand yard rusher
Antonio Bryant - Explosive & underachieving (until now), winner of the Biletnikoff
Braylon Edwards - Most talented player in the 2005 draft
Kellen Winslow - Biggest piece of crap ever
Terrell Suggs - Destroyed Ray Lewis on first play of the season last year, and for that I love him
Dennis Northcutt - Shifty playmaker who can take it to the house anytime
Lee Suggs - Must have the worlds weakest ankle cause it takes him 4 weeks to recover from a sprain, has been out at least 1 game the last 3 years with an ankle sprain
William Green - Could be surprising, but has yet to show Cleveland fans any sort of passion for the game
Joe Andruzzi - Toughest guard in the game
Charlie Frye - Homegrown future of the franchise

Defense

Matt Stewart - good acquisition, can play the OLB strong
Kenard Lang - Our best defender, but is having trouble getting used to the 3-4
Andra Davis - could be good? there was talk about all pro then he had a mediocre season last year
Sean Jones - Been burned a couple of times in preseason, but has the talent to be all pro
Brian Russel - hard hitting strong safety, another good pickup by Crennel
Gary Baxter - one of the leagues 10 best corners, but he used to be a Raven, so im not convinced
Daylen McCutcheon - Headcase, but hes got experience

This is a solid core, Romeo and Phil will build a championship team of these guys. It probably won't be this year, but it will be soon.

Now to break down the schedule.

Sep 11 Cincinnati W 17-10 Romeo is a better black coach than Marvin
Sep 18 @Green Bay W 24- 13 Favre throws 3 picks, 2 of which we return for TDs
Sep 25 @Indianapolis L 14-38 Will need the by week after this one
Week 4 BYE Tie
Oct 9 Chicago W 17-7 Who the hell are they gonna use for a QB????
Oct 16 @Baltimore L 10-14 Jamal wont go buck wild on us, but we never beat these bitches
Oct 23 Detroit W 24-10 Skittish ass Garcia will be playing by this time and overextend his mangina by trying to singlehandedly beat us.
Oct 30 @Houston W 19-16 We have to beat these guys, right?
Nov 6 Tennessee L 24-14 Billy Volek and Drew Bennet are gonna rock our secondary
Nov 13 @Pittsburgh W 13-10 Rothlisberger will SUCK this year. Guarantee
Nov 20 Miami W 17-7 They suck ass, plain and simple
Nov 27 @Minnesota L 24-10 Daunte doesnt need Moss to throw for 300 yds and 3 tds
Dec 4 Jacksonville W 17-3 I really cant even name 5 players on this team. Do they even have fans?
Dec 11 @Cincinnati L 14-10 The battle of ohio and black coaches will be split this year
Dec 18 @Oakland L 14-27 Moss and Collins will be the #1 fantasy duo this year, and our DBs wont do jack to stop that
Dec 24 Pittsburgh W 9-6 Defensive struggle with Big Ben doing the Stillers in at the end.
Jan 1 Baltimore L 17-10 Could be wrong on this, but we suck against them.

Overall record: 9-7, miss the wild card by 1 game. But a great rookie effort from Crennel and co.

Oh and the Pats will do no better than 9-7, that is a guarantee.