Dissecting the Armchair: Midseason 2007

Waaaay back in June, I sat down and made some predictions in an article called Sleepers & Busters: 2007 Edition. One of my favorite comments I received on this article was glaringly posted on the front page of my site. It simply read: “I disagree with just about everything in this article. Pull [...]

Always Picked Last: A Story of Hope

I was thinking about something the other day as I watched my son throw a football with some neighborhood kids. At age 5, he’s already got a pretty tight spiral. What can I say? He comes from good genes, right? Wrong. While I have always loved sports, I have always been clumsy and awkward when [...]

Overachievers vs. Underachievers: Week 8

What’s that smell you say? Check your feet, if you didn’t walk through something, it’s probably my picks from last week. Diabolical! I went 4 for 11, and for the 4th straight week killed one of my picks with Ronnie Brown going down for the season. Unfortunately, last week’s stale fart [...]

Overacheivers vs. Underacheivers: Week 7

So, last Sunday I had been waiting all week for the Patriots vs Cowboys. Sitting on my hands, just really excited to see a shoot out of monumental proportions. Friday morning my wife hits me with some news: “Don’t forget we’re going to a birthday party on Sunday.” “Sunday!? What time [...]

2007 Fantasy Football: Everything You Knew Was Wrong…

In a season where the entire first rounds of most people’s fantasy football drafts have played below standards or been injured more often than not (with the exceptions of Ronnie Brown and more recently LaDanian Tomlinson), I was left with the question, “What the fedge?!” (Give it up for my boy Grant from Ghost [...]

Forget Wolfman! Cerebus Has Got NARDS!

My wife, my kids, my mom, and I all went to the Halloween store to get the kids their Halloween costumes yesterday. We walked down an isle stocked with over-sized rats, bats, skulls, and whatnot.
On the bottom shelf were three large Cerebus figures. I picked one up, and lo and behold, Cerebus is anatomically correct! [...]

Overachievers vs. Underachievers: Week 6

Miss Vaughn: Good morning, class. Class:Good morning, Miss Vaughn.Miss Vaughn:We’re gonna start today by reading a short story entitled “My Sister Fanny”.Class:*giggles aloudMiss Vaughn:Quiet… OK, so let’s all open up our Reading is Fun books to page 69.Billy Madison:69!
Why the Billy Madison reference? Because thanks to Week 5’s 10 for 11 [...]

Put On Your Tinfoil Hats! I’ve Got An NFL Conspiracy!

I know that I am going to sound like your Uncle Ned who sits in his bedroom, windows covered with aluminum foil, chain smoking Dorals and hovering over his short wave radio…what? I thought everyone had someone like that in their family. Whatever, I live in Alabama. Anyways, I had a revelation [...]

Overacheivers vs. Underacheivers: Week 5

Here we are: Week 5! It’s amazing how, once you get into the swing of things, how quickly football season starts to fly by. Last week the Over/Under picks were solid, maybe you listened, maybe you didn’t. But, I won all of my games and remain in 1st place in 2 of [...]

Damn Yankees: Super Groups Never Win

So, I found myself driving down the road, jamming some Mastodon, when I thought to myself, “Man, imagine if you put Brann Dailor (drummer from Mastodon) in a band with Buckethead on guitar, Mike Patton on vocals, and Trevor Roy Dunn on bass. God, THAT would be phenomenal!” Then, I thought, “You know [...]