Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football is both fun and silly. I (Potbellied Pigs) finished this season at 6-8 and ranked 9th (out of 12). Needless to say I did not make the play-offs. Still, I thought it would be fun to see how I would have stacked against the four guys who did make the play-offs this week.

Based mostly on the strength of Ben Roethisberger's game against the Packers, I would have finished the day with 97 points. Good in the regular season, not so much in the play-offs. I would have beaten one team (Point Crushers) by one point, tied with another (Tatonka) which would have been a loss as ties go to the team with the better winning percentage, and lost outright to the remaining two teams (Bus Drivers and Shepherd's Schleppers). In fact, Bus Drivers ended the day with 147 points.

I hope we do it again next year. I don't know if I'll do any better due to how much of it is luck based, but it still is fun.

On a brighter note, I am now up by two games in our head-to-head pick 'em. At this point it is down to me and one other guy with two weeks to go. But the last two weeks of the season are the hardest as the good teams start benching people to rest them for the play-offs. I hope to win, but nothing is certain.

Star Wars Motivational Posters

Because motivational posters are just that much funnier if they involve Star Wars:

And for our completely WTF moment:

How Cool is This?

These pictures were taken in Norway last night. They suspect it was a Russian missle test that went wrong. If it was, it's a very regular pattern for fuel ejection. Still, it looks really cool:

How Dumb Are You?

Mr. Obama,

I know that you have been thinking about the troop decision for quite a while and that the announcement regarding the increase in troop levels is very important. But you really should have thought about the timing a little better.

Pissing off parents of young kids is not a smart political move.