i sent email invites to everyone from last year, and anyone else is welcome to join. currently the draft is set for friday, 18 january 2012 at 8:30pm CT (the season starts saturday). we're somehow up to 6, but we could naturally use a few more.
I'm in. I'm the Gii 'Ebert All-Stars.
I'll sign up. No fantasy hockey experience. Or knowledge. But enough marginal interest in the sport to give it a try.
Oh wait. It won't let me. If all returning managers... blah blah blah.
wait, what does it say?
Something to the effect that there aren't enough teams if all returning managers join, so I need to be invited to take over a team.
try it now.
I'm in.
you can have my team.
That musty old claptrap? No. Thank. You.
(FTFDPWY)
You forgot musty.
oh, come on, meat, we neeeeed you!
oh, and i'm removing Penalty Minutes as a point category and adding Shorthanded Points in its place, unless anyone thinks something else should be there. possible categories:
Points
Penalty Minutes
Powerplay Goals
Powerplay Assists
Shorthanded Goals
Shorthanded Assists
Game-Winning Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoffs Lost
Hits
Blocks
I joined- it'll be interesting to see how knowing almost zero about hockey translates into a fantasy game.
Essentially, it will put you and philo on a level playing field with just about all of us.
I joined too - I love hockey but I've never played fantasy hockey (or baseball! for that matter). Should make for an interesting season.
Can't be any less knowledgeable than I am, and I won the thing last year.
That's all I needed to hear!
I was scrolling up and thought this was a Spookymilk Survivor comment. bhiggum's reply seemed to be the necessary confirmation.
psh. PSH.
I may be late to the party here, but I just bought tickets to the Ramona Falls show next Wed (1/23) at 7th St Entry. Anyone else going or interested in going - let me know so we can meet up.
i finally picked up prophet and have been listening to it the past week. gotta say, i think i like intuit better. at the very least, i like the songwriting better, but that's not to say i'm not enjoying prophet.
CC to Mags: i'd check out the google front page, if i were you. maybe you can pick up some pointers.
I have no business driving one for a hockey arena.
I was hoping to get to point the google widget out, but hj* beat me to it by a solid hour+.
*What's up with the hand x-ray gravatar, hungry joe?
*What's up with the hand x-ray gravatar, hungry joe?
Bob has come a long way since working for Accountemps.
Twins still interested in Saunders. That he hasn't signed yet might bode well for the Twins not overpaying that much.
So his last three years he was worth 1.6, 1.1, and 2.5 fWAR. Last year he would've been the second best starter behind Diamond. I don't know, if they can sign him for 2 years and under $15 million I guess it wouldn't be terrible. Though it would make the Correia signing even more of a head scratcher.
I'm not against signing him either. He's mediocre, but the Twins need mediocre right now.
so long as they pay mediocre prices for mediocre talent.
Mediocre minds think alike.
I was concerned they'd give him 3/$30 million which would have made me rage. If he's not (significantly) overpaid, whatever.
Cc to mags: something to wet your whistle is in the mail.
You, Sir, have just made my day. It's much appreciated. Let me know how I can return the favor.
I had a hard time not consuming it.…………
What's new in terms of local / micro in b-town?
I honestly don't know. I haven't really had a chance to get out and explore the brewing scene here. I'm sure The Hitman can offer some advice.
Oh, sarnac is still around? No?
R. I. P. Conrad Bain, Mr. Drummond from Diff'rent Strokes, at the age of 89.
So who had Todd Bridges winning their Different Strokes dead pool?
Has this been mentioned today? OMG, wowza. The Bright Lights of Nordakoda.
holy [redacted][forbidden zone].
Yeah, I should probably not start on this. But these lights are fracking ridiculous.
Heh - I see what you did there.
Also, that HD Time Lapse video of the Earth at night from space made me catch my breath.
httpv://youtu.be/Ip2ZGND1I9Q
Heh, nice.
My cousin works in the fields. When he was home for Christmas, he had hours and hours of stories of the life they have out there.
It. Is. Insane.
can you give us a taste? i've been pretty curious about that.
Specific examples are evading me at the moment, but just the complete "wild west" life out there is crazy. Workers getting lonely and snatching pets from lawns, 50-1 guy/girl ratio, just the type of stuff you'd expect when a smallish town gets a massive influx of mid-20's guys, most of whom have no set living conditions (my cousin has been living in an RV for over a year now) or plan for what they're going to be doing next month.
I know last year someone was trying to get a ton of single women to go out for a "Party in the Patch." When I heard about it, I thought that this was probably the worst idea I could possibly imagine. I'm not sure whatever came of it, but I assume it didn't happen since I imagine it would not have gone well at all.
Wow. Yeah, from what I understand, that would've ended poorly.
actually, the picture i posted gives me an idea. swearengen originally came up from chicago, right?
In this case, the male prostitute came to the location carrying a duffel bag, went into the bathroom and emerged wearing a wig, purple women’s lingerie, black fishnet stockings and sling back high heels.
It was the sling back high heels that gave him away - those are so last year.
Purple lingerie with black stockings? Come on. You gotta go with black or red.
I have no idea what to think about that story, because none of the possible explanations make much sense to me.
dido. i've only read the article, so lord knows what's happened with this story since the 4ltr and others have gotten a hold of it.
I was all pumped up for a Gophers basketball game tonight.
They dont play until tomorrow
Filed under "how cool is this?" -- here's Runner daughter with one of the five manatees that were in the water along the beach back of our hotel
She would pat one, and it would roll over and expose it's belly for scratching. Not much different than a huge aquatic dog.
manatees have 1990s-era barbed wire tattoos on their upper arms???
and they speak German, auch.
btw, this was spookymilk's 666th post. check for subliminal backward-masking
Dang. If I'd noticed, I wouldn't have bothered to be subliminal.
Bo Jackson hit 25 home runs and stole 27 bases in 1988. He also rushed for 580 yards and caught nine passes for 79 more yards. He was the most amazing athlete I've ever seen on the baseball field. And six years later at age 31, his athletic career was over due to a hip injury caused by a tackle in football. Given the brain trauma we now see in the NFL, he might have been lucky that was the extent of his injuries.
Look, I'm against performance-enhancing drugs and wish they had never entered the game. But when people complain about the evils of steroids in baseball, I always shake my head and wonder: If we're really so damn concerned about the health of athletes, why do we let them play football?
Sounds like Terry Francona's book could be interesting.
Sherry Turkle's TED talk on the isolating effect of technology is an excellent examination of our changing social landscape.
reminder:
ZOMG! fantasy hockey!!1
League ID: 56045
Custom League URL: http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/stickandpuckguys
Password: wgom.org
i sent email invites to everyone from last year, and anyone else is welcome to join. currently the draft is set for friday, 18 january 2012 at 8:30pm CT (the season starts saturday). we're somehow up to 6, but we could naturally use a few more.
I'm in. I'm the Gii 'Ebert All-Stars.
I'll sign up. No fantasy hockey experience. Or knowledge. But enough marginal interest in the sport to give it a try.
Oh wait. It won't let me. If all returning managers... blah blah blah.
wait, what does it say?
Something to the effect that there aren't enough teams if all returning managers join, so I need to be invited to take over a team.
try it now.
I'm in.
you can have my team.
That musty old claptrap? No. Thank. You.
(FTFDPWY)
You forgot musty.
oh, come on, meat, we neeeeed you!
oh, and i'm removing Penalty Minutes as a point category and adding Shorthanded Points in its place, unless anyone thinks something else should be there. possible categories:
Points
Penalty Minutes
Powerplay Goals
Powerplay Assists
Shorthanded Goals
Shorthanded Assists
Game-Winning Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoffs Lost
Hits
Blocks
I joined- it'll be interesting to see how knowing almost zero about hockey translates into a fantasy game.
Essentially, it will put you and philo on a level playing field with just about all of us.
I joined too - I love hockey but I've never played fantasy hockey (or baseball! for that matter). Should make for an interesting season.
Can't be any less knowledgeable than I am, and I won the thing last year.
That's all I needed to hear!
I was scrolling up and thought this was a Spookymilk Survivor comment. bhiggum's reply seemed to be the necessary confirmation.
psh. PSH.
I may be late to the party here, but I just bought tickets to the Ramona Falls show next Wed (1/23) at 7th St Entry. Anyone else going or interested in going - let me know so we can meet up.
i finally picked up prophet and have been listening to it the past week. gotta say, i think i like intuit better. at the very least, i like the songwriting better, but that's not to say i'm not enjoying prophet.
CC to Mags: i'd check out the google front page, if i were you. maybe you can pick up some pointers.
I have no business driving one for a hockey arena.
I was hoping to get to point the google widget out, but hj* beat me to it by a solid hour+.
*What's up with the hand x-ray gravatar, hungry joe?
*What's up with the hand x-ray gravatar, hungry joe?
uhh... dunno. something different. not a big fan.
I assumed it was Love-related.
In another one of those "It's got to be an onion article" topics, Employee outsources own job to read reddit, earns a fortune (SmartPlanet).
Bob has come a long way since working for Accountemps.
Twins still interested in Saunders. That he hasn't signed yet might bode well for the Twins not overpaying that much.
So his last three years he was worth 1.6, 1.1, and 2.5 fWAR. Last year he would've been the second best starter behind Diamond. I don't know, if they can sign him for 2 years and under $15 million I guess it wouldn't be terrible. Though it would make the Correia signing even more of a head scratcher.
I'm not against signing him either. He's mediocre, but the Twins need mediocre right now.
so long as they pay mediocre prices for mediocre talent.
Mediocre minds think alike.
I was concerned they'd give him 3/$30 million which would have made me rage. If he's not (significantly) overpaid, whatever.
Cc to mags: something to wet your whistle is in the mail.
You, Sir, have just made my day. It's much appreciated. Let me know how I can return the favor.
I had a hard time not consuming it.…………
What's new in terms of local / micro in b-town?
I honestly don't know. I haven't really had a chance to get out and explore the brewing scene here. I'm sure The Hitman can offer some advice.
Oh, sarnac is still around? No?
R. I. P. Conrad Bain, Mr. Drummond from Diff'rent Strokes, at the age of 89.
Forgot the link.
So who had Todd Bridges winning their Different Strokes dead pool?
Has this been mentioned today? OMG, wowza. The Bright Lights of Nordakoda.
holy [redacted][forbidden zone].
Yeah, I should probably not start on this. But these lights are fracking ridiculous.
Heh - I see what you did there.
Also, that HD Time Lapse video of the Earth at night from space made me catch my breath.
httpv://youtu.be/Ip2ZGND1I9Q
Heh, nice.
My cousin works in the fields. When he was home for Christmas, he had hours and hours of stories of the life they have out there.
It. Is. Insane.
can you give us a taste? i've been pretty curious about that.
Specific examples are evading me at the moment, but just the complete "wild west" life out there is crazy. Workers getting lonely and snatching pets from lawns, 50-1 guy/girl ratio, just the type of stuff you'd expect when a smallish town gets a massive influx of mid-20's guys, most of whom have no set living conditions (my cousin has been living in an RV for over a year now) or plan for what they're going to be doing next month.
I know last year someone was trying to get a ton of single women to go out for a "Party in the Patch." When I heard about it, I thought that this was probably the worst idea I could possibly imagine. I'm not sure whatever came of it, but I assume it didn't happen since I imagine it would not have gone well at all.
Wow. Yeah, from what I understand, that would've ended poorly.
actually, the picture i posted gives me an idea. swearengen originally came up from chicago, right?
You're a little late to the party.
pfft, amateurs. we'll do better than that.
It was the sling back high heels that gave him away - those are so last year.
Purple lingerie with black stockings? Come on. You gotta go with black or red.
for all you college football fans (and otherwise, i suppose), this is... interesting.
I have no idea what to think about that story, because none of the possible explanations make much sense to me.
dido. i've only read the article, so lord knows what's happened with this story since the 4ltr and others have gotten a hold of it.
I was all pumped up for a Gophers basketball game tonight.
They dont play until tomorrow
Filed under "how cool is this?" -- here's Runner daughter with one of the five manatees that were in the water along the beach back of our hotel
She would pat one, and it would roll over and expose it's belly for scratching. Not much different than a huge aquatic dog.
manatees have 1990s-era barbed wire tattoos on their upper arms???
and they speak German, auch.
btw, this was spookymilk's 666th post. check for subliminal backward-masking
Dang. If I'd noticed, I wouldn't have bothered to be subliminal.
John is dead.
i feel like we may need more context here...
the LTE just above it
.ti oD
Jim Caple at the 4ltr: