- Waiting for paperback releases. ...And Another Thing doesn't come out for months and I don't even know when The Gathering Storm comes out yet. Urrgghhh....
- Squirrels having sex on my balcony. There was a huge racket on my balcony, but I had the blinds closed so I couldn't see what was going on. I'm not sure what I was expecting to see as I opened the blinds, but it definitely wasn't a squirrel running around and trying to hump the other one. Not a pleasant way to start the morning...
- This alleged "riddle:"
Three brothers share a family sport:
A non-stop marathon
The oldest one is fat and short
And trudges slowly on
The middle brother's tall and slim
And keeps a steady pace
The youngest runs just like the wind,
Speeding through the race
"He's young in years, we let him run,"
The other brothers say
"'Cause though he's surely number one,
He's second, in a way."
This riddle is stupid. It doesn't even ask a question! But I guess the answer to the implied question is that the brothers are the hands on a clock face. That doesn't even make sense. How is the second hand "surely number one?" If the race is infinite there is no winning and losing. And what makes the second hand any younger or older than the other hands? And the punchline? "He's second, in a way?" That's physically painful. This is almost as bad some of MY jokes, and that's saying something....
- Grapefruit/Cactus league highlights. Who the fuck cares? But the anchors are calling it like the game is meaningful! I can't wait for the tournament to start and get some actual highlights.
- In fact, I pretty much hate all of ESPN right now. I read on the ticker: "Favre appears on Leno and says he's unsure about returning to football." This was under the tab "Lead" REALLY!? REALLY?! It's all the non-stories that get so much play that is pissing me off. Tiger Woods, boxing, the draft, the "bracketology," it's all meaningless filler. Update me about those things if you have actual information to report. "Boldin gets signed by the Ravens" is a legitimate story. "Marshall could visit the Seahawks a week from now" is not. LEARN THE DIFFERENCE!
- The last levels of the Desktop Tower Defense 10K challenge. Even with the snaps, the level 98 fliers get me every time. It's getting really annoying.
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Squirrels having sex? I mean, it's not fall anymore, don't you think it's a little late for them to be storing a nut???
I'm with you on ESPN- for the most part. I like the Bracketology though. Lunardi has correctly the picked the entire field of 65 the last couple of years, so I trust what he says when he says who's in and out.
But what bothers me most is stuff like the Ben Roethlisberger story. They have NO INFORMATION to go off of, so what do they do? They fly down to Georgia and interview people who saw Roethlisberger at the club. They show still drunk college kids and cell phone pics of Ben and whatnot...really? Come on now, mention and his situation and WAIT for the facts to come out. Then you'll have a story to report on!
I like the baseball highlights (surprise!). But they do take them too seriously. Show the guys, show a couple homers and strikeouts, and move on. No "he was 1 for 4 today with a double a couple strikouts and a groundout". TMI.
Desktop Defense Tower 10K. Ummm...never heard of it!
Ha! Storing nuts. I'm upset I didn't think of that one...
The Bracketology thing makes sense now, during the last week before selection sunday. But it started up almost a month ago. How many teams that were "out" last month are "in" and vice versa? Doing it a month before the tournament is just a waste of time.
http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD
/Game3.asp
Select Fun Mode-->10k Gold
Yea you're right, they do seem to go back and forth on being in and out a lot. Would you be okay with them giving a list of teams that "have work to do" as opposed to the in/out list? Or just shut-up altogeher?
I couldn't find where to select fun mode!
There already is a term for "teams that have work to do" They're called Bubble Teams. When you are (and by you I mean Joe Lunardi) ready to definitively say when a bubble team is In or Out, go ahead and say it. But if you think the team can still play its way In or Out, just leave them as bubble teams.
It's fine to talk about what the teams need to do to make the tournament, I'm actually interested in that, I just don't like the setup of predicting new brackets every other day. It's like calling that a 7-5 NFL team has made the playoffs in week 13. We don't know yet...just say we don't know yet!
Make sure you're on DTD 1.5 and not DTD pro. (.../game3.asp, not .../game.asp)
The first screen to pop up (after the advertisement) should ask you which language you speak. (select "Regional Ukrainian Dialects")
"Fun" is the bottom option on the next screen.
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