Are you ready for some... Fantasy Football

Yo... just thought I would get the topic going now since we're only 6 weeks away from opening day. I know that we have used ESPN the last few years, and it has worked fairly well with the exception of some draft day glitches. I wouldn't be opposed to going with a different site, but once the draft is set, ESPN seemed fine to me.

I would also like to up the ante a bit this year. I would say at least $50, which is not a big deal given the 4 months or so of entertainment that it provides us... I mean, any of us can blow $50 or more at a night of bars. My other suggestion would be to use some of this additional money and give a prize for the team that wins the regular season (# of wins with points as a tie-breaker, and maybe a smaller prize for highest total points). Also, many leagues will give you like 1 free-agent pickup, and then you have to pay an extra $5 or something for additional picks... just something to keep in mind if we give a prize for total points. This just means that people can't wake up early and put dibs on the free agents every week.

The next thing would be the draft... ESPN has screwed us at some point in the last few years, and it is definitely hard to get 10-12 people together at one time for a draft. We could either go with the live draft through the site, or we could do our own live draft through something like MSN messenger (no risk of tech problems, but less organization). Ideally it would be cool for everyone to sit down with a couple cases of beer and have the draft in person (how about a Vegas trip for the draft?)... but somehow I doubt that will happen.

Who all is in for this year? I know myself, Tripp, and Spicer (if he can convince his wife to loan him the money) are in... and I'm sure Rett is already drooling at the thought.

-Kevin

Google is great because of the following...

They have a sense of humor. Go to Google Moon, then go zoom in all the way. You'll see what I'm talking about. When you're a company that's worth more than the government, it's good to show that you can still have fun.

Google Earth is really, really cool. Any of you living in bigger cities will think it's even cooler than I do. It's like Mapquest with satelite imagery. Check out your own house and see if you were standing outside when they took the picture. I wasn't.

Gmail. It's the best frickin' email out there. Believe me, I have at least 8 email addresses, maybe more.

Google Toolbar and Google Desktop. Really good tools. The Toolbar lets you search without going to the website and can be set to autofill forms with your information like shipping addresses. The Desktop let's you search your computer like you search the web... which means fast. Well, at least for certain types of files.

They own the company that powers this website for free [even though I provide the hosting].

It's really easy to use. Simple is good. You can get complicated in your searches if you want, but your mom can still use it.

Grand Theft Auto Rocks...

...that joke of a presidential candidate, Hillary sucks.

What kind of moron makes a national stink about requiring 17 year-olds wait until they're a full 18 years-old in order to pay $50 to buy a video game that you have to hack to find some video-game graphic quality porn? That's the worst argument I've ever heard! Anyone with an internet connection can get on the web and find real-life porn on accident if they surf for five minutes. You can't do an image search on Google and not get a few twig and berries or boobies in your face. Yet now, after over 5 million copies sold, Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy are yanking GTA from their shelves, just in time to save the youth!

You find me a dozen 17 year-olds in this country that asked their mommies to buy them a copy of GTA per the "mature rating" and I'll lick a EB Games employee on the face.

What this boils down to in this strange dimension we call "reality", is that a self-serving bafoon like Billary will create a media circus around making another excuse for all the parents in this country that refuse to take any responibility for their own children, all done under the guise of "keep[ing] violent or pornographic video games away from kids".

WHAT!?! Violence in video games is more common than dwarfs in midget-porn and Hillary's own husband is known throughout the world for getting head from a fat chick, despite being the President of the USA.

This whole thing is such a farce, I hope consumers do right by the publishers of GTA and any other company affected by this sudden need for protection from our selves. If you planned on buying these games, screw Wal-Mart and Co. and go buy it where they have enough gumption to allow you and all the parents of this country the choice to buy that game.

You know what, Fuck it. Find a 17 year-old who wants the game before his next birthday and buy it for 'em.

Anarchy will rule the streets and we'll all wish we had Hillary's surpressed lesbianism to protect us all....

Weapons of Choice

I hope the terrorist can't get their grimey palms on this!

Speaking of terrorists...

I just read an article that said the Dept of Homeland Security is looking at possibly equipping US passenger airplanes with anti-missle defense systems at a possible cost of around $6 billion. On one hand, the amount of money seems pretty damn high, but then if some crazy terrorist were to shoot down an airplane with a shoulder-fired missle, what would that do to the economy? It could be many times that amount.

This just makes me wonder, how easy (or hard) is it to get ahold of a shoulder-fired missle? You see them in movies, and you know they have them in various hostile places of the world, but it just makes me wonder how hard it would be for a terrorist to get one into the US. If you've ever been to San Diego, there's a parking deck off a main road near the airport (the airport is right in the middle of the city) where planes fly right over on takeoff/landing. Any idiot with some sort of propelled explosion device could get up there and wreak some havoc on a plane. I sure hope those things are a hell of a lot harder to come by than they appear in the movies.

Possible NC State student responsible for London bombings

Don't know if you guys heard about this or not, but one of the two key suspects in the London bombings is an Egyptian-born chemist who they believe studied at NC State. Fox News showed a nice shot of Centennial campus on the story. Yeah, chalk up a big loss for the Wolfpack in the PR department on that one.

This brings me to a harsh realization... it's one thing when these radical fundamentalists are living and fighting most of their war on the other side of the world and we just hear about it on the news and read the headlines, but when you hear stories of terrorists who studied in the US, or have some connection to the western world, how do we not, as normal citizens, look at someone from Middle-eastern decent without a suspiscious eye? Hell, for all we know, this guy could have been in one of our classes and we would have thought nothing of it, but that would just mean that any normal unsuspecting person from that side of the world could be looked upon as a possible terrorist... you just never know.

-K

Top Five Primary Colors

This was especially difficult for me, as you can imagine. I said red, you say white. Red. White. Red...

Top Five Primary Colors

1-Red
2-Green
3-Blue
4-Gred
5-Bleen

There you have it! Tune in next time as we list the next Top Five list!

Monkey Tops Dog, Goat On Important List

A list by me that is. I was thinking about the funniest kinds of animals involved with stories, movies or other likwise formats. Don't know why I was thinking about this, but I was. So I came up with the following:

Top Five funny animals:

1- Monkey, can't beat 'em... all-time champ
2- Dog, they're your best friend that likes being messed with
3- Goat, always gonna end up funny
4- Elephant, like in Taiwan... funny stuff
5- Wookie, some claim not real, but I saw them in several movies... explain that shit

Honorable Mention- Llama, Crocodile, Donkey, Jackelope, Polar Bear

Hope you enjoy this enlightening list of humor-inducing critters, tune in next time as we list the Top Five Primary Colors!

Speaking of beer drinking...

The world's largest block party takes place in Chicago each summer (this year it will be on July 15-16), and it just happens to be in easy walking distance from my place. You guys are more than welcome to join in the extreme inebriation that will undoubtebly take place. For more info check out http://www.worldslargestblockparty.com

-Kevin

Finally we can get really Loaded in NC!

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina beer drinkers are a little closer to sipping stronger brews.A bill raising the alcohol-content limit to up to 15 percent cleared a state Senate committee.North Carolina is only one of six states that caps the alcohol content of beer at 6 percent. The law dates back 70 years. The measure would allow more foreign, craft-quality brands to be sold and let homegrown microbreweries introduce new variations of beer.

State Rep. Stephen LaRoque [God bless him] said the change would allow microbreweries to grow. The Lenoir County Republican is the bill's primary sponsor, and he said a few hundred new jobs could result.

The Christian Action League of North Carolina argued raising the alcohol limit could open the door to liquor sales at grocery stores [heaven forbid].

Finally we can enjoy some of the better beers in the world like Fat Tire, Sam Adams Triple Bock, Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, or Olde English 800 High Gravity. Well, not the Fat Tire, because that's just a Western US beer that doesn't ship this far. I just wanted to pretend for a second...

Good job Senate Committee!

Some good ole political banter normally found in email...

Regardless of your political views, this certainly gives us all food for thought. Sen. Glenn was so quick on his feet. When you speak from the heart and with passion, you never know what comes out.

Sen Glenn was a former Astronaut among other things for those that don't know and yes he leans to the right a bit... as does this document.

However, instead of this serving as a conservative diatribe, this little ditty is better as a commentary on the influence of media on the perspective of the average American. Especially the first part.

Pleas enjoy responsibly,

Tripp

Click here to read what the hell I'm talking about.

She was asking for it...

You know, sometimes when I'm staring up at the sky, I realize that if the clouds were solid orbs, it would make a great place to watch a falling girl in a bikini trickling downward without any emotion. Then I think to myself, what if I could control her fall with something like the click and drag of a computer mouse.

Apparently, someone else had the same thought that I had. Take this Anne-Haiche-looking blondie for a never ending fall. You can pick her up with your mouse... very wierd.

Click me to figure out what Tripp's talking about.