Damn.
So, Kirsten's laptop basically melted on Tuesday night. The darned thing wouldn't boot, wouldn't detect an O/S, and wouldn't detect its hard disk. So, you can guess where this is going.

Two hundred bucks and some change later, the laptop is currently having a new HD formatted and the operating system reinstalled. It's kind of lame, as far as I'm concerned, that laptop hard drives only last about 2 years. Makes me wonder why anyone would ever put anything on them, since they're basically worthless. As a matter of fact, why does anyone even buy a laptop at all? Damned things should last longer than that.

Oh, well.

At any rate, here are my NFL Picks for week 7. Still aiming for that perfect season. Just like this year's Dolphins.

It is worth noting that after this week, barring a tie in the New England-New York(AFC) tilt, there will only be two undefeated teams left in the league. Last year's last undefeated team lost in week 10.
-Atlanta at Kansas City - Michael Vick is a total terror. So is Kansas City's defense, so this is definitely a game worth watching. ATL
-Buffalo at Baltimore - First, Buffalo is founded. It's all been downhill from there, at least as far as this season is concerned. BAL
-Chicago at Tampa Bay - Lovie Smith has the Bears going in the right direction, and there is a good chance that Gruden was just in the right place at the right time in Oakland and his Super Bowl victory two years ago. Thing is, playing the Bears is always "the right place at the right time." TB
-Detroit at N.Y. Giants - Things it feels weird to say: "Ointment" and "The Giants are riding Kurt Warner's hot hand." NYG
-Jacksonville at Indianapolis - Byron Leftwich is hurt, Fred Taylor hasn't been injured this season (which means he's due)...on the flip side, the Colts have the worst pass defense in the league. I'm leaning their way, though. IND
-Philadelphia at Cleveland - This is the sort of game that makes me wish I had a sportsbook account. PHI
-San Diego at Carolina - Another hard-to-choose game. The Bolts are 3-3 this year, which really makes all my shots at Schottenheimer seem mean-spirited rather than just harsly accurate. Old habits die hard, though. CAR
-St. Louis at Miami - The Dream lives on. STL
-Tennessee at Minnesota - Tennessee is a lot worse than most people thought they'd be. The question, as always, is: "Was it the loss of Eddie George or the loss of Justin McCareins?" The world may never know. MIN
-N.Y. Jets at New England - Come on, people. If Boston wins two world championships after the same season, the world will collapse upon itself. NYJ (I guess this counts as an upset, even though both teams are undefeated.)
-Dallas at Green Bay - Dallas just isn't as good as they were last year. I think it's more the fact that people expect them to be good, and they can't sneak up on teams like they did last year. Plus, Brett Favre remains my starting fantasy quarterback. GB
-New Orleans at Oakland - Without Jerry Rice, I'm almost tempted to pick the Raiders to run the table. NO
-Seattle at Arizona - Now that they have Jerry Rice, I'm almost tempted to pick the Seahawks to run the table. SEA

-Denver at Cincinnati - Reason number 836 to rent "Gigli" on a Monday Night. DEN in a laugher.