Jeremy Shockey Shocked

At the start of this clip, he thinks the Giants just won in OT.



At the end, he realizes kicker Jay Feeley missed.

Week 12 Picks, Part Deux

Here are the rest of this week's picks. I recognize that this might seem late (even though the games haven't started), but it's been a wild Thanksgiving week. Hope all a' y'all had a good one, too.

CIN
CAR
TB
MIN
NE
SD
SFO
STL
ARI (Upset Special!)
OAK
GB (Upset number 2! Except not really!)
SEA
NO
IND

Happy Thanksgiving!

As we reflect on this, a holiday to celebrate the turducken, let us remember the most important things we should be thankful for: Friends, family, and football (I call it the three Fs. You can't steal those. They're mine.)

I have my friends, I have my family when I get into Charleston tonight, and tomorrow, I have football. Party on.

Thursday games:
Atlanta at Detroit: Michael Vick has never had three weeks with a passer rating above 95, at least not before the last three games he's played. As a passer, he's definitely maturing. Against Detroit, I expect the string to continue. ATL

Denver at Dallas: The Cowboys started off so strong this season, too. Drew Bledsoe has looked pretty good for a robot, but the Giants are starting to run away with the division and the Cowboys are going to be left fighting for the Wild Card with a middling record DEN

Enjoy your tofurkey. Happy Thanksgiving.

NFL Picks, Week 11

Quick picks, 'cuz I got work to do this weekend. Like making crafty snowflakes.

TB (Putting Atlanta in jeopardy of repeating their no back-to-back winning seasons streak)
CHI
MIA
DAL
NYG
STL (Go Kurt!)
JAX
WAS
PIT
NE
SEA
IND
DEN
BUF
KC
GB

Application of Knowledge

You know, I never thought I'd actually learn any of the css stuff I learned in my Web Design class when I took it - it was really just to learn how to adjust the margins on this blog, and earn myself a few credit hours at Washington University's expense.

Then a few months ago I got tabbed to do the website maintenance for the Eliot Society here at Washington University.

I don't mean for that to sound like I'm bragging, it's just that this is actually the first time I have ever applied something I learned in school to my job.

Neat, huh?

On to the picks...where it's obvious I have no knowledge to apply.

Arizona at Detroit: Good God, who cares? And why did I put this at the top of the list? DET
Baltimore at Jacksonville: The Baltimore Ravens are about as threatening as a goosedown pillow. JAX
Houston at Indianapolis: For any team other than the Texans, this would be considered a trap game for the Colts. But considering who it is, it's more of a tuneup for their upcoming game against Cleveland St. Ignatius. IND
Kansas City at Buffalo: Is Kelly Holcomb the answer? No, but the snow is. BUF
Minnesota at New York Giants: For those of us who remember the 2000 NFC Championship game. NYG
New England at Miami: Did you know that the Patriots have been a .500 team or better since Week 9 of the 2000 season? Creepy, huh? Well, it doesn't end here. NE
San Francisco at Chicago: This is football the way NASA is thrifty. CHI
Denver at Oakland: Don't look now, but the Broncos are still in the driver's seat in the AFC West. DEN
New York Jets at Carolina: Not a good time for Brooks Bollinger to continue his development as a quarterback. Or anything besides a ham sandwich, really. CAR
Green Bay at Atlanta: Since they were created in 1966, the Atlanta Falcons never had back-to-back winning seasons. Not once. However, if they win this game, they are but 2 wins away (with 7 games to play) from exorcising that demon. ATL
St. Louis at Seattle: The Rams have shown real improvement under interim coach Joe Vitt (who will be fulltime head coach next year, no doubt about it). The Seahawks, though, are just plain better. SEA
Washington at Tampa Bay: Yeah, like John Gruden is going to let his team lose three in a row. He probably has his Chucky overalls and bloody knife hanging in a locker for the world to see. TB
Cleveland at Pittsburgh: Can Pittsburgh backup starter Charlie Batch win two in a row? Sure, why not? They're playing the freaking Browns. PIT
Dallas at Philadelphia: Game I Could Care Less About of the Week. DAL, I guess.

NFL Picks, week 9

Still sick. Mebbe I got the West Nile.
This is a tough week to figure out. You're as likely to go 0-14 as anything else this week it seems.
MIA
TB
CIN
DET
JAX
KC
SD
CLE
CHI
NYG
SEA
PIT
WAS
IND (Note: Peyton is 0-7 lifetime in Foxboro during the regular season)

Warning! Image-Intensive Post!

I have this huge problem where I can't help myself from posting on idiot messageboards. I've got one for my dork games, one for my dork sport, one for my dork ideas...generally, they're all dorky.

One advantage that these things have over other means of communication, though, is that they allow for the inclusion of images that would otherwise be useless, but can really help to express your feelings in a way that, say, words don't.

So here are a few of my favorite message-board images of all time:


A measurement of smartness over the course of the day...


Uhm, yeah.


You've been pwned.


Nice work, champ.


Someone else screwed up.


Did you just say what I think you said?


And we all know what happens when Bongo is disappointed.


Stop posting.


Seriously. Stop posting.


I warned you.