Poise And Rationality

"It's much better to face these kinds of things, with a sense of poise and rationality..."
-Panic! At The Disco- (I Write Sins Not Tragedies)


Good morning everyone.  When I woke up before work yesterday to have a snack and play some timed MSN chess (don't judge me), for some reason I decided that I would play the song shown above through my YouTube during the game.  This song came out when I lived in Las Vegas between 2005-2007.  The funny thing is that I rarely listen to the song and I do not know the lyrics to it.  As I listened to the song, the lyrics shown above really caught my attention.  They are very relevant to me right now as I prepare to embark on my trip to the desert with $1,000.00 of mine and my friends money.  What better advice could you get for playing poker and picking football games to wager on than the lyrics shown above?  Poise and rationality - very nice...  I have currently collected $670.00 of a pledged $790.00.  A friend who is already in the pool for over $100.00 said that he would go in for another $100.00 if I needed it at the end, so I'm pretty confident that I'll reach my bankroll goal.  It is pretty exciting to have my first sponsorship deal of any sort, and it is extremely gratifying to have so many friends who trust me to this extent.

Speaking of my friends...  :)  I know that I don't usually inject humor into my football Fridays (some of you would argue that I don't inject humor into ANY of my blog entries), but when I arrived at work last night, I happened upon the BEST conversation between my manager and another bartender.  The two of them are competing in the same fantasy football league.  My manager would have a playoff spot if the season ended today, and the bartender, who is the commissioner of the league, does not currently hold a playoff spot.  Evidently, the bartender contacted my manager's opponent for this week and gave him some advice on who he should be starting in his fantasy lineup this week - the opponent is not in contention for a playoff position.  The opponent took the bartender's advice, and after being a 20-point underdog with his old lineup, he is now only a 7-point underdog with the revised lineup.  The BEST PART of the conversation occurred when my manager stated, "you called him and told him to change his lineup!..."  The bartender's response was, "I didn't call him, I e-mailed him..."  :)  Good luck to all of you who are still participating in fantasy football leagues this season...

Well, this promises to be a "scary" weekend in that all ten of my football predictions will have to be NFL related.  Of course, this is what I will face when I'm wagering our pool money on NFL Week 16 action, so let's take a few trial runs...  I went 5-5 last weekend, which brings my overall season total to 66-66-2.  Below are my NFL picks for this weekend:


Arizona/Seattle (Over 35) - SUCH a low number...
New England (-3 1/2) vs. Houston - The Texans don't play a lot of defense and...
Houston/New England (Over 51) - the Texans do play a lot of offense...
Tennessee/Indianapolis (Over 48) - Both teams score, game is in the dome...
Dallas (-3) at Cincinnati - Cowboys just seem a tier above the Bengals...
Philadelphia/Tampa Bay (Under 47 1/2) - Feels like around 40 to me...
Atlanta (-3 1/2) @ Carolina - One loss Falcons at mediocre Panthers...
New York Jets/Jacksonville (Under 38 1/2) - Jets don't score or yield scores...
San Diego/Pittsburgh (Over 41 1/2) - I expect some big plays in this game (inc. D/ST)...
Miami/San Francisco (Under 39) - The 49ers would have to score most of this...

I hope that all of you have a great weekend and I'll see you again on Monday!