The friend league draft is complete. I’m working on putting together a work league, but it doesn’t seem to be panning out; too many nerds This year, we decided to make it a keeper league. We’ll hold onto two players after the season, which will be in lieu of our draft picks from their round +2 (a guy I kept from the 3rd round…
Not only do I play a mean game of Risk, but I also have a coworker from “the place.” I was shoot him an e-mail today and found myself using the name of “the place,” but wanted to get the proper usage. A quick Google found me the following site: http://www.infoukes.com/faq/the_ukraine/ The quick answer? Don’t use “the Ukraine.” “The” is a vestigial (can that…
As most of you know, I need to know how everything works, and am also a grammar nazi… This can probably be summarized best as “I like to be right.” I look A LOT of stuff up. Today, I was faced with using “toward” or “towards.” I always use “toward,” but I didn’t know why, or if it was even correct. A quick Google…
On my ride this morning, as I passed many a bike commuter, I began thinking about commuting… And how I don’t know anybody who has it better than me… And how some folks spend more than an hour each day just getting to and from work. I used to be one of those folks, but never again… Unless someone pays me way too much…
Well… If any race this season warrants the “Race:” title, this would be it. What was going against me: Went to bed way too late. Didn’t even want to run the race as there was no glory to be had; even if I performed well, the series championship, which I’ve won each of the last three times it’s been awarded, was all based on…
Another one in the books. Early this week, I had tweaked my back, and missed several days of staying fit due to it. With all the free time, I attended a few happy hours, and last night went to the Skins game with a full tailgate and celebration of the 42-17 victory. What does that all mean? Bad news for a race. Hungover, bad…