kkktookmybabyaway

This topic came up in the Week 1 Prediction Thread, and I want to go in a bit more detail regarding it because I feel it’s a valid point. The idea was brought up of anyone involved in my contest to PM your pics to me so there isn’t anyone trying to “wait-and-see” what teams his opponent picks and then adjusting his own selections for a better chance at winning for that week. I didn’t think this problem would occur because doing such an action could affect your standing in Bravesfan’s contest, where overall scores are judged. However, I can understand why some people would want to PM their selections instead of leaving them out for his opponent to see. If the vast majority of you vote "yes" and we enact this PM policy, I would wait until the deadline has passed for posting predictions, at which time I will add all your picks to the weekly Prediction Thread. When you PM your picks to me, I’ll let Bravesfan know that you submitted your games to me beforehand so you don’t get DQ’d in his contest. If the voting results are evenly split on this, then those that want to PM me regardless with their picks can still do so. And if I’m your opponent for that particular week don’t worry about me employing this “wait-and-see” strategy – as one can see from my Week 1 performance, I tend to disagree with my opponent quite often, mostly to my dismay…

Well I say hooray for Seattle -- 'bout time we tax something other than cancer sticks or beer. I love the populist slant of only taxing the yuppie coffee. Heaven forbid government, at any level, just cut back on spending spending. And while we're on the local angle, this would be like Pittsburgh taxing pierogies...

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fi...findingnemo.htm $333.8 mil, not including overseas, which is another $70 mil. Oh, and Pirates just topped the Matrix...

I will give him credit on only raising the cigarette tax 50 cents...

But the big question is did Hovan get his man? I'm assuming he didn't since all the highlight shows would have made a huge deal of it...

I use the home-row technique. Learned it after a few weeks in high school's typing class. Since then I've typed around 65-75 wpm. Important thing to remember -- most of the rarely uses letters are in the hard-to-get places (q/z/x). Also, don't be afraid of making mistakes -- walking (or should I say typing?) on eggshells will only make it worse. The lesson plans I used when starting this were to practice in each section of the keyboard (working with asdf, then jkl;, then qwer, etc.) Oh, and don't worry about the number row -- I always stop and look down to make sure I have the right number selected...

Oops, when double-checking I made a counting error on your game and forgot to change the standings. You're not 0-1, yet...

That's what my thinking was, too...

Do you know who owns the Weekly Standard? The same guy that owns OMG FAUX NEWS LOL 2003!!! Where's the article?...

http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...=ST&f=8&t=40601 Good point...

Guess he smoked alot to get that voice of his...

Uh-huh. Am I missing something here?...

I tried getting this up ASAP after double-checking scores. These, of course, don't include Monday's game. If you see anything you think is wrong, please let me know: Redskins (Human Fly 1-0) d. Jets (Gert T 0-1) 12-8 Bills (Eagan469 1-0) d. Patriots (nl5xsk1 0-1) 9-6 Panthers (fazzle 1-0) d. Jaguars (AlwaysPissedOff 0-1) 10-7 Broncos (Canadian Chris) @ Bengals (Choken One) 11-11 To Be Determined: If Tampa wins on Monday, Chris wins and vice versa Colts (Hardyz1's Ghost 1-0) d. Browns (Chuck Woolery 0-1) 11-7 Cardinals (Vern Gagne) @ Lions (Will Scarlet) 10-10 TBD: If Tampa wins on Monday, Scarlet wins and vice versa Vikings (razazteca 1-0) d Packers (Spaceman Spiff 0-1) 9-7 Chiefs (cartman 1-0) d. Chargers (Agent Bond34 0-1) 9-8 + tiebreaker Cartman picked 27 points, Chiefs scored 27; Agent picked 24 points, Chargers scored 14 Dolphins (two tuff toddy 1-0) d. Texans (Bored 0-1) 11-10 Tiebreaker advantages goes to toddy, who picked 31 points with Miami scoring 20, over Bored, who picked 7 points with Houston scoring 21. Giants (bob_barron 1-0) d. Rams (Prime Time Andrew Doyle 0-1) 8-5 Ravens (Dr.Tom 1-0) d. Steelers (kkktookmybabyaway 0-1) 10-9 + tiebreaker Tom picked 16 points, Ravens scored 15; kkk picked 13 points, Steelers scored a hell of a lot more than that Cowboys (Just John 1-0) d. Falcons (Lightning Flik 0-1) 7-5 Bears (SwiftTerror 0-0) @ 49ers (Bravesfan 0-0) 8-9 TBD: If Tampa wins, Bravesfan wins and vice versa. Tiebreaker advantage goes to SwiftTerror, who picked 17 points with Chicago scoring 7, over Bravesfan, who picked 24 points with San Francisco scoring 49. Saints (Flyboy 1-0) d. Seahawks (DawnBTVS 0-1) 9-8 + tiebreaker Flyboy picked 15 points, Saints scored 10; Dawn picked 14 points, Seahawks scored 27 Raiders (LaParkaMarka) @ Titans (Space Cowboy) 11-10 TBD: If Tamps wins on Monday, LaParka wins and vice versa. Tiebreaker advantage goes to Space Cowboy, who picked 27 points with Tennessee scoring 25, over LaParka, who picked 28 points with Oakland scoring 20. Eagles (MD2020 1-0) d. Buccaneers (MarvinisaLunatic 0-1) 10-7 Standings: AFC EAST Buffalo Bills (Eagan469) 1-0 Miami Dolphins (two tuff toddy) 1-0 New England Patriots (nl5xsk1) 0-1 New York Jets (Gert T) 0-1 AFC NORTH Baltimore Ravens (Dr.Tom) 1-0 Cincinnati Bengals (Choken One) 0-0 Cleveland Browns (Chuck Woolery) 0-1 Pittsburgh Steelers (kkktookmybabyaway) 0-1 AFC SOUTH Indianapolis Colts (Hardyz1's Ghost) 1-0 Houston Texans (Bored) 0-1 Tennessee Titans (Cuban_Linx) 0-0 Jacksonville Jaguars (AlwaysPissedOff) 0-1 AFC WEST Kansas City Chiefs (cartman) 1-0 Denver Broncos (Canadian Chris) 0-0 Oakland Raiders (LaParkaMarka) 0-0 San Diego Chargers (Agent Bond34) 0-1 NFC EAST Washington Redskins (Human Fly) 1-0 Dallas Cowboys (Just John) 1-0 New York Giants (bob_barron) 1-0 Philadelphia Eagles (MD2020) 1-0 NFC NORTH Chicago Bears (Swift_Terror) 0-0 Detroit Lions (Will Scarlet) 0-0 Green Bay Packers (Spaceman Spiff) 0-1 Minnesota Vikings (razazteca) 1-0 NFC SOUTH Carolina Panthers (fazzle) 1-0 New Orleans Saints (Flyboy) 1-0 Atlanta Falcons (Lightning Flik) 0-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (MarvinisaLunatic) 0-1 NFC WEST Arizona Cardinals (Vern Gagne) 0-0 San Francisco 49ers (Bravesfan) 0-0 St. Louis Rams (Prime Time Andrew Doyle) 0-1 Seattle Seahawks (DawnBTVS) 0-1

Ugh -- did I mention you can change your picks come halftime?...

Weird. But what the heck, I'll sign...

Another question is: How did these two know how to operate a video game console?...

Yeah, what do they know about baseball? Gotta love George...

What polls? Personally, I try not to pay attention to any of them...

Hmm, I wonder if you could shoot illegal aliens trying to enter America and say that you were emulating Space Invaders?...

Flame-baiting?! I brought this up?! I asked you to ignore me and you didn't. I'm not calling you "that name" because I want to instigate a fight with you. Hell, I don't want anything to do with you. My insults are "feeble" because what I really want to say will get me banned outright. (Don't worry about looking like the "bad guy" by reporting me to a mod -- you have already accomplished that feat in the eyes of quite a few people here.) I would love it if you dropped off the face of the Earth, but I would be just as happy if you didn't acknowledge me at all on these boards. I don’t read anything you write and I’m quite content with that. I read your “Depp” post because I saw that someone was responding to me and didn’t check out the avatar in time. I then asked you if you could just ignore me on this board, and it snowballed from there. Aside from you, I don’t have a problem with any other poster on this board. You should be proud because it takes a lot to get under my skin. There won’t be any “venomous attacks” on you, inside or outside of this folder, if you just ignore me – it's not too hard to do. So basically, when you see this guy: Just skip over that post. Trust me, you won’t be the only one doing it. And if you want to call me names to my face on AIM my name is fww76. But really, I just want you to ignore me. That way I don't get banned, you don't get your feelings hurt and in the end our TSM experiences will be that more fulfilling...

Any day when Penn State loses is a good day...

He forgot to add the word "checkbook" to the "hearts and prayers" list...

What kind?...

"Store Standards"? When I did that stuff at some of the places I worked, I gleefully called it Village Idiot Work. Not that it isn't important -- if you don't have a good village idiot doing all the basic cleaning, it makes the cashier's job a lot harder to do...

But did any Christmas decorations get damaged? Oh, this is kinda related to a Wal-Mart story (can't believe I forgot about this): Sunday night when my better half and I were returning from Wal-Mart (wait, it was SUPER Wal-Mart), we stopped off at this restaurant called Kings. Anyway we were sitting there when all of a sudden our waitress starts putting tables together and placed at least a dozen kids menus. I cringed. Minutes later these three black women (one of them at least 7 months pregnant) come in with 18 KIDS!!! We counted. And no, there was no hint of this being a birthday party -- it looked like a regular family outing. My favorite line was when one of the kids shouted, err asked, for some grahmcrackers and one of the "adults" said, "You ain't getting no goddamn grahmcrackers boy, now shut the hell up." Needless to say I didn't stay around to order ice cream. And boy did our waitress look mad (MikeSC, if you read this, I'm sure you know why she was mad)...