Thursday, November 04, 2004
Post #146
My main objective last night was to get back on a semi-regular sleep schedule. I am pleased to say that I was successful in my endeavor, but unfortunately for you, it doesn't leave me anything very interesting to talk about. I finally went to bed before 1:00 AM. See? Not interesting. Moving along...
At 23 Boston Ave, fantasy sports leagues have taken over, and I have yet to jump on the bandwagon. Chances are, if you live in our house, you are in at least two fantasy sports leagues...unless you are me. I have been an increasingly outspoken detractor of fantasy sports. I can't really see the merits of being forced to root for individual players on random teams that you would otherwise not care about. I will not name names, but a certain roommate of mine said, following a Pittsburgh touchdown against the Patriots, "At least it was Burress that caught the pass." I immediately expressed my disgust and used this as ammunition for my argument that fantasy sports is hurting actual sports, in this case allowing a Patriots fan to find consolation in the fact that one of his fantasy players was helping to beat his team. Imagine if fantasy baseball catches on with them: "At least it was A-Rod that hit the grand slam to beat us" or "I want the Red Sox to score...as long Johnny Damon doesn't hit the game winning RBI. This other guy in my league has him."
Fantasy basketball is already underway, with the rest of my roomies making trades on their laptops every night. As Mike was watching the Pistons, his hometown team, the other night, Ben Wallace had an impressive follow up dunk off of a missed shot. Mike exclaimed, "Two points and an offensive rebound!"
Timmy's fantasy basketball team is called The Hoopsters, and Jimmy informed him last night that The Hoopsters is a dumb name for a team. Timmy responded by renaming his team, which is now called Jimmy is Gay. I wish I did not find this as funny as I do.
Finally, Jenn Hufton sent me these pictures from Halloween. Left to Right: Florence Nightengale, Money Joe Finger Roll, Scarface, and Death. Below that is a picture of Jenn Hufton, with the Thumb of Death pointing to her afro, borrowed from Fernald.
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At 23 Boston Ave, fantasy sports leagues have taken over, and I have yet to jump on the bandwagon. Chances are, if you live in our house, you are in at least two fantasy sports leagues...unless you are me. I have been an increasingly outspoken detractor of fantasy sports. I can't really see the merits of being forced to root for individual players on random teams that you would otherwise not care about. I will not name names, but a certain roommate of mine said, following a Pittsburgh touchdown against the Patriots, "At least it was Burress that caught the pass." I immediately expressed my disgust and used this as ammunition for my argument that fantasy sports is hurting actual sports, in this case allowing a Patriots fan to find consolation in the fact that one of his fantasy players was helping to beat his team. Imagine if fantasy baseball catches on with them: "At least it was A-Rod that hit the grand slam to beat us" or "I want the Red Sox to score...as long Johnny Damon doesn't hit the game winning RBI. This other guy in my league has him."
Fantasy basketball is already underway, with the rest of my roomies making trades on their laptops every night. As Mike was watching the Pistons, his hometown team, the other night, Ben Wallace had an impressive follow up dunk off of a missed shot. Mike exclaimed, "Two points and an offensive rebound!"
Timmy's fantasy basketball team is called The Hoopsters, and Jimmy informed him last night that The Hoopsters is a dumb name for a team. Timmy responded by renaming his team, which is now called Jimmy is Gay. I wish I did not find this as funny as I do.
Finally, Jenn Hufton sent me these pictures from Halloween. Left to Right: Florence Nightengale, Money Joe Finger Roll, Scarface, and Death. Below that is a picture of Jenn Hufton, with the Thumb of Death pointing to her afro, borrowed from Fernald.
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