Month: March 2007

If Anybody’s Looking To Buy Me A T-Shirt…

…this one might top my list.

March 18, 2007

Round Two, Day One Updates

Keeping up with the scoring updates for the tourney here so that when Yahoo! deletes it, we can still look back at this and laugh. So here are the totals after the second round, day one:

  • jaylee: 42
  • bojack: 41
  • Scott’s Mad Dribblerz: 40
  • #1 bracket: 39
  • goldenglove7624: 39
  • Rusty from Portland: 39
  • HEELSTAR: 38
  • PLU_STATS_231_2: 38
  • whiteybarkley: 38
  • jenB_goDucks!: 37
  • steph: 37
  • Coz’s Bracket: 37
  • Reigning Dud: 35
  • MN Shivs: 35
  • Jake’s ’07 Pick ’em: 35
  • GO GATORS!!: 35
  • Briar Patch Project: 34
  • monkeyinabox: 34
  • shlid: 34
  • bend no more: 34
  • shots hot: 34
  • I can’t think of a name: 33
  • PAIZANO’S PIZZA: 33
  • Bowser: 33
  • Canadian Bacon: 33
  • casual picks: 32
  • Tasmanian Devils: 30
  • Repeating Greatness: 30
  • kandray’s bracket: 29
  • Bretigny: 22

March 17, 2007

Round One’s Over

And we’ve had a little bit of shift at the top of the scoreboard compared to yesterday, but with round 2 starting tomorrow, things are going to get interesting. Here are the scores so far (and 32 is a perfect score so far):

  • PLU_STATS_231_2: 28
  • Scott’s Mad Dribblerz: 28
  • jaylee: 28
  • goldenglove7624: 27
  • Rusty from Portland: 27
  • steph: 27
  • #1 bracket: 27
  • bojack: 27
  • casual picks: 26
  • bend no more: 26
  • jenB_goDucks!: 25
  • Reigning Dud: 25
  • jake’s ’07 Pick ’em: 25
  • Bowser: 25
  • I can’t think of a name: 25
  • shots hot: 24
  • shlid: 24
  • HEELSTAR: 24
  • Briar Patch Project: 24
  • PAIZANO’S PIZZA: 23
  • GO GATORS!!: 23
  • Coz’s Bracket: 23
  • Canadian Bacon: 23
  • MN Shivs: 23
  • Repeating Greatness: 22
  • monkeyinabox: 22
  • whiteybarkley: 22
  • kandray’s bracket: 21
  • Tasmanian Devils: 20
  • Bretigny: 16

I’m just glad the Ducks won, as that was a LOT closer than it should’ve been.

March 16, 2007

Tourney Pick ’em Day 1 Score Update

Since these will be erased after the tournament is over, I wanted to try to keep a daily running tab here so that we can remember these for posterity.

But here are the point totals for each bracket in the group so far. There were 16 games today and 16 possible points. And these can (and will) change as the tournament goes on as you get more points for your teams in the latter rounds. For example: last year, I was winning after the first two days, but ended up getting nearly last overall. So things will certainly get messed up:

  • PLU_STATS_231_2: 14
  • goldenglove7624: 14
  • jaylee: 14
  • PAIZANO’S PIZZA: 14
  • HEELSTAR: 13
  • Rusty from Portland: 13
  • #1 bracket: 13
  • Scott’s Mad Dribblerz: 13
  • jenB_goDucks!: 13
  • Canadian Bacon: 12
  • shots hot: 12
  • bend no more: 12
  • I can’t think of a name: 12
  • bojack: 12
  • casual picks: 12
  • steph: 12
  • Reigning Dud: 12
  • shlid: 11
  • Briar Patch Project: 11
  • monkeyinabox: 11
  • Bowser: 11
  • Repeating Greatness: 11
  • whiteybarkley: 11
  • Jake’s ’07 Pick ’em: 11
  • kandray’s bracket: 10
  • Bretigny: 10
  • Coz’s Bracket: 10
  • MN Shivs: 10
  • GO GATORS!!: 10
  • Tasmanian Devils: 9

I removed the folks from the list who signed up for the group, but didn’t complete a bracket in time (there were a few of those).

March 15, 2007

Amazing Pranks

There are two hilarious pranks that I’d read about recently that deserved being mentioned here:

March 15, 2007

Games To Kill Off Your Day

There’s bound to be something in here that will kill off the rest of your day/week/lunch-hour (if the NCAA tournament isn’t already causing you to lose productivity):

Anybody else have any to share?

March 15, 2007

Was The Death Star Attack an Inside Job?

This guy makes a pretty good argument:

We’ve all heard the “official conspiracy theory” of the Death Star attack. We all know about Luke Skywalker and his ragtag bunch of rebels, how they mounted a foolhardy attack on the most powerful, well-defended battle station ever built. And we’ve all seen the video over, and over, and over, of the one-in-a-million shot that resulted in a massive chain reaction that not just damaged, but completely obliterated that massive technological wonder.

Like many Americans, I was fed this story when I was growing up. But as I watched the video, I began to realize that all was not as it seemed. And the more I questioned the official story, the deeper into the rabbit hole I went.

March 15, 2007

Last Chance To Join The UtterlyBoring.com NCAA Tournament Pool

Today’s the final day to set your bracket as the tournament starts early tomorrow (I think they’re cutting off entries at 9AM Pacific Time tomorrow). We do have a few prizes that are going to the winner this year, so check them out and sign up today! I’ll post messages in the tournament group in Yahoo regarding how to claim your prizes, etc…, once it gets to that point (as this is all just for fun, folks).

Speaking of the tournament, there are 55 die-hard Oregon student fans that are not only getting tickets to the game, but they’re getting a ride up there (and additional tickets if Oregon advances), all paid for by the new athletic director.

March 14, 2007

Another Geekdom Link Dump

There are just some links I had sitting here that may be totally over the head of many of my readers, but I wanted them to be here so I could refer back to them.

March 14, 2007

This Will Make My Wallet Thinner — In A Good Way

Something I’ve been meaning to mention on here for quite a while. Just One Club Card is a stupidly handy tool to consolidate several store club cards into one card with up to eight bar codes printed on it. Once I get through it, it will be replacing my Albertsons, PetCo, PetSmart, Safeway, Hallmark, OfficeMax, and a few others cards with custom bar codes (if I can get it to work with my two library cards, that’d be very nice).

However, I have no idea how well these work at the local stores. Anybody tried it?

March 14, 2007