The Moorestown Quakers take on Gimpy's Regulators squad today.
Here's my starting lineup and the points projected:
Points |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
Pos | Player | Opp | Projected |
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| QB | (Cin - QB) P  |
@Bal | 15 | |
| WR | (NYJ - WR) |
@Mia | 8 | |
| WR | (Car - WR) P |
@SD | 6 | |
| RB | (SF - RB) |
Ari | 13 | |
| RB | (GB - RB) P |
Min | 11 | |
| TE | (SD - TE) P |
Car | 8 | |
| W/R | (Bal - WR) |
Cin | 5 | |
| K | (Jac - K) |
@Ten | 9 | |
| DEF | (Min - DEF) |
@GB | 10 | |
| Total | 85 |
Let's go Quakers and Birds!!!
The GF wanted me to make breakfast today and she was hungry NOW, so I had to whip something up
pretty fast. I've also been feeling like I need to take a bit more control of my health, so i wanted something good for me.
So I ended up making waffles infused with raspberries and covered in a blueberry-raspberry champagne sauce. The sauce was a little thick and tangy, so I cut it with orange juice and added a bit of honey for sweetness.
I served the waffles covered in confectioner's sugar with a good-sized mimosa to get football season started right. (Kids are at mom's).
Not bad for 15 minutes. And I got to use three different kitchen appliances!
If this blog entry had a song playing in the background, it would be BIlly Joel's "Famous Last Words." I've stacked the chairs for the fall and the leaves are starting to cover the patio. Football starts tomorrow and the Phils are playing the Mets with the Division on the line.
School has started and the mornings are a bit cooler each day. Summer has indeed come and gone.
Here in the Philly / South Jersey region we're waiting for the remnants of Hurricane Hanna to bring soaking rains and gusty winds, with power outages and tree damage likely. At least that's what Doug Kammerer says. It's warm and still and sticky here now thought, with just the deepening gray clouds portending a rough afternoon.
This is always a time of year that I get a bit morose. Perhaps it's because the Phils have always faded by now, or because The Eagles just haven't ever gotten it done. The weather changes have something to do with it as well, but somehow I think it's something deeper, something that has to do with the slowing down that happens in fall.
It's really one of the best times to live here. The humidity is much lower, the temperatures are cool in the morning, but not the brisk, nose-running cold that comes in November. You can pick apples at the local farms, or drive out to the pines and watch the sunset, or sit at a sidewalk table at a restaurant wearing a jacket.
The craziness of the holidays is just around the corner, so take a minute and slow down for a stretch.
It's back to school time again so we've got a stuck behind a yellow school bus belching soot theme today.
What are your four favorite memories of school?
So think back and come up with those moments you really liked out of yourdozen or so years in school
Have a great weekend!
The boys were back in town last night as Hesse hosted the Second Annual Delco Fantasy Football League Draft party in the luxurious basement of his estate in Aston. I'm not kidding about the luxurious part. If I had a basement with a bar, pool table, big screen TV, touch screen computer, wireless access, and comfortable seating, no one would ever see me.
Some notes from last night:
Shane outdid himself with the pork, confirming our decision that we should let him stay in the league despite the taking kickers in back to back rounds problem last year. The pork was tender and pulled into perfectly-sized chunks, with just the right amount of smoky flavor and spicy bite. I had 2 sandwiches. Shane's better half Maria, who thankfully does not share his Chicago Bears disease, improved on her meatballs of last year with an excellent offering in tangy tomato sauce. I had one of these in between the pork.
The dessert course of brownies and pound cake with berries and vanilla vodka whipped cream was a bit high brow for this group, but it was needed around the 10th round due to my brother Matt's lengthy deliberations on his picks.
Mark got us some cases of Sammy Oktoberfest, Yeungling and Yeungling Light. I like my beer a bit warmer than average, but 90 degrees is a bit outrageous there Mark. Thankfully, Hesse had thought ahead and there were frosty mugs that brought the beer temp down to 80. Despite Shane's 7th round scare, the beer did last the whole evening. Some kind of loaves and fishes thing apparently.
I think it's so sweet that Hesse and his beloved have named their tiny little yapper poodle "Shane." It's so sweet and appropriate.
Much props to the guys who were using looseleaf notebooks and paper draft guide magazines. Gotta love the old school!
Apparently Walklett's draft guide magazine was missing the QB section. Jason Campbell as a starter? Really???
Pete's cats make an awful sound when they get near his computer. Cats are hereby banned from future drafts.
Congrats to everyone in Arizona for discovering the existence of the internet in round 5 so that Matt didn't have to use his precious iPhone minutes to keep Pete in the loop. Then we got to listen to Matt and Goot bitch at each other about getting out of the spreadsheet.
Apparently we now know how Matt got though high school. Anyone catch the late round cheat sheet written on a tiny piece of notebook that apparently went seven deep on the WR chart for him?
We need bigger stickers next year. Old people like me Claffey can't see that far.
Chris from Regulators has all but obliterated Shane's 2007 drafting mysteries in my mind with his 'double pick' strategy. First, the 'Double Jones pick' in round 3/4 and then the 'if you can't pick one good TE, why not pick 2 average ones' in round 11/12 left me and some others scratching our heads. See ya in Week one there, bud! Care for a side bet?
The best team name goes to Mark hands down this year with "Barely Legal Teens." The FBI will be by to check your computer later today.
By a unanimous vote I just took, Matt will be required to wear a Dallas Cowboys jersey at all future leage gatherings, as he took both Tony Homo and Nick Fuck.
And the night was made complete by Maria's appearance and insightful draft analysis.
Photos are up here!
Thanks to everyone for a great time.
At first I thought it was kinda sad that the media was jumping all over the fact that John McCain's new
VP choice, Sarah Palin, has a 17 year old daughter who is pregnant.
The I read Howard Gensler's column today in the Daily News.
The whole thing is worth a read, but if you have ADD like me, here are the two relevant sections:
(Her friends were not allowed to visit her, which skeptics could view as suspicious. But it's also explainable as mono is very contagious. But her presence home would also be equally dangerous for her allegedly pregnant mother.)
Five months? Mono?
Worst. Case. Of. Mono. Ever.
and then ...
In April, reportedly 36 weeks pregnant, Palin flew to Dallas to give a speech. Before the speech, she began to leak amniotic fluid. Tough Alaska moose-hunter that she is, she gave the speech anyway. She called her family doctor, who is not an OB-GYN, who allegedly told her it would be OK to fly back to Alaska. For the record, there are hospitals in Dallas.
Having given up the governor's private plane, Palin flew commercial, not telling Alaska Airlines that she was in labor and that her water had broken. No airline personnel seemed to note her as a woman about to give birth.
Her looooong Dallas to Alaska flight had a stopover in Seattle. There are also hospitals there.
Besides being friggin' hilarious on one level, it's just sad that McCain passed over perfectly capable women with significant experience for Nanook Sarah Palin. I am sure Olympia Snow and Christie Todd Whitman are really supportive of Ms. Palin, her scandals and her daughter and the husband with a DUI and her soon to be granddaughter.
In a related story, Mc Cain says that Sarah Palin was thoroughly checked out ahead of time. Except for actually going to Alasksa. Hmm.
Well the Delco Fantasy Football League holds its draft tomorrow night at Hesse's house in Aston. Here are some great photos showing last year's festivities. I've been trying to get ready and improve on my 8-6 4th place record last year. I just missed the playoff by a few points to Goot and I can't let that happen again.
So I have been geeking it up each night, doing fantasy drafts over on CBS Sportsline. I got my spot, #9, and the guys were really into it, so I think it was a good test.
Here's what I ended up with on this Labor Day:
| Pos | Round | Player | |
| QB | 4 (#40) | Palmer, Carson (QB CIN) | |
| RB | 1 (#9) | Gore, Frank (RB SF) | |
| RB | 2 (#16) | Johnson, Larry (RB KC) | |
| WR | 6 (#64) | Jennings, Greg (WR GB) | |
| WR | 7 (#81) | Galloway, Joey (WR TB) | |
| TE | 13 (#153) | Smith, L.J. (TE PHI) | |
| RB-WR | 3 (#33) | Bush, Reggie (RB NO) | |
| K | 10 (#112) | Folk, Nick (K DAL) | |
| DST | 8 (#88) | Vikings (DST MIN) | |
| RS | 12 (#136) | Young, Vince (QB TEN) | |
| RS | 14 (#160) | Foster, DeShaun (RB SF) | |
| RS | 5 (#57) | Stewart, Jonathan (RB CAR) | |
| RS | 9 (#105) | Norwood, Jerious (RB ATL) | |
| RS | 11 (#129) | Curry, Ronald (WR OAK) | |
If I can get 3 of the top 30 or so RBs and Carson Palmer, I'll be thrilled. I'm a bit light in WR, and TEs went crazy fast in this draft, but I think it will be a bit different with the Delco Boys. We'll know for sure tomorrow night.
Everyone enjoy this last unofficial day of summer. For all of you fantasy guys drafting tomorow, good luck!
Army lost to Temple. The Owls used speed and surprise to stun the Black Knights of the Hudson at West Point 35-7.
I blame Bush.
Sitting in the predawn dark
In the overstuffed chair
A tiny body breathes
Beside me
The world's treasures are at hand
They're all here with their MacBooks, iPods, microwaves and ramen noodles.
The Class of 2013 for the University of the Arts has arrived and we are SO happy!
And SO tired!!!!!!
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