Saturday, October 8, 2011
I Love Old Photos
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Look closely - Everyone is wearing a hat! Not just men or just women.. Everyone! And the cars.. omg - wow.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
uWall: A Great Music Resource
A great site to sit back and enjoy some music. Wait for the page to load the images of its entire collection of artists, or enter someone you'd like to hear in the search bar. Either way, the site opens up a nice little Youtube video window for you - with a super collection of the artist's hits. You're welcome.
Click on the image above to begin!
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The Mini Band - Metallica's "Enter Sandman"
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Must see - even if you're not a hard rock or Metallica fan. These 8-10 year old kids do a fantastic job for their ages. I'm jealous.
Metallica - "Enter Sandman" original..
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
The BMW Oracle
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• ORACLE Racing was founded on Aug. 11, 2000, by team owner Larry Ellison
• On Feb. 14, 2010, ORACLE Racing won the 33rd America’s Cup with a 2-0 triumph over Swiss defender Alinghi
• In the victory, skipper James Spithill of Australia became the youngest skipper to ever win the America’s Cup. Born June 28, 1979; he was 30 years old at the time of victory
• CEO/Afterguard Russell Coutts (NZL) is an Olympic gold medalist and the most successful skipper in the history of the America’s Cup. As a skipper, Coutts is undefeated, 14-0, in races for the America’s Cup
• Tactician John Kostecki (USA), is an Olympic silver medalist, America’s Cup winner and victor of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race
• The yacht the team sailed to win the 33rd America’s Cup, USA 17, is the fastest boat in the history of the even
• The 90-foot by 90-foot trimaran was powered by a 223-foot tall wingsail, the largest wing every built. The trimaran is planned to go on public display on the San Francisco waterfront during the build up to the 34th America’s Cup (Source)
ORACLE Racing / Blog
Sunday, October 2, 2011
NFL Bye Weeks Are Coming
I just realized this, and thought I'd pass it on for what it's worth.The bye structure is different this season than in most previous ones, and I don't know why - other than all the possible lockout ramifications. Instead of starting at week 5 with 4 teams per week, then a couple weeks with 6 teams on bye, wrapping it up at week 10, this is how it is this season.
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The odd & interesting thing is there are no byes week-10:
Wk-5: 6 teams (CLE, DAL, STL, MIA, WAS, BAL)
Wk-6: 6 teams (DEN, TEN, KC, ARZ, SD, SEA)
Wk-7: 6 teams (BUF, CIN, NE, NYG, PHI, SF)
Wk-8: 6 teams (ATL, CHI, GB, OAK, NYJ, TB)
Wk-9: 4 teams (DET, MIN, CAR, JAX)
Wk-10: NONE -- wtf?
Wk-11: 4 teams (HOU, IND, NO, PHI) ..and DONE!
Thanksgiving falls in wk-12, so I'm not sure what's so special about wk-10, but hey if they're gonna spread it out more like this, they ought to spread it out even more, I say.
32 ÷ 4 = 8 Eight weeks, 4 thru 11, four teams each!
Or why not bunch 'em up? 32 ÷ 8 = 4 (duh) Four weeks, 6 thru 9, eight teams each?
Fantasy struggles either way. The ideal scenario for fantasy football is NO friggin' byes, but for some reason the NFL feels the need to give every team a week off - even though it is at a different time of the season for most of them. Which begs the question - what is the reason for the bye weeks anyway? Hmm...
Fantasy football would obviously be more "slammed" with the 2nd of those two options. For those four weeks fantasy teams would be scrambling to add/drop half their roster perhaps, and the result would suck... but it would "get it over with" in a much more concise period of time. The first idea provides fantasy teams to not be bogged down by a bunch of substitutions at one time, but it would simply stretch out the period of worrying about bye weeks a lot longer.
We all hate the bye weeks and must deal with them - or must we?
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