Fantasy Fools

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I'm not going to lie, I love my fantasy sports. I'm not a fanatic by any means but i like to think i can hold my own against the Harpingers of Death and Eli's Coming. While my draft has had some disappointments it has had some pleasant surprises. For example, now I have two quarterbacks that practically anyone else would kill to have (Drew Brees and Jay Cutler). My disappointments however are just as substantial (Ryan Grant and Tory Holt), at least Grant can say that he's injured, Holt and Rams just plain suck. I'm not really sure why i just said all of that stuff because that has nothing directly to do with what i wanted to write about. What I wanted to write about was dumb ass reporters and idiots who want people to think that they know all there is to know. What really got on my nerves was people praising the outstanding (and they were outstanding) games Brett Favre and Larry Johnson had. Larry Johnson played against the Denver Broncos, while a very formidable team, a team that nevertheless beats you by outscoring you, not shutting you down. Larry Johnson gained ~200yards on the Broncos is very impressive BUT, it is the broncos. A player of LJ's perceived skill level should be able to do that. Moving on to Mr. Favre, the man had a career high 6 touchdown passes. That too is extremely impressive BUT, once again this was against the Arizona Cardinals which means they were playing against a team that is just below the level of their practice squad.

Up to this week LJ was play like garbage and Favre was mediocre at best. Now all of a sudden, you hear people coming out of the woodwork saying how Brett Favre and LJ are back. The rest of the league needs to watch out and Packer fans must be feeling like idiots for letting Favre go. Both Favre and LJ should be starters on every fantasy team, week in week out. Look, I had Favre on one of my teams, along with Rivers and Brees. Favre, was on the bench and i never once second guess my decision. I would play Rivers before Favre because I know what I'm going to be getting from Rivers and Brees, with Favre it's a crap shoot. To say that these players should become starters because of their performances this week is to weaken the very same argument. Why would you say that a player who has had ONE good game is worthy of starting? Why would you ignore their multiple performance versus formidable opponents and go by the one game they had in which they performed well? You shouldn't. Remember, the exception cannot prove the rule.

P.S. Whoever says Brett Favre passed a major test by beating the Arizona Cardinals is an idiot. Since when have they become a team of any relevance? Stop being stupid you'll make us look bad to the aliens.

Admitted

So, I recently got a letter indicating that i had gotten into law school. Even though the law school is not the most prestigious or well known, I took quiet a liking to it and was excited when I got the acceptance letter. I started telling everyone: my girlfriend, family, friends. Once the excitement of it wore off I started thinking about paying for it. Tuition at this school is 30000+ just for classes, on top of that i need to add the price of books, housing, food, bills, etc. I just called the school to find out how much, if any assistance I may receive for schooling and was informed that I did not qualify for any scholarships. The advisor was very nice and told me she would look into my file and see if I may become eligible for any further down the road. My mood was not high because I did not want to be in debt for $100,000+ when I got out of law school. While there is hope, my chances are not looking good. I'm still going to call back and see if i can plead my way into some grant money. I know i have to take out loans I just don't want it to be 100%. I really want to go here, but I can't afford to be in that much debt upon graduating. I don't know what to do. I do no want to ask people for money. The only people I want to be responsible for paying for this are my girlfriend and me (wouldn't mind government assistance though). What makes this even worse is the fact that I will not be able to work my first year and will be completely dependent on non-income money. Another option I have is enrolling in the part-time program so that i will be able to work and that way it would take me only one year longer to complete school. I should really set up a meeting with my advisor there and go over all this stuff.

Minesweeper

So, i really felt like writing but i didn't know what to write about. I was a little down and bored and at work so i decided to start playing some minesweeper on my computer. I have to say that off all the games that come with any given PC, minesweeper is the best one for me, although hearts is pretty fun too. Now, as fun as minesweeper is it is a pretty tricky game to understand initially and a hell of a game to try and explain to someone. Nevertheless, i love the game. OK, this blog is not about the game of minesweeper but about a certain group of people affiliated with it. One day I was bored at work and started researching minesweeper (yes, you read that right). Quickly into my research i found out that there is an organization out there that is campaigned for the end of minesweeper because "Windows Minesweeper (Winmine) is an offence against the victims of the mines, and to those who sacrifice themselves, risking their own life, clearing the lands contaminated by these implements," (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/21/windows_minesweeper_is_an_offence/). At first i though this was a joke when i saw it on wikipedia but alas, it is not. There are people out there who believe that someone sitting in there cubicle playing a game that has to do with mines, makes them come to the conclusion that they too can go into the fields and start clearing mines. I play minesweeper semi-regularly and i can tell you that when I'm playing it i always have my camo gear on and am coordinating with my friends, and once I'm done with a puzzle, i call up the pentagon and tell them that they should hire me to be a mine sweeper because 1) it's obviously just like a grid in real life with numbers everywhere and 2) mine sweeping is such an appealing job. I know that there is no way in hell that i can do what those heroic soldiers do on the battlefields, i have no illusions about that. I don't play the game and think less of them, on the contrary, I'm thinking "hey, i can barely do this on a computer and there are people out there who do this in real life and they can't just press the F2 button when they make a mistake". My respect for them actually increases and i never belittle them. That would be the same as saying that WWII video games are offensive towards WWII vets. WHAT? A little more extreme would be saying someone who plays a Madden football game is offending football players and not acknowledging the difficulty of playing professional football. No, i play Madden video games because I have no chance in hell to ever play pro football.
I know that i picked on the people that protest minesweeper the most and i feel kind of bad about that. Not because it wasn't warranted, because it was totally warranted. However, i used the minesweeper example to show how people sometimes need to campaign against something, doesn't really matter what just something. I have no problem with that, i think it is one of the most democratic things that a person could do, however, i do also think that not all causes are created equally. I think causes that directly affect peoples lives are much more pertinent than causes that may "offend" people (i.e. fight against AIDS vs. fight against trans fat). This would probably carry more weight if a person who actually has swept for mines came out and actually said he was offended.
I could be wrong, but I doubt it.