From the recently-updated NFL playoff scenarios page, there are now five possible ways Green Bay can get into the playoffs. Much depends on Saturday’s game between the New York Football Giants and the Washington Redskins. And, of course, Green Bay… Continue Reading
After yesterday’s games, it appears that Green Bay has a real chance at making the playoffs. The Packers need to beat the Bears next week — and the Bears ought to be resting their good players after the first series… Continue Reading
Yes, it is still possible for this to happen. Here’s how it would work: Green Bay, of course, must defeat Minnesota and Chicago (which is not so far-fetched; Chicago already has locked up homefield advantage so they may as well… Continue Reading
Thursday Night Football has been nothing but bad. It has to come to an end. I can’t watch the games because they’re all on NFL Network, which Time Warner Cable does not carry and which comes with a heftier price… Continue Reading
Turns out Sean Connery had been offered the role of Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy for somewhere between 10% to 15% of the box office. The box office totals (not counting rental, pay-per-view, or DVD sales) for… Continue Reading
We have to start one, and only one, of the following quarterbacks this week: Marc Bulger, Ben Roethlisberger, Tony Romo, or Charlie Frye. We only care about scoring; yardage, interceptions, and all the other stats kept on QB performance don’t… Continue Reading
The Wife was away all day, at a Toastmasters conference. She got up before the sun (no mean trick in early November) and is still out of the house. So what did I do with my bachelor day? Lots of… Continue Reading
For a news junkie, a slow news day is kind of a drag. Today to find something worthwhile to read in the New York Times, I found an article about how normally conservatively-dressed women like to wear sexy, revealing costumes… Continue Reading
Today, the Green Bay Packers did not lose. Of course, that’s because they didn’t play. Now, if you follow sports news, you’ve heard all the rumors and speculation and prognostication about #4. But I don’t buy in to all the… Continue Reading
From my University of Phoenix e-mail inbox: Dear Faculty. We are pleased to announce that University of Phoenix has become the naming rights partner of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals. As such, the Cardinals’ world-class stadium will now be called University… Continue Reading