Saturday, January 31, 2015
Game Changer
For those who don't happen to follow me on other random social media I just wanted to take a minute to introduce you all to the biggest change my life has ever experienced.
Monday, January 19, 2015
Fame or Shame Championship Week Results
Another week in the books and another week where the top teams agree'd on who was going to do the butt kicking.
The biggest amount of pain was caused by everyone going for the Colts praying for a big upset to get themselves back into contention.
The games have not gotten easier to pick as the Playoffs roll on and now we come to one final game. We have 4 payouts, who is going to pick who.
I will have my pick locked in on Weds or Thursday (feel free to get your picks to me after that) and I will communicate it to a couple of the people who are no longer relevant in this whole competition.
Superbowl is your last chance and last years Superbowl taught us that miracles can happen, but I'm honestly not seeing a blowout again.
For Shits and Giggles
If last years blow out fest were to happen again with the top team picking the loser then there would be an 80 point swing.
If the stars aligned properly and the top 4 people picked the Loser and #5 picked the winner then #5 could be propelled to 1st place.
So here is where we all stand. 80 point swings are unlikely but they were just as unlikely last year and still happened. Some of you still have a chance to hit the money and some of you are just fighting to make it look like you didn't suck as bad as you actually did at picking these games.
After the Super Bowl results I plan on creating a separate website for this "league" and putting people's records and our inaugural winner.
Next year I will have this more streamlined and will find a free app that everyone can use to make their picks so that we don't have to rely on texting and emailing. I will only have to update by hand for the point scores. And hopefully we can grow a little.
The biggest amount of pain was caused by everyone going for the Colts praying for a big upset to get themselves back into contention.
The games have not gotten easier to pick as the Playoffs roll on and now we come to one final game. We have 4 payouts, who is going to pick who.
I will have my pick locked in on Weds or Thursday (feel free to get your picks to me after that) and I will communicate it to a couple of the people who are no longer relevant in this whole competition.
Superbowl is your last chance and last years Superbowl taught us that miracles can happen, but I'm honestly not seeing a blowout again.
For Shits and Giggles
If last years blow out fest were to happen again with the top team picking the loser then there would be an 80 point swing.
If the stars aligned properly and the top 4 people picked the Loser and #5 picked the winner then #5 could be propelled to 1st place.
So here is where we all stand. 80 point swings are unlikely but they were just as unlikely last year and still happened. Some of you still have a chance to hit the money and some of you are just fighting to make it look like you didn't suck as bad as you actually did at picking these games.
After the Super Bowl results I plan on creating a separate website for this "league" and putting people's records and our inaugural winner.
Next year I will have this more streamlined and will find a free app that everyone can use to make their picks so that we don't have to rely on texting and emailing. I will only have to update by hand for the point scores. And hopefully we can grow a little.
| Championship | Score | Points | Total | |
| Patriots | W45-7 | 48 | 459 | Serge |
| Patriots | W45-7 | 48 | 442 | Nick G |
| Patriots | W45-7 | 48 | 422 | Mauri |
| Patriots | W45-7 | 48 | 421 | Craig O |
| Seahawks | W28-22 | 16 | 383 | Craig T |
| Patriots | W45-7 | 48 | 378 | Stephanie |
| Packers | L22-28 | (6) | 321 | Joe G |
| Seahawks | W28-22 | 16 | 319 | Steph T |
| Colts | L7-45 | (38) | 291 | Jake |
| Colts | L7-45 | (38) | 290 | Randy |
| Colts | L7-45 | (38) | 281 | Sergio |
| Colts | L7-45 | (38) | 262 | Bill R |
| Colts | L7-45 | (38) | 256 | Bosko |
| Seahawks | W28-22 | 16 | 250 | Jason R |
| Seahawks | W28-22 | 16 | 245 | Old Man |
| Patriots | W45-7 | 48 | 237 | Claudia |
| Packers | L22-28 | (6) | 226 | Rob L |
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Fame or Shame - Championship Round
We are two weeks away from seeing who the men were and who the boys are.
There are a lot of teams that need some upsets to go there way to get into the money and their picks reflect that desperation.
Some people gave up on picking because it just doesn't feel worth it when you are 200 points out of the money - you poor worthless souls.
There are a lot of teams that need some upsets to go there way to get into the money and their picks reflect that desperation.
Some people gave up on picking because it just doesn't feel worth it when you are 200 points out of the money - you poor worthless souls.
| Serge | Patriots |
| Nick G | Patriots |
| Mauri | Patriots |
| Craig O | |
| Craig T | |
| Stephanie | |
| Jake | Colts |
| Randy | Colts |
| Joe G | |
| Sergio | Colts |
| Steph T | |
| Bill R | |
| Bosko | Colts |
| Jason R | Seahawks |
| Rob L | Packers |
| Old Man | |
| Claudia | Patriots |
| Mike T | |
| Spank | |
| Carnell | |
| Bill M | |
| Jason D | |
| Tony V |
Craig O took the pats
Craig t took the seahawks
Stephanie took the pats
Steph t took the seahawks
Old man took the seahawks
Bill r took the colts
5 of the top six are on the pats. Only a big seattle win can shake things up with a lesser pats win or a loss...
Let me know if i missed you.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
All is Quiet
The house is currently quiet.
While her job might not know it at this point my wife is done working for the next four months. She was supposed to work today and tomorrow but she just physically cannot do it, and probably mentally as well. She is tired, she is weighed down. She has this big baby inside her currently waiting to come out and be welcomed into the world and into our lives and this is just 8 days away.
Eight days until everything changes.
Eight days left to enjoy the quiet, the calm. There is a storm a'brewin' and that storm is another member of the grrouch household.
This past weekend everyone in my family (except myself) was sick. Both the wife and son slept the entire weekend away save for a few moments to turn the TV on or have a light snack before falling back to sleep. This weekend was supposed to be about getting the house back into order but, as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men.
Last week we had laminate put into the bedrooms. This all happened while I was working my week of inventory and even though we knew it was happening it still felt as though it all happened out of nowhere and was a big surprise. Life is happening fast and furious and that is how it just kind of snuck up on us. (Snuck is not a word according to the red underline on my page, but I'm leaving it there.) So, after working a horrendously long day of inventory I got to come home and spend until about 11 pm moving stuff and making sure that the workers had room to put the laminate down.
The chaos is slowly lifting. All of the 3 bedrooms are currently livable. The living room and garage, not so much. Hell, we still have our X-mas tree up which is something I'll have to rectify tomorrow on my day off. There is still a lot of stuff that has to be sorted through to find out what we are keeping and what we are getting rid of. I've already thrown away 3 garbage bags worth of stuff while no one was looking and there is more to come.
People are scavengers, at least in our neighborhood. While putting out the garbage this past week I set out an old TV/Monitor which doesn't work and two electric heaters to go with the numerous trash bags. Ten minutes later I went outside to put another bag in the garbage and the aforementioned objects were missing. It was late. It was dark. The stuff wasn't outside for long but it was gone just as quick. I guess that's good because it's less crap the garbage man has to deal with, but I am curious if I am going to see that broken TV back outside in front of someones house next trash day to clue me off to who is going through my garbage.
By the end of the night I added a window blind (in a box) and a bed frame, both of those were not there when the trash-man came.
I have five more working days until my two week vacation, to spend time with the baby, is here. I need a vacation. I'm killing myself at work and home life is chaotic with everything that has been and is about to happen. A screaming baby is just what I need to reset my inner work clock and go back refreshed but slightly disheveled due to lack of sleep (so I'm told).
I did a major refresh on my cover letter and resume and put in for a new position just yesterday. The posting comes down at the end of the week and I expect to hear back and hopefully have an interview set up during my vacation. Maybe I'll be able to come back to work after my vacation just to inform my current store that I'm movin'on'up. Who knows, stranger things have happened.
Other than my clanking on the keyboard the only sound in the house is coming from the snoring dog in my lap which is soon to be replaced by snoring baby. I have a feeling that there is going to be a lot of jealousy in this house for a while and managing it is going to be less than fun.
The dog has his place, in bed, between my wife and I but usually on my side or between my legs. He is going to have to adjust to having this other small beast taking up some of his favorite spots, like my lap. He is going to have to be more gentile and he is going to have to not jump or get defensive when this other small beast grabs him randomly and tugs or smacks him. I don't feel that will be an issue because he has the 9 year old who has been a typical abusive boy over the years to him - but that jealousy that someone, something, else is getting attention he feels he deserves.
Which leads to the biggest area of jealousy that will occur and that is with our nine year old. He has been the one an the only for nine years now. All the attention, all of the everything has been showered his way. He is used to it and now he is going to have to share it, he is going to have to take a back seat for a little while because, lets face it, no matter how much people say that they will make sure he still gets his attention the first while is all going to be focused on this new pooping crying creature in the house.
The nine year old is used to more than his fair share of attention, I'd dare say that he has gotten too much over the years and aspects of his development are behind the curve because of it. I've never seen a nine year old who has issues functioning (it could be my limited exposure to the world of children though) when other people are not giving him attention. He doesn't like to play by himself, he always wants someone playing with him or at least watching him. He doesn't even like watching TV by himself, he always wants someone else there. To me it is strange but I am adapting and have been over the past couple of years. I am trying to steer him to becoming more independent even though I'm probably going to bitch about it in a few years when he wants nothing to do with us and just wants to be out with his friends all the time. So, let's see how we can bridge that gap from him getting, wanting, craving, needing all the attention to him sharing it with his new baby brother. Life is going to become infinitely more interesting.
So all is quiet but complete and utter chaos is just around the corner. I can smell it and I am looking forward to my life changing.
While her job might not know it at this point my wife is done working for the next four months. She was supposed to work today and tomorrow but she just physically cannot do it, and probably mentally as well. She is tired, she is weighed down. She has this big baby inside her currently waiting to come out and be welcomed into the world and into our lives and this is just 8 days away.
Eight days until everything changes.
Eight days left to enjoy the quiet, the calm. There is a storm a'brewin' and that storm is another member of the grrouch household.
This past weekend everyone in my family (except myself) was sick. Both the wife and son slept the entire weekend away save for a few moments to turn the TV on or have a light snack before falling back to sleep. This weekend was supposed to be about getting the house back into order but, as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men.
Last week we had laminate put into the bedrooms. This all happened while I was working my week of inventory and even though we knew it was happening it still felt as though it all happened out of nowhere and was a big surprise. Life is happening fast and furious and that is how it just kind of snuck up on us. (Snuck is not a word according to the red underline on my page, but I'm leaving it there.) So, after working a horrendously long day of inventory I got to come home and spend until about 11 pm moving stuff and making sure that the workers had room to put the laminate down.
The chaos is slowly lifting. All of the 3 bedrooms are currently livable. The living room and garage, not so much. Hell, we still have our X-mas tree up which is something I'll have to rectify tomorrow on my day off. There is still a lot of stuff that has to be sorted through to find out what we are keeping and what we are getting rid of. I've already thrown away 3 garbage bags worth of stuff while no one was looking and there is more to come.
People are scavengers, at least in our neighborhood. While putting out the garbage this past week I set out an old TV/Monitor which doesn't work and two electric heaters to go with the numerous trash bags. Ten minutes later I went outside to put another bag in the garbage and the aforementioned objects were missing. It was late. It was dark. The stuff wasn't outside for long but it was gone just as quick. I guess that's good because it's less crap the garbage man has to deal with, but I am curious if I am going to see that broken TV back outside in front of someones house next trash day to clue me off to who is going through my garbage.
By the end of the night I added a window blind (in a box) and a bed frame, both of those were not there when the trash-man came.
I have five more working days until my two week vacation, to spend time with the baby, is here. I need a vacation. I'm killing myself at work and home life is chaotic with everything that has been and is about to happen. A screaming baby is just what I need to reset my inner work clock and go back refreshed but slightly disheveled due to lack of sleep (so I'm told).
I did a major refresh on my cover letter and resume and put in for a new position just yesterday. The posting comes down at the end of the week and I expect to hear back and hopefully have an interview set up during my vacation. Maybe I'll be able to come back to work after my vacation just to inform my current store that I'm movin'on'up. Who knows, stranger things have happened.
Other than my clanking on the keyboard the only sound in the house is coming from the snoring dog in my lap which is soon to be replaced by snoring baby. I have a feeling that there is going to be a lot of jealousy in this house for a while and managing it is going to be less than fun.
The dog has his place, in bed, between my wife and I but usually on my side or between my legs. He is going to have to adjust to having this other small beast taking up some of his favorite spots, like my lap. He is going to have to be more gentile and he is going to have to not jump or get defensive when this other small beast grabs him randomly and tugs or smacks him. I don't feel that will be an issue because he has the 9 year old who has been a typical abusive boy over the years to him - but that jealousy that someone, something, else is getting attention he feels he deserves.
Which leads to the biggest area of jealousy that will occur and that is with our nine year old. He has been the one an the only for nine years now. All the attention, all of the everything has been showered his way. He is used to it and now he is going to have to share it, he is going to have to take a back seat for a little while because, lets face it, no matter how much people say that they will make sure he still gets his attention the first while is all going to be focused on this new pooping crying creature in the house.
The nine year old is used to more than his fair share of attention, I'd dare say that he has gotten too much over the years and aspects of his development are behind the curve because of it. I've never seen a nine year old who has issues functioning (it could be my limited exposure to the world of children though) when other people are not giving him attention. He doesn't like to play by himself, he always wants someone playing with him or at least watching him. He doesn't even like watching TV by himself, he always wants someone else there. To me it is strange but I am adapting and have been over the past couple of years. I am trying to steer him to becoming more independent even though I'm probably going to bitch about it in a few years when he wants nothing to do with us and just wants to be out with his friends all the time. So, let's see how we can bridge that gap from him getting, wanting, craving, needing all the attention to him sharing it with his new baby brother. Life is going to become infinitely more interesting.
So all is quiet but complete and utter chaos is just around the corner. I can smell it and I am looking forward to my life changing.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Fame or Shame - Divisional Round
Just as an FYI I will have info updated later today.
I have the picks but between everyone being horribly sick, me working inventory last week and the house being in terrible disarray because we just had laminate put in all the bedrooms and my computer is somewhere in the pile of stuff that was moved but not located yet.
Once the computer is found I'll get the update.
Seattle was picked by almost the entire top six. Colts had one pick.
EDIT
I've looked at my emails and text messages and didn't find a pick for Bill, Sergio or Mike T - if you sent me something and want to point it out to me then feel free to do that.
As I said above, this past week and this weekend have been utter hell.
There are two weeks worth of games left and the points are tight for the money spots, however last year was proof that anything could happen.
This next week is pretty tough.
Seahawks vs the Packers - Can the pack escape the Seahawk defense?
Patriots vs the Colts - two offensive teams looking for a shootout!
I have the picks but between everyone being horribly sick, me working inventory last week and the house being in terrible disarray because we just had laminate put in all the bedrooms and my computer is somewhere in the pile of stuff that was moved but not located yet.
Once the computer is found I'll get the update.
Seattle was picked by almost the entire top six. Colts had one pick.
EDIT
I've looked at my emails and text messages and didn't find a pick for Bill, Sergio or Mike T - if you sent me something and want to point it out to me then feel free to do that.
As I said above, this past week and this weekend have been utter hell.
There are two weeks worth of games left and the points are tight for the money spots, however last year was proof that anything could happen.
This next week is pretty tough.
Seahawks vs the Packers - Can the pack escape the Seahawk defense?
Patriots vs the Colts - two offensive teams looking for a shootout!
| Divisional | Score | Points | Total | |
| Seahawks | W31-17 | 24 | 411 | Serge |
| Seahawks | W31-17 | 24 | 394 | Nick G |
| Seahawks | W31-17 | 24 | 374 | Mauri |
| Seahawks | W31-17 | 24 | 373 | Craig O |
| Seahawks | W31-17 | 24 | 367 | Craig T |
| Seahawks | W31-17 | 24 | 330 | Stephanie |
| Colts | W24-13 | 21 | 329 | Jake |
| Patriots | W35-31 | 14 | 328 | Randy |
| Patriots | W35-31 | 14 | 327 | Joe G |
| 319 | Sergio | |||
| Patriots | W35-31 | 14 | 303 | Steph T |
| 300 | Bill R | |||
| Patriots | W35-31 | 14 | 294 | Bosko |
| Broncos | L13-24 | (11) | 234 | Jason R |
| Packers | W26-21 | 15 | 232 | Rob L |
| Seahawks | W31-17 | 24 | 229 | Old Man |
| Seahawks | W31-17 | 24 | 189 | Claudia |
| 173 | Mike T | |||
| Cowboys | L21-26 | (5) | 157 | Spank |
Sunday, January 04, 2015
Fame or Shame - Wild Card Results
The Playoffs are where the men become men and the boys choose the Steelers or Lions.
If you picked the Colts, congrats - You made the best call.
Unfortunately, the only people who picked the Colts were people near the bottom who really needed a huge blowout - but thems da breaks right?
The Biggest disappointment of the weekend was the Steelers.
Next week we are down to 4 games to choose from.
The Patriots vs The Ravens
The Broncos vs The Colts
The Seahawks vs The Panthers
The Packers vs The Cowboys
Good Luck and Get those picks to me before Saturday's Games Begin.
If you picked the Colts, congrats - You made the best call.
Unfortunately, the only people who picked the Colts were people near the bottom who really needed a huge blowout - but thems da breaks right?
The Biggest disappointment of the weekend was the Steelers.
Next week we are down to 4 games to choose from.
The Patriots vs The Ravens
The Broncos vs The Colts
The Seahawks vs The Panthers
The Packers vs The Cowboys
Good Luck and Get those picks to me before Saturday's Games Begin.
| Cowboys | W24-20 | 14 | 387 | Serge |
| Cowboys | W24-20 | 14 | 370 | Nick G |
| Cowboys | W24-20 | 14 | 350 | Mauri |
| Steelers | L17-30 | (13) | 349 | Craig O |
| Steelers | L17-30 | (13) | 343 | Craig T |
| Ravens | W30-17 | 23 | 319 | Sergio |
| Panthers | W27-16 | 21 | 314 | Randy |
| Cowboys | W24-20 | 14 | 313 | Joe G |
| Steelers | L17-30 | (13) | 308 | Jake |
| Panthers | W27-16 | 21 | 306 | Stephanie |
| Cowboys | W24-20 | 14 | 300 | Bill R |
| Cowboys | W24-20 | 14 | 289 | Steph T |
| Lions | L20-24 | (4) | 280 | Bosko |
| Cowboys | W24-20 | 14 | 245 | Jason R |
| Colts | W26-10 | 26 | 217 | Rob L |
| Steelers | L17-30 | (13) | 205 | Old Man |
| Colts | W26-10 | 26 | 173 | Mike T |
| Steelers | L17-30 | (13) | 165 | Claudia |
| Colts | W26-10 | 26 | 162 | Spank |
Fame or Shame Wild Card Round
I didn't get this posted yesterday because I was lazy and drinking, but here it is a day late.
Now I'm depressed after watching the Steelers lose and in horrible fashion.
I'm going to pretend to watch the games today while rooting for the Cowboys with my son who has the bad taste to be a 'Boys fan.
Now I'm depressed after watching the Steelers lose and in horrible fashion.
I'm going to pretend to watch the games today while rooting for the Cowboys with my son who has the bad taste to be a 'Boys fan.
| 373 | Serge | Cowboys |
| 362 | Craig O | Steelers |
| 356 | Nick G | Cowboys |
| 356 | Craig T | Steelers |
| 336 | Mauri | Cowboys |
| 321 | Jake | Steelers |
| 299 | Joe G | Cowboys |
| 296 | Sergio | Ravens |
| 293 | Randy | Panthers |
| 286 | Bill R | Cowboys |
| 285 | Stephanie | Panthers |
| 284 | Bosko | Lions |
| 275 | Steph T | Cowboys |
| 231 | Jason R | Cowboys |
| 218 | Old Man | Steelers |
| 191 | Rob L | Colts |
| 178 | Claudia | Steelers |
| 147 | Mike T | Colts |
| 136 | Spank | Colts |
Thursday, January 01, 2015
Happy New Year
2014 was a great year for the grrouch and I have no doubt that 2015 is going to be even better.
Hope you all have a great year as well. I can't wait to detail it all here for you all.
Hope you all have a great year as well. I can't wait to detail it all here for you all.
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