Thanks Drew Gooden: Winning the 2010 Fantasy BasketballTitle by 1pt

So I'm Skyping with Scott as the Red Sox rally to beat the Yankees on opening night and we also watch the NBA scoreboard since today is the final day of our Fantasy Basketball season.  I had a strong team this season until Chris Paul went down with an ankle injury and then many more joined him.  AK-47, Richard Hamilton and Baron Davis all fell apart in the final week so I had to scramble to pick through the waiver wire.  Jarrett Jack, CJ Watson, Kevin Love and Drew Gooden were out there and it seemed like destiny for me to lose.  My opponent, Nay and his Ball Jugglers (2x former champs) were a power house with D-Wade, Nash,Dwight Howard Troy Murphy being surrounded by solid contributors and despite my massive lead going into the weekend, he tied the categories up (Pts, RB, Ast,Stls & Blks) and took the lead in scoring!  I thought my team was done and he had a 3pt lead.  Just then, Scott said I forgot about Drew Gooden the Clippers Center who managed to score 17pts to give me a 1pt lead as time ran out.  Nay's player, Rasual Butler took the pass, lined up and launched a 3pt shot as the buzzer sounded...  (holding my breath) clang!   Phew!  Wow.  Last year's 2nd place finish was washed away and at long last I took the elusive Home Court Title in our 4th season of play.  The funny part is I had thought I lost, so I started thinking of a T-Shirt design for Nay's Ball Jugglers, but now I have to think of a way to commemorate the win in way that is humble, classy and affordable... 

PAXeast & Wrestlemania: Weekend Geekdom!

A quick review of PAXeast from my Saturday venture in the Boston.  I liked the set up, the vendors great freebies and the live dungeon delve was a blast.  I did have to wait nearly 4hrs in lines to get into certain events, so that was not fun, but I would suggest either more tables/events or quicker times.  Next time I will do a 3 days pass for sure.  There is just WAY too much to try and see in one day...

Wrestlemania 26 was a pretty good show, but they again missed some great opportunities to book the show better.  Yay: Cena/Batista being watchable, Punk/Mysterio and Undertaker/Michaels.  Boo: The booking.  Here's how I would have booked it;  Money in the Bank: Instead of Jack Swagger the winner is Christian.  Later after Edge beats Jericho to win the World title, Christian comes down to praise his old tag team partner and inform him that he will be challenging him at the next PPV.  Shameus should have beat HHH to rebuild his momentum and put him back as a legit threat.  Where does he go now?  Batista should have beat Cena in order to cement him as a legit heel champ, instead we get Hulk Cena crushing the win and killing the heel's heat.  This gives you a series of matches where Cena 'just can't beat Batista' which leads to a Summer Slam match where he finally topples Batista.  I often hear people tell me how wrestling fans don't have the attention span to follow a storyline, really? Is that why EVERY wrestling fan I know tells me how they long for the old days when story lines were worth paying attention to?  maybe if they writers at WWE and TNA could string together a storyline worth paying attention to, the fans would watch.  Hell the main event was a rematch from ONE YEAR AGO!  Speaking of, lets say HHH had lost to Shameus and was pissed, so later on during the Undertaker - Shawn Micheals match, say after the Tombstone piledriver outside the ring, HHH comes to the ring and tells Shawn to get up and win the match.  "You've got to win this match!"  Shawn gets up and shoves HHH aside telling him he doesn't need him to win this match.  The match goes on, minor ref bump, long enough for HHH to conk Shawn in the head and 1-2-3, Taker wins.  HHH is now THE  most hated man in wrestling (again) Shawn has to retire.  Eh, whatever.  Overall a fun show, but I was little bewildered why Comcast ran a promo for a series of adult PPV films sandwiched between the end of the first show and the repeat.  Kudos to Cena for not dying after the spike-DDT... 

Comedians hit the stage in Quincy - Quincy, MA - The Patriot Ledger

Comedians hit the stage in Quincy - Quincy, MA - The Patriot Ledger

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2010 Draft result: Sexual Napalm!

In honor of the ugliness of the draft I have put one of the least fortunate pictures in baseball card history, Don Mossi.  I was impressed that the girl at Hong Kong Express lit up when I mentioned the order was for the draft and she said 'ohhh baseball draft!' excitedly.  I'd guess they get this a lot or perhaps she is the secret oracle that I may have to consult all season long in order to win. I have updated my roster to the right, but my biggest change was my team name.  Yes the Super Soakers were great, but when a name comes up that is both topical and sweet, you have to make the change to Sexual Napalm.   This is year, I take my title back...

Tonight You! The Varsity Club Comedy Showcase

The first Varsity Club Comedy Showcase was a big hit, so tonight we roll out the sequel.  I'm heading down at 6ish to set up the stage, stool and sound check then at 7pm Ian Cohen will begin a one hour set of live music.  At 8pm the Comics begin and we have a lot of talent at this show starting with Jay Geary, Kelly Tabbut, Will Smalley, Brian Henchey, Brian Clark, Rob Welch, Matt DeVasto and more as well as our headliner, Bigg Nez.  There will be prizes to give away via the Bingo-like RILEY game on the back of every flyer.  Rather than B-4 or I-69, you have topics the comics may touch on like work, family or sports. If an audience member gets five in a row, they will win a prize that will promoted the St. Patty's Eve Varsity Club Comedy Showcase on March 16th.