Babylon And On

NFL Week 16 Picks

2008-12-21T10:28:00.002-05:00

Last Week

Straight Up 12-4
Against the Spread 8-8

Season to Date

Straight Up 150-73-1
Against the Spread 120-104

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

IND @ JAX +6.5
BAL @ DAL -5.5
CIN @ CLE -2.5
NO @ DET +6.5
MIA @ KC +3.5
ATL @ MIN -3.5
ARI @ NE -7.5
CAR @ NYG -2.5
SF @ STL +4.5
PIT @ TEN +1.5
PHI @ WAS +4.5
BUF @ DEN -6.5
HOU @ OAK +6.5
NYJ @ SEA +4.5
SD @ TB -3.5
GB @ CHI -4.5

NFL Week 15 Picks

2008-12-14T13:16:00.002-05:00

Last Week

Straight Up 13-3
Against the Spread 12-4

Season to Date

Straight Up 138-69-1
Against the Spread 112-96

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green.

CLE @ PHI -13.5
NYG @ DAL -2.5
NE @ OAK +6.5
PIT @ BAL -1.5
DEN @ CAR -6.5
MIN @ ARI -2.5
TEN @ HOU +2.5
WAS @ CIN +6.5
DET @ IND -16.5
GB @ JAX +1.5
BUF @ NYJ -6.5
TB @ ATL -2.5
SEA @ STL +2.5
SF @ MIA -6.5
SD @ KC +4.5
NO @ CHI -2.5

NFL Week 14 Picks

2008-12-07T11:58:00.002-05:00

Last Week

Straight Up 9-7
Against the Spread 7-9

Season to Date

Straight Up 125-66-1
Against the Spread 100-92

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

OAK @ SD -9.5
WAS @ BAL -5.5
JAX @ CHI -6.5
MIN @ DET +9.5
HOU @ GB -5.5
CIN @ IND -13.5
ATL @ NO -2.5
PHI @ NYG -7.5
CLE @ TEN -13.5
MIA @ BUF -1.5
KC @ DEN -8.5
NYJ @ SF +3.5
STL @ ARI -13.5
DAL @ PIT -2.5
NE @ SEA +4.5
TB @ CAR -2.5

NFL Week 13 Picks

2008-11-27T10:25:00.003-05:00

Last Week

Straight Up 6-10
Against the Spread 5-11

Season to Date

Straight Up 116-59-1
Against the Spread 93-83

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green.

TEN @ DET +11
SEA @ DAL -12.5
ARI @ PHI -3
SF @ BUF -7
BAL @ CIN +7
IND @ CLE +4.5
CAR @ GB -3
DEN @ NYJ -7
MIA @ STL +7.5
NO @ TB -3.5
NYG @ WAS +3.5
ATL @ SD -5.5
PIT @ NE -1
KC @ OAK -3
CHI @ MIN -3
JAX @ HOU -3

NFL Week 12 Picks

2008-11-23T12:30:00.002-05:00

Last Week

Straight Up 12-3-1
Against the Spread 9-7

Season to Date

Straight Up 110-49-1
Against the Spread 88-72

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

CIN @ PIT -9
CAR @ ATL -1
PHI @ BAL -1.5
HOU @ CLE -2.5
SF @ DAL -10.5
TB @ DET +8.5
MIN @ JAX -2.5
BUF @ KC +2.5
NE @ MIA -1.5
CHI @ STL +7.5
NYJ @ TEN -5.5
OAK @ DEN -9.5
NYG @ ARI +3.5
WAS @ SEA +3.5
IND @ SD -2.5
GB @ NO -2.5

NFL Week 11 Picks

2008-11-16T11:36:00.002-05:00

Last Week

Straight Up 11-3
Against the Spread 8-6

Season to Date

Straight Up 98-46
Against the Spread 79-65

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

NYJ @ NE -3.5
MIN @ TB -3.5
BAL @ NYG -10.5
OAK @ MIA -10.5
NO @ KC +4.5
HOU @ IND -8.5
CHI @ GB -3.5
PHI @ CIN +8.5
DET @ CAR -13.5
DEN @ ATL -5.5
ARI @ SEA +2.5
STL @ SF -5.5
SD @ PIT -3.5
TEN @ JAX +2.5
DAL @ WAS +1.5
CLE @ BUF -4.5

NFL Week 10 Picks

2008-11-09T11:46:00.002-05:00

Last Week

Straight Up 9-5
Against the Spread 8-6

Season to Date

Straight Up 87-43
Against the Spread 71-59

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

DEN @ CLE -2.5
BAL @ HOU -1.5
STL @ NYJ -7.5
BUF @ NE -3.5
GB @ MIN -2.5
SEA @ MIA -8.5
JAX @ DET +6.5
TEN @ CHI +2.5
NO @ ATL -1
CAR @ OAK +8.5
KC @ SD -14.5
IND @ PIT -2.5
NYG @ PHI -2.5
SF @ ARI -9.5

NFL Week 9 Picks

2008-11-02T12:56:00.003-05:00

Last Week

Straight Up 9-5
Against the Spread 6-8

Season to Date

Straight Up 78-38
Against the Spread 63-53

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

NYJ @ BUF -5.5
DET @ CHI -12.5
JAX @ CIN +7.5
BAL @ CLE -1.5
TB @ KC +7.5
HOU @ MIN -4.5
ARI @ STL +2.5
GB @ TEN -5.5
MIA @ DEN -3.5
DAL @ NYG -7.5
ATL @ OAK +2.5
PHI @ SEA +6.5
NE @ IND -5.5
PIT @ WAS -1.5

NFL Week 8 Picks

2008-10-25T23:40:00.002-05:00

Last Week

Straight Up 9-5
Against the Spread 6-8

Season to Date

Straight Up 69-33
Against the Spread 57-45

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green.

OAK @ BAL -6.5
ARI @ CAR -4.5
TB @ DAL -3.5
WAS @ DET +7.5
BUF @ MIA +1.5
STL @ NE -6.5
SD @ NO +2.5
KC @ NYJ -12.5
ATL @ PHI -8.5
CLE @ JAX -6.5
NYG @ PIT -2.5
SEA @ SF -4.5
IND @ TEN -3.5
CIN @ HOU -9.5

NFL Week 7 picks

2008-10-19T11:48:00.002-05:00

Last Week

Straight up 8-6
Against the spread 7-7

Season to date

Straight up 60-28
Against the spread 51-37

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

SD @ BUF +1
NO @ CAR -2.5
MIN @ CHI -2.5
PIT @ CIN +9.5
TEN @ KC +7.5
BAL @ MIA -2.5
SF @ NYG -10.5
DAL @ STL +6.5
DET @ HOU -8.5
IND @ GB +1
NYJ @ OAK +2.5
CLE @ WAS -6.5
SEA @ TB -10.5
DEN @ NE -2.5

NFL Week 6 Picks

2008-10-12T05:48:00.003-05:00

Last Week

Straight Up 9-5
Against the Spread 10-4

Season to Date

Straight Up 52-22
Against the Spread 44-30

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

CHI @ ATL +2.5
MIA @ HOU -2.5
BAL @ IND -4.5
DET @ MIN -13.5
OAK @ NO -7.5
CIN @ NYJ -5.5
CAR @ TB -1.5
STL @ WAS -13.5
JAX @ DEN -3.5
DAL @ ARI +5.5
PHI @ SF +4.5
GB @ SEA -2.5
NE @ SD -5.5
NYG @ CLE +7.5

NFL Week 5 Picks

2008-10-05T09:59:00.002-05:00

Last Week
Straight Up 9-4
Against the Spread 5-8

Season to Date
Straight Up 43-17
Against the Spread 34-26

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

TEN @ BAL +2.5
KC @ CAR -9.5
CHI @ DET +3.5
ATL @ GB EVEN
IND @ HOU +2.5
SD @ MIA +6.5
SEA @ NYG -6.5
WAS @ PHI -5.5
TB @ DEN -2.5
BUF @ ARI -1.5
CIN @ DAL -16.5
NE @ SF +2.5
PIT @ JAX -3.5
MIN @ NO -3.5

NFL Week 4 Picks

2008-09-27T20:55:00.002-05:00

Last Week
Straight Up 12-4
Against The Spread 9-7

Season To Date
Straight Up 34-13
Against The Spread 29-18

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

ATL @ CAR -6.5
CLE @ CIN -3.5
HOU @ JAX -7.5
DEN @ KC +8.5
SF @ NO -5.5
ARI @ NYJ -2.5
GB @ TB -1.5
MIN @ TEN -2.5
WAS @ DAL -11.5
SD @ OAK +6.5
BUF @ STL +7.5
PHI @ CHI +2.5
BAL @ PIT -7.5

NFL Week 3 Picks

2008-09-21T07:34:00.003-05:00

Last Week
Straight Up 11-4
Against The Spread 9-6

Season To Date
Straight Up 22-9
Against The Spread 20-11

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

KC at ATL -4.5
OAK at BUF -8.5
TB at CHI -2.5
CAR at MIN -3.5
MIA at NE -12.5
CIN at NYG -12.5
HOU at TEN -4.5
ARI at WAS -2.5
NO at DEN -4.5
DET at SF -3.5
STL at SEA -9.5
CLE at BAL -1.5
JAX at IND -5.5
PIT at PHI -2.5
DAL at GB +2.5
NYJ at SD -8.5

NFL Week 2 picks

2008-09-13T12:20:00.002-05:00

Last Week
Straight Up 11-5
Against The Spread 11-5

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

CHI @ CAR -2.5
TEN @ CIN -1.5
GB @ DET +2.5
BUF @ JAX -5.5
OAK @ KC -3.5
IND @ MIN +1.5
NYG @ STL +8.5
NO @ WAS -1.5
SF @ SEA -7.5
ATL @ TB -8.5
MIA @ ARI -6.5
SD @ DEN +2.5
NE @ NYJ -2.5
PIT @ CLE +5.5
PHI @ DAL -6.5
BAL @ HOU -4.5

NFL Week 1 picks

2008-09-13T12:10:00.002-05:00

I know its late but tough shit - this is who I picked... Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

WAS @ NYG -3.5
JAX @ TEN +2.5
HOU @ PIT -6.5
STL @ PHI -6.5
TB @ NO -3.5
KC @ NE -16.5
NYJ @ MIA +2.5
SEA @ BUF -1
CIN @ BAL +1.5
DET @ ATL +2.5
ARI @ SF +2.5
CAR @ SD -9.5
DAL @ CLE +4.5
CHI @ IND -9.5
MIN @ GB -2.5
DEN @ OAK +2.5

2008 NFL Preview

2008-09-13T11:42:00.003-05:00

NFC EAST
Dallas 12-4Z
Philadelphia 12-4y
NY Giants 10-6y
Washington 8-8

NFC NORTH
Detroit 8-8X
Green Bay 7-9
Minnesota 7-9
Chicago 4-12

NFC SOUTH
New Orleans 10-6Z
Carolina 9-7
Tampa Bay 9-7
Atlanta 4-12

NFC WEST
Seattle 10-6X
Arizona 8-8
St Louis 6-10
San Francisco 2-14

NFC Wildcard playoffs
Philadelphia over Detroit
New York Giants over Seattle

NFC Divisional playoffs
Philadelphia over New Orleans
New York Giants over Dallas

NFC Championship
Philadelphia over New York Giants

AFC EAST
New England 12-4X
Buffalo 8-8
New York Jets 8-8
Miami Dolphins 5-11

AFC NORTH
Pittsburgh 10-6X
Cleveland 9-7
Cincinnati 8-8
Baltimore 2-14

AFC SOUTH
Jacksonville 12-4Z
Tennessee 11-5y
Indianapolis 10-6
Houston 8-8

AFC WEST
San Diego 12-4Z
Denver 11-5y
Oakland 3-13
Kansas City 2-14

AFC Wildcard playoffs
New England over Denver
Pittsburgh over Tennessee

AFC Divisional playoffs
Jacksonville over New England
Pittsburgh over San Diego

AFC Championship
Pittsburgh over Jacksonville

Super Bowl
Philadelphia over Pittsburgh

NFL Week 14 Picks

2007-12-09T11:59:00.000-05:00

Last Week - 7-9 straight up, 5-11 against the spread
Season to Date - 122-70 straight up, 96-96 against the spread

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

Chicago at Washington (-2.5) WAS
Miami at Buffalo (-6.5) BUF
St Louis at Cincinnati (-6.5) CIN
Dallas at Detroit (+10.5) DAL
Oakland at Green Bay (-10.5) GB
Tampa Bay at Houston (+2.5) HOU
Carolina at Jacksonville (-10.5) JAX
Pittsburgh at New England (-10.5) NE
New York Giants at Philadelphia (-2.5) NYG
San Diego at Tennessee (+1) TEN
Minnesota at San Francisco (+7.5 ) SF
Arizona at Seattle (-6.5) SEA
Kansas City at Denver (-6.5) DEN
Cleveland at New York Jets (+3.5) CLE
Indianapolis at Baltimore (+9.5) IND
New Orleans at Atlanta (+3.5) ATL

NFL WEEK 13 PICKS

2007-12-02T12:11:00.000-05:00

Last Week - 13-3 straight up, 11-5 against the spread
Year to Date - 115-61 straight up, 91-85 against the spread

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

Green Bay at Dallas (-6.5) DAL
San Francisco at Carolina (-2.5) CAR
Jacksonville at Indianapolis (-6.5) IND
San Diego at Kansas City (+4.5) SD
New York Jets at Miami (-1) MIA
Detroit at Minnesota (-3.5) DET
Tampa Bay at New Orleans (-2.5) NO
Seattle at Philadelphia (-2.5) PHI
Atlanta at St Louis (-4.5) STL
Houston at Tennessee (-3.5) TEN
Buffalo at Washington (-5.5) WAS
Cleveland at Arizona (-1.5) CLE
Denver at Oakland (+2.5) DEN
New York Giants at Chicago (+1.5) CHI
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (-7.5) CIN
New England at Baltimore (-20.5) NE

NFL Week 12 Picks

2007-11-22T01:29:00.000-05:00

Last week - 12-4 straight up, 7-9 against the spread
Year to Date - 102-58 straight up, 80-80 against the spread

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green.

Green Bay at Detroit (+3.5) GB
New York Jets at Dallas (-13.5) DAL
Indianapolis at Atlanta (+11.5) IND
New Orleans at Carolina (+2.5) NO
Denver at Chicago (-1.5) CHI
Tennessee at Cincinnati (+1) CIN
Houston at Cleveland (-3.5) CLE
Buffalo at Jacksonville (-7.5) JAX
Oakland at Kansas City (-5.5) OAK
Minnesota at New York Giants (-7.5) NYG
Seattle at St Louis (+2.5) SEA
Washington at Tampa Bay (-2.5) TB
San Francisco at Arizona (-9.5) ARI
Baltimore at San Diego (-8.5) BAL
Philadelphia at New England (-20.5) NE
Miami at Pittsburgh (-15.5) PIT

NFL Week 11 Picks

2007-11-18T05:04:00.000-05:00

Last Week - 8-6 straight up, 10-4 against the spread
Year to Date - 80-54 straight up, 73-71 against the spread

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta (+2.5) TB
Cleveland at Baltimore (+2.5) BAL
New England at Buffalo (+15.5) NE
Arizona at Cincinnati (-2.5) CIN
Washington at Dallas (-10.5) DAL
Carolina at Green Bay (-9.5) GB
New Orleans at Houston (+1) NO
Kansas City at Indianapolis (+14.5) IND
San Diego at Jacksonville (-2.5) JAX
Oakland at Minnesota (-4.5) OAK
Pittsburgh at New York Jets (+9.5) PIT
Miami at Philadelphia (-9.5) PHI
New York Giants at Detroit (+2.5) DET
St Louis at San Francisco (+2.5) STL
Chicago at Seattle (-4.5) CHI
Tennesse at Denver (-2.5) DEN

NFL WEEK 10 PICKS

2007-11-11T07:57:00.000-05:00

Last week - 11-3 straight up, 9-5 against the spread
Year to date - 82-48 straight up, 63-67 against the spread

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

Atlanta at Carolina (-4.5) ATL
Minnesota at Green Bay (-5.5) GB
Denver at Kansas City (-2.5) KC
Buffalo at Miami (+2.5) BUF
St Louis at New Orleans (-11.5) STL
Cleveland at Pittsburgh (-9.5) PIT
Jacksonville at Tennessee (-3.5) JAX
Philadelphia at Washington (-2.5) PHI
Cincinnati at Baltimore (-4.5) CIN
Detroit at Arizona (-1) ARI
Dallas at New York Giants (+1) NYG
Chicago at Oakland (+2.5) CHI
Indianapolis at San Diego (+3.5) IND
San Francisco at Seattle (+9.5) SEA

NFL WEEK 9 PICKS

2007-11-03T22:09:00.000-05:00

Last Week - 8-5 straight up, 5-8 against the spread
Year to Date - 71-45 straight up, 54-62 against the spread

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

San Francisco at Atlanta (-2.5) ATL
Cincinnati at Buffalo (-1) CIN
Denver at Detroit (-2.5) DET
Green Bay at Kansas City (-2.5) KC
San Diego at Minnesota (+7.5) SD
Jacksonville at New Orleans (-3.5) NO
Washington at New York Jets (+3.5) WAS
Arizona at Tampa Bay (-3.5) TB
Carolina at Tennessee (-4.5) TEN
Seattle at Cleveland (-1) CLE
New England at Indianapolis (+5.5) IND
Houston at Oakland (-2.5) HOU
Dallas at Philadelphia (+2.5) DAL **I certainly hope I'm wrong here, but Dallas is just playing better, more consistent football right now.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh (-8.5) BAL

NFL WEEK 8 PREDICTIONS

2007-10-28T08:41:00.000-05:00

Last week - 10-4 straight up, 6-8 against the spread
Year to Date - 63-40 straight up, 49-54 against the spread

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

Indianapolis at Carolina (+6.5) IND
Detroit at Chicago (-4.5) CHI
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (+3.5) CIN
New York Giants at Miami (+9.5) NYG
Philadelphia at Minnesota (+1) PHI
Cleveland at St Louis (+2.5) STL
Oakland at Tennessee (-6.5) OAK
Buffalo at New York Jets (-2.5) NYJ
Houston at San Diego (-10.5) SD
Jacksonville at Tampa Bay (-4.5) TB
Washington at New England (-15.5) WAS
New Orleans at San Francisco (+2.5) NO
Green Bay at Denver (-2.5) DEN

NFL WEEK 7 PREDICTIONS

2007-10-21T00:11:00.000-05:00

Last Week - 8-5 straight up, 5-8 against the spread
Year to Date - 53-36 straight up, 43-46 against the spread

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

Baltimore at Buffalo (+2.5) BAL
Minnesota at Dallas (-9.5) MIN
Tennessee at Houston (+1.5) HOU
New England at Miami (+16.5) NE
San Francisco at New York Giants (-9.5) NYG
Atlanta at New Orleans (-8.5) NO
Arizona at Washington (-6.5) WAS
New York Jets at Cincinnati (-5.5) CIN
Kansas City at Oakland (-2.5) KC
Tampa Bay at Detroit (-1.5) DET
Chicago at Philadelphia (-4.5) PHI
St Louis at Seattle (-8.5) STL
Pittsburgh at Denver (+3.5) PIT
Indianapolis at Jacksonville (+2.5) IND

NFL WEEK 6 PREDICTIONS

2007-10-14T00:07:00.001-05:00

Last week - 12-2 straight up, 9-5 against the spread
Year to Date - 45-31 straight up, 38-38 against the spread

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

St Louis at Baltimore (-9.5) STL
Minnesota at Chicago (-5.5) CHI
Miami at Cleveland (-4.5) CLE
Washington at Green Bay (-3.5) GB
Houston at Jacksonville (-6.5) HOU
Cincinnati at Kansas City (+2.5) CIN
Philadelphia at New York Jets (+2.5) PHI
Tennessee at Tampa Bay (-2.5) TEN
Carolina at Arizona (-3.5) ARI
New England at Dallas (+4.5) NE
Oakland at San Diego (-9.5) SD
New Orleans at Seattle (-6.5) SEA
New York Giants at Atlanta (+3.5) NYG

NFL Week 5 Predictions

2007-10-07T10:38:00.000-05:00

Last Week - 5-9 straight up, 3-11 against the spread
Year to Date - 33-29 straight up, 29-33 against the spread

brutal.

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

Miami at Houston (-5.5) HOU
Tampa Bay at Indianapolis (-9.5) IND
Jacksonville at Kansas City (+2.5) JAX
Cleveland at New England (-15.5) NE
Carolina at New Orleans (-2.5) NO
New York Jets at New York Giants (-2.5) NYG
Seattle at Pittsburgh (-5.5) PIT
Atlanta at Tennessee (-8.5) ATL
Detroit at Washington (-3.5) DET
Arizona at St Louis (+3.5) ARI
San Diego at Denver (-1) SD
Baltimore at San Francisco (+2.5) BAL
Chicago at Green Bay (-2.5) CHI
Dallas at Buffalo (+9.5) DAL

NFL WEEK 4 PREDICTIONS

2007-09-30T11:18:00.000-05:00

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

Houton at Atlanta (+2.5) HOU
New York Jets at Buffalo (+3.5) NYJ
Tampa Bay at Carolina (-2.5) CAR
Baltimore at Cleveland (+4.5) BAL
St Louis at Dallas (-12.5) DAL
Chicago at Detroit (+2.5) CHI
Oakland at Miami (-3.5) MIA
Green Bay at Minnesota (+1.5) GB
Seattle at San Francisco (+1.5) SEA
Pittsburgh at Arizona (+5.5) PIT
Denver at Indianapolis (-9.5) DEN
Kansas City at San Diego (-12.5) SD
Philadelphia at New York Giants (+2.5) PHI
New England at Cincinnati (+7.5) CIN

Results - Week 3

2007-09-25T20:13:00.000-05:00

Better.....

Straight Up - 9-7
Against The Spread - 10-6 (thats money folks)

Year To Date

Straight Up - 28-20
Against The Spread - 26-22

NFL WEEK 3 PREDICTIONS

2007-09-23T07:15:00.000-05:00

Last weeks results....

Straight up - 9-7
Against the spread 4-12 (cold cold cold)

Year to date....

Straight up - 19-13
Against the spread - 16-16

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

Arizona at Baltimore (-7.5) ARI
Buffalo at New England (-15.5) NE
Detroit at Philadelphia (-5.5) PHI
Indianapolis at Houston (+5.5) IND
Miami at N.Y. Jets (-2.5) NYJ
Minnesota at Kansas City (-2.5) KC
San Diego at Green Bay (+4.5) SD
San Francisco at Pittsburgh (-8.5) PIT
St. Louis at Tampa Bay (-3.5) STL
Cincinnati at Seattle (-3.5) CIN
Cleveland at Oakland (-2.5) OAK
Jacksonville at Denver (-3.5) DEN
Carolina at Atlanta (+3.5) CAR
N.Y. Giants at Washington (-3.5) NYG
Dallas at Chicago (-2.5) CHI
Tennessee at New Orleans (-4.5) NO

NFL WEEK 2 PREDICTIONS

2007-09-16T00:49:00.000-05:00

Last Week's Results...

Straight Up - 10-6
Against The Spread - 12-4 (hot hot hot start!!!)

Great start, but on to this week.....

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

Houston at Carolina (-6.5) CAR
Kansas City at Chicago (-12.5) CHI
Cincinnati at Cleveland (+6.5) CIN
Atlanta at Jacksonville (-10.5) JAX
Green Bay at New York Giants (-1.5) NYG
Buffalo at Pittsburgh (-9.5) PIT
San Francisco at St Louis (-2.5) STL
New Orleans at Tampa Bay (+3.5) NO
Indianapolis at Tennessee (+6.5) IND
Seattle at Arizona (+2.5) ARI (upset special #1)
Minnesota at Detroit (-3.5) DET
Dallas at Miami (+3.5) MIA (upset special #2)
New York Jets at Baltimore (-9.5) BAL
Oakland at Denver (-9.5) OAK
San Diego at New England (-3.5) NE
Washington at Philadelphia (-6.5) PHI

NFL WEEK 1 PREDICTIONS

2007-09-06T17:40:00.000-05:00

Straight up winners in bold, against the spread winners in green

New Orleans at Indianapolis (-5.5) IND
Atlanta at Minnesota (-2.5) MIN
Carolina at St. Louis (-1) STL
Denver at Buffalo (+3.5) BUF (upset special #1)
Kansas City at Houston (-3) HOU
Miami at Washington (-2.5) WAS
New England at N.Y. Jets (+6.5) NE
Philadelphia at Green Bay (+2.5) PHI
Pittsburgh at Cleveland (+4.5) PIT
Tennessee at Jacksonville (-6.5) TEN
Chicago at San Diego (-5.5) SD
Detroit at Oakland (-1.5) OAK
Tampa Bay at Seattle (-5.5) SEA
N.Y. Giants at Dallas (-5.5) DAL
Baltimore at Cincinnati (-2.5) CIN
Arizona at San Francisco (-2.5) ARI (upset special #2)

2007 NFL Season Predictions

2007-09-05T21:05:00.000-05:00

All right, all right, its been too long, however I will keep this short and sweet...

NFC EAST

Philadelphia Eagles - 11-5
Dallas Cowboys - 10-6
New York Giants - 7-9
Washington Redskins - 6-10

NFC NORTH

Chicago Bears - 12-4
Green Bay Packers - 8-8
Detroit Lions - 7-9
Minnesota Vikings - 5-11

NFC SOUTH

New Orleans Saints - 11-5
Carolina Panthers - 9-7
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 6-10
Atlanta Falcons - 2-14

NFC WEST

Seattle Seahawks - 11-5
St Louis Rams - 8-8
Arizona Cardinals - 8-8
San Francisco 49ers - 7-9

PLAYOFFS

Wild Card Round

Cowboys over Saints
Seahawks over Panthers

Divisional Round

Cowboys over Bears
Eagles over Seahawks

NFC Championship

Eagles over Cowboys

AFC EAST

New England Patriots - 12-4
New York Jets - 8-8
Buffalo Bills - 6-10
Miami Dolphins - 4-12

AFC NORTH

Cincinnati Bengals - 11-5
Pittsburgh Steelers - 10-6
Baltimore Ravens - 9-7
Cleveland Browns - 3-13

AFC SOUTH

Indianapolis Colts - 13-3
Jacksonville Jaguars - 7-9
Tennessee Titans - 6-10
Houston Texans - 4-12

AFC WEST

San Diego Chargers - 10-6
Denver Broncos - 9-7
Oakland Raiders - 4-12
Kansas City Cheifs - 3-13

PLAYOFFS

Wild Card Round

Steelers over Chargers
Bengals over Broncos

Divisional Round

Bengals over Patriots
Colts over Steelers

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP

Colts over Bengals

Super Bowl Prediction

Indianapolis Colts - 37
Philadelphia Eagles - 27

Sorry Eagle's fans....it will be a fun ride though

Your Son is a Statistic, Not a Martyr!

2007-05-24T19:26:00.001-05:00

I will start off by saying that suing the restaurant is not as dumb as it seems. Generally if someone is involved in an alcohol related accident resulting in damage or death to people or property (not including the driver), then the place where alcohol was last consumed (whether a public establishment or private home) can be held partially liable for damages to the victims, and in some cases can be charged criminally not just sued in a civil court. Having worked in restaurants that serve alcohol, part of the training and policies are a maximum of 3 drinks per customer (or 2 in some places). Based on the early facts of the case, this restaurant (along with the owner, manager on duty, and possibly server/bartender) will likely be found as negligent due to the fact that they continued to serve alcohol past the point of noticeable intoxication (and yes, twice the legal limit is definitely noticeable). I don't necessarily agree with this precedent but it is what it is.

As an aside, this is the first case I have heard where the only victim was the intoxicated driver (of legal drinking age) but whose estate is also the complainant. This fact alone throws a monkey wrench into a normally expected open and shut case where the establishment (and managers/employees) are found liable for damages.

I would not have felt the need to write anything if this case was only against the establishment. When the owner of the tow truck and the stalled vehicle were also named as defendants, I was thoroughly disgusted with the father and attorney attempting to turn the deceased into a martyr.

As someone who had a DUI a few years ago (no lives or property were affected and who has served his debt to society) I can tell you that for most people who are either arrested for DUI for the first time or involved in an alcohol related accident for the first time...in all likelihood it was not the first time the driver has driven under the influence (and usually not 2ND or 3rd either). Just as former pitcher Hancock did a few weeks ago, and just as I did a few years ago, a bad choice was made while sober...to drink and then drive. This decision is made when you first get in the car while sober - so to his father; you can not start deflecting blame from your dead son to others.

Some questions I would pose directly to Hancock's father if given the opportunity....

Was your son of legal drinking age, and of reasonable competency prior to that fateful night?

That readily handy bag of weed in your son's vehicle containing just over 8 grams was not a standard quarter bag, it tells me he actually had at least a half ounce when purchased. People who smoke weed generally will smoke it when drunk to "balance themselves out". My question - there was nobody else in the vehicle, so who smoked just over an eighth of weed from that bag???

Are you going to name the drug dealer, and the drug dealers union in your lawsuit?

Is it safe to speed during the day?

How about at night?

Is it safe to talk on the cell phone while driving during the day?

How about at night?

Is it safe to get drunk, smoke weed, speed, and talk on the cell phone all while driving during the day?

How about at night?

Did your son have a choice to do all of the above?

I made my bed and lied in it several years ago. Your son made his bed a few weeks ago. It's time to let him lie in it (permanently as it is). Just be glad he didn't hurt or kill anyone else, or his estate would be the one defending lawsuits.

Take some responsibility where your son did not.

Icy Aftermath/Storm Update

2007-02-14T22:21:00.000-05:00

The snow and sleet have moved out of the Reading area, but now comes the wind and bitter cold.

The winter storm began for the Lehigh Valley as light snow during yesterday's morning commute. Snow continued off and on throughout the morning into the early afternoon when the snow really intensified for the afternoon drive home. Roads which were mainly wet throughout the day, became snow covered within 30 minutes. After picking up about 3 inches of snow, the precipitation turned to sleet as warmer air aloft invaded the area around 7pm.

The sleet continued throughout the night and into Wednesday morning at varying intensities. By 10 this morning sleet had accumulated about 2-4 inches throughout the area. As the coastal low moved northward to Long Island, winds shifted from the east to north-northwest thus driving out the warmer air aloft and changing the sleet back to a several hour period of heavy snow.

The snow tapered to flurries by late afternoon but not before leaving another 4-8 inches of snow on top of the mess that had already fallen. As the storm moves away, northwest winds will increase greatly pulling in brutally cold Arctic air to the region. Temperatures will plummet to around 5 degrees tonight with sustained winds of 20-30 mph. This will produce dangerously cold wind chills around 20 below zero. Any slush or standing water will freeze solid by midnight creating yet another tricky commute tomorrow morning. My advice is stay off the roads tonight and possibly wait a couple hours tomorrow morning before venturing out.

From the fabulously cold bachelor pad/weather center in Reading, I'm K-money.

Winter Storm

2007-02-14T11:22:00.000-05:00

I welcome myself back from Blogger hiatus. First major winter storm of the season here in Reading. Snow, then sleet, then a lllllllllllllllot of sleet, and now back to snow. Work is closed for today, so I am inspired somewhat to update. For you snow nuts - the next storm could be this coming Monday, Presidents Day, stay tuned...

To Trouble - we miss you here is PA, our fingers are crossed for you!!

Week 11 picks

2006-11-18T09:10:00.000-05:00

Last week - 8-8 straight up, 10-6 ATS
Year to Date - 88-57 straight up, 52-52-3 ATS

Straight up winners in bold, ATS winners in green

Atlanta at Baltimore (-4.5) BAL
Buffalo at Houston (-2.5) HOU
Chicago at N.Y. Jets (+6.5) NYJ
Cincinnati at New Orleans (-3.5) NO
Minnesota at Miami (-3.5) MIA
New England at Green Bay (+5.5) GB
Oakland at Kansas City (-9.5) OAK
Pittsburgh at Cleveland (+3.5) PIT
St. Louis at Carolina (-6.5) STL
Tennessee at Philadelphia (-12.5) PHI
Washington at Tampa Bay (-3.5) TB
Detroit at Arizona (-2.5) ARI
Seattle at San Francisco (+6.5) SEA
Indianapolis at Dallas (+1.5) IND
San Diego at Denver (-2.5) DEN
N.Y. Giants at Jacksonville (-3.5) NYG

Week 10 Picks

2006-11-12T16:34:00.000-05:00

Last Week - 8-6 straight up, 8-6 ATS
Year to Date - 80-49 straight up, 42-46-3 ATS

Straight up winners in bold, ATS winners in green

Baltimore at Tennessee (+7.5) BAL
Buffalo at Indianapolis (-12.5) IND
Cleveland at Atlanta (-7.5) ATL
Green Bay at Minnesota (-5.5) GB
Houston at Jacksonville (-10.5) HOU
Kansas City at Miami (+1.5) MIA
N.Y. Jets at New England (-10.5) NYJ
San Diego at Cincinnati (+1.5) CIN
San Francisco at Detroit (-5.5) SF
Washington at Philadelphia (-6.5) PHI
Denver at Oakland (+9.5) DEN
Dallas at Arizona (+6.5) DAL
New Orleans at Pittsburgh (-3.5) PIT
St. Louis at Seattle (-3.5) STL
Chicago at N.Y. Giants (-2.5) NYG
Tampa Bay at Carolina (-9.5) CAR

Week 9 Picks

2006-11-05T13:23:00.000-05:00

Last week - 8-6 straight up, 5-9 ats
Year to date - 72-43 straight up, 34-40-3 ats

Straight up winners in bold, ats winners in green

Atlanta at Detroit (+5.5) DET
Cincinnati at Baltimore (-2.5) BAL
Dallas at Washington (+2.5) WAS
Green Bay at Buffalo (-2.5) GB
Houston at N.Y. Giants (-13) NYG
Kansas City at St. Louis (-2.5) STL
Miami at Chicago (-13.5) CHI
New Orleans at Tampa Bay (+1.5) NO
Tennessee at Jacksonville (-8.5) JAX
Minnesota at San Francisco (+5.5) SF
Cleveland at San Diego (-12.5) SD
Denver at Pittsburgh (-2.5) PIT
Indianapolis at New England (-3.5) IND
Oakland at Seattle (-7.5)

Tragedy

2006-11-04T01:11:00.000-05:00

Orlando Rivera, a friend of Bob and myself (among many others) was robbed and killed Wednesday in Philadelphia. Listed below is his obituary (27 years old).

http://www.snyderfuneralhome.com/OBITUARIES/Rivera.htm

After staring at this blinking cursor for the last 15 minutes, I just cant seem to come up with what I feel is appropriate to say. Orlando, you loved life, many people loved you, and you will be missed sorely by all your family and friends. In a period that was all too brief, it was an honor to have known you. If there is an afterlife, then I am sure you will enjoy or are currently laughing at us all (with cocktail in hand, no doubt).

Week 8 Predictions

2006-10-29T10:34:00.000-05:00

Last Week: 5-8 straight up, 4-9 against the spread

Year to Date: 64-37 straight up, 29-31-3 against the spread

Straight up winners in bold, ATS

Arizona at Green Bay (-3.5) GB
Atlanta at Cincinnati (-4.5) CIN
Baltimore at New Orleans (-2.5) NO
Houston at Tennessee (-3.5) TEN
Jacksonville at Philadelphia (-6.5) PHI
Seattle at Kansas City (-6.5) SEA
San Francisco at Chicago (-16.5) SF
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants (-8.5) NYG
St. Louis at San Diego (-9.5) STL
Indianapolis at Denver (-2.5) IND
N.Y. Jets at Cleveland (-1.5) NYJ
Pittsburgh at Oakland (+8.5) PIT
Dallas at Carolina (-5.5) CAR
New England at Minnesota (+2.5) NE

Week 7 Picks

2006-10-22T11:20:00.000-05:00

Last Week - 8-5 straight up, 5-8 against the spread (yuck)

Year to Date - 59-29 straight up, 25-23-3 against the spread

Carolina at Cincinnati (-3.5) CIN
Detroit at N.Y. Jets (-3.5) NYJ
Green Bay at Miami (-3.5) GB
Jacksonville at Houston (+9.5) JAX
New England at Buffalo (+5.5) NE
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay (+5) PHI
Pittsburgh at Atlanta (+2.5) PIT
San Diego at Kansas City (+5.5) SD
Denver at Cleveland (+5) CLE
Arizona at Oakland (+2.5) ARI
Minnesota at Seattle (-6.5) SEA
Washington at Indianapolis (-9.5) IND
N.Y. Giants at Dallas (-3.5) DAL

2006-10-15T09:40:00.000-05:00

Last week - 12-2 straight up, 9-3-2 against the spread
Year to date 51-24 straight up, 20-15-3 against the spread

straight up winners in bold, $$ winners in green

Buffalo at Detroit (+1) BUF
Carolina at Baltimore (-3) CAR
Cincinnati at Tampa Bay (+6) CIN
Houston at Dallas (-12.5) DAL
N.Y. Giants at Atlanta (-3) ATL
Philadelphia at New Orleans (+3) PHI
Seattle at St. Louis (+3.5) SEA
Tennessee at Washington (-10) WAS
Kansas City at Pittsburgh (-7) PIT
Miami at N.Y. Jets (-2.5) NYJ
San Diego at San Francisco (+10) SD
Oakland at Denver (-15) OAK
Chicago at Arizona (+10.5) CHI

Oh Yeah

2006-10-10T16:45:00.000-05:00

Oops I almost forgot............

HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS!!!!!

Welcome to Philadelphia assholes! What a fantastic game to watch!

A Brilliant (Football) Weekend

2006-10-10T16:12:00.000-05:00

So I went 12-2 straight up and 9-3-2 againt the spread. That 9-3-2 is damn impressive if I do say so myself. Lets say you bet $10000 on every game this past weekend, which of course is a total bet of $140,000. If you did this with my picks, you came home with $200,000. Thats a mere 43% net profit in a weekend.

Cha-ching folks

For some perspective, people who are "in the know" who bet football, bet college not the pros cause Vegas cant scout every game in college like they can the pros. This inability to in-depth scout every college football game leaves betting lines that knowledgable people know are easy money. The shear number of college games just doesnt allow for Vegas to scout properly. Conversly, there are never more than 16 NFL games, all of which are dissected minute to minute by Vegas, other teams, scouts, fans, and the media. This way Vegas is much better at putting out lines that people think are easy money, but really arent. Which is why last year was the first year EVER that the bettors beat Vegas in NFL games.

Well thats 2 weeks in a row that I beat Vegas this year, and not just by 1 game. 9-3-2 is fucking impressive. Case in point, sportsline.com (run by CBS) has "experts" that pick against the spread for every game, every week. Here is how they are doing http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks

As you can see I did better than their best, and on the season I am 20-15-3. This means 39% of my picks are wrong. Sportsline's best on the season is wrong 43% of the time. With 512 total games in the season, that 4% is significant. Again that is their best. Hope I can keep it up year long, especially since I have an error rate of only 29% the last 2 weeks (since I have started picking every game Vegas style).

Cha-ching!

Week 5 predictions

2006-10-08T09:46:00.000-05:00

Last Week - Straight Up 10-4 ATS 8-5-1
Year To Date - Straight Up 39-22 Against the Spread 11-12-1

Good week last week against the spread, would have won $$

Straight Up winners in bold, against the spread

Buffalo at Chicago (-11) CHI
Cleveland at Carolina (-8.5) CAR
Detroit at Minnesota (-6.5) MIN
Miami at New England (-10) NE
St. Louis at Green Bay (+3) GB
Tampa Bay at New Orleans (-6.5) NO
Tennessee at Indianapolis (-18.5) IND
Washington at N.Y. Giants (-4) NYG
Kansas City at Arizona (+3.5) ARI
N.Y. Jets at Jacksonville (-7) JAX
Oakland at San Francisco (-3.5) SF
Dallas at Philadelphia (-2.5) PHI
Pittsburgh at San Diego (-3.5) SD
Balitimore at Denver (-4) DEN

Week 4 Predictions (29-17 straight up, 3-7-1 against the spread)

2006-10-01T11:00:00.000-05:00

Okay so last week was a complete fucking disaster, 7-7 straight up, 1-4-1 against the spread. P fucking U. Guess what? It was bad for everybody, except Vegas - they were lauging all the way to the bank as Baltimore, Detroit, Miami, New York Giants, and Atlanta were all terrible. These were big picks last week versus the spread and all failed to come close to covering. Brutal.

Bounce back week, here we go...

Straight Up winners in bold. Against the Spread

Arizona at Atlanta (-7.5) ATL
Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets (+9) IND
Miami at Houston (+4) HOU
Minnesota at Buffalo (-1) BUF
New Orleans at Carolina (-7.5) CAR
San Diego at Baltimore (+2) BAL
Dallas at Tennessee (+10) DAL
San Francisco at Kansas City (-7) SF ***Upset Special***
Detroit at St. Louis (-6) STL
Cleveland at Oakland (+3) OAK
Jacksonville at Washington (+2.5) JAX
New England at Cincinnati (-6) CIN
Seattle at Chicago (-3.5) CHI
Green Bay at Philadelphia (-11) PHI

Week 3 Predictions (22-10 so far)

2006-09-24T00:27:00.000-05:00

Ok, Ok so 11-5 straight up 2 weeks in a row. Once again, decent but Im looking for better, unfortunately only 14 games this week so I expect at least 10-4, but Im gonna shoot for 11-3 this week, here goes...

Carolina at Tampa Bay
Chicago at Minnesota
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
Green Bay at Detroit
Jacksonville at Indianapolis
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo
Tennessee at Miami
Washington at Houston (here is my upset pick of the week)
Baltimore at Cleveland
N.Y. Giants at Seattle
Philadelphia at San Francisco
St. Louis at Arizona
Denver at New England
Atlanta at New Orleans

Against the spread, 2-2 last week so no harm, no foul

Wash at Hou +4 This is my upset of the week, I am taking Houston to not only cover but to win the game too

Phi at SF +6 Philly is a great bounce back team under Andy Reid, they have a bad tasted in their mouths from last weeks debacle, with the veterans on this team look for the Eagles to take the 49ers to the woodshed.

Jax at Ind -7 the Jags have looked good in beating Dallas and Pittsburgh, they have a very good defense. Vegas is begging you to take the Jags in this game, you know why they are giving you 7 points? Cause many are gonna bite on that. Not me, I'll take the Colts and give the 7.

Bal at Cle +6.5 I said it in my season predictions, McNair + that defense = playoffs. Ill take the Ravens to roll over the Browns and gladly give the points.

Den at NE -6.5 Denver has had the Pats number of late, but they look very mediocre this year. Statement game for New England. Take the Pats at home, give the points

Atl at NO +3.5 Ah the feel good story of the week, the Saint return to the Superdome for the first time since Katrina hit, sellout crowd, big halftime show, Monday Night Football, Reggie Bush's home debut, both teams hate each other, both are surprisingly 2-0, yadda yadda yadda. Atlanta is the superior team hands down. Give me the Falcons give the 3 and a half.

Game I wont touch with a 10 foot pole - Ten at Mia -11.0, we knew Tennesse would be terrible, but wow Miami has looked bad this year. Im sure the Dolphins will win, but their QB Daunte Culpepper has been a turnover machine which might keep the Titans close. ICK - You can call this game the Toilet Bowl.

Week 2 Predictions

2006-09-15T16:41:00.000-05:00

So 11-5, week one - decent but I can do better, on that note....

Buffalo at Miami
Carolina at Minnesota
Cleveland at Cincinnati
Detroit at Chicago
Houston at Indianapolis
New Orleans at Green Bay
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia
Oakland at Baltimore
Tampa Bay at Atlanta
Arizona at Seattle
St. Louis at San Francisco
Kansas City at Denver
New England at N.Y. Jets
Tennessee at San Diego
Washington at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville

And I have some lines so here are my selections for against the spread.

Oakland at Baltimore (-11.5) - thats a big number to be giving, but I'll give the points, Baltimore will win by 12 or more.

Detroit at Chicago (-8) - I will take Chicago to win, but Detroit to cover the spread

Carolina at Minnesota (+2) Bounce back week for the Panthers, I pick them to win outright, and cover the 2 points.

New England at New York (+6) Tempting to take New York to cover when getting 6 at home, but I bet Tom Brady has a feast of a game this week. New England wins by more than 6.

Week 1 NFL Predictions

2006-09-07T22:11:00.000-05:00

Straight up, I dont have the lines so I cant do against the spread so just picking the winners (in bold)...

Miami at Pittsburgh
Atlanta at Carolina
Baltimore at Tampa Bay
Buffalo at New England
Cincinnati at Kansas City
Denver at St. Louis
New Orleans at Cleveland
NY Jets at Tennessee
Phildadelphia at Houston
Seattle at Detroit
Chicago at Green Bay
Dallas at Jacksonville
San Francisco at Arizona
Indianapolis at NY Giants
Minnesota at Washington
San Diego at Oakland

NFL Season Predictions

2006-09-07T20:28:00.000-05:00

Ah its my favorite time of year, football time. No bullshit lets get right to the season predictions. Order of finish, record prediction, small blurb on NFC East teams. Playoff teams in bold

NFC EAST

Philadelphia Eagles 11-5...Defense must play to ability, injury bug must stay away, must go 8-2 (thinking 9-1 is likely) or better in the first 10 games to make playoffs, last 6 games are murderer's row. This is an easy schedule the first half of the season, Eagles must take advantage because the last 6 games are against teams that will contend playoff spots. By the way, I really really love the acquisition of Donte Stallworth, he reminds me of Mike Quick (for those "older" Eagle fans)

Dallas Cowboys 10-6...TO will help the Cowboys, unfortunately for them their O-line sucks ass. TO cant get the ball if the QB doesn't have time to throw. They will beat who they are supposed to beat on the road (Titans & Cardinals) and only lose to the Colts at home. The soap opera Dallas is back in production, TO is playing J.R., the question is....Who will shoot him?

New York Giants 9-7...due to Katrina they got 9 home games last year and went to the playoffs. Their reward? The toughest schedule in the NFL. I really think the Giants are a good team, too bad they get 3 "cupcake" games. You may not see it, but for me to put them at 9-7 with THAT brutal schedule shows a lot of respect.

Washington Redskins 6-10...their star runningback is injured, their quarterback (who is older than dirt) hasn't finished a full season in a decade. Very good defense, a good offensive line, great coaching staff...all of this will be for naught. Last year, they had several flukey victories, the skins will take a step back this year (in the cellar where they belong).

NFC NORTH

Chicago Bears 11-5...Will feast on the worst division in football
Minnesota Vikings 6-10... This team will improve late in the season - look out next year
Detroit Lions 4-12... Neither Jon Kitna nor Josh McCown is NOT the answer at QB
Green Bay 3-13... Sorry Brett, you should have retired. Green Bay is in rebuild mode.

NFC SOUTH

Carolina Panthers 12-4... Best team in NFC if their runnigback stays healty (a big if)
Atlanta Falcons 9-7... They are good one year, bad the next, trend says winner this year
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8-8... Age catching up to star defenders Barber, Brooks, & Quarles.
New Orleans Saints 5-11... Reggie Bush is nice. Sean Payton is their head coach, wait wasnt he run out of New York 3 years ago as offensive coordinator and then while on Dallas last year, wasnt he stripped of playcalling duties from Bill Parcells? Now he is a head coach? I just dont get the math here, neither will the Saints.

NFC WEST

Seattle Seahawks 10-6... First Super Bowl loser to go the playoffs the next year in a decade
Arizona Cardinals 8-8... Signing Edgerrin James was big, but this is the worst offensive line in football. Think the good and bad balances out in Arizona this year (8-8 is a good season for them anyway)
St. Louis Rams 6-10... Different year, same problem - TERRIBLE defense.
San Francisco 49ers 2-14... The long rebuilding project continues, strides wont be made till next year at the earliest.

AFC EAST

New England Patriots 11-5... I'll stop picking them when they start losing, not gonna happen though.
Miami Dolphins 8-8... Trendy sleeper Super Bowl pick by many insiders - Daunte Culpepper has always been a turnover machine in big games. Thats going to change now, 7 years into career? Wrong.
Buffalo Bills 4-12... Have some good players sprinkled into a plethora of bad players.
New York Jets 3-13... The wannabe Patriots need a couple seasons before contending

AFC NORTH

Baltimore Ravens 10-6... That defense + adding Steve McNair at QB = playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals 9-7... Very tough schedule, but this team is loaded enough to squeak over .500
Pittsburgh Steelers 7-9... Defending Super Bowl Champs, but Bettis retired, Chris Hope went to Tennessee, Randle-El went to D.C., and Kimo von Oelhoffen went to New York. Roethlisbergers went face first into a windshield in June, then had an emergency appendectomy last week. Now Hines Ward has a bad hamstring. As an Eagle fan I know what happens when one bad thing after another happens in the offseason. It carries over to the regular season and you end up 7-9 or 6-10 - see Philadelphia last year....
Cleveland Browns 4-12... The slow painful building (not rebuilding cause theyve been awful since the "new Browns" came to town)

AFC SOUTH

Indianapolis Colts 13-3... Best team in the NFL right now, hands down.
Jacksonville Jaguars 11-5... They dont blow teams out 49-3, they just win week after week 17-10 with a fantastic defense, and a ball control offense that doesnt make many mistakes (kinda like the Patriots). They are about about 2 players away from being serious Super Bowl contenders.
Houston Texans 4-12... Their new coach will turn this team around....but he needs time
Tennessee Titans 2-14... Poor Jeff Fisher, I think he is one of the best coaches in football, but has been given shitty crumbs to work with the last couple years. Unfortunately he doesnt make the personnel decision on the team, that goes to meddling owner Bud Adams and his management team of football "gurus" [sic].

AFC WEST

Denver Broncos 12-4... Loved their signing of Javon Walker
Kansas City Cheifs 8-8... Will run the ball ALOT, but still have a crappy defense
San Diego Chargers 7-9... Poor Marty Schoettenheimer, he has been told "make the playoffs this year or you are fired" the team subsequently traded his starting QB to New Orleans - ugh
Oakland Raiders 6-10... Will score points in droves, but their defense couldnt stop a high school team.

The Playoffs....

Round 1

Philadelphia over New York
Seattle over Dallas
Baltimore over Jacksonville
New England over Cincinnati

Divisional round

Philadelphia over Chicago
Carolina over Seattle
Denver over New England
Indianapolis over Baltimore

Conference Championships

NFC

Philadelphia over Carolina - Yeah I said it

AFC

Denver over Indianapolis

Super Bowl 41

Philadelphia Eagles over Denver Broncos - Yeah I said that too, you just watch!!!!!

Crikey!!!!

2006-09-04T20:53:00.000-05:00

thats all...

Designer Imposters

2006-07-31T23:37:00.000-05:00

If you like Open Grave, you'll kill to get......

CADAVER!

Available at CVS, Phar-Mor, or your local convenience store...

I had a very appropriate picture, but blogger is being a pain in the ass and wont let me upload - bastards!

Oh yeah, speaking of cadavers....I guess up and coming fashion model Heather Bratton was killed in a fiery car crash last week. Fashion industry gurus were hailing Bratton as the new Kate Moss, with their many similarities.

And for the "Insensitive yet Hilarious Comment of the Day".....

Several helpless bystanders witnessed Bratton being burned alive as she was trapped in the Crown Victoria she was riding in. One person quipped "Wow, I bet thats the most emotion she has shown in 19 years"

Parfum de Cours

2006-07-30T12:08:00.000-05:00

The following is a morbidly amusing new cologne/perfume commercial conjured up by three beer-buzzed people who clamor to the pinnalce of inappropriateness. Anyway it goes a little something like this....

When you need a scent so powerful, Open Graaaave (loudly whispered).

When you absolutely must be noticed, Open Graaaave (loudly whispered)

When you want people to look, but not touch, you can always turn to, Open Graaaaaaaaave (loudly whispered)

Open Grave, the new scent from Calvin Klein is available only for a limited time at fine stores near you.

Open Graaaaaaaaaaaaave (loudly whispered)

(Enter beautiful model with thick Russian accent) "Are you in? Or are you out?"

Open Graaave

**Credit to Bob and Trouble for assisting in the genesis of this exquisitely morbid idea.

Solutions

2006-07-16T19:44:00.000-05:00

1 - Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses
2 - Running With The Devil - Van Halen
3 - Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers (in hindsight, I realize this was a pretty mediocre clue on my part)
4 - Gods of War - Def Leppard
5 - Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses
6 - I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For - U2
7 - Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
8 - Ice, Ice, Baby - Vanilla Ice
9 - Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
10 - If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher
11 - Sex Type Thing - Stone Temple Pilots
12 - I Touch Myself - The Divinyls
13 - Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
14 - Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
15 - The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson
16 - Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
17 - What's My Name - Snoop Dogg (I realized this could apply to several song titles)
18 - You Gotta Fight (For Your Right to Party) - Beastie Boys
19 - Bulls On Parade - Rage Against the Machine
20 - Dont Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty

14 -

My music trivia - Enjoy

2006-07-15T16:57:00.000-05:00

1 - Thank you for joining us in the rainforest
2 - Excessively snotty nose joins Satan
3 - Released higher part of a song
4 - Thor, Buddha, Apollo, Zeus, and Allah of declared conflict
5 - Sugary son or daughter that I possess
6 - I continuously am unable to dicover that which I seek
7 - Blood pumping organ shaped cube
8 - Slang term for methamphetamines repeated newborn child
9 - smashed into a thousand pieces sleeping visions that you sometimes remember and usually wish could come true
10 - If only when I spin the clock counter-clockwise something would happen
11 - Carnal knowledge sort of indeterminable entity
12 - I put my finger on my nose. Now I put my finger on my shoulder. Now I put my finger on my knee. Now I put my finger on my chin.
13 - Once again someone chews on the formerly airborn dirt that has now settled on everything
14 - 100% off sale of aves (but you only get 1)
15 - The very attractive group of homo sapiens
16 - Not winning personally possessed Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, or Hinduism
17 - Am I Ted or Martha, or Andrew, or Katie, or John? Please tell me...
18 - Sometimes you have to come to blows to protect your freedom to have a great time with others
19 - Male cows lined up and then proceeding down Main St, then left on Elm, right on 3rd and so on while everyone watches.
20 - You better not come traveling to where I am ever again

Good Luck!!!!

Great Fucking Sammich...

2006-07-11T20:37:00.000-05:00

Every once in awhile I get a wild hair across my ass and decide too cook. Yesterday I received a request to make my delectible Baja Chipotle Chicken Sandwich. For those who havent had it, NO I'm going to come cook for you!! Instead I will share my recipe with you so you may enjoy it on your own....

Ingredients
Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
Lawry's Baja Chipotle Marinade(find this near the BBQ sauce at you local grocer) (this is a sauce similar to BBQ in texture and color, but infused with roasted chipotle jalapeno and lime juice)
Pepperjack Cheese
Leaf lettuce (not Iceberg lettuce, use Leaf Lettuce, Iceberg is shit)
Dill Pickle slices
Bacon cooked (or not if bacon is not in your diet)
Ranch dressing (or mayo for those that can choke it down)
Tomato if you like tomato, but it is unnecessary and will make your sammich too tall to eat
Kaiser Rolls (not some shitty $1 bag of generic hamburger buns, shell out the extra 2 dollars and get some good kaiser rolls ya cheap bastard)

Steps
Pretty basic, marinate the chicken in 1 cup or so of the Baja Chipotle marinade. For an added kick, mix some cayenne pepper and about 2 teaspoons of hot wing sauce to the marinade. Marinade for rougly 45 minutes to an hour. (to really get the flavor in the chicken, use a toothpick and poke about 8 holes in each breast before adding the marinade sauce)

After marinating the chicken, fire up your BBQ grill and cook the chicken. Baste the chicken while it is grilling a couple times (use what is in the bottle to baste, DO NOT USE LEFTOVER SAUCE THE RAW CHICKEN WAS SITTING IN) Add a couple slices of the pepperjack cheese to the chicken right before its done. Butter and grill the kaiser rolls.

Stack grilled chicken and cheese, bacon, lettuce, pickle slices, and a little ranch dressing on the lightly grilled kaiser rolls.

The combination of textures, spice heat from the sauce and the cheese, and cooling effect of the lettuce/pickles/ranch (mayo) give off an explosion of taste sensations in your mouth. Now you are ready..... As Akinyele would sing...."Just put it in your mouth"....

Enjoy

2008?????????

2006-06-26T22:28:00.000-05:00

Okay so I found something else amusing. Look bitch, you are a senator... buy some fucking clothes. Of course this outfit is playfully known as "Ol' Crusty"

Eminaint

2006-06-26T22:08:00.000-05:00

I was having sort of a shitty day until low and behold I saw a couple of white douchebags very similar to these pussies over there on the left. A good hearty laugh was had by me. Then I wondered "Where the hell do loser bastards like these come from?" After a bit of research, I have the answer. Clearly Exibit B on the right is the inspiration for the assholes over in Exibit A.

Conclusion: Sometimes society is better off when parents eat their young.

Oooooooooon State Street

2006-06-25T21:48:00.000-05:00

Well the "Where Lisa?" section never really got off the ground since she surprised us all with an all too brief, but fun nonetheless visit. I actually had some amusing ideas for the Where's Lisa Watch, oh well. We have pushed her back into the blogger world http://www.simplisticallycomplicated.blogspot.com check it out....

The picture shows the city where our beloved Lisa resides - for the geographically challanged, this is Chicago (pronounced shi - CAW - go) (pronounced locally shi - KAE - gow) There is a noticable difference in the correct pronunciation and the local pronunciation of Chicago. The further north in Chicago you go, the more pronounced the Wiscansinite accent bleeds into what should otherwise be clean, accent-free, Mid-Western speech.

STOP IT!!

2006-06-17T10:11:00.000-05:00

Sing it with me.... "If you see a little sign on the side of the road that says sixteen miles to the LOOOOOOOOOOOVE SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clearly this outs me as to being at karaoke last night, which of course meant I got to hear yet another quartet of college girls sing this karaoke cliche/abomination of a song. Every fucking time I go to karaoke, without fail, I will be tortured by some group of stupid bitches that feel they must be cutting edge and proceed to massacre this song.

There in lies the problem, the hundred or so times I have heard Love Shack "performed" it ends up absolutely brutal. It's not that goddamned difficult.

Well the little secret of my loathing for this song was discovered last night so hooray not only was it "sang" it was dedicated to me.

This song and me is like Simpson's character Sideshow Bob and garden rakes. All I can say is Yeeeeerrrrggghhh.

Swaite Taye

2006-06-15T17:28:00.000-05:00

From a previous post you can surmise that I am former (thank god for that) waiter. With that it mind, you will see me venting about the frustrations that went along with the profession. Today's topic is one most current and former servers can empathize with and agree upon....

Nothing, and I mean nothing will make a server shudder more than when they walk up to a newly seated table, and the first thing they hear is "Do ya'll got swaite taye?". Admit it, the first two words that popped in to your head was "Awe" and "Fuck". This consternation from the server's mind is especially pronounced if they are working at a restaurant north of the Mason-Dixon Line. When you hear this, it means you are waiting on conservative, bible-thumping, closed-minded, demanding, (and most importantly to a server's pocket....cheat, tourist assholes from the south.

Dont get me wrong, they are generally polite, but that's what will piss you off the most. They unknowingly talk down to you as if this were 1820 and you are their slave. Every little special request is repeated at least twice and opened with "Now make sure..." and closed with "Because ya'll never get it right", all the while flashing that shitty condescending smile.

These bastards are gonna proceed to run your ass off. "Cayan we hayave extruh napkeeyens?" "More swaite tay plaize" "Do ya'll got hot sauce" "May we hayave more beeyuscuits (or whatever "brayad" you serve)?". And no, this is not spread out over the course of the meal, this is back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, as your other tables get more neglected and pissy. And no, you can not ask "Is anything else I can bring?" because they will get offended that you and say you dont want to serve them (Well.....yeah) or more often than not, they have no sense of efficiency themselves so it is beyond their comprehension that others are trying to be efficient for them.

Finally, the end of the meal comes and they are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy and "You were the bestest waiter/waitress we have ever had". That right there is ranked number 2 on the Top 10 Tip Killing Comment List for Servers (bested only by "We're good tippers".

Ok, so they have proclaimed you as the greatest thing since sliced bread, they are gonna request your section next time they come in (I can't fucking wait), they exchange pleasantries with you as they leave.

Now here is the advanced algebra/geometry question of the day.....................

If there were 4 southerners at the table, they loved you, and their bill was $60.00, how many value meals at McDonalds will the tip on this table be able to buy after your shift?

Answer coming tommorrow.......feel free to post your guesses in the comment section..........

Ebola S'il Vous Plait

2006-06-14T21:18:00.000-05:00

I am still pretty exhausted after my ketchup rant from yesterday so I'll attempt to keep this "K-Money brief". I will let you in on a little secret of mine. I really do read books...I know, I know - fucking shocking. In fact I finally finished a book I bought roughly 8 years ago. Look, I have a very limited array of subject matter that can hold my interest for 200-300 pages. The main one being books dealing with Viral Hemmhoragic Fevers, specifically you may know them as Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola. Say it with me, Lassa and Marburg and Ebola OH MY!!

I am genuinely fascinated by diseases with a mortality rate of 90% (not exclusively for this reason but it piques my curiosity nonetheless). I can be a cruel, heartless bastard at times so that is why when you hear about some Ebola outbreak over in Bongo Dongo, Africa I stand at attention craving the latest updates of the "horror". I am all about the depopulation of this crowded planet and few things are as efficient at this goal than Ebola. Plus you gotta love a disease that is so lethal, so virulent, so quick, and so very untreatable.

Of course the gory symptoms of Ebola take the cake. Imagine, if you will, severe dehydration, delirium, sunken eyeballs, vomiting blood over and over, and when the end comes bleeding out of every orifice including your eyes, ears, nose, and asshole (thus the hemmhoragic part of the virus). Now don't get me wrong, I'm not too keen on having this destructive little virus anywhere near my friends, family, or myself, but do you really believe Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama are really necessary anymore? The fewer red states the better. Or better yet, maybe just isolating Ebola to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C.

Just a thought.

The Horrors of Heinz

2006-06-13T22:10:00.000-05:00

Let's get right the point shall we? I fucking hate ketchup!!! Look, we are all adults here and ketchup is just one of those rights of passage that you are supposed to give up as you grow older (in turn your palate becomes more sophisticated and therefore craves more complex flavor from your condiments, among other things).

I suppose I may be a tad more jaded than the rest of you on ketchup because I was in the restaurant industry for quite some time. I have seen many stomach churning things involving ketchup (and the containers that hold it) at restaurants very similar to the ones you frequent. I will share these with the class...........now.

I am sure that you have at some point seen a waiter (or waitress) "marrying" half full ketchup bottles during their down time or at the end of their shift. Okay, now have you ever seen them combining ketchup bottles that are made glass? Guess what happens to the mouths of said bottles when they get clanged together to marry that last little bit of ketchup (and they will get clanged together). Thats right, little shards of glass will (un)knowingly chip off and end up in your newly full bottle. Ever piss out little shards off undigested glass? Luckily I haven't, but it does happen, and boy what a treat that must be!!

"But my favorite restaurant uses plastic bottles". Oh, you don't say!! Sorry, you still have ketchup problems to worry about. Ever notice how the places that use plastic ketchup bottles always "look" full but don't always feel full? This is because Heinz created the handy-dandy bottles with the opaque red interior. This lovely little invention is made from a thin plastic film located inside the bottle itself and yes, can and will flake off into your ketchup. Luckily this film has not yet been deemed carcinogenic by the American Cancer Society.........yet. However ingesting the film itself is not what should worry you.

Proper storage of an open ketchup bottle is obviously in the refrigerator. That's where you put your open ketchup bottles at home right? Right???? I would say a conservative estimate of the number of restaurants that do not refrigerate their ketchup (ever, not even when they close for the night) is at least 80%. Do you know what happens when ketchup is not properly refrigerated? That's right... our little friend called botulism comes to visit. Ketchup, astonishingly enough breaks down and becomes spoiled a lot quicker than you may realize, when not stored properly. "Oh but a restaurant goes through ketchup quickly" well this thought is somewhat accurate. Restaurants do indeed go through a lot of ketchup and other condiments, but remember the waitress who was marrying the glass ketchup bottles? Yeah, they marry the plastic ones too. Yes those same plastic bottles that you cant see inside. Pouring ketchup over (in some cases) older and older unrefrigerated, opened, ketchup. As an aside I have yet to work in or see a restaurant that puts dates on opened ketchup bottles.

As ketchup ages and becomes more and more infected with bacteria, it turned darker shades of red to maroon, to brown, and eventually black (I've seen black ketchup before, not a pretty sight...actually just looking at it makes you gag). Unfortunately ketchup does not need to get to such a sorry appearance for botulism to infest it. Of course how will you see it with an opaque bottle? For review, botulism is what makes Botox work, because botulism paralyzes muscles (which is why people who have had Botox injections cant blink, wink, or frown). Muscle paralysis is an extreme condition but one that is not, is just plain being sick. Shitting and puking, puking and shitting, or better yet because your bowels are a muscle they can become paralyzed, but you still have the runs. At least with just diarrhea you only need to worry about not farting, sneezing, laughing, coughing, or making sudden movements. But if your bowel muscles are paralyzed, good luck with say, "holding it in"...........

I guess if you need to lose 10 pounds so you can squeeze your fat ass into that bridemaids dress next weekend, then by all means botulism may be for you. However see a doctor because if left untreated, botulism will paralyze not only muscles, but major organs, especially your lungs.

On a less life threatening note, you wouldn't believe how many times I have seen grown adults (let alone some dirty child) use their filthy little finger to wipe the excess ketchup off the mouth or spout of a ketchup bottle before replacing the lid, and proceed to lick their nasty little digit. Now I ask you, where the FUCK has that finger been recently??!!

Health reasons aside here is what truly turned me off to Heinz, Hunts, and the like. In a restaurant I worked at, I watched in amazement and horror as a waitress proceeded to marry ketchup bottles, and as some excess ketchup spilled over the sides of the bottle (and onto a counter-top sloppily "cleaned" with an overused rag) she happily scooped the excess ketchup off the counter, back up the sides of the ketchup bottle and back into the mouth of the bottle with her bare fucking hands!!! And if that wasn't enough I watched her lick parts of her fingers and hands to help clean them off prior to moving on to the next bottle. She proceeded to do this several times. Now as you sit in you chair quickly rocking back and forth with your hands clutched to your chest like an insane person would that has to listen to too many voices in their heads, you may be asking "Why didn't I stop her?" Quite simply, I was frozen and aghast that someone could do something so nasty, so unfathomably disgusting, and yet not realize they were doing something wrong. That right there was the sickest thing about this. She wasn't doing this to be malicious or lazy, she acted as though this were an every day thing. Shudder......

I thought I would close with a list of things I have seen people put ketchup on that seems out of the ordinary. In no particular order......

1 - scrambled eggs
2 - "dippy" eggs
3 - Corned beef hash
4 - A bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich - sorry but these four just scream out WHITE TRASH TO ME (sorry Bob)
5 - Fried fish and shrimp
6 - Not just steak, but Filet Mingon!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a fucking waste!
7 - Macaroni and cheese - to me this scream YOHNIE!! if you live in Lancaster, you know what I mean
8 - A cold turkey and cheese sandwich
9 - Potato chips AND Cheetos
10 - And this is probably the foulest thing I have ever seen.... I used to have a roommate (female no less) that would make Ramen noodles, dump out the water, not add the flavoring but mix the limp noodles with lots of ketchup. On multiple occasions.

So the next time you ask your waitress for some ketchup for your eggs or hamburger just remember what I have told you........your palate (not to mention your bowels) will thank you.

Wilkommen

2006-06-10T09:22:00.000-05:00

Ok so after much goading (cough Trouble and Bobulah cough) I have finally broken down and started a blog. For those of you who don't know, I am the great and magnificent Kmoney.

Blog Syllabus

In this blog we will cover the following

1 - Why Kmoney - Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How
2 - Karaoke addiction in modern society - Including periodic updates of the best and worst to be seen/heard.
3 - The Lisa Watch - This will be kind of like a Where's Waldo? but insert Lisa's name here.
4 - Pop Culture - because I strive to be cliche
5 - Anything else I deem necessary

**WARNING**
I will occassionally come off as boring - but there are times, and moods, where I will cross lines, offend, and intentionally be ig'nint. I will grow on you like a malignant tumor, when that happens you will learn that I am the new heroin - you just wont be able to get enough. You've been warned.

Kmoney has started a blog..........God help us all