I know I've been gone a while. But it feels like every blog post starts with my apologizing for the lack of blog posts. Gets kind of annoying, right? Sorry. Moving on.
Last couple of months have been jam-packed with travel. Weddings galore, work trips, weekend getaways, you name it, we've been there. It's been fun, that's fo sho, but man, I feel like today is the first day in months that I'm just sitting at the house and unwinding. But I can't get too comfy, I have a conference in NYC on Monday/Tuesday and then two business trips in October, one in November, and an India trip in December. The Medallion counter is at 120k. 5k til diamond. Championship!
Speaking of championship, we're fully into the fantasy football swing of things. This year, unlike the many years prior, I have entered myself into three leagues. Three leagues is kind of a pain. I've been terrible at keeping track of all the bye weeks and making my moves on the waiver wire, etc. I fret that my mere presence in three leagues will ultimately spell my downfall. Every Sunday, my rooting interests are waaaay too wide to ever be fully on top of. At any one given time, I have some 7-8 guys going on the three different teams, and usually, a guy I own in one league is a guy I'm going against in another league. So there's the whole conflict of interest issue. I don't know. It's too much. That being said, Week 1 I went 1-2 after losing Fred Jackson and Greg Jennings in my Yale league (that's the lowest money league, and I may go winless there. Through two weeks, I have scored 180 points. Another guy in my league put up 165 THIS WEEK). Week 2 treated me a bit better--went 2-1 and the one loss was by 3 points. A Matt Bryant FG would have put me over the top. So sad. Instead of waxing poetic about my woes, some pre-season quotes from yours truly that may give you a glimpse of my lot in fantasyland:
"Man, Dexter McCluster is going to be legit this year. I need to make sure I draft him in every league I'm in."
"Two of my leagues are PPR leagues. Wes Welker? First Round? Yes, Please!"
"Darren Sproles? Eh, whatever. Julio Jones? Eh, whatever."
"Fred Jackson was a beast last year. I need to make sure he is on my team. Also, that guy Steven Jackson is awesome. I should draft him comically early in two of my leagues."
"Jamaal Charles looks fantastic. I am going to take him instead of Darren Sproles in my PPR, high money league. Sure he's coming off a torn ACL, but he USED to be awesome."
"This is going to be Jake Locker's year. I can feel it."
"I think Michael Vick's turnover issues have been solved."
And the icing on the cake, courtesy of Bashon:
"Dude, bench Welker and start McCluster. You start McCluster, you'll win your game."
Well...shit.
Thursday Night Football update: I sneakily put in waiver wire claims in a couple of my leagues for Andre Brown of the New York Giants this week. He adroitly spelled Ahmad Bradshaw last week, who came out with a neck sprain. Figuring that I could at least squeeze one week out of Brown (because things like sprained necks in the NFL magically heal in less than two weeks), I snatched him up. Good work, right? The guy right now has like 90 yards and a TD at halftime. In fact, a tweet:
Only problem is, I was so busy conversing with TheWife over dinner that I forgot today was Thursday and that the NYG were going at 8:30. Of course, when I realize this, it's 8:41. So here I am staring at my benched Andre Brown with 16 points at the half while McCluster is projected to get me 7 points against the SAINTS! THE F@#&ING SAINTS WHO GIVE UP 500 YARDS A GAME!! DOESN'T EVERYONE SCORE 20 POINTS AGAINST THE SAINTS??? I HATE FANTASY FOOTBALL.
Anyway, enough fantasy football. The last few weeks of intense travel have also seen me jump off the Paleo bandwagon with gusto for some reason. I rediscovered the joys of pizza, taco bell, spicy basil chicken, pad thai, chicken and rice, meatball subs, Irish car bombs, you name it. Felt like crap for a solid two weeks. But I think I've corrected the backslide and have now logged 5 workouts in the last 7 days and am planning on another one tomorrow. And the diet is back in check. I think I gained like 2 lbs or something. So right now, I'm at 178. I'll get back to the 175 area and then make a concerted push to beat the plateau and get to 170.
That's all for now. Gotta go take the trash out.
Last couple of months have been jam-packed with travel. Weddings galore, work trips, weekend getaways, you name it, we've been there. It's been fun, that's fo sho, but man, I feel like today is the first day in months that I'm just sitting at the house and unwinding. But I can't get too comfy, I have a conference in NYC on Monday/Tuesday and then two business trips in October, one in November, and an India trip in December. The Medallion counter is at 120k. 5k til diamond. Championship!
Speaking of championship, we're fully into the fantasy football swing of things. This year, unlike the many years prior, I have entered myself into three leagues. Three leagues is kind of a pain. I've been terrible at keeping track of all the bye weeks and making my moves on the waiver wire, etc. I fret that my mere presence in three leagues will ultimately spell my downfall. Every Sunday, my rooting interests are waaaay too wide to ever be fully on top of. At any one given time, I have some 7-8 guys going on the three different teams, and usually, a guy I own in one league is a guy I'm going against in another league. So there's the whole conflict of interest issue. I don't know. It's too much. That being said, Week 1 I went 1-2 after losing Fred Jackson and Greg Jennings in my Yale league (that's the lowest money league, and I may go winless there. Through two weeks, I have scored 180 points. Another guy in my league put up 165 THIS WEEK). Week 2 treated me a bit better--went 2-1 and the one loss was by 3 points. A Matt Bryant FG would have put me over the top. So sad. Instead of waxing poetic about my woes, some pre-season quotes from yours truly that may give you a glimpse of my lot in fantasyland:
"Man, Dexter McCluster is going to be legit this year. I need to make sure I draft him in every league I'm in."
"Two of my leagues are PPR leagues. Wes Welker? First Round? Yes, Please!"
"Darren Sproles? Eh, whatever. Julio Jones? Eh, whatever."
"Fred Jackson was a beast last year. I need to make sure he is on my team. Also, that guy Steven Jackson is awesome. I should draft him comically early in two of my leagues."
"Jamaal Charles looks fantastic. I am going to take him instead of Darren Sproles in my PPR, high money league. Sure he's coming off a torn ACL, but he USED to be awesome."
"This is going to be Jake Locker's year. I can feel it."
"I think Michael Vick's turnover issues have been solved."
And the icing on the cake, courtesy of Bashon:
"Dude, bench Welker and start McCluster. You start McCluster, you'll win your game."
Well...shit.
Thursday Night Football update: I sneakily put in waiver wire claims in a couple of my leagues for Andre Brown of the New York Giants this week. He adroitly spelled Ahmad Bradshaw last week, who came out with a neck sprain. Figuring that I could at least squeeze one week out of Brown (because things like sprained necks in the NFL magically heal in less than two weeks), I snatched him up. Good work, right? The guy right now has like 90 yards and a TD at halftime. In fact, a tweet:
 | ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) |
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Andre Brown had 77 rush yards in 1st quarter, the most 1st-quarter rush yards by a Giants player since Tiki Barber in 2005
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Only problem is, I was so busy conversing with TheWife over dinner that I forgot today was Thursday and that the NYG were going at 8:30. Of course, when I realize this, it's 8:41. So here I am staring at my benched Andre Brown with 16 points at the half while McCluster is projected to get me 7 points against the SAINTS! THE F@#&ING SAINTS WHO GIVE UP 500 YARDS A GAME!! DOESN'T EVERYONE SCORE 20 POINTS AGAINST THE SAINTS??? I HATE FANTASY FOOTBALL.
Anyway, enough fantasy football. The last few weeks of intense travel have also seen me jump off the Paleo bandwagon with gusto for some reason. I rediscovered the joys of pizza, taco bell, spicy basil chicken, pad thai, chicken and rice, meatball subs, Irish car bombs, you name it. Felt like crap for a solid two weeks. But I think I've corrected the backslide and have now logged 5 workouts in the last 7 days and am planning on another one tomorrow. And the diet is back in check. I think I gained like 2 lbs or something. So right now, I'm at 178. I'll get back to the 175 area and then make a concerted push to beat the plateau and get to 170.
That's all for now. Gotta go take the trash out.
