Fantasy Football Time

My draft:
Round 1, Pick #06: (WR) Larry Fitzgerald, ARI
Round 2, Pick #21: (QB) Tony Romo, DAL
Round 3, Pick #38: (WR) TJ Houshmandzadeh, SEA
Round 4, Pick #43: (TE) Greg Olsen, CHI
Round 5, Pick #60: (RB) LenDale White, TEN
Round 6, Pick #75: (RB) Jerious Norwood, ATL
Round 7, Pick #100: (TD/SP) Baltimore Ravens
Round 8, Pick #115: (RB) Tim Hightower, ARZ
Round 9, Pick #134: (QB) Joe Flacco, BAL
Round 10, Pick #149: (WR) Domenik Hixon, NYG
Round 11, Pick #164: (RB) Correll Buckhalter, DEN
Round 12, Pick #179: (PK) Matt Bryant, TB

...I like that my even 11th-round pick has promise as a starter. I'll take that as a good sign for this season.

My Mission

My mission: to make our cultural leaders and representatives more not stupid.
...to be fair, I think this website is Canadian, meaning, not my culture, exactly; also possibly from a French-speaking author. Still being Canadian should generally be less of an excuse.

The Final Top-Six Spot Goes To...

I've been itching for the Wild to make one more big acquisition, this summer, and GM Chuck Fletcher isn't going to let me down.
With TheFourthPeriod reporting that the Wild are chasing Alex Tanguay, my hopes have been tingling. Yes, tingling.

For brevity's sake, let's make this a simple top-5 list, of free-agents or realistic trades which I would love to see the Wild acquire:

1. Alex Tanguay
2. Petr Sykora
3. Phil Kessel
4. Richard Zednik
5. Vinny Prospal

PGA Championship 2009: Tuesday Practice Rounds

Vijay Singh drove it further it than I would have on #1

Camilo Villegas is confident that he won't hit Angel Cabrera

Y.E. Yang practices a sand shot while Charlie Wi and K.J. Choi look on

Stuart Appleby examines the #17 green

Justin Rose tees off on #1

Sergio Garcia and Retief Goosen follow the tee shot of a golfer whom I couldn't ID. Anyone?

Charles Howell III

Camilo Villegas

Miguel Angel Jimenez

Tom Lehman

Wild Acquistion Rumors

HockeyBuzz.com is reporting the MN Wild to be top competitors in the a few high-profile races, in the continuing intrigue of this offseason.
This summer has been a dynamic one for Wild fans, who began this summer by meeting a new GM and head coach, both, but watching Marian Gaborik, the last of the original Wild, sign with the NY Rangers, in a move both as mournful and expected as one's grandmother passing. However, expectations for the upcoming season rebounded quickly, as new GM, Chuck Fletcher landed Martin Havlat, Shane Hnidy and Greg Zanon.
The summer has since been mostly uneventful, featuring a handful of depth signings. Fletcher has commented that he's willing to wait for good options, instead of burning valuable cap room. Fletcher's patience seems to be paying dividends, as opportunities have arisen--Nikolai Zherdev has not tempted him, but Zherdev's sudden availability is a good example. ...and after renewing a very tradable contract for Josh Harding, who is popular among Wild faithful, but not likely to take Nik Backstrom's job, Fletcher has cap room to spare, and has a bargaining chip in Harding, a great, young goalie who would appreciate more of a chance, elsewhere.
Could Harding be trade bait for Dany Heatley? HockeyBuzz.com thinks it's likely. Heatley is unquestionably a top-flight scorer, but his recent antics in asking to be traded from Ottawa, but dismantling an Edmonton offer and letting a San Jose offer fizzle, have taken their toll on his reputation. How would fans receive him?
Also hanging in the air is the fate of Alex Tanguay, whose star has faded in 3 seasons which featured 2 trades. However, he is still a player who has 580 points in 659 games, and it not yet 30 years old. HockeyBuzz hears that the Wild are also pursuing him hotly, and are near the top of his list.
Some Wild fans may wonder if the team is basically in the same position as last year--one signing away from a great team, but letting a popular star walk away, and resting hopes on a fragile scorer. These fans should be more confident in this year's chances. There are differences here, first of all in the establishment of Mikko Koivu, whom many are realizing might be the league's best two-way center; also in GM Chuck Fletcher, whom is quickly proving himself to be crafty in his trade, positioning himself to grab one more big-name player and still have cap space.
I expect Fletcher to have acquired one more player within the week, as the late-summer harvest ripens; the potential to combine with Koivu and Havlat (for an absolutely lethal first line) will tempt many talented scorers, and Fletcher has plenty to offer them.

Really?

"A bigger question than who's responsible for the poster is what does The Joker have to do with socialism? Isn't he more of an anarchist?"
-Christopher Weber, Politics Daily

I would assume that the creators of this image are trying to draw a comparison between our President and unsavory elements of our culture--criminals, sociopaths...
...clowns?
Even if one thinks that our President is ruining our country, the leap from criminal to socialist isn't one that can be spanned by reason.
Just as when President George W. Bush was being called 'homicidal' by some, this is nothing more than name-calling. It is not any sort of cutting, edgy political commentary because it doesn't provide any reasons for comparing our President to a comic book villain; for it to even make sense is a stretch.
...and while the image manipulation work is fine, without an actual explanation of the ideas involved, such as an artist's statement, this whatever-it-is rings empty.

New Look

Devin did a fantastic job cutting my hair tonight, which allows to take this self-portrait with such smoldering intensity...