Archive for March, 2008

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Kansas City Royals 27, Boston Red Sox 1

Only one place – Baseball 2K8 on my Wii.  Once I figured out the game mechanics, it got a little boring (which makes me glad I rented it to give a try first).  So I started hitting batters.  The ump was throwing my pitchers out of the game, but when I got to my last [...]

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

My Pimp Hand is Lazy

But I’m here to rectify. First off, win your way into the WSOP with this:
 

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The ‘BBT3′ is a series of tournies that run throughout the week:
 
Monday:

 
Tuesday:

 
Wednesday:

 
Thursday:

 
Sunday:

 
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Another option for winning yourself [...]

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

Play (Fantasy) Ball

Opening game of the 2008 season is 6AM EST time tomorrow.  Dice-K will start for the Red Sox against the Oakland A’s Tom Blanton. 
And if you haven’t been paying attention: yes – 6AM, which is 6PM Tokyo time.  Bud Selig is no longer satisfied with the wallets of economically down-turned Americans and is now [...]

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Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Malaise

Microbes have been kicking my ass lately.  The flu knocked me out two weeks ago and I’m just now getting over a cold that I think I picked up in the dentist’s office (”What?  free throat infections while you drill into my teeth?  Jackpot!”).  Add to this a manager at work who has decided that [...]

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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Dungeon Master Misses His Last Saving Throw

I was saddened to read this:
 
MILWAUKEE – Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.

 
D&D took up an inordinate amount of my misspent youth.  The dice, the books, the miniatures – all from a [...]

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