Friday Thoughts
Yes, Glen it is possible to be civil in politics. I just wish that Congress and the President would act civil as well.
In other news, iPad 2, rest in peace. I had an issue -- during the superstorm here in New England, last night, I tried to leave my car and picked up my iPad 2 out of my car. I guess I picked it up by the smart cover and it went flying out of my hand and slammed onto the cement floor of the garage. Can you say broken screen?
So I filed a claim on my SquareTrade ADH warranty..I've never had to file a claim before...guess we'll see.
I did have to decide if I could life without an iPad for weeks. I couldn't, so I went to Best Buy and picked up a new one -- this one is white, 64GB. There was only one problem -- they were open box units. And they were having an open box sale...so I got the $829 iPad for $700. Not bad 
. And of course 4x RewardZone points. I swapped the SIM cards from one to the other and there's my unlimited data plan!
Has anyone had experience with SquareTrade and filing a claim?
Tuesday Thoughts Long
1. Romney won here, although I'm not sure why. I kept my streak of voting going, although as a registered Dem, there really wasn't a lot to vote for. LOL. Kudos to Ron Paul for getting second, I'd have voted for him if I was on the GOP side (on the Dem side it would have counted under "write in" so I'll pass).
2. I traded in a 4 year old MacBook (not Pro) to Best Buy for $535. That's insane, considering it was like $1,000 in 2008. Who needs that buyback program. Thanks for the free Tivo Premiere Elite! And of course I bought the Mrs. a MacBook air for Xmas so everyone is happy. 4 tuners in one Tivo. 2TB HD Yes!
3. Tebow, not Tivo. LOL. Amazing game on Sunday. Will be very interesting on Saturday. Denver is always tough for NE so who knows what will/can happen?!
4. Only a month or so for the PS Vita. Meh. Mine's already bought thanks to a Wii console and game trade in. Like I'd play that anymore.
5. NHL - the BOS/VAN game over the weekend was awesome. The NHL's Shanahan doing a description of the reasons for the suspension of Marchand was dead on. The NHL has done a fantastic job explaining the suspensions and why they were given. Marchand can say he didn't mean it but it was rough. And I'm a Bruins fan. Of course I've never seen anything like tonight's WPG game -- each team had a penalty shot -- for dumb ass reasons. Penalty shots are not like soccer PKs -- they don't always go in. I'm not sure it's a good thing to have a penalty shot over a power play, but it sure is exciting. And of course the Bruins won.
6. I'd talk about sports games, If I was playing one. I finished the Gauntlet on Blitz. One man blitz seems to be the gimme play.
Thursday notes
Hopefully the DNS issues are all resolved. All part of the fun of moving domains due to Godaddy's SOPA support.
- Yesterday I didn't get much time in on NFL Blitz, instead I code to focus my time on Skyrim.
It's absolutely amazing how much time you can spend on a game and never really mess with the primary storyline.
Yesterday, for example, I spent at least an hour making potions and traveling from city to city to sell all of them off for healing potions, which I need more and more of as time goes on. Still, I keep going back to my level 24 Redguard and slaughtering the contents of any cave or mine that I see.
The only thing that I could see ending that is the release of Diablo III. That game will certainly be the end of Craig's and my life.
- That gets me to thinking. What was the last sports game that you felt that way about? According to my Steam stats, I have over 25 hours put into Skyrim in the last month or so. Are there any sports games that still grab you that way?
- Lastly, I am glad that I am starting to temper my sports fandom of late because if I was really being fanatical about the Rose Bowl or the last Badger basketball game, I would probably have lost my mind about the way that both teams lost.
I guess the true test will be to see how I react if the Packers fail to win in the playoffs.
Best Football Play of the Day
No, I'm not talking about lame-o Clemson. (Hi, Craig).
Instead, check out this awesome goal by Tim Howard for Everton. The funny thing is that the big news on this game was that Landon Donovan was starting for Everton and yet the only goal scorer for Everton was the goal keeper.
Check it out by clicking here.
Wednesday Thoughts
1. 6 days to go until the NH Primary. Unlike 4 years ago, things aren't nearly as busy here as they were then. I still have a few phone calls here and there, but not nearly as many as there were back then.
2. The general feeling is that Mitt Romney will win here, because apparently NH Republicans are so stupid, they will vote for the guy closest to NH. Just like Democrats in 2004 LOL. I am not a fan of Mitt, or pretty much anyone on the ballot. I know you are shocked.
3. Moving along to gaming, I had to buy NFL Blitz for the PS3 so I could get it a day early. My feelings: 1) the graphics suck. 2) the game clock stops after every play no matter what happens - stupid. 3) same plays as before on offense and defense. 4) the lateral to forward pass is still fun. 5) Not a fan of the one button controls this time around. I don't seem to do well with a turbo pass, for example. 6) I hate not having late hits. 7). Of course, I keep playing it.
Happy Friday
Hello y'all. I was off this week from work, thinking I'd be able to catch up on games, movies, and everything else. That didn't go according to plan as after a wonderful holiday, I got nasty sick. I think it was food poisoning, but I'm now 3 days removed and still not 100%. I will spare you the details (Glen got a nice descriptive blow by blow, although I did neglect to take photos), but I'm still not 100%. I was really hoping to catch up on gaming, but oh well.
So let's talk about what I did do:
I watched some movies. First The Smurfs. If you weren't sick before, watching this movie will make you sick. It is awful. I also watched A Christmas Story for the first time. I can see the appeal, I just wasn't OMG that I had seen on Facebook about this movie. Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris is a definite must-see. I also saw Margin Call which has a very good cast and was interesting but not stellar -- too many unresolved issues in that movie. I did get out of the house and watched the new Sherlock Holmes movie, which was very good.
I also caught up on some TV. I can't stop watching Storage Wars (thanks Roku). I also watched the first episode of Homeland which has a lot of buzz and I can see why, although I'm only one episode in.
I haven't done jack when it comes to gaming unfortunately.
With NFL.com Fantasy, the final standings are up as Glen mentioned -- NFL.com did a nice job showing off the winners and the playoff brackets. I enjoyed myself this year, even if Glen only gave 4 pts for a passing touchdown. I lived and died by the Gronk and while he did great things for me in the first 13 weeks, his zero touchdowns in the last week knocked me out. Oh well. Congrats to the winner and I look forward to next year. What is most important is that I beat Glen and Craig. Craig couldn't even make the playoffs. Talk about bad. I don't think Craig has ever done well in Fantasy.
I have to say I am looking forward to next Wednesday's release of NFL Blitz. I have no idea what to expect, but my fingers are crossed for a great game.
Wednesday Thoughts
1. Wow, I didn't realize how good of a game NBA2K is for the PC. Best $9.99 I've spent -- and I don't even like Basketball!
2. I'm one of the three people left on earth stuck with a BlackBerry (thanks corporate IT policy). It's a CDMA phone but it does have unlimited (but monitored) data. I was excited to see Spotify released for Blackberries...but not CDMA phones. Crap. Of course I'm sure Spotify is programming for this phone like EA programs for Commodore Amigas.
3. I'm still bitter over my fantasy loss. Playing in the "3rd place game" is about as exciting as not making the playoffs at all. Of all the games Gronk becomes a non-factor, it had to be this one. Grrr.
4. Not a bad interview by Glen about Blitz. I'm looking forward to this one.
5. Pretty much every game is $0.99 for the iPad by EA this week. Hello, FIFA 12 and Madden. It's $0.99!
6. If you have PlayOn, you should get PlayLater. Very cool idea.
7. Anyone out there have a Kindle Fire? Does the upgrade help? I have an iPad but with all my Amazon "crap" I keep thinking maybe I should get this. Yes, that is not healthy at all.
Live by the Gronk, die by the Gronk
Well, Glen's dreams have come true as the playoff week was the week that Gronk decided not to score any TDs. That combined with a shitty Flacco performance means the only thing I can do is hope for the PIT defense to score negative points. I will need a Tebow-esque miracle for that!
Sunday Thoughts
It's the next-to-last week of the fantasy playoffs and I'm already 27 points down. Yikes. I'm playing against Tom Brady also. Yikes. Thankfully I do have Gronk and thanks to the insane commissioner's scoring policies, it will actually benefit me as any Brady - to - Gronk TD gets me 2 more points. Thanks, Glen!
If you didn't get on board the Amazon.com sale of NBA2K12 for $9.99 on the PC, you are missing out. It is very, very impressive. I haven't played the game on console but I have played it on the ipad. iPad version is fun, but it's not a console game. PC version is like, whoa!
I keep telling myself I will play more games and relax, but all I do is buy more games and of course play my Nintendo GBA games on my 3DS. Seriously, Wario Ware, why are you so addictive. "Pick!"
Finally, if you didn't see SNL last night, it was probably one of the best episodes in a long time, most likely because it seemed every cast member since 1990 was on the show (Tina Fey, Amy Pohler, Chris Kattan, Tracy Morgan, Horatio Sanz, Rachel Dratch, etc). The last skit, normally some cluster because it was nearing 1AM, was all kinds of awesome -- Jesus visits the Denver Broncos!
Check it out here: http://eye-on-football.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/33915081
Saturday Thoughts
Well today it's good to be a Nintendo ambassador! The 10 new GBA games that were just released are awesome. F-Zero, Mario Kart and Wario Ware? Yes.
More deals
Thanks to Glen for posting that NBA2K12 deal. I picked that one up. (10x points on Amazon downloads makes it like I just spent $100 lol).
In other deal news, I don't know why Glen didn't post this (no referrer link? LOL). But Best Buy has taken $100 off the PlayStation 3D TV, making it $399. Wow.
Sports News
Wow. Really bad news coming from Brewer land as Glen mentioned earlier. No word on whether or not he'll blame it on a B12 shot that Tejada gave him in the butt.
MLB 12: The Show. Sold
Have you seen the new interview/post on PlayStation blog for MLB 12 The Show?
Click here to view it.
All I can say is sold. I mean first they used Orioles players to show the game off. What game does that? That's awesome. Then we find out we can play the game on the PSVita, save it to the cloud, put on your PS3 and load the Vita game from the cloud and keep playing. That is awesome!
And real live, useful PlayStation Move support! Wow. This is going to be good.
Fantasy
Well thanks to Glen's dumbass scoring model, my 2 losses by .5 points total put me as #2 on the board but #1 in the division. This week's playoff game features me vs. Joe DiSano, Glen vs. someone else and Craig not paying attention. Let's hope Joe Flacco can throw one GD touchdown pass this week.
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