Thanks for the reminder
I forgot! I have to tell you what happened to me when I read Haunted!
Basically, nothing.
To be fair it was nasty. I didn't enjoy the description of a starving group of writers eating soup made from a microwaved fetus, or detailed account of a stomach rupturing, or what I will only refer to as "Guts." I winced a fair amount and shook my head, but I did managed to finish the book without fainting, vomiting or dying as my horoscope had foretold. What was interesting though, the edition of the book I had picked up has an afterword from Chuck describing what he calls "The 'Guts' Effect" - over the course of his book tour for Haunted, a total of 73 audience members fainted during his reading of the first short story. (Apparently I am too hardened to have been affected - must be all those gory videogames and movies I watched in my youth.)
What is remarkable is that everyone I have discussed this with is dying to read the book. What kind of sick, gluttons are you? I know what I'm buying everyone for Christmas.
Two things about the NFL:
1. The first week and I am already annoyed with sports broadcasters making up words. The worst I heard last weekend: "trickeration"
2. Fantasy football is taking the fun out of football. No one has a team anymore, you guys just have players. When you are cheering for players on both teams just to make big plays and don't care about who freaking wins and loses - you suck. My friend said, if it weren't for Fantasy, he probably wouldn't watch football anymore. All that sounded like to me was "I'm a crappy fan." (Oh and Karen - The name of CAGE's team is "Level 12 Trolls".)
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Napalm
My Vain Enemy Milked Japanese Snakes Until Noon
Mistaken Vegetarian Eats Meat? Just Spit Under Napkin (can't take credit for that one)
Musical Violins Earn Money Jamming Songs Until Nightfall
Miss Vermont Entertains Men Jumping Straight-Up Naked
My Very Erotic Mother Just Showed Us Nipple (not mine either)
My Very Evil Master Joined Satan, Urging Necrophilia
Mnemonics Vary, Each More Jarringly Stupid/Unpleasant/Nefarious
Pluto is no longer a planet but you can still use this to see your age in Pluto years.
If you're ever on Jeopardy: Any number, squared, is equal to one more than the multiplied numbers on either side of it -- 4x6 is 24, 5² is 25.
- Lethargic Adults Drink Alcohol
5 comments:
You have it all wrong lada. Fantasy does nothing but add hours of enjoyment and bliss to football. Of course you should still cheer for your team to win - I still want the Falcons and 49ers to win over their opponents. It's why most good fantasy players bench their starters when they play their home team (I won't be playing Cadillac against Atlanta this weekend cuz I will be rooting for them to shut him down).
Also, fantasy keeps you engaged in football the entire week before games even start. I could probably tell you the entire NFL's injury report and go on at length about how I feel the Texans aquiring Samkon Gado from Green Bay will move Wali Lundy to have a good game against the Colt's defense at Indy this week. Fantasy forces me to learn everything I can about match-ups, blocking schemes, and coaching philosophies so I can make the best choice for my team.
And of course I love watching football, but why should I care who wins between the Seahawks and the Lions? But since I have Seattle's D I now have a reason to get passionately involved in the game. What the heck is wrong about that? If anything, fantasy breeds better NFL fans, not the other way around. Of course you should never cheer against your actual team against your fantasy one, but what's wrong with wanting to see Rudi Johnson light up the Chiefs for a couple of TDs?
Also...
This is a really interesting article about fantasy football and office productivity. I thought it was very timely, because I have been at my new "real world" job for less than 3 weeks and I've easily spent as much time on my roster as my work. Although to be fair, I don't really have any work to do yet...
http://msn.foxsports.com/fantasy/story/5913686?BAC-0MS739019835&promoCode=000006MSHPFFCPLNN&FSO1&ATT=HCP>1=8485
Sorry the link is long, but it is interesting.
Most Vacuous English Men Just Spout Utter Nonsense, Not Unlike Silly Jane’s Memorably Eccentric Voice Monologue.
Wow, the things I'm finding out about your mother...D
lada - thanks for keeping me updated on worldly news. i had no idea that there was such dispute over pluto! what would i do without you?
Wait, am I silly Jane?
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