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Friday, December 20, 2002
FRIGHTENING THOUGHT OF THE DAY Someone let me handle a loaded firearm. Read all about it, as well as some of my thoughts on guns and homeland security, in my article, Defending the Homeland Begins at Home, in the current issue of The American Enterprise. Wednesday, December 18, 2002
WEINKOPF.COM FOOTBALL POOL WEEK 15 UPDATE: HAIL TO THE VICTOR!  No respect: Despite winning Week 15 in the Weinkopf.com Football Pool, "Hail to the Redskins!" Scott Rubush routinely gets frisked before entering public venues.
THIS WEEK'S UPDATE, I'm sad to say, will necessarily be a short one, due to a rash of pressing holiday deadlines. But to get to business, let us first marvel at the power of the One Not To Watch charm, which lifted "Hail to the Redskins!" Scott Rubush from last place in Week 14 to first place in Week 15. With his 97 points on the week, Scott is back in the Top Ten at Number 8. Scott was gracious enough not only to e-mail me the picture above, but a second one as well, for "for when I win again next week! =)" With that kind of confidence, he deserves to become our new One To Watch. Hex proof Last week's OTW, Jersey Girl Cris, is clearly immune to the OTW hex. She not only scored 86 points (fourth highest behind Scott, Bruiser Tim, and Hoboken Orphans Chris, but also added 22 points to her lead over the formerly-first-place-and-I-want-a-recount WildStyle75 Stacey Pressman. Jersey Girl is well on the road to back-to-back titles, unless the quickly fading Stacey can overtake her. No one else is even close. Third place New York Lancers Dave is almost a full 100 points behind -- an all but impossible deficit to cover in just two weeks. Highly coveted The ONTW label, which has worked miracles all season long, is now more highly coveted than the Ring of Power. This year's recipient is one knows the honor well: At Least I'm Not a Zebra Elizabeth, who put in the week's second-lowest score of 34 points. Blasted Elizabeth! If it weren't for her lousy showing, my lousy showing (50 points) would have made yours truly, the Mighty Mighty Pats Fan the ONTW. Once again, the MMPF's fortunes have risen and fallen (in this case, fallen) with that of the Mighty Mighty Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots (better say that as much as possible while I still can). But alas, things should turn around, as the Pats are, once again, the Team Not To Watch. Baseball doldrums Yes Virginia, there is justice in this world. Brother "When's Baseball Season Start" Bob managed to pick just one game correctly this week -- fortunately for him, it was the one to which he assigned all 16 confidence points. That drops Bob down to the last spot in the Top Ten, just one point behind Grogan's Heroes Kenny. Hopefully, he will drop quite a bit further in the final two weeks. (Note that Bob, by virtue of his random-picking strategy and unwarranted success earlier in the season, is not being rewarded with the ONTW designation.) Family matters I've inched up closer to Bob in our intra-familial battle, and now trail by just one point on the season, 8-7. Padawan Ebin has clinched a season victory over his dad, NevadaNiner Jason, and now leads 9-6. The Rubush family battle royale continues, with Scott's first-place 97 points trouncing little Brother Matthew's 64. It's now Matt: 8, Scott: 7 on the season. Grogan's Heroes Kenny (54 points on the week) continues to best his wife, Mrs. Zebra, whom he now leads 10-4. Toddler alert, cont'd. Three-year old Ebin is now officially beating yours truly. Last week's question's answered How many poolers will Ebin humiliate by season's end? We're up to seven and counting. Can Schizophobes Glen put himself back in the Top Ten? We're sure he could, if only he would get his picks in on time. Are WildStyle75 Stacey's championship prospects doomed? She's choking worse than the president with a box of pretzels. And some new questions to ponder Will Scott live up to his own hype? Will Stacey's season-end implosion continue? Which bottom-dweller will surprise us all by cracking the Top Ten? The answers to these questions and more in next week's Weinkopf.com Football Pool. Stay tuned Yours, Chris, the Mighty Mighty Pats Fan PS -- Note Saturday's games! Picks must be in by 10:30 AM PST! PINING FOR AL GORE This week's FrontPage column: Trent could learn a lott from the former vice president. |