Comments for Mindless Diversions http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird Just another League of Ordinary Gentlemen site Fri, 25 May 2012 10:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Weekend! by Kazzy http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/2012/05/25/weekend-32/#comment-10167 Kazzy Fri, 25 May 2012 10:12:52 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/?p=4139#comment-10167 Mary, I'm pretty sure you made EVERY one feel old earlier this week. I have the MOST fun leaving my comfort zone, though in reality I am probably just moving to different subregions of my comfort zone. It's pretty big to begin with. Sorry I can't make Leaguefest, but I hope you all have a blast. We're having a house warming party/ Memorial Day cookout (I refuse to call anything without at least 16 hours of smoked meat a "barbecue") at the new house with apparently 14+ overnight guests. Things are gonna get weird... in a great way! First of them arrives tonight, so we'll probably spend the next 48 hours drinking and watching playoff action. Wahoo! Mary, I’m pretty sure you made EVERY one feel old earlier this week.

I have the MOST fun leaving my comfort zone, though in reality I am probably just moving to different subregions of my comfort zone. It’s pretty big to begin with.

Sorry I can’t make Leaguefest, but I hope you all have a blast. We’re having a house warming party/ Memorial Day cookout (I refuse to call anything without at least 16 hours of smoked meat a “barbecue”) at the new house with apparently 14+ overnight guests. Things are gonna get weird… in a great way! First of them arrives tonight, so we’ll probably spend the next 48 hours drinking and watching playoff action. Wahoo!

]]> Comment on What’s the matter with… playoff re-seeding? by Kazzy http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/2012/05/24/whats-the-matter-with-playoff-reeseeding/#comment-10166 Kazzy Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:58 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/?p=4134#comment-10166 ARGH! Generally speaking, I try to connect issues in sports to broader topics to make them more accessible, but sometimes they will just be chalk talk. Please check back! Would love to have you participate. ARGH!
Generally speaking, I try to connect issues in sports to broader topics to make them more accessible, but sometimes they will just be chalk talk. Please check back! Would love to have you participate.

]]> Comment on What’s the matter with… playoff re-seeding? by Kazzy http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/2012/05/24/whats-the-matter-with-playoff-reeseeding/#comment-10165 Kazzy Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:06 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/?p=4134#comment-10165 Hi Mary! Sorry this post didn't resonate with you. I will say that this is probably the most "sports-heavy" of the sports-themed posts I've done here, so please don't tune them all out. Generally speaking, I try Hi Mary!

Sorry this post didn’t resonate with you. I will say that this is probably the most “sports-heavy” of the sports-themed posts I’ve done here, so please don’t tune them all out. Generally speaking, I try

]]> Comment on What’s the matter with… playoff re-seeding? by Kazzy http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/2012/05/24/whats-the-matter-with-playoff-reeseeding/#comment-10164 Kazzy Fri, 25 May 2012 09:59:21 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/?p=4134#comment-10164 I think you're both right. Generally, I'm not a fan of "tradition for tradition's sake", but there is something truly special about March Madness brackets. If I'm ever sports czar, I'd probably move to have all leagues BUT the NCAA re-seed. The NCAA tournament is flawed in so many ways from a "competitive" stand point, but amazing in so many ways from an entertainment standpoint and I think it has come to represent something unique in American sports culture and should probably be left alone (though I'd go back to 64 teams and eliminate the silliness of the "opening round"). I think you’re both right. Generally, I’m not a fan of “tradition for tradition’s sake”, but there is something truly special about March Madness brackets. If I’m ever sports czar, I’d probably move to have all leagues BUT the NCAA re-seed. The NCAA tournament is flawed in so many ways from a “competitive” stand point, but amazing in so many ways from an entertainment standpoint and I think it has come to represent something unique in American sports culture and should probably be left alone (though I’d go back to 64 teams and eliminate the silliness of the “opening round”).

]]> Comment on What’s the matter with… playoff re-seeding? by Kazzy http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/2012/05/24/whats-the-matter-with-playoff-reeseeding/#comment-10163 Kazzy Fri, 25 May 2012 09:57:18 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/?p=4134#comment-10163 I might write a post on this, as I think fitting this into a broader dissection of playoff procedures will give us an idea of league does the "best" job at crowning a champion. I alluded to it in my post on the NBA draft, with a hunch being that it is indeed the NBA, but more analysis is required. I might write a post on this, as I think fitting this into a broader dissection of playoff procedures will give us an idea of league does the “best” job at crowning a champion. I alluded to it in my post on the NBA draft, with a hunch being that it is indeed the NBA, but more analysis is required.

]]> Comment on What’s the matter with… playoff re-seeding? by Miss Mary http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/2012/05/24/whats-the-matter-with-playoff-reeseeding/#comment-10160 Miss Mary Fri, 25 May 2012 07:05:52 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/?p=4134#comment-10160 I know nothing about sports, and when I say nothing, I mean NOTHING! But I read through this entire post and the comments because I like MD and was hoping that it would make sense eventually (no such luck). It is like a foreign language I have never heard before. In exchange for the torture I subjected myself to, I now feel entitled to leave a comment. So there! ;p I know nothing about sports, and when I say nothing, I mean NOTHING! But I read through this entire post and the comments because I like MD and was hoping that it would make sense eventually (no such luck). It is like a foreign language I have never heard before. In exchange for the torture I subjected myself to, I now feel entitled to leave a comment. So there! ;p

]]> Comment on Weekend! by Miss Mary http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/2012/05/25/weekend-32/#comment-10159 Miss Mary Fri, 25 May 2012 06:54:06 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/?p=4139#comment-10159 One, peppermint schnopps and Dr. Pepper sounds terrible. Two, I know it is time to stop reminiscing about 151 and the good old days when I remember I was 15 lbs. lighter and drank regularly. Thanks for making me feel fat and old, Will ;). One, peppermint schnopps and Dr. Pepper sounds terrible. Two, I know it is time to stop reminiscing about 151 and the good old days when I remember I was 15 lbs. lighter and drank regularly. Thanks for making me feel fat and old, Will ;) .

]]> Comment on Weekend! by Will Truman http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/2012/05/25/weekend-32/#comment-10158 Will Truman Fri, 25 May 2012 06:47:55 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/?p=4139#comment-10158 The worst case I ever had was Peppermint Schnopps & Dr Pepper. It was years before I drank Dr Pepper again, and it had been a favorite up to that point. I've gotten more drunk than I got that night, but never suffered much afterwards. The worst case I ever had was Peppermint Schnopps & Dr Pepper. It was years before I drank Dr Pepper again, and it had been a favorite up to that point. I’ve gotten more drunk than I got that night, but never suffered much afterwards.

]]> Comment on Wednesday! by Miss Mary http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/2012/05/23/wednesday-63/#comment-10157 Miss Mary Fri, 25 May 2012 06:47:11 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/?p=4118#comment-10157 I'm reminded of a funny story that I just had to mention while I'm here. I went out drinking with a friend after work. (I know it is Thursday, but it's been a tough/awesome! week.) On the way home the radio played two songs back to back that made me laugh; Katy Perry's, "I Kissed a Girl" and Hot Chelle Rae's "tonight, tonight". Really? You want to play those songs one after the other? I’m reminded of a funny story that I just had to mention while I’m here. I went out drinking with a friend after work. (I know it is Thursday, but it’s been a tough/awesome! week.) On the way home the radio played two songs back to back that made me laugh; Katy Perry’s, “I Kissed a Girl” and Hot Chelle Rae’s “tonight, tonight”.
Really? You want to play those songs one after the other?

]]> Comment on Weekend! by Will Truman http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/2012/05/25/weekend-32/#comment-10156 Will Truman Fri, 25 May 2012 06:45:15 +0000 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/jaybird/?p=4139#comment-10156 You know, now that I think about it, back when I drank 151, I was fifty or so pounds heavier than I am now. And I drank a lot more and a lot more regularly. Drinking 151 now could be a mistake. You know, now that I think about it, back when I drank 151, I was fifty or so pounds heavier than I am now. And I drank a lot more and a lot more regularly. Drinking 151 now could be a mistake.

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