Archive for April 19th, 2007

Alec Baldwin!

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

He’s mad at you.



2007 Paris-Roubaix Pool Results

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Sorry for the delay on this, I have lots of excuses.

PComeau wins the pool by putting Flecha into second place. Yea, he’s the only one that scored any points at all in the pool so I had to get creative on the scoring for the rest of you. Don’t complain about the scoring because I wasted 15 whole minutes on this project.

After scoring based on the rules I then looked at those who had 4 finishers and scored them based on the overall finish of the picked riders with low points being scored ahead. I then did the same thing for those who had 3 finishers and then the sorry dude that only had two finishers.

So, without further delay, here are the final pool results:

1st  PComeau (10 pool points)
2nd  Kevin Powers (39 alternate points)
3rd  Adam Newman (59 alternate points)
4th  Plan B (73 alternate points)

5th  Skibby (88 alternate points)
6th  E Fresh L (91 alternate points)
7th  Jim R (91 alternate points) (Hammond over Hushovd)
8th  Strats (97 alternate points)
9th  (dis) (98 alternate points)
10th  Chad Macy (98 alternate points) (Boonen over Ballan)
11th  DavidH (100 alternate points)
12th  Cour10ay (104 alternate points)
13th  Daniel Casper (110 alternate points)
14th  Evolving Yeti (110 alternate points) (Hoste over Gusev)
15th  Super Rookie (116 alternate points)
16th  Tuffy (132 alternate points)
17th  Timmer (11 alternate points, 3 finishers)
18th  Chris Baldwin (26 alternate points, 3 finishers)
19th  Brian Koeneman (47 alternate points, 3 finishers)
20th  Der Kruiser (36  alternate points, 2 finishers)

Thanks to all who played along.

Top 4 win the Banjo Brothers bags, send on some addresses!



Gonzales

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

The AG is getting absolutely creamed in his testimony before Congress this afternoon. Keep in mind that Gonzales has been Bush’s boy since he was governor of Texas.

The whole spectacle is a perfect example of the utter and complete incompetence of this administration. I mean, if you are going to play politics with every branch of the federal bureaucracy, can’t you at least play the politics well? These guys can’t even make good hacks. It’s an embarrassing window into the empty suit that has occupied the White House since January 2001.

Bring on 2008 and put the grown ups back in charge.



Global Warming Explained

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Way to go Connie. I can’t believe no one else thought of this…

h/t Gilby.



Things are looking up

Thursday, April 19th, 2007



Things are looking up

Originally uploaded by smithersmpls.


Me and Baby Smithers went for some loaf…



Still Ill

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Someday I’ll feel good again.

Not today.



Absurd

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

CyclingNews.com:

Fans of 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis have stumped up their hard earned cash to buy the American’s signature and a photo opportunity with the 31 year-old, with Landis reportedly charging fans 25 dollars for the privilege at a Dallas bicycle shop.

I have it on good authority that Landis signs those photos with the inscription “Thanks Sucker.”