In honor of Tacoctober a few friends from the mine and I held a taco tailgate before the Iowa State-Texas Christian football match recently. It seemed like a good time to squeeze off a few shots on the new toy. Here are a few shots from Taco Tailgate 2015: Since… Read More »Taco Tailgate
We recently held an auction at the Computer Mine. The one thing in the auction that I really coveted was a blue Canon A4000 IS. I’m not a Canon guy at all. However, I’ve been sans point and shoot for a couple years now and there are times (like mission… Read More »New Toy
Looks like the new kid on the block Faust dominated the action this week. This week’s standings: 1. CAF: 23-6 2. CDB: 20-9 3. JLB: 19-10 4. RMK: 16-13 5. DRE: 15-14 OVERALL STANDINGS 1. CAF (1) 1. JLB (1) 1. RMK (1) 4. CDB (0) 4. DRE (0) THURSDAY… Read More »The Experts – Week 4 Results
This week’s games for prognostication. If you want in, email me your picks for 5 PM Thursday. A little analysis wouldn’t hurt either. TIEBREAKER CHIEFS AT PACKERS – MONDAY 7:30 PM (ESPN) THURSDAY GAME RACISTS (1-1) AT GIANTS (0-2) – 7:25 PM (CBS/NFL) CINCINNATI (2-1) AT MEMPHIS (3-0) – 6:30… Read More »The Experts – Week 4 Games
Feel like revisiting my Instagram account. It has been a long, long, time. Obviously, if you follow me on Instagram, like a boss, you’ve already experienced these. A few of my favorites: That was fun! We’ll have to do that again sometime!
Once again, don’t read if you don’t want to know what will happen in the most important football games this weekend. TIE-BREAKER IOWA STATE AT TOLEDO – SATURDAY 7 PM (ESPNNEWS) CDB: IOWA STATE 13 TOLEDO 10 (The most important thing for this game is that Tucker will be back.… Read More »The Experts Week 3 – The Picks
I have to take my hat off (doing lots of stuff with hats lately) to JLB this week. He had a monster week. The kind of week that create legends. I don’t expect him to duplicate this feat. Remember, if you want to compete, get your picks for this week… Read More »The Experts – Week 2 Results
This week’s games for prognostication. Remember if you wish to throw your hat into the ring, you just need to email me your picks by kickoff of the first game. Was hoping to get this out last night, but it ended up being an insanely busy weekend. Pretty weak slate… Read More »The Experts – Week 3
I warn you once again, if you do not want to know what will happen in the football world, turn back now! TIE-BREAKER IOWA AT IOWA STATE – SATURDAY – 3:45 PM (FOX) CDB: IOWA STATE 27 IOWA 6 (Did you watch Iowa State’s defensive line on Saturday? Crazy! That… Read More »The Experts – Week 2 Prognostication
The first week of THE EXPERTS was a barn burner*! RMK edged DRE by 3 points in the tie-breaker to take home the Week 1 title. I did not award him a weekly prize though because he celebrated by saying something ridiculous about Kobe Bryant. Here are the results, for… Read More »THE EXPERTS – WEEK 1 RESULTS
Here are the Week 3 games, in case you feel like participating. WEEK 2 GAMES TIE-BREAKER IOWA AT IOWA STATE – SATURDAY – 3:45 PM (FOX) THURSDAY GAMES STEELERS AT PATRIOTS – 7:30 PM (NBC) FRIDAY GAMES UTAH STATE (1-0) AT UTAH (1-0) – 8 PM (ESPN2) FORT DODGE DODGERS… Read More »The Experts Week 2
For the last couple of years I have selected a collection of games and asked some of my sporting expert friends to give me predictions on the winners. Last year JLB ended up being the wisest of my experts. I thought I would open the game up and see if… Read More »The Experts: Week 1
Although I haven’t touched the real camera lately, I have sorta documented some stuff with my cruddy camera on my phone. Thought I would post some of those from the last few months. Remember, these are taken with a cruddy camera phone. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve already… Read More »Phonetos – Vol. 1
Wow! What an amazing season of College Basketball. Especially in the state of Iowa. Almost everybody has something to cheer about: The Iowa State Cyclones won the Big 12 for the second straight year. They are looking to make good on Hoiberg’s promise of a national championship. The UNI Panthers… Read More »ROUNDBALL ORACLES YEAR 11
So I ran away with last week’s title: Week 4: 1. Humble Narrator – 21-6 – .778 2. JB59 – 18-9 – .667 3. Dre – 13-9 – .591 4. RMK – 13-14 – .481 Overall Standings: 1. JB59 – 71-32 .689 2. Me – 67-36 .652 3. RMK –… Read More »Week 5 of Highly Inaccurate Sports Prognostication
Last week was a rougher week from a prediction standpoint. But Russell came through with the best week: WEEK 2 Russell Kennerly 15-10 .600 Jason Baier 17-12 .586 Humble Narrator 16-13 .552 OVERALL STANDINGS Jason Baier 34-13 .723 Russell Kennerly 29-12 .707 Humble Narrator 30-17 .638 What is there to… Read More »Week 3 of Highly Inaccurate Sports Prognostication
In Week 1 Jason Baier had probably the greatest sports prognostication week of his life. Admittedly, Week 1 games are always pretty easy to pick, but he only missed ONE game. He missed Grand View beating Drake mercilessly. Yes, once again this year I will not count it against you… Read More »Week 2 of Highly Inaccurate Sports Prognostication
Usually I only share this info with Baier, RMK, and Dre, but I feel there is just too much knowledge in this gulliver not to share it with the world (wide web). THE ONLY GAME THAT MATTERS Everybody knows that North Dakota State has dominated their level of football over… Read More »Week 1 of Highly Inaccurate Sports Prognostication
Brandon Kahler – 2014 Roundball Oracles ChampionI apologize for taking so long to reveal the champion of Year 10 of the Roundball Oracles. But I think my post college basketball season depression (or PCBSD as mental health professionals call it) was even greater this year than in years past. You… Read More »Photo(s) of the Day 0007
March Madness is once again upon us. That can mean only 1 thing! It is time for the Roundball Oracles to gather once again and make predictions about the outcome of the NCAA tournament. I would actually like to start this by quoting the predictions I made about this year’s… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 10
Beardo This week’s Personal Photo Project was to document the ferocity of my beard before I shaved it off. Jay was the trigger man for this photo shoot. The rest of the Beardo Series: Next week’s Personal Photo Project will most likely involve lilies.