When I tweeted that this first portion of this guide was unsustainably long, I wasn't kidding! Compiling this array of half-baked takes was supposed to be thing that keeps me busy in between diaper changes, in the few fleeting minutes where I have something resembling mental energy. Typing up 3,000 words on the least interesting … Continue reading The New Parents’ Guide to the 2021 NFL Season – NFC South
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The New Parents’ Guide to the 2021 NFL Season – AFC South
Let's get this over with, shall we? I beginning this guide with a look at the AFC South because I have long believed that, whenever I am confronted with any sort of task, it is best to get the shitty, no fun parts of said task out of the way before moving on to the … Continue reading The New Parents’ Guide to the 2021 NFL Season – AFC South
The New Parents’ Guide to the 2021 NFL Season – Introduction
It's August, which means it's time to start inaccurately bloviating about the coming NFL season! In some ways, this is the most exciting time of the year to be a pro football fan. Your favorite team has yet to be decimated by injuries to key players (with apologies to any Colts fans reading this). Those … Continue reading The New Parents’ Guide to the 2021 NFL Season – Introduction
A Quick Guide to Blaseball Finances
Blaseball is back! By the time you read this, Season 13 will be well underway, making now a great time to share everything I've learned about sound blaseball fiscal policy. If you're relatively new to the splort like me, perhaps the maximal absurdity inherent to blaseball has you feeling a tad overwhelmed, and unsure of … Continue reading A Quick Guide to Blaseball Finances
Tom Brady Super Bowl Wins, Ranked From Least to Most Dispiriting
The Super Bowl has come and gone, and while I can't speak for anyone, I'm nonetheless sure we can all agree that it sucked. If you're like me, you gained almost no pleasure from watching the game itself, and if Sunday could be said to have been a good day, it was because the food … Continue reading Tom Brady Super Bowl Wins, Ranked From Least to Most Dispiriting
Super Bowl LV Extravaganza
So, I guess the Super Bowl is this weekend? That's neat, I suppose, although I'd be lying if I said I'm all that excited for it. As the hype engine for the big game revs up to the point that it threatens to send this metaphor careening off into a ditch, my own lack of … Continue reading Super Bowl LV Extravaganza
NFL Conference Championship Picks
Was anyone else underwhelmed by the Divisional Round, or was it just me? The Divisional Round is, historically, the round of greatest insanity. In olden times, it has been known as the the Round of The Immaculate Reception and The Sea of Hands and Red Right 88 and The Epic In Miami and...(*shudders in Vikings*)...The … Continue reading NFL Conference Championship Picks
NFL Divisional Round Picks
I can't speak to the prevailing atmospheric conditions wherever you may have been this past Sunday morning, but here in Raleigh, it was gorgeous. The sun was out, but the sky was lined with wintry, silver clouds. The air was crisp, but not cold. My wife and I were able to (safely, and while wearing … Continue reading NFL Divisional Round Picks
NFL Playoffs MegaColumn
Part 1: Regular Season Confidence Pool Wrap-Up I have a saying: “All's well that ends.” From a results-oriented perspective, this is just about the nicest thing I can say about my Confidence Pool performance this season. What started off so promisingly in Week 2, with 14 out of 16 correct picks and 120 out of … Continue reading NFL Playoffs MegaColumn
Week 17 Confidence Pool
I can recall a time last year when, upon surveying the broader landscape of the AFC, I thought to myself, “Man, the whole conference is treating the 6 seed like it causes lymphoma” as the Steelers and Raiders crapped their way out of playoff contention. And I can recall a time earlier this year (which, … Continue reading Week 17 Confidence Pool
Rob Writes About Whatever 