i just dressed as jar-jar binks (well, wore my regular clothing and a mask) and said "meesa jar-jar binks!" and stared at people and then said "may i have your teeeket?...please ignore the human-like hand" for about four hours. i only actually dealt with about 60 people, but it was funnish. two more days. (stadium haunted house. sort of silly, but sort of fun.)

the main reason for this post is the lamest main reason for a post ever: fantasy football...trade talks.

a guy in the league's uber-hot for roy williams. lots of silly deals proposed in recent weeks. today's silly deal was cleveland receiver andre davis and kicker jeff wilkins for roy. we all know kickers aren't sure bets, but wilkins about as sure as they come. certainly, andre davis wouldn't start for me.

i countered with a fair and interesting deal: i send him roy williams, tight end chris cooley (two TDs, but only eight or so catches for Washington, although he's always on the field) and kicker jason hanson for WR jerry porter (reasonable numbers - 45-70 yds a game, no tds yet), TE antonio gates (the best tight end in the league right now) and jeff wilkins.

this is how my lineup would change:
QB from trent green to trent green
RB1 from ahman green to ahman green
RB2 from domanick davis to domanick davis
WR1 from roy williams to eric moulds
WR2 from eric moulds to ashley lelie
TE from freddie jones to antonio gates
RB/WR keary colbert or quincy morgan or jerry porter or michael bennett (if he's healthy/productive)
DEF TBD - kansas city or buffalo
PK from john kasay to jeff wilkins

i think the deal would be great for me...but i think it's a fair deal for him (he's currently starting leonard henry and justin mccareins, although gates' productivity has him at 5-0), especially considering he's so hot for roy williams.

i doubt it'll go through.

if there were an award for most blogtastic family in the world, it'd be the nemo's. four kids, four blogs. and there's a rumored uncle. i'm waiting for mrnemo.blogspot.com to begin publication.

i think dave's might qualify as the best, due to its regularity of high-quality updates. pete's is probably second-best, because it's pithy*. nemo's is generally most pertinent to me. c's is unmemorable.

rating the nemo kids (a four's the best score...blog rating, plus cuteness rating = total rating)
d - 4+2 = 6
p - 3+1 = 4
b - 2+3 = 5
c - 1+4 = 5

according to this system, dave wins because of the 'cuteness' upset based on the 1991 family portrait. however, i'll give the nod to b-nemo (1.1 bonus points, as he wins by a nose over d), because he's more accomodating in terms of 'couch' space, and also because he only hit me with pillows, and nothing harder, when i snored.


*(pete thinks 'more community college' is a good thing, while i disagree. i think that lots of people in this country are far more educated that is required. i'm a big proponent of public education, but i think many people in community colleges are often better-served in the work force. a former coworker is an adjunct at scott community college, teaching 'business communitcation' or something like that, and 0 of his 18 students scored better than a 7/10 on some assignment about writing a proper memo...seems like they'd be better spending their time and money somewhere else. don't get me started on college grads living with their parents.)

i should really go to sleep.