Monday, September 19, 2005
Monday Minutiae
We just wrapped up a lovely weekend in Rolesville with Pat and his wife, Katy. Even though it was pretty hot, Raleigh put on a nice show -- I got the impression they would consider moving here if they ever decided to leave Denver (not an easy decision for either of them, as they have very deep roots there). If they ever decided to take the plunge, they'd have instant friends here. I already love them, of course. But Beth and Logan loved them, too (Beth gave me a high five last night, she was so pleased with the visit), and Beth's parents enjoyed their company as well. It was a good time, but way too short (aren't they all?).
Pat and I did manage to continue our traditional record store incursion at Schoolkids. I picked up Nada Surf, Calexico/Iron & Wine, The New Pornographers, stellastarr*, Bloc Party Remixed, Dungen, Gogol Bordello, The Stooges' "Fun House," and the new Sigur Ros. Note the conspicuous absence of the new CD by one of my favorite bands, The Dandy Warhols. I have yet to read even a partially kind review of the new disc (including a perplexing 1.2 from Pitchfork, which begs the question "is there any difference between a 1.2 and a zero, and if not, why not?"), so unless it's on sale for a lot less than the $15.99 ($24.99 with a bonus DVD... please) they wanted at Schoolkids, I'm not gonna pick it up. But I still want to see them at Cat's Cradle (in case Zia decides to take her shirt off, I wanna be there).
Finally, a complaint and a plea for help. If anyone knows how to contact technical support over at ESPN, I'd certainly appreciate it if you'd share that information with me (there doesn't seem to be any utlity on the ESPN site for requesting technical help).
I made my Pigskin Pick 'Em picks on Tuesday of last week. On Wednesday, I logged into Pat's Pick 'Em to make my picks there. I called up my picks at the ESPN site to reconcile them with the ones I was submitting to Pat's group. Everything looked good. I made no changes at the ESPN site, I simply logged out. When I logged in yesterday to see how I did (I hit 10 in Pat's non-spread group, using the same logic, with two games to go tonight, so I was feeling pretty good), every single one of my picks said "NP," "no play." All of my picks had disappeared.
Usually, people who elect not to submit picks are not included in the overall group scoresheet. I was included, with a big "NP" by my total score. Weird.
I'd love to get this fixed, because I was headed for a hell of a week. Not that I think I can't win the whole thing anyway (they drop the lowest scoring week), but I hate throwing away what might turn out to be my best week of the season. That seems plain wasteful.
Pat and I did manage to continue our traditional record store incursion at Schoolkids. I picked up Nada Surf, Calexico/Iron & Wine, The New Pornographers, stellastarr*, Bloc Party Remixed, Dungen, Gogol Bordello, The Stooges' "Fun House," and the new Sigur Ros. Note the conspicuous absence of the new CD by one of my favorite bands, The Dandy Warhols. I have yet to read even a partially kind review of the new disc (including a perplexing 1.2 from Pitchfork, which begs the question "is there any difference between a 1.2 and a zero, and if not, why not?"), so unless it's on sale for a lot less than the $15.99 ($24.99 with a bonus DVD... please) they wanted at Schoolkids, I'm not gonna pick it up. But I still want to see them at Cat's Cradle (in case Zia decides to take her shirt off, I wanna be there).
Finally, a complaint and a plea for help. If anyone knows how to contact technical support over at ESPN, I'd certainly appreciate it if you'd share that information with me (there doesn't seem to be any utlity on the ESPN site for requesting technical help).
I made my Pigskin Pick 'Em picks on Tuesday of last week. On Wednesday, I logged into Pat's Pick 'Em to make my picks there. I called up my picks at the ESPN site to reconcile them with the ones I was submitting to Pat's group. Everything looked good. I made no changes at the ESPN site, I simply logged out. When I logged in yesterday to see how I did (I hit 10 in Pat's non-spread group, using the same logic, with two games to go tonight, so I was feeling pretty good), every single one of my picks said "NP," "no play." All of my picks had disappeared.
Usually, people who elect not to submit picks are not included in the overall group scoresheet. I was included, with a big "NP" by my total score. Weird.
I'd love to get this fixed, because I was headed for a hell of a week. Not that I think I can't win the whole thing anyway (they drop the lowest scoring week), but I hate throwing away what might turn out to be my best week of the season. That seems plain wasteful.
posted by Bill Purdy, 8:16 AM