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Spaghetti arms! This is my gravesite, this is your gravesite

boobs — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:22:28 -0000

It's only been a couple weeks since the last bereavement update, but there's been a lot of action. Most notably, the beautiful and talented Patrick Swayze; also Gertrude Baines, the world's oldest person; and Myles Brand, the president of the NCAA and the man responsible for firing Bob Knight at IU. Swayze and Brand both died of pancreatic cancer.

I have just recently discovered Point Break, and I think it's one of the best bad movies of all-time. Myles Brand has been one of the most important and influential men in college sports the past decade. Gertrude Baines loved Jesus and "never did fool around."

13 of the 21 entrants had Patrick Swayze, tying him with Fidel Castro as the second-most popular choice behind Ted Kennedy (14). (EDITED. THX BRIAN B) He was worth 68 points, Brand 58 and Baines, a 115-year-old woman but a unique pick, 35. As always, if I left someone off or made an adding error, let me know.

1. Brian B: 331 points (Michael Jackson, Jack Kemp, Millvina Dean, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Les Paul)
2. boobs' mom: 302 points (Farrah Fawcett, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Walter Cronkite, Patrick Swayze)
3. boobs: 291 points (Ted Kennedy, Jim Johnson, Gertrude Baines, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand)
4. Petey Hendrix: 277 points (Dom DeLuise, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand)
5. Red Menace: 274 points (Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Sir Bobby Robson, Patrick Swayze)
6. Cesar Hernandez: 267 points (Michael Jackson, Dom DiMaggio, Walter Cronkite, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand)
7. Brian B's wife: 249 points (Paul Harvey, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Patrick Swayze)
7. boobs' coworker Steve: 249 points (Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand)
9. ctnyc: 231 points (Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Les Paul, Patrick Swayze)
10. Chandrathan: 183 points (Ed McMahon, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze)
11. nlt-Andrew: 155 points (Ed McMahon, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze)
12. 3fast: 118 points (Ted Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Walter Cronkite)
13. BengalRed: 116 points (Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze)
13. Brendan: 116 points (Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze)
15. Madville: 101 points (Dom DiMaggio, Patrick Swayze)
16. RedinWrigleyville: 75 points (Michael Jackson)
17. boobs' coworker Brian: 48 points (Ted Kennedy)
18. Joshuar9476: 28 points (Karl Malden)

3fast 1. Stephen Hawking 2. Margaret Thatcher 3. Billy Graham 4. Amy Winehouse 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Nelson Mandela 7. Stan Musial 8. Ariel Sharon 9. John Wooden 10. Jerry Lewis 11. Dick Clark *12. Ted Kennedy* 13. Elizabeth Taylor 14. Betty Ford 15. Robert Mugabe $$ 16. Charlie Watts $$ 17. Fidel Castro *18. Eunice Kennedy Shriver* 19. Buzz Aldrin $$ *20. Walter Cronkite*	BengalRed 1. Amy Winehouse 2. Fidel Castro 3. George Steinbrenner 4. Art Donovan 5. Bob Feller 6. Hugo Chavez $$ 7. Dick Clark 8. Jimmy Carter 9. Frank Gifford $$ 10. Patrick Swayze 11. Queen Elizabeth $$ 12. Robert Byrd 13. Mickey Rourke $$ 14. John Daly 15. Tony Bennett 16. Keith Richards 17. Nancy Reagan 18. Peter Falk *19. Ted Kennedy* 20. Mike Wallace $$	boobs 1. Elizabeth Edwards *2. Ted Kennedy* 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Patrick Swayze 5. Fidel Castro 6. Ariel Sharon 7. John Wooden 8. Muhammad Ali 9. Billy Graham 10. Fyvish Finkel $$ 11. Robert Byrd 12. Soupy Sales $$ 13. Gertrude Baines $$ 14. Zsa Zsa Gabor 15. Lil Wayne $$ 16. Bob Barker 17. Steve Jobs 18. Myles Brand 19. Stephen Hawking *20.* *Jim Johnson* *(Eagles) $$*	boobs' coworker Brian 1. Andy Rooney 2. Barbara Walters $$ 3. Pete Townshend $$ 4. Roger Daltrey $$ 5. Mick Jagger $$ *6. Ted Kennedy* 7. Robert Byrd 8. John McCain $$ 9. John Chaney $$ 10. Dick Cheney 11. Dick Clark 12. Dick Vitale $$ 13. Bill Cosby $$ 14. Hamid Karzai $$ 15. Nouri al-Maliki $$ 16. Pete Rose $$ 17. Jack Nicholson $$ 18. Robert De Niro $$ 19. Nancy Reagan 20. Joan Rivers $$
boobs' coworker steve (formerly boobs' roommate) 1. Elizabeth Edwards 2. John Wooden 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Billy Graham 5. Lee MacPhail 6. Bobby Doerr 7. Susan Atkins 8. Fidel Castro *9. Karl Malden* 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. Robert Byrd 12. Wendy Richard $$ 13. Myles Brand 14. Kirk Douglas 15. Patrick Swayze *16. Bob Novak* 17. Steve Jobs *18. Ted Kennedy* 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Dick Dale $$	boobs' mom 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Farah Fawcett $$ *3. Ted Kennedy* 4. Nancy Reagan 5. Steve Jobs *6. Eunice Kennedy Shriver* 7. Robert Byrd 8. Fidel Castro 9. Dick Clark 10. Kirk Douglas *11. Karl Malden* 12. Phyllis Diller 13. Billy Graham 14. Rose Marie $$ 15. Barbara Billingsley $$ *16. Walter Cronkite* 17. Nelson Mandela 18. Shirley Temple Black $$ 19. Betty Ford 20. Jerry Lewis	Brendanukkah 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Steve Jobs 3. Tim Conway $$ 4. Russell Johnson $$ 5. Shia LaBeouf $$ 6. Carol Channing $$ 7. Jeff Conaway 8. Fidel Castro 9. Billy Graham 10. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 11. Gene Wilder $$ 12. Jimmy Carter 13. Henry Kissinger $$ 14. Charles Grodin $$ 15. Mick Mars $$ 16. John "Big Dawg" Thompson $$ 17. Michael J. Fox *18. Ted Kennedy* 19. J.D. Salinger 20. C. Everett Koop $$	Brian B *1. Jack Kemp $$* 2. Harry Morgan 3. Ted Kennedy 4. Robert Novak *5. Les Paul* 6. Lauren Bacall $$ *7. Millvina Dean $$* 8. John Wooden 9. Elizabeth Edwards 10. Ariel Sharon 11. Steve Smith (running back, Raiders) $$ 12. Orlando Thomas $$ 13. Carl Lindner $$ 14. Michael Jackson 15. Seve Ballesteros 16. Susan Atkins 17. Miep Gies 18. Claude Levi-Strauss 19. Sargent Shriver 20. Ronnie Biggs
Brian B's wife 1. Fidel Castro *2. Robert Novak* 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Kirk Douglas *5. Paul Harvey $$* 6. Zsa Zsa Gabor 7. Miep Gies 8. Amy Winehouse *9. Karl Malden* 10. Steve Jobs 11. Patrick Swayze 12. Don Baylor $$ 13. Dick Cheney *14. Ted Kennedy* 15. Oscar Niemeyer 16. Claude Levi-Strauss 17. Luise Rainer $$ 18. Art Linkletter 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Merle Haggard $$	cesarhernandez 1. Patrick Swayze 2. John Wooden 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Tony Dungy $$ 5. Mean Joe Greene $$ 6. Deacon Jones $$ 7. Marv Levy $$ 8. Bobby Doerr 9. Bob Feller 10. Dom DiMaggio 11. Michael Jackson 12. Jean Stapleton $$ 13. Bob Barker *14. Walter Cronkite* 15. Kirk Douglas 16. Billy Graham 18. Zsa Zsa Gabor 19. Myles Brand 20. BB King	Chandrathan 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Artie Lange $$ 3. Andy Rooney 4. Peter Falk 5. George Steinbrenner 6. Jake Lamotta $$ *7. Ted Kennedy* 8. J.D. Salinger 9. Steve Jobs 10. Nancy Reagan *11. Ed McMahon* 12. Chyna $$ 13. Fidel Castro 14. Seve Ballesteros 15. Bobby Heenan $$ 16. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 17. Steve-O *18. Karl Malden* 19. Oscar Niemeyer 20. Claude Levi-Strauss	ctnyc 1. Steve Jobs 2. Patrick Swayze 3. Art Linkletter 4. Ariel Sharon 5. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 6. Ted Kennedy 7. Robert Novak 8. Fidel Castro 9. John Wooden 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Seve Ballesteros 13. Andy Griffith $$ 14. Claude Levi-Strauss 15. Billy Graham 16. Jeff Conaway 17. Amy Winehouse 18. Muhammad Ali 19. Zsa Zsa Gabor *20. Les Paul*
Joshuar9476 1. Nancy Reagan 2. Rick Majerus $$ 3. Dick Clark 4. Seve Ballesteros 5. Kim Jong Il 6. Tony Bennett 7. Verne Troyer $$ 8. Larry King 9. Peter Falk *10. Karl Malden* 11. Richard Petty $$ 12. Larry Flynt $$ 13. Yogi Berra 14. Steve-O 15. Emperor Akihito of Japan $$ 16. Gary Coleman $$ 17. Mindy McCready 18. Tommy Lasorda $$ 19. Michael J. Fox 20. Art Donovan	Joshuar9476's Wife (ashes) 1. Sacha Baron Cohen $$ 2. George HW Bush 3. Barbara Streisand $$ 4. George Strait $$ 5. Dennis Rodman $$ 6. Sheryl Crow $$ 7. Kat Von D $$ 8. Peter Graves $$ 9. Robin Williams 10. Meryl Streep $$ 11. Sean Connery $$ 12. Ozzie Osbourne $$ 13. Betty White $$ 14. Bob Barker 15. Tony Hawk $$ 16. Hugh Hefner $$ 17. Ray Anthony (Big Band Leader) $$ 18. Elizabeth Edwards 19. Eddie Murphy $$ 20. Clint Eastwood	Justin 1. Bob Dole $$ 2. J.D. Salinger 3. Fidel Castro 4. Jack McKeon $$ 5. Harry Morgan 6. Rod Blagojevich $$ 7. Jimmy Carter 8. Jose Conseco $$ 9. Bob Huggins $$ 10. Pete Van Wieren $$ 11. Bob Gibson $$ 12. Bruce Froemming $$ 13. George Voinovich $$ 14. Elizabeth Edwards 15. Lindsay Lohan $$ 16. Dan Rather $$ 17. Andy Rooney 18. Magic Johnson $$ 19. Peter Gammons $$ 20. Harold Ramis $$	Madville 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Eli Wallich $$ 4. Olivia DeHavilland $$ 5. Beverly Cleary $$ 6. Hal Holbrook $$ 7. Jon Forsythe $$ 8. Mary Tyler Moore $$ 9. Bob Feller *10. Dom DiMaggio* 11. Phyllis Diller 12. Lee MacPhail 13. Dick Cheney 14. Whitey Ford $$ 15. Sparky Anderson $$ 16. John Paul Stevens $$ 17. Wolfgang Puck $$ 18. John Dingell $$ 19. Daniel Akaka $$ 20. Robert Byrd
nlt-andrew 1. Steve Jobs *2. Ted Kennedy* 3. Elizabeth Edwards 4. Fidel Castro 5. Margret Thatcher 6. Patrick Swayze 7. Ariel Sharon 8. Kim Jong Il *9. Ed McMahon* 10. Sargent Shriver 11. Yitzhak Shamir $$ 12. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth $$ 13. Seve Ballesteros 14. Robert Byrd 15. Zsa Zsa Gabor 16. Billy Graham 17. Bob Feller 18. Helen Thomas $$ 19. John Wooden 20. Kirk Douglas	Petey Hendrix 1. Fidel Castro 2. Roger Ebert $$ 3. John Madden 4. Billy Graham 5. Patrick Swayze 6. Mindy McCready 7. Sen. Robert Byrd *8. Teddy Kennedy* 9. Kirk Douglas *10. Dom DeLouise $$* 11. Ariel Sharon 12. B.B. King *13. Karl Malden* 14. John Wooden 15. James Earl Jones $$ 16. Betty Ford 17. George Steinbrenner 18. O.J. Simpson $$ 19. Myles Brand 20. Steve Jobs	RedinWrigleyville 1. Robert Redford $$ 2. John Wooden 3. Ken Griffey Sr. $$ 4. Margaret Thatcher 5. Larry King 6. George HW Bush 7. Clint Eastwood 8. Al Sharpton $$ 9. Steve Jobs 10. Michael Jackson 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Howie Mandell $$ 13. Bill Murray $$ 14. Barack Obama $$ 15. Bode Miller $$ 16. John Daly 17. Ryan Freel $$ 18. Bernard Madoff $$ 19. Chad Kroeger $$ 20. Carrot Top $$	Red Menace 1. Seve Ballesteros 2. Ron Springs (NFL) $$ 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Ron Santo $$ 5. Louis Farrakhan $$ *6. Sir Bobby Robson $$* 7. Ted Kennedy 8. Robert Novak 9. George Steinbrenner 10. Ronnie Biggs 11. Jack Kevorkian $$ 12. Ariel Sharon 13. Peter Falk 14. Fidel Castro *15. Eunice Kennedy Shriver* 16. Stan Musial 17. Billy Graham 18. Kirk Douglas 19. Robert Byrd 20. Steve Jobs
Seattle Slim 1. Robin Williams 2. George HW Bush 3. Johnny Rotten $$ 4. Manuel Noriega $$ 5. Boy George $$ 6. Steve Forbes $$ 7. Ross Perot $$ 8. Keith Richards 9. Sara Jane Moore $$ 10. DMX $$ 11. Wayne Newton $$ 12. Kim Jong Il 13. Dick Van Dyke $$ 14. Robert Byrd 15. Mohammed Ali 16. Pat Robertson $$ 17. Oscar Robertson $$ 18. Ron Jeremy $$ 19. Yogi Berra 20. Dick Clark

$$ -- Unique pick.
Note: Though Wendy Richard died, her obituary did not appear on cnn.com, thus no points were awarded.

Graveheart: The bereavement shall never die

boobs — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:37:29 -0000

We've had quite a few passings since the last update. We must be getting a lot better at this, because there's a lot more names on the top lists, and it's only August. Nearly everyone's on the board at this point. If you aren't, shame on you. The big rivercrossers included Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Bob Novak, Walter Cronkite and, last night, Ted Kennedy.

Brian B and my mom are still out in front, but Brian B's wife is making her move, trying to become the first person in the history of the RR Bereavement Pool to be in the money in consecutive years. Good luck Mrs. B! EDIT: I missed Bobby Robson. Apparently he was some soccer guy who was important enough to pass through the pearly gates of ESPN on his way out. Menace is in third!

As always, if I've overlooked someone or made a math mistake, let me know.

1. Brian B: 331 points (Michael Jackson, Jack Kemp, Millvina Dean, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Les Paul)
2. boobs' mom: 234 points (Farrah Fawcett, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Walter Cronkite)
3. Red Menace: 206 points (Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Sir Bobby Robson)
4. Brian B's wife: 181 points (Paul Harvey, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak)
5. ctnyc: 163 points (Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Les Paul)
6. Petey Hendrix: 151 points (Dom DeLuise, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy)
7. Cesar Hernandez: 141 points (Michael Jackson, Dom DiMaggio, Walter Cronkite)
8. boobs: 130 points (Ted Kennedy, Jim Johnson)
9. boobs' coworker Steve: 123 points (Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak)
10. 3fast: 118 points (Ted Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Walter Cronkite)
11. Chandrathan: 115 points (Ed McMahon, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy)
12. nlt-Andrew: 87 points (Ed McMahon, Ted Kennedy)
13. RedinWrigleyville: 75 points (Michael Jackson)
14. BengalRed: 48 points (Ted Kennedy)
14. boobs' coworker Brian: 48 points (Ted Kennedy)
14. Brendan: 48 points (Ted Kennedy)
17. Madville: 33 points (Dom DiMaggio)
18. Joshuar9476: 28 points (Karl Malden)

3fast 1. Stephen Hawking 2. Margaret Thatcher 3. Billy Graham 4. Amy Winehouse 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Nelson Mandela 7. Stan Musial 8. Ariel Sharon 9. John Wooden 10. Jerry Lewis 11. Dick Clark *12. Ted Kennedy* 13. Elizabeth Taylor 14. Betty Ford 15. Robert Mugabe $$ 16. Charlie Watts $$ 17. Fidel Castro *18. Eunice Kennedy Shriver* 19. Buzz Aldrin $$ *20. Walter Cronkite*	BengalRed 1. Amy Winehouse 2. Fidel Castro 3. George Steinbrenner 4. Art Donovan 5. Bob Feller 6. Hugo Chavez $$ 7. Dick Clark 8. Jimmy Carter 9. Frank Gifford $$ 10. Patrick Swayze 11. Queen Elizabeth $$ 12. Robert Byrd 13. Mickey Rourke $$ 14. John Daly 15. Tony Bennett 16. Keith Richards 17. Nancy Reagan 18. Peter Falk *19. Ted Kennedy* 20. Mike Wallace $$	boobs 1. Elizabeth Edwards *2. Ted Kennedy* 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Patrick Swayze 5. Fidel Castro 6. Ariel Sharon 7. John Wooden 8. Muhammad Ali 9. Billy Graham 10. Fyvish Finkel $$ 11. Robert Byrd 12. Soupy Sales $$ 13. Gertrude Baines $$ 14. Zsa Zsa Gabor 15. Lil Wayne $$ 16. Bob Barker 17. Steve Jobs 18. Myles Brand 19. Stephen Hawking *20.* *Jim Johnson* *(Eagles) $$*	boobs' coworker Brian 1. Andy Rooney 2. Barbara Walters $$ 3. Pete Townshend $$ 4. Roger Daltrey $$ 5. Mick Jagger $$ *6. Ted Kennedy* 7. Robert Byrd 8. John McCain $$ 9. John Chaney $$ 10. Dick Cheney 11. Dick Clark 12. Dick Vitale $$ 13. Bill Cosby $$ 14. Hamid Karzai $$ 15. Nouri al-Maliki $$ 16. Pete Rose $$ 17. Jack Nicholson $$ 18. Robert De Niro $$ 19. Nancy Reagan 20. Joan Rivers $$
boobs' coworker steve (formerly boobs' roommate) 1. Elizabeth Edwards 2. John Wooden 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Billy Graham 5. Lee MacPhail 6. Bobby Doerr 7. Susan Atkins 8. Fidel Castro *9. Karl Malden* 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. Robert Byrd 12. Wendy Richard $$ 13. Myles Brand 14. Kirk Douglas 15. Patrick Swayze *16. Bob Novak* 17. Steve Jobs *18. Ted Kennedy* 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Dick Dale $$	boobs' mom 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Farah Fawcett $$ *3. Ted Kennedy* 4. Nancy Reagan 5. Steve Jobs *6. Eunice Kennedy Shriver* 7. Robert Byrd 8. Fidel Castro 9. Dick Clark 10. Kirk Douglas *11. Karl Malden* 12. Phyllis Diller 13. Billy Graham 14. Rose Marie $$ 15. Barbara Billingsley $$ *16. Walter Cronkite* 17. Nelson Mandela 18. Shirley Temple Black $$ 19. Betty Ford 20. Jerry Lewis	Brendanukkah 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Steve Jobs 3. Tim Conway $$ 4. Russell Johnson $$ 5. Shia LaBeouf $$ 6. Carol Channing $$ 7. Jeff Conaway 8. Fidel Castro 9. Billy Graham 10. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 11. Gene Wilder $$ 12. Jimmy Carter 13. Henry Kissinger $$ 14. Charles Grodin $$ 15. Mick Mars $$ 16. John "Big Dawg" Thompson $$ 17. Michael J. Fox *18. Ted Kennedy* 19. J.D. Salinger 20. C. Everett Koop $$	Brian B *1. Jack Kemp $$* 2. Harry Morgan 3. Ted Kennedy 4. Robert Novak *5. Les Paul* 6. Lauren Bacall $$ *7. Millvina Dean $$* 8. John Wooden 9. Elizabeth Edwards 10. Ariel Sharon 11. Steve Smith (running back, Raiders) $$ 12. Orlando Thomas $$ 13. Carl Lindner $$ 14. Michael Jackson 15. Seve Ballesteros 16. Susan Atkins 17. Miep Gies 18. Claude Levi-Strauss 19. Sargent Shriver 20. Ronnie Biggs
Brian B's wife 1. Fidel Castro *2. Robert Novak* 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Kirk Douglas *5. Paul Harvey $$* 6. Zsa Zsa Gabor 7. Miep Gies 8. Amy Winehouse *9. Karl Malden* 10. Steve Jobs 11. Patrick Swayze 12. Don Baylor $$ 13. Dick Cheney *14. Ted Kennedy* 15. Oscar Niemeyer 16. Claude Levi-Strauss 17. Luise Rainer $$ 18. Art Linkletter 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Merle Haggard $$	cesarhernandez 1. Patrick Swayze 2. John Wooden 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Tony Dungy $$ 5. Mean Joe Greene $$ 6. Deacon Jones $$ 7. Marv Levy $$ 8. Bobby Doerr 9. Bob Feller 10. Dom DiMaggio 11. Michael Jackson 12. Jean Stapleton $$ 13. Bob Barker *14. Walter Cronkite* 15. Kirk Douglas 16. Billy Graham 18. Zsa Zsa Gabor 19. Myles Brand 20. BB King	Chandrathan 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Artie Lange $$ 3. Andy Rooney 4. Peter Falk 5. George Steinbrenner 6. Jake Lamotta $$ *7. Ted Kennedy* 8. J.D. Salinger 9. Steve Jobs 10. Nancy Reagan *11. Ed McMahon* 12. Chyna $$ 13. Fidel Castro 14. Seve Ballesteros 15. Bobby Heenan $$ 16. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 17. Steve-O *18. Karl Malden* 19. Oscar Niemeyer 20. Claude Levi-Strauss	ctnyc 1. Steve Jobs 2. Patrick Swayze 3. Art Linkletter 4. Ariel Sharon 5. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 6. Ted Kennedy 7. Robert Novak 8. Fidel Castro 9. John Wooden 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Seve Ballesteros 13. Andy Griffith $$ 14. Claude Levi-Strauss 15. Billy Graham 16. Jeff Conaway 17. Amy Winehouse 18. Muhammad Ali 19. Zsa Zsa Gabor *20. Les Paul*
Joshuar9476 1. Nancy Reagan 2. Rick Majerus $$ 3. Dick Clark 4. Seve Ballesteros 5. Kim Jong Il 6. Tony Bennett 7. Verne Troyer $$ 8. Larry King 9. Peter Falk *10. Karl Malden* 11. Richard Petty $$ 12. Larry Flynt $$ 13. Yogi Berra 14. Steve-O 15. Emperor Akihito of Japan $$ 16. Gary Coleman $$ 17. Mindy McCready 18. Tommy Lasorda $$ 19. Michael J. Fox 20. Art Donovan	Joshuar9476's Wife (ashes) 1. Sacha Baron Cohen $$ 2. George HW Bush 3. Barbara Streisand $$ 4. George Strait $$ 5. Dennis Rodman $$ 6. Sheryl Crow $$ 7. Kat Von D $$ 8. Peter Graves $$ 9. Robin Williams 10. Meryl Streep $$ 11. Sean Connery $$ 12. Ozzie Osbourne $$ 13. Betty White $$ 14. Bob Barker 15. Tony Hawk $$ 16. Hugh Hefner $$ 17. Ray Anthony (Big Band Leader) $$ 18. Elizabeth Edwards 19. Eddie Murphy $$ 20. Clint Eastwood	Justin 1. Bob Dole $$ 2. J.D. Salinger 3. Fidel Castro 4. Jack McKeon $$ 5. Harry Morgan 6. Rod Blagojevich $$ 7. Jimmy Carter 8. Jose Conseco $$ 9. Bob Huggins $$ 10. Pete Van Wieren $$ 11. Bob Gibson $$ 12. Bruce Froemming $$ 13. George Voinovich $$ 14. Elizabeth Edwards 15. Lindsay Lohan $$ 16. Dan Rather $$ 17. Andy Rooney 18. Magic Johnson $$ 19. Peter Gammons $$ 20. Harold Ramis $$	Madville 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Eli Wallich $$ 4. Olivia DeHavilland $$ 5. Beverly Cleary $$ 6. Hal Holbrook $$ 7. Jon Forsythe $$ 8. Mary Tyler Moore $$ 9. Bob Feller *10. Dom DiMaggio* 11. Phyllis Diller 12. Lee MacPhail 13. Dick Cheney 14. Whitey Ford $$ 15. Sparky Anderson $$ 16. John Paul Stevens $$ 17. Wolfgang Puck $$ 18. John Dingell $$ 19. Daniel Akaka $$ 20. Robert Byrd
nlt-andrew 1. Steve Jobs *2. Ted Kennedy* 3. Elizabeth Edwards 4. Fidel Castro 5. Margret Thatcher 6. Patrick Swayze 7. Ariel Sharon 8. Kim Jong Il *9. Ed McMahon* 10. Sargent Shriver 11. Yitzhak Shamir $$ 12. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth $$ 13. Seve Ballesteros 14. Robert Byrd 15. Zsa Zsa Gabor 16. Billy Graham 17. Bob Feller 18. Helen Thomas $$ 19. John Wooden 20. Kirk Douglas	Petey Hendrix 1. Fidel Castro 2. Roger Ebert $$ 3. John Madden 4. Billy Graham 5. Patrick Swayze 6. Mindy McCready 7. Sen. Robert Byrd *8. Teddy Kennedy* 9. Kirk Douglas *10. Dom DeLouise $$* 11. Ariel Sharon 12. B.B. King *13. Karl Malden* 14. John Wooden 15. James Earl Jones $$ 16. Betty Ford 17. George Steinbrenner 18. O.J. Simpson $$ 19. Myles Brand 20. Steve Jobs	RedinWrigleyville 1. Robert Redford $$ 2. John Wooden 3. Ken Griffey Sr. $$ 4. Margaret Thatcher 5. Larry King 6. George HW Bush 7. Clint Eastwood 8. Al Sharpton $$ 9. Steve Jobs 10. Michael Jackson 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Howie Mandell $$ 13. Bill Murray $$ 14. Barack Obama $$ 15. Bode Miller $$ 16. John Daly 17. Ryan Freel $$ 18. Bernard Madoff $$ 19. Chad Kroeger $$ 20. Carrot Top $$	Red Menace 1. Seve Ballesteros 2. Ron Springs (NFL) $$ 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Ron Santo $$ 5. Louis Farrakhan $$ *6. Sir Bobby Robson $$* 7. Ted Kennedy 8. Robert Novak 9. George Steinbrenner 10. Ronnie Biggs 11. Jack Kevorkian $$ 12. Ariel Sharon 13. Peter Falk 14. Fidel Castro *15. Eunice Kennedy Shriver* 16. Stan Musial 17. Billy Graham 18. Kirk Douglas 19. Robert Byrd 20. Steve Jobs
Seattle Slim 1. Robin Williams 2. George HW Bush 3. Johnny Rotten $$ 4. Manuel Noriega $$ 5. Boy George $$ 6. Steve Forbes $$ 7. Ross Perot $$ 8. Keith Richards 9. Sara Jane Moore $$ 10. DMX $$ 11. Wayne Newton $$ 12. Kim Jong Il 13. Dick Van Dyke $$ 14. Robert Byrd 15. Mohammed Ali 16. Pat Robertson $$ 17. Oscar Robertson $$ 18. Ron Jeremy $$ 19. Yogi Berra 20. Dick Clark

$$ -- Unique pick.
Note: Though Wendy Richard died, her obituary did not appear on cnn.com, thus no points were awarded.

From a friend at Red Reporter

boobs — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:43:33 -0000

Hi all. My name's Rick, my friends and I are planning our annual roadtrip starting next week. We usually hit up a bunch of minor league parks along the way and make plenty of time for post-game drinking.

But this year one of my buddies said all he wanted to do was see Fenway Park. So I'm planning a little excursion there for the Thursday day game against the Tigers. I looked on StubHub a couple weeks back and saw the tickets going for $45 apiece, so I waited it out. Then last week they were going for $20 apiece for GA tickets, but I could only buy three. There's four of us.

So I wanted to know what's my best course of action here? Can I get a decent scalped ticket the day of the game? Or should I find the best price for one seat on StubHub (or elsewhere?) now?

Also, what would you guys recommend for visitors to do around the park, before or after the game? Any good lunch spots we should hit, and souvenirs we should pick up, or anything special to do for a day game?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Game 90: Overflow, overdone, overthrow

boobs — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:23:23 -0000

More photos » by Al Behrman - AP

Jonny Gomes is the only Red whose name rhymes with "foams." Here he is with his brother Lixefat.

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Big boobs McGee needs to get to bed for tomorrow's Nudes-a-Poppin, but I am obligated to get you guys a late-night thread. Unfortunately the game's not over yet, but all in due time.

Here's the sitch: Reds down 4-1, rain delay in the 8th. Aaron Harang has thrown 107 pitches, so he'll be back after the break. Do what you guys do.

Bereavement: Graveheart, the Update, wherein celebrities die in fives

boobs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:45:13 -0000

(Note: A lot has happened since the star of Star Search became a Star Man, but Johnny Carson's favorite drunken Irishman is what I had to start with, so I'll dance with the corpse that brung me. -boobs) Ed McMahon, one of my favorite dudes growing up, passed away, leaving a legacy of placating Johnny Carson, showcasing future stars and lending Chandrathan and nlt-Andrew 39 points. He was 86. Anyone seen any good Star Search YouTube clips?

Despite McMahon's passing, Brian B is still miles ahead of the field with his unique selections of Jack Kemp and Millvina Dean. It's going to take some work to catch up with that. (UPDATED with Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Karl Malden and Billy Mays deaths.)

1. Brian B: 205 points (Michael Jackson, Jack Kemp, Millvina Dean)
2. boobs' mom: 116 points (Farrah Fawcett, Karl Malden)
3. Cesar Hernandez: 108 points (Michael Jackson, Dom DiMaggio)
4. Petey Hendrix: 103 points (Dom DeLuise, Karl Malden)
5. Brian B's wife: 86 points (Paul Harvey, Karl Malden)
6. RedinWrigleyville: 75 points (Michael Jackson)
7. Chandrathan: 67 points (Ed McMahon, Karl Malden)
8. nlt-Andrew: 39 points (Ed McMahon)
9. Madville: 33 points (Dom DiMaggio)
10. boobs' coworker Steve: 28 points (Karl Malden)
10. Joshuar9476: 28 points (Karl Malden)

3fast 1. Stephen Hawking 2. Margaret Thatcher 3. Billy Graham 4. Amy Winehouse 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Nelson Mandela 7. Stan Musial 8. Ariel Sharon 9. John Wooden 10. Jerry Lewis 11. Dick Clark 12. Ted Kennedy 13. Elizabeth Taylor 14. Betty Ford 15. Robert Mugabe $$ 16. Charlie Watts $$ 17. Fidel Castro 18. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 19. Buzz Aldrin $$ 20. Walter Cronkite	BengalRed 1. Amy Winehouse 2. Fidel Castro 3. George Steinbrenner 4. Art Donovan 5. Bob Feller 6. Hugo Chavez $$ 7. Dick Clark 8. Jimmy Carter 9. Frank Gifford $$ 10. Patrick Swayze 11. Queen Elizabeth $$ 12. Robert Byrd 13. Mickey Rourke $$ 14. John Daly 15. Tony Bennett 16. Keith Richards 17. Nancy Reagan 18. Peter Falk 19. Ted Kennedy 20. Mike Wallace $$	boobs 1. Elizabeth Edwards 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Patrick Swayze 5. Fidel Castro 6. Ariel Sharon 7. John Wooden 8. Muhammad Ali 9. Billy Graham 10. Fyvish Finkel $$ 11. Robert Byrd 12. Soupy Sales $$ 13. Gertrude Baines $$ 14. Zsa Zsa Gabor 15. Lil Wayne $$ 16. Bob Barker 17. Steve Jobs 18. Myles Brand 19. Stephen Hawking 20. Jim Johnson (Eagles) $$	boobs' coworker Brian 1. Andy Rooney 2. Barbara Walters $$ 3. Pete Townshend $$ 4. Roger Daltrey $$ 5. Mick Jagger $$ 6. Ted Kennedy 7. Robert Byrd 8. John McCain $$ 9. John Chaney $$ 10. Dick Cheney 11. Dick Clark 12. Dick Vitale $$ 13. Bill Cosby $$ 14. Hamid Karzai $$ 15. Nouri al-Maliki $$ 16. Pete Rose $$ 17. Jack Nicholson $$ 18. Robert De Niro $$ 19. Nancy Reagan 20. Joan Rivers $$
boobs' coworker steve (formerly boobs' roommate) 1. Elizabeth Edwards 2. John Wooden 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Billy Graham 5. Lee MacPhail 6. Bobby Doerr 7. Susan Atkins 8. Fidel Castro *9. Karl Malden* 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. Robert Byrd 12. Wendy Richard $$ 13. Myles Brand 14. Kirk Douglas 15. Patrick Swayze 16. Bob Novak 17. Steve Jobs 18. Ted Kennedy 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Dick Dale $$	boobs' mom 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Farah Fawcett $$ 3. Ted Kennedy 4. Nancy Reagan 5. Steve Jobs 6. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 7. Robert Byrd 8. Fidel Castro 9. Dick Clark 10. Kirk Douglas *11. Karl Malden* 12. Phyllis Diller 13. Billy Graham 14. Rose Marie $$ 15. Barbara Billingsley $$ 16. Walter Cronkite 17. Nelson Mandela 18. Shirley Temple Black $$ 19. Betty Ford 20. Jerry Lewis	Brendanukkah 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Steve Jobs 3. Tim Conway $$ 4. Russell Johnson $$ 5. Shia LaBeouf $$ 6. Carol Channing $$ 7. Jeff Conaway 8. Fidel Castro 9. Billy Graham 10. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 11. Gene Wilder $$ 12. Jimmy Carter 13. Henry Kissinger $$ 14. Charles Grodin $$ 15. Mick Mars $$ 16. John "Big Dawg" Thompson $$ 17. Michael J. Fox 18. Ted Kennedy 19. J.D. Salinger 20. C. Everett Koop $$	Brian B *1. Jack Kemp $$* 2. Harry Morgan 3. Ted Kennedy 4. Robert Novak 5. Les Paul 6. Lauren Bacall $$ *7. Millvina Dean $$* 8. John Wooden 9. Elizabeth Edwards 10. Ariel Sharon 11. Steve Smith (running back, Raiders) $$ 12. Orlando Thomas $$ 13. Carl Lindner $$ 14. Michael Jackson 15. Seve Ballesteros 16. Susan Atkins 17. Miep Gies 18. Claude Levi-Strauss 19. Sargent Shriver 20. Ronnie Biggs
Brian B's wife 1. Fidel Castro 2. Robert Novak 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Kirk Douglas *5. Paul Harvey $$* 6. Zsa Zsa Gabor 7. Miep Gies 8. Amy Winehouse *9. Karl Malden* 10. Steve Jobs 11. Patrick Swayze 12. Don Baylor $$ 13. Dick Cheney 14. Ted Kennedy 15. Oscar Niemeyer 16. Claude Levi-Strauss 17. Luise Rainer $$ 18. Art Linkletter 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Merle Haggard $$	cesarhernandez 1. Patrick Swayze 2. John Wooden 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Tony Dungy $$ 5. Mean Joe Greene $$ 6. Deacon Jones $$ 7. Marv Levy $$ 8. Bobby Doerr 9. Bob Feller 10. Dom DiMaggio 11. Michael Jackson 12. Jean Stapleton $$ 13. Bob Barker 14. Walter Cronkite 15. Kirk Douglas 16. Billy Graham 18. Zsa Zsa Gabor 19. Myles Brand 20. BB King	Chandrathan 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Artie Lange $$ 3. Andy Rooney 4. Peter Falk 5. George Steinbrenner 6. Jake Lamotta $$ 7. Ted Kennedy 8. J.D. Salinger 9. Steve Jobs 10. Nancy Reagan *11. Ed McMahon* 12. Chyna $$ 13. Fidel Castro 14. Seve Ballesteros 15. Bobby Heenan $$ 16. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 17. Steve-O *18. Karl Malden* 19. Oscar Niemeyer 20. Claude Levi-Strauss	ctnyc 1. Steve Jobs 2. Patrick Swayze 3. Art Linkletter 4. Ariel Sharon 5. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 6. Ted Kennedy 7. Robert Novak 8. Fidel Castro 9. John Wooden 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Seve Ballesteros 13. Andy Griffith $$ 14. Claude Levi-Strauss 15. Billy Graham 16. Jeff Conaway 17. Amy Winehouse 18. Muhammad Ali 19. Zsa Zsa Gabor 20. Les Paul
Joshuar9476 1. Nancy Reagan 2. Rick Majerus $$ 3. Dick Clark 4. Seve Ballesteros 5. Kim Jong Il 6. Tony Bennett 7. Verne Troyer $$ 8. Larry King 9. Peter Falk *10. Karl Malden* 11. Richard Petty $$ 12. Larry Flynt $$ 13. Yogi Berra 14. Steve-O 15. Emperor Akihito of Japan $$ 16. Gary Coleman $$ 17. Mindy McCready 18. Tommy Lasorda $$ 19. Michael J. Fox 20. Art Donovan	Joshuar9476's Wife (ashes) 1. Sacha Baron Cohen $$ 2. George HW Bush 3. Barbara Streisand $$ 4. George Strait $$ 5. Dennis Rodman $$ 6. Sheryl Crow $$ 7. Kat Von D $$ 8. Peter Graves $$ 9. Robin Williams 10. Meryl Streep $$ 11. Sean Connery $$ 12. Ozzie Osbourne $$ 13. Betty White $$ 14. Bob Barker 15. Tony Hawk $$ 16. Hugh Hefner $$ 17. Ray Anthony (Big Band Leader) $$ 18. Elizabeth Edwards 19. Eddie Murphy $$ 20. Clint Eastwood	Justin 1. Bob Dole $$ 2. J.D. Salinger 3. Fidel Castro 4. Jack McKeon $$ 5. Harry Morgan 6. Rod Blagojevich $$ 7. Jimmy Carter 8. Jose Conseco $$ 9. Bob Huggins $$ 10. Pete Van Wieren $$ 11. Bob Gibson $$ 12. Bruce Froemming $$ 13. George Voinovich $$ 14. Elizabeth Edwards 15. Lindsay Lohan $$ 16. Dan Rather $$ 17. Andy Rooney 18. Magic Johnson $$ 19. Peter Gammons $$ 20. Harold Ramis $$	Madville 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Eli Wallich $$ 4. Olivia DeHavilland $$ 5. Beverly Cleary $$ 6. Hal Holbrook $$ 7. Jon Forsythe $$ 8. Mary Tyler Moore $$ 9. Bob Feller *10. Dom DiMaggio* 11. Phyllis Diller 12. Lee MacPhail 13. Dick Cheney 14. Whitey Ford $$ 15. Sparky Anderson $$ 16. John Paul Stevens $$ 17. Wolfgang Puck $$ 18. John Dingell $$ 19. Daniel Akaka $$ 20. Robert Byrd
nlt-andrew 1. Steve Jobs 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Elizabeth Edwards 4. Fidel Castro 5. Margret Thatcher 6. Patrick Swayze 7. Ariel Sharon 8. Kim Jong Il *9. Ed McMahon* 10. Sargent Shriver 11. Yitzhak Shamir $$ 12. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth $$ 13. Seve Ballesteros 14. Robert Byrd 15. Zsa Zsa Gabor 16. Billy Graham 17. Bob Feller 18. Helen Thomas $$ 19. John Wooden 20. Kirk Douglas	Petey Hendrix 1. Fidel Castro 2. Roger Ebert $$ 3. John Madden 4. Billy Graham 5. Patrick Swayze 6. Mindy McCready 7. Sen. Robert Byrd 8. Teddy Kennedy 9. Kirk Douglas *10. Dom DeLouise $$* 11. Ariel Sharon 12. B.B. King *13. Karl Malden* 14. John Wooden 15. James Earl Jones $$ 16. Betty Ford 17. George Steinbrenner 18. O.J. Simpson $$ 19. Myles Brand 20. Steve Jobs	RedinWrigleyville 1. Robert Redford $$ 2. John Wooden 3. Ken Griffey Sr. $$ 4. Margaret Thatcher 5. Larry King 6. George HW Bush 7. Clint Eastwood 8. Al Sharpton $$ 9. Steve Jobs 10. Michael Jackson 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Howie Mandell $$ 13. Bill Murray $$ 14. Barack Obama $$ 15. Bode Miller $$ 16. John Daly 17. Ryan Freel $$ 18. Bernard Madoff $$ 19. Chad Kroeger $$ 20. Carrot Top $$	Red Menace 1. Seve Ballesteros 2. Ron Springs (NFL) $$ 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Ron Santo $$ 5. Louis Farrakhan $$ 6. Sir Bobby Robson $$ 7. Ted Kennedy 8. Robert Novak 9. George Steinbrenner 10. Ronnie Biggs 11. Jack Kevorkian $$ 12. Ariel Sharon 13. Peter Falk 14. Fidel Castro 15. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 16. Stan Musial 17. Billy Graham 18. Kirk Douglas 19. Robert Byrd 20. Steve Jobs
Seattle Slim 1. Robin Williams 2. George HW Bush 3. Johnny Rotten $$ 4. Manuel Noriega $$ 5. Boy George $$ 6. Steve Forbes $$ 7. Ross Perot $$ 8. Keith Richards 9. Sara Jane Moore $$ 10. DMX $$ 11. Wayne Newton $$ 12. Kim Jong Il 13. Dick Van Dyke $$ 14. Robert Byrd 15. Mohammed Ali 16. Pat Robertson $$ 17. Oscar Robertson $$ 18. Ron Jeremy $$ 19. Yogi Berra 20. Dick Clark

$$ -- Unique pick.
Note: Though Wendy Richard died, her obituary did not appear on cnn.com, thus no points were awarded.

Taking basketball by storm

boobs — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:02:04 -0000

John Wall has captured the imagination of UK basketball fans. He has also captured the attention of most every other human with an interest in the game.

Earlier today, when Wall's AAU coach, Brian Clifton, spoke to ESPINRISE, he said, "He likes Cal's style of play and is excited about the opportunity to display his creativity. John has a chance to take college basketball by storm."

Clifton didn't say which John he was speaking of. And judging by some of his other comments yesterday, we can guess he wasn't speaking of the C variety.

But it's probably time to consider this: John Calipari is doing as much for college basketball as he is for Kentucky basketball.

Several analysts have already been more than happy to extoll the return of the Kentucky brand to the college landscape. And it's not just because the SEC recently signed a deal with ESPN. And it's not because Calipari is in discussions to take a prominent role in the NCAA 2010 video game. College basketball fans root for Kentucky basketball because they like a superstar. In a climate of 347 teams, one versus the field makes the skies clearer.

The Sporting News is ready for it.

ESPN is ready for it.

FoxSports is ready for it.

College basketball is ready for it.

Are we ready for it?

We are busy capturing bandwagon fans all over nation. Just ask LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki and Ben Roethlisberger.

We are also busy gathering enemies all over the place, from Duke to Xavier. They're jealous. They're covetous. They're haters.

When it comes to college basketball, it's all good.

Fans like to know what's what. Even if they don't like the results, they'd rather have a poll to size everyone up. It's better to know who the big dogs are. It's better to know who to shoot for.

Today, everyone is shooting for No. 11, No. 23 and No. 54. For that slick guy in the expensive suit. For Blue.

Big Blue.

"I think right now everybody is on notice," Dave Telep told The Courier-Journal. "This is old-school Kentucky. These guys are coming after players and are getting guys."

No matter how much they hate it, no matter how much they loathe our history and our boisterousness and our sense of entitlement, they love it. They want it. They need it.

Basketball fans need to know the score, need to know who's ahead, need to know who to watch for. They want to know who's now, who's on point, who's next.

Who to hate. And who to emulate.

Cal has given UK fans something to dream about tonight, something to fall back on this summer and something to look forward to in the fall.

But he has given college basketball something to shoot for next spring. We are not the only ones aware of what happened today. This is Kentucky basketball again. This is what we want. This is what we love.

This is what they hate. But they need it.

And they love it.

Three Reds cut

boobs — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:42:10 -0000

Lots of fun Reds news coming out of Washington. Here's the breakdown:

1. Wily Mo Pena was placed on waivers. He's guaranteed $2 million this year, so that's the price for any team wishing to add his services.

2. The Nationals sent Corey Patterson down to minor league camp. See how easy that is?

3. Washington also assigned Javier Valentin to the minor leagues, but he refused the assignment and became a free agent.

There's the possibility for the Reds to bring back Pena and Valentin, although I doubt they would take a flier on either, considering the logjam for mediocre talent in the outfield and the signing of Hernandez. Still, More Reds news coming out of Washington than from Cincinnati.

RR Bereavement Pool rosters

boobs — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:09:37 -0000

This is a little rudimentary as I just haven't found time to make a proper post. There are 21 participants this year, meaning the winner will receive $180, with $20 going to second place and $10 going to third. ~~I haven't yet gone through to signify who all the unique picks are, but I'll update this post as I comb through the list again.~~

The list is now alphabetized with all unique selections noted. I've also put the rosters in a table for better readability.

3fast 1. Stephen Hawking 2. Margaret Thatcher 3. Billy Graham 4. Amy Winehouse 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Nelson Mandela 7. Stan Musial 8. Ariel Sharon 9. John Wooden 10. Jerry Lewis 11. Dick Clark 12. Ted Kennedy 13. Elizabeth Taylor 14. Betty Ford 15. Robert Mugabe $$ 16. Charlie Watts $$ 17. Fidel Castro 18. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 19. Buzz Aldrin $$ 20. Walter Cronkite	BengalRed 1. Amy Winehouse 2. Fidel Castro 3. George Steinbrenner 4. Art Donovan 5. Bob Feller 6. Hugo Chavez $$ 7. Dick Clark 8. Jimmy Carter 9. Frank Gifford $$ 10. Patrick Swayze 11. Queen Elizabeth $$ 12. Robert Byrd 13. Mickey Rourke $$ 14. John Daly 15. Tony Bennett 16. Keith Richards 17. Nancy Reagan 18. Peter Falk 19. Ted Kennedy 20. Mike Wallace $$	boobs 1. Elizabeth Edwards 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Patrick Swayze 5. Fidel Castro 6. Ariel Sharon 7. John Wooden 8. Muhammad Ali 9. Billy Graham 10. Fyvish Finkel $$ 11. Robert Byrd 12. Soupy Sales $$ 13. Gertrude Baines $$ 14. Zsa Zsa Gabor 15. Lil Wayne $$ 16. Bob Barker 17. Steve Jobs 18. Myles Brand 19. Stephen Hawking 20. Jim Johnson (Eagles) $$	boobs' coworker Brian 1. Andy Rooney 2. Barbara Walters $$ 3. Pete Townshend $$ 4. Roger Daltrey $$ 5. Mick Jagger $$ 6. Ted Kennedy 7. Robert Byrd 8. John McCain $$ 9. John Chaney $$ 10. Dick Cheney 11. Dick Clark 12. Dick Vitale $$ 13. Bill Cosby $$ 14. Hamid Karzai $$ 15. Nouri al-Maliki $$ 16. Pete Rose $$ 17. Jack Nicholson $$ 18. Robert De Niro $$ 19. Nancy Reagan 20. Joan Rivers $$
boobs' coworker steve (formerly boobs' roommate) 1. Elizabeth Edwards 2. John Wooden 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Billy Graham 5. Lee MacPhail 6. Bobby Doerr 7. Susan Atkins 8. Fidel Castro 9. Karl Malden 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. Robert Byrd 12. Wendy Richard $$ 13. Myles Brand 14. Kirk Douglas 15. Patrick Swayze 16. Bob Novak 17. Steve Jobs 18. Ted Kennedy 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Dick Dale $$	boobs' mom 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Farah Fawcett $$ 3. Ted Kennedy 4. Nancy Reagan 5. Steve Jobs 6. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 7. Robert Byrd 8. Fidel Castro 9. Dick Clark 10. Kirk Douglas 11. Karl Malden 12. Phyllis Diller 13. Billy Graham 14. Rose Marie $$ 15. Barbara Billingsley $$ 16. Walter Cronkite 17. Nelson Mandela 18. Shirley Temple Black $$ 19. Betty Ford 20. Jerry Lewis	Brendanukkah 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Steve Jobs 3. Tim Conway $$ 4. Russell Johnson $$ 5. Shia LaBeouf $$ 6. Carol Channing $$ 7. Jeff Conaway 8. Fidel Castro 9. Billy Graham 10. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 11. Gene Wilder $$ 12. Jimmy Carter 13. Henry Kissinger $$ 14. Charles Grodin $$ 15. Mick Mars $$ 16. John "Big Dawg" Thompson $$ 17. Michael J. Fox 18. Ted Kennedy 19. J.D. Salinger 20. C. Everett Koop $$	Brian B 1. Jack Kemp $$ 2. Harry Morgan 3. Ted Kennedy 4. Robert Novak 5. Les Paul 6. Lauren Bacall $$ 7. Millvina Dean $$ 8. John Wooden 9. Elizabeth Edwards 10. Ariel Sharon 11. Steve Smith (running back, Raiders) $$ 12. Orlando Thomas $$ 13. Carl Lindner $$ 14. Michael Jackson 15. Seve Ballesteros 16. Susan Atkins 17. Miep Gies 18. Claude Levi-Strauss 19. Sargent Shriver 20. Ronnie Biggs
Brian B's wife 1. Fidel Castro 2. Robert Novak 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Kirk Douglas 5. Paul Harvey 6. Zsa Zsa Gabor 7. Miep Gies 8. Amy Winehouse 9. Karl Malden 10. Steve Jobs 11. Patrick Swayze 12. Don Baylor $$ 13. Dick Cheney 14. Ted Kennedy 15. Oscar Niemeyer 16. Claude Levi-Strauss 17. Luise Rainer $$ 18. Art Linkletter 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Merle Haggard $$	cesarhernandez 1. Patrick Swayze 2. John Wooden 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Tony Dungy $$ 5. Mean Joe Greene $$ 6. Deacon Jones $$ 7. Marv Levy $$ 8. Bobby Doerr 9. Bob Feller 10. Dom DiMaggio 11. Michael Jackson 12. Jean Stapleton $$ 13. Bob Barker 14. Walter Cronkite 15. Kirk Douglas 16. Billy Graham 18. Zsa Zsa Gabor 19. Myles Brand 20. BB King	Chandrathan 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Artie Lange $$ 3. Andy Rooney 4. Peter Falk 5. George Steinbrenner 6. Jake Lamotta $$ 7. Ted Kennedy 8. J.D. Salinger 9. Steve Jobs 10. Nancy Reagan 11. Ed McMahon 12. Chyna $$ 13. Fidel Castro 14. Seve Ballesteros 15. Bobby Heenan $$ 16. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 17. Steve-O 18. Karl Malden 19. Oscar Niemeyer 20. Claude Levi-Strauss	ctnyc 1. Steve Jobs 2. Patrick Swayze 3. Art Linkletter 4. Ariel Sharon 5. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 6. Ted Kennedy 7. Robert Novak 8. Fidel Castro 9. John Wooden 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Seve Ballesteros 13. Andy Griffith $$ 14. Claude Levi-Strauss 15. Billy Graham 16. Jeff Conaway 17. Amy Winehouse 18. Muhammad Ali 19. Zsa Zsa Gabor 20. Les Paul
Joshuar9476 1. Nancy Reagan 2. Rick Majerus $$ 3. Dick Clark 4. Seve Ballesteros 5. Kim Jong Il 6. Tony Bennett 7. Verne Troyer $$ 8. Larry King 9. Peter Falk 10. Karl Malden 11. Richard Petty $$ 12. Larry Flynt $$ 13. Yogi Berra 14. Steve-O 15. Emperor Akihito of Japan $$ 16. Gary Coleman $$ 17. Mindy McCready 18. Tommy Lasorda $$ 19. Michael J. Fox 20. Art Donovan	Joshuar9476's Wife (ashes) 1. Sacha Baron Cohen $$ 2. George HW Bush 3. Barbara Streisand $$ 4. George Strait $$ 5. Dennis Rodman $$ 6. Sheryl Crow $$ 7. Kat Von D $$ 8. Peter Graves $$ 9. Robin Williams 10. Meryl Streep $$ 11. Sean Connery $$ 12. Ozzie Osbourne $$ 13. Betty White $$ 14. Bob Barker 15. Tony Hawk $$ 16. Hugh Hefner $$ 17. Ray Anthony (Big Band Leader) $$ 18. Elizabeth Edwards 19. Eddie Murphy $$ 20. Clint Eastwood	Justin 1. Bob Dole $$ 2. J.D. Salinger 3. Fidel Castro 4. Jack McKeon $$ 5. Harry Morgan 6. Rod Blagojevich $$ 7. Jimmy Carter 8. Jose Conseco $$ 9. Bob Huggins $$ 10. Pete Van Wieren $$ 11. Bob Gibson $$ 12. Bruce Froemming $$ 13. George Voinovich $$ 14. Elizabeth Edwards 15. Lindsay Lohan $$ 16. Dan Rather $$ 17. Andy Rooney 18. Magic Johnson $$ 19. Peter Gammons $$ 20. Harold Ramis $$	Madville 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Eli Wallich $$ 4. Olivia DeHavilland $$ 5. Beverly Cleary $$ 6. Hal Holbrook $$ 7. Jon Forsythe $$ 8. Mary Tyler Moore $$ 9. Bob Feller 10. Dom DiMaggio 11. Phyllis Diller 12. Lee MacPhail 13. Dick Cheney 14. Whitey Ford $$ 15. Sparky Anderson $$ 16. John Paul Stevens $$ 17. Wolfgang Puck $$ 18. John Dingell $$ 19. Daniel Akaka $$ 20. Robert Byrd
nlt-andrew 1. Steve Jobs 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Elizabeth Edwards 4. Fidel Castro 5. Margret Thatcher 6. Patrick Swayze 7. Ariel Sharon 8. Kim Jong Il 9. Ed McMahon 10. Sargent Shriver 11. Yitzhak Shamir $$ 12. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth $$ 13. Seve Ballesteros 14. Robert Byrd 15. Zsa Zsa Gabor 16. Billy Graham 17. Bob Feller 18. Helen Thomas $$ 19. John Wooden 20. Kirk Douglas	Petey Hendrix 1. Fidel Castro 2. Roger Ebert $$ 3. John Madden 4. Billy Graham 5. Patrick Swayze 6. Mindy McCready 7. Sen. Robert Byrd 8. Teddy Kennedy 9. Kirk Douglas 10. Dom DeLouise $$ 11. Ariel Sharon 12. B.B. King 13. Karl Malden 14. John Wooden 15. James Earl Jones $$ 16. Betty Ford 17. George Steinbrenner 18. O.J. Simpson $$ 19. Myles Brand 20. Steve Jobs	RedinWrigleyville 1. Robert Redford $$ 2. John Wooden 3. Ken Griffey Sr. $$ 4. Margaret Thatcher 5. Larry King 6. George HW Bush 7. Clint Eastwood 8. Al Sharpton $$ 9. Steve Jobs 10. Michael Jackson 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Howie Mandell $$ 13. Bill Murray $$ 14. Barack Obama $$ 15. Bode Miller $$ 16. John Daly 17. Ryan Freel $$ 18. Bernard Madoff $$ 19. Chad Kroeger $$ 20. Carrot Top $$	Red Menace 1. Seve Ballesteros 2. Ron Springs (NFL) $$ 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Ron Santo $$ 5. Louis Farrakhan $$ 6. Sir Bobby Robson $$ 7. Ted Kennedy 8. Robert Novak 9. George Steinbrenner 10. Ronnie Biggs 11. Jack Kevorkian $$ 12. Ariel Sharon 13. Peter Falk 14. Fidel Castro 15. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 16. Stan Musial 17. Billy Graham 18. Kirk Douglas 19. Robert Byrd 20. Steve Jobs
Seattle Slim 1. Robin Williams 2. George HW Bush 3. Johnny Rotten $$ 4. Manuel Noriega $$ 5. Boy George $$ 6. Steve Forbes $$ 7. Ross Perot $$ 8. Keith Richards 9. Sara Jane Moore $$ 10. DMX $$ 11. Wayne Newton $$ 12. Kim Jong Il 13. Dick Van Dyke $$ 14. Robert Byrd 15. Mohammed Ali 16. Pat Robertson $$ 17. Oscar Robertson $$ 18. Ron Jeremy $$ 19. Yogi Berra 20. Dick Clark

$$ -- Unique pick.

Like last year, I created a gmail address with my picks in it, timestamped. The address is redreporterpool, and the password is password#1.

Since the pool is so big now (420 picks) I've only been through them in a cursory manner. If you have any objections, speak up now.

Bereavement Pool 2009: Graveheart, The Reminder

boobs — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:50:24 -0000

About a week to go before all entries are due, and I've only heard from a handful of people.

Those in and paid:

boobs
Seattle Slim
JoshuaR
JoshuaR's wife

Those in and thus far unpaid:

Red Menace
tHan
RedinWrigleyville
cesarhernandez
justin
bengalred

Those who have stated interest but have not yet entered:

man mountain
brendan
madville
BK
caleb
brian b
brian b’s wife
petey hendrix
ctnyc
andromache
gejoe
nlt-andrew
3 fast
gray

Others who may be interested:
you

Plenty of time left, just wanted to get the fire stoked. The rules are here, in the entry post.

Trivia Question... please try without cheating

boobs — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:01:37 -0000

I just happened to look this up and wanted to share it. I don't remember hearing about this as a topic during the season, so I think it's a legitimate piece of trivia. Please try to answer this question without looking it up, because it's easy to look it up and spoil it if you want to.

Here we go:

How many times did Jay Bruce bat cleanup for the Reds in 2008?