Congratulations to Mike LaVelle our 2012 Straub Brackets winner. Mike has been extremely consistent on the BB pool over the years, in fact he has placed no lower than 4th in the past five years. He was the only one to have Kansas and KY in the finals. Almost half (nine) correctly picked KY as the National Champion. Here are the final standings:
1. Mike Lavelle 141
2. Marianne Z 138
3. Emily G. 133
4. Frank S 131
5. Rob Z. 126
6. Jen M. 125
7. Desmond 121
8. Joe Jayjack 107
9. Pat S. 103
10. Ed Straub 95
11. Erin S 82
11. Tom Straub 82
13. Jim Straub 81
14. Ellen R. 76
15. Gillian S. 66
16. Andy R 63
17. Nick S. 62
18. Mary 51
19. Mike S. 49
20. Cathy J. 33
Also - Happy Birthday to Mike Straub! Have a GREAT day Mike!
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Well, look at that wily face.
I'm not sure what time we'll arrive Friday night, late probably. I'm bringing a large potato salad and some desserts.
Congrats to Mike L, and Happy Birthday to Mike S.
Happy birthday Mike Straub! And what mastery Mike LaVelle!
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Happy Birthday Mike! What will you do to celebrate?
And congrats to Mike L! Well played. I would like to sate for the record though that I too had Kansas and Kentucky in the finals. Not that it mattered.
Anyone heard from Pete and Mely?
Dad talked to them while waiting at the Minneapolis airport last night...they are fine, no damage.
I would like to mention that Mike was also a part of a BIG bracket pool here in Algona, about 300 people...and he came in first and won $750.!!!!! (thanks Joe3 for inviting us to be a part of the pool)
Happy Birthday Mike Straub!
Happy Birthday Mike Straub...hope you had fun!
Stupid...so, I'm sitting here eating a turkey sandwich while I order some fish for tonight from the Schwans guy, telling hime that it's Good Friday and I want some good fish. Brain fart.
I like the pictures for both mikes.
Happy Birthday, Mike - hope it was a good one.
And congratulations Mr. Lavelle.
I was watching a preview of yet another alien invasion movie and the thought occurred to me that by virtue of thier prodigious numbers of late, they are becoming cliche'.
True, there has always been and always will be these movies but lately these things are US Military versus the invaders. Not just stories of invaders vs. the public in general.
Then I thought....when was the last time there was a good old fashioned war movie. Us versus the bad guys. It's been a while. Saving Private Ryan is the last one I can think of.
So...am I wrong to conclude that Hollywood has gone so PC (politically correct) that they won't make the old fashioned war movies where people of other races, religions or even languages are the enemy? I guess in that world only the Nazi's would qualify as suitable foes because they no longer exist as a political force.
It's a weird world we live in.
Tom
District 9 was pretty good.
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Are you just talking about male Directors? "Hurt Locker" was really good...but not like Private Ryan, no big battles. War is totally different now, no big field battles, etc.
The Nazis might be our last easily-defined, easily-despised, easy to engage enemy. It's been pretty much guerilla warfare for no good reason ever since.
Here is an example from a kind of email I get all the time. They usually involve Old Testament prophets and are apocalyptic in nature. This one goes on for pages and pages, talking about Masons using robotics to animate the excavated body of Moses at the direction of the Pharoah Ramitek:
"The Technology of ENTIES ANUBIS of END of TIME , The Technology egiptian DOG Anubis of Deads.
Anubis Electronic - Artificial intelligence - now understand men of God, is not complying with Jeremiah 33:3, will never understand, why this endimento, is given only by spiritual revelation, your theology is nothing you can do, Technology ANUBIS, the Head Dog, if technology will create robotic dogs with artificial intelligence, they speak, and develop apredendendo, imagine for example that even the relationship with a child may be the active principle of developing an autonomous technology, which no man ever will imagine, to the point of taking, acquiring shares of its independence, a high level of technological mind and perception, to get a human body an d other forms of identity which reflects the werewolf in sheep's clothing, according to the BIBLE, entities controlled by Masonic servants of Pharaoh, until today, where the Egyptian pyramid of Pharaoh is the greatest symbol illuminati / Masonic, the Light of Ra, which is actually the Archangel Raphael, who is the lieutenant, faithful servant Rebellion and disobedience of Satan / Lucifer, and acts as its commander maximum in every land, and works by the Master Teacher of the Faith of Lucifer, the top Illuminati Grand Master, who is lord of the rings and the union of the Faiths of Religions of the earth, Satan and the Sorcerer leader, all powerful and effective World of Masonry, which may even be disguised as Orthodox Religious leader (a PATRIARCH)."
Fun, huh?
It was nice to see everyone at Easter! In other news, my car was stolen today.
Frank that's awful! Does insurance cover a rental?
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Cathy, that's awful too. But fun. We used to get applications like that in the writing program I administered,.
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Emily was kind enough to loan me her Hyundai.
Frank...has your car been found yet? We had 2 stolen over the years and they were both found the day after, but had been stripped, etc...
Have the cops been helpful?
Inglorious Basterds.
Excellent war film
The filmmaker even rewrote history so Hitler could have a more gruesome demise.
des
It's national grilled cheese day.
I love reading the Algona paper police and sheriff reports. There's always at least one ridiculous one. This week's is a report of stolen asparagus.
http://algona.com/articles/2012/04/12/news/police_and_records/doc4f86f8e6b30b3695806553.txt
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Did someone "tip" them off? haha
Pat, the asparagus thing is hilarious.
Mary, they still haven't found my car. I'm guessing it's parts.
Guess what we had for dinner. Grilled cheese and stolen asparagus.
Kidding, no asparagus.
Monica
Melkam Fasika!
Happy Easter in the Ethiopian Orthodox church. They fast for 55 days...
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55 days?! Ugh. I can't even diet for 1 day.
MOnica
Hey, where are people staying for Des and Jen's reception?
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