Archive for November, 2008

Plaxico Burress Shot

Posted: 29th November 2008 by T.F.P. in Sports

What a tough year for Plax! After being fined countless times and suspended once by the New York Giants for violating various team rules, the wide receiver has now reportedly been shot in a Manhattan nightclub. Preliminary reports indicate that Burress shot himself, though no further details are available at this time. Burress had already [...]

Reminder…

Posted: 28th November 2008 by T.F.P. in Sports

It seems like I tell myself this at least 100 times during the course of a typical fantasy football season, but I need to do it again today: If losing your fantasy football matchup is the biggest problem you have in your life, then consider yourself lucky! I made a major blunder with my lineups [...]

Chaos in Mumbai

Posted: 26th November 2008 by T.F.P. in Current Events

Have you heard what’s going on in Mumbai, India today? Apparently, armed gunmen have initiated coordinated attacks at various luxury hotels and restaurants around the city, killing 78, injuring 200, and taking an unknown number of hostages thus far. The terrorists are said to specifically be targeting Americans and Britons, while letting those of other [...]

Ban Pacman Jones!

Posted: 25th November 2008 by T.F.P. in Sports

I don’t know why this is even still an issue for the NFL and the Dallas Cowboys. Conerback Adam “Pacman” Jones, who is known more for his off-field incidents including a shooting at a las vegas strip club than for his actual play, should not be given yet another chance by commissioner Roger Goodell. Jones [...]

Get Rich with iPhone Apps

Posted: 25th November 2008 by T.F.P. in Current Events

So apparently, the latest get-rich-quick tech schemes involve creating iPhone apps that can then be sold in the app store to anyone with an iPhone and some cash to spend. One of the top Yahoo! stories this morning was about a banker named Steve Demeter who developed an iPhone game called Trism in his free [...]

Bike Hero Video

Posted: 22nd November 2008 by T.F.P. in Check it out

This so-called bike hero video is very popular on YouTube right now, having received more than 1,000,000 hits already in just a couple of days. It shows a kid riding a bicycle seemingly in tune to a song from Guitar Hero, and though the vid has been identified as a “fake” — since it was [...]

Blackhawks

Posted: 21st November 2008 by T.F.P. in Sports

I used to be a huge NHL fan, and loved my Chicago Blackhawks. My family even shared season tickets with one of my dad’s friends, so we used to go to a bunch of home games back in the day. That was a good 20 years ago, though, when Denis Savard, Doug Wilson, Steve Larmer, [...]