My co-founder, James Austin, had been pressing me to do a fantasy football website after we each won a league championship in 2014. I wasn't thrilled with the idea, but I had been kicking around the concept since 2008. During a conversation we had a few months back, we started firing off several quotes from "The Big Lebowski" over the phone and James shouted, "THE BUMS WILL ALWAYS LOSE!" I said to him, " . . . y'know . . . if we ever seriously decided to go with this 'fantasy football site' idea, that would be an awesome name."
So we're doing it, and we're doing it well. We're going to branch out into movies, entertainment, and maybe a little frivolity along the way. The fantasy football portion will probably be slightly more of a blend of humor and hardcore analysis, while the other articles should be just as interesting. Our goal is to provide some insight and some fun with our writings and our podcasts.
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THE 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW
“There is no spoon.”
-- The Matrix
I guess. I see what that creepy little bald-headed kid is trying to convey to Neo. Technically, the spoon is just a digitized program that exists within the construct of The Matrix, I get it.
What do you do BEFORE you sell your home?- Part I:
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Moving is one of the most stressful things in life. It ranks up there with job loss and breakups. I think all of us can agree on that. However, that is an understatement when it comes to the daunting process of selling a home AND then having to move on top of that.
THE GREAT DEBATE – PART III
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“Oh, no, sir
I must say you’re wrong
I must disagree
Oh, no, sir
I must say you’re wrong
Won’t you listen to me?”
THE GREAT DEBATE – PART II
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“Baby, even the losers
Get lucky sometimes
Even the losers
Keep a little bit of pride
You get lucky sometimes”
THE GREAT DEBATE – PART I:
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“Pardon me for saying this, but you seem defensive.”
“I’m not being defensive. You’re the one who’s being defensive. Why is it always the other person who’s being defensive? Have you ever asked yourself that? Why don’t you ask yourself that?”
--60 Minutes: Minkman Toys from Saturday Night Live
INTO THE WILD
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Ah, the touching tale of a man who wandered off into the woods and died. Again, I don’t mean to sound calloused, but Christopher McCandless was a bum, and he lost. I understand he has a following, and I can almost get on board with his existential quest for living in the wild, but there are just a few issues that bother me greatly about this film. I will start with the fact that existentialism is limited without one’s existence, so he kind of nixed that philosophical aspect fairly quickly. If you don’t exist, it’s a little difficult to explore the essence of existing. I’ll rephrase: you can’t discover the meaning of life by jumping off a figurative thousand-foot cliff.
THE 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW - (PART IV)
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[Editor's Note: David Whitman has been a writer, radio personality, promoter, and fantasy sports enthusiast for quite some time. As a friend, now a competitor of mine in one of my two seasonal fantasy football leagues, I’m thrilled he’s added an article to this discussion about The 2014 Year In Review. This piece would be in reference to our half-PPR draft that I’ve covered in my second and third fantasy football articles]
THE 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW – PART III
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This will be the 3rd and final installment of The 2014 Year In Review. A trilogy, if you will.
I can already hear my friend, Chris Colvert: “A trilogy? Really? This site is so f***ing cliché.”
Yeah, well, I was going to drag it out into five articles, but I figured I’d wrap up this topic so we can get on to some other interesting articles about philosophy and strategy.
THE 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW – PART II
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“’Polar bear fell on me.’”
“I’m sorry, what?”
“’Polar bear fell on me.’ That’s it, that’s how you should end your movie.”
“That doesn’t make any sense. Are you sure you don’t want to add anything else in there?”
“Nope. Just end it with a fat guy saying ‘polar bear fell on me,’ and then everyone smiles and walks away free. Perhaps you could cut out with some music and the main character playing around in a pond, or something. It will be your 'Casablanca.'”
“Huh. On second thought, I’m kind of warming up to this idea.”
THE 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW – PART I
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Hi, kids. Do you like violence?
Want to see me stick nine-inch nails through each one of my eyelids?
Want to copy me and do exactly like I did?
Pick Wes Welker in the 3rd round and watch your draft suffer an utter free fall until it regained traction in the 8th round?
GRIZZLY MAN
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This is the perfect place to start with the theme of this website. If you have a problem with my insensitivity, so be it. But Timothy Treadwell was a bum, and he lost. I feel bad for his girlfriend who died, but I don’t think a grown man should have been running around with grizzly bears and expect a different ending. I’m not the only one with this opinion.