Not dead yet...

At least not completely. I still use the sidebar quite frequently myself, and Norm dropped me a line to tell me to add this: http://thetripledeke.blogspot.com/

Check it out if you're a hockey fan.

I'm also adding http://www.ranyontheroyals.com/. It's a great blog about true baseball fan suffering. It also talks about teams that aren't better suited for AAA once in a great while.

Talkin' Baseball....

I'm eating, sleeping, and living baseball since, gosh, probably mid-May. If it's baseball related, I'm involved. If it means watching the Brewers, I'm there. If it means playing MLB 09: The Show, I'm there. If it means running an internet baseball league, I'm there. If it means cruising the net all day for historical baseball articles, I'm there.

In short, baseballbaseballbaseballbaseballbaseball. Ben would not approve.

Oh, and hello Hyderabad, India! I see someone over there has peeked at my blog, whether by accident, or looking for something interesting. Sorry about the lack of interesting things. Also, hi to Battle Creek, Michigan, and New Berlin, Wisconsin.

Phew...

It's been busy here lately. That screwy work schedule I'll only have to mess with for a few more weeks takes a toll on my mental well-being, but thankfully, it's over in July.

The USFL is now on hiatus, but will be back when the software is done and ready.

Check out the Blitz, though, because there's a new baseball league started by me to pass the time until we get the USFL back up and running. Steph's joining the baseball league, which I hope to give a launch to Friday.

I had fun putting together the USFL Championship game writeup, complete with some commentary and commercials! http://blindsideblitz.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38399

More Melvin when I feel like it.

Say, Norm...

I'm thinking of reviving an EHL-type league on my PC. Either I'm going to split the NHL in parts due to the lockout going for more than a year, or the extra-long lockout is going to cause a re-organization, with tiering, like the Euro leagues. Thoughts? 

Woot

It's been a good week plus. I still have Cam around today and a bit of tomorrow. It's a good thing. 

P.S. Remdog loves Chunk

Less than a week.

I am STOKED. 

No idea why.....

We've never considered Front Office Football for a sim for our BSB leagues. It's good stuff, and it has a college version too (although it's mostly about recruiting and player management, from what I can tell). I own FOF 2004 (although 2007 is the newest version, and the only one easily available for purchase) and the college version (The College Years), and they can interact with each other, with draft classes from college going to the pros. It's very deep, and quite fun. 

The downside is that the leagues are fixed at a certain number of teams, that being 32. That said, the AI seems to be decent, so open teams wouldn't kill us. It's something to chew on the off-chance that the new software doesn't make it off the drawing board (although I have the ultimate faith that it will). 

Fixed!

The last template was ugly as sin, and all the color tweaks I added didn't help, either. 

So, back to basics. It's pretty now.

Congrats to TheNorm for finally updating his blog after 7 months. The downside is now I'll have to harass Cam to do his, and he'll just tell me to do something anatomically impossible. 

Damn that Cam. He's got me re-addicted to NHL 09, so much so that I re-figured out how to score goals on a regular basis. Might have to re-fire up that NCAA dynasty I put on hold when I was scoring maybe a goal a game. 

*giggle* Huston Street's already not the closer in Colorado. Something about how closers and middle relievers are interchangable, and that you don't have to spend a ton of dough on anything but the best of the best (ping: Doug Melvin). Ping the second: Hey Colorado, do you NOT realize that finesse pitchers don't work there? Sure, fastballs can be hit a mile, but so can curveballs that don't curve, and fastballs are harder to hit. 

Another New Post!

Norm can rest easy. Cam, on the other hand, had better get his ass updating his blog again. 

Job search continues fruitlessly, but Spherion has me doing a small bit at Netflix that could grow. They also have a state job they may or may not get any time soon, so here's hoping. 

Really pushing the USFL stuff lately, getting pictures off of a vast array of DVD's I now own. That's what's been making the USFL site and the new Stars site look pretty. I wish someone would pay me to do this, I'd gladly do 8 hours a day of storyline work. Someone, anyone? :D

Brewers start in just under 2 weeks, and I can't say I'm terribly thrilled. This year's gonna be tougher than last year, no doubt. 

Hey Cam, your team's a bunch of slackers. I put up 8 more points than you did on Washington. :D

Speaking of the big guy, May 9th through the 18th, he "graces us" with his presence. That's got the potential to be a hell of a lot of fun. 

That be it, that be all that's on my mind at the moment. Oh yeah. Hey NFL, stop living up to the No Fun League moniker. It doesn't suit you well. 

Update

Because some Michigan smartass was making pot-meet-kettle suggestions to update, here it is. (Speaking of which, update yourself. 6 months? :D)

My last week has been like follows:

Get up early as shit on Monday and Tuesday because of a job on the other side of town.

Be sleepy and crabby the rest of those days.

Sim USFL games on Wednesday, get excited all over again by showing the new owner the ropes.

Go bonkers creating a website for the team after I burn out of sending out job apps Thursday.

Own everyone in the NCAA tourney brackets. 

Get annoyed that Wisconsin and Marquette bounce out in the 2nd round (but not too annoyed)

Get more annoyed that the Badgers didn't show up against Denver in hockey, and are now done. 

Be in Racine at the future in-laws this weekend.

Come home from work on Monday, burn out doing apps by 2, and do website updating for some of the rest of the day, as well as creating pictures for the USFL league and picture sorting.

There. Happy? :D

Tis been a while

I have an excuse. A week long vacation to San Diego counts as an excuse, right? 

I have not much to say on the Brewers, but I'm digging the WBC. More baseball that matters = more better. 

My USFL league continues to be fun. I just got a boatload of new footage to use as pictures in the league forums, too. If you're unfamiliar with it, check it out at blindsideblitz.com/usfl

I plan to get the college hockey thing rolling again too, since I'm back. No promises on when, but I've put too much work into it to let it sit much longer. 

Anyway, that's about it for now.