The smack has picked up beautifully around here! I particularly enjoyed Margaret asking Dodie whether he spent more time photoshopping his cereal box than picking his bracket. Although Margaret thought it might be poor manners to smack down her cousins from her #1 spot, I believe there's nothing better than smack from the lead.
Which brings me to Dr. Ron Birnbaum. I'll pose again the question I asked last year: If you enter a bragging-rights-only pool but never brag, did you really enter?
Also, here's a comment by Piers that I didn't want to get buried (I think it's safe to say that Ron is not checking the comments on this blog):
Paging Dr. Birnbaum! As the only one to pick UConn to win it all, there is a VERY good chance you'll be sitting atop McDowHoops. Better get in now if you want to maximize limelight. (Unless, of course, you think the NCAA will do everything in its power to keep those rule-violators from winning the championship. You really must be a moral reprobate to have picked UConn to win it all.)
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Paging Dr. Birnbaum
The smack has picked up beautifully around here! I particularly enjoyed Margaret asking Dodie whether he spent more time photoshopping his cereal box than picking his bracket. Although Margaret thought it might be poor manners to smack down her cousins from her #1 spot, I believe there's nothing better than smack from the lead.
Which brings me to Dr. Ron Birnbaum. I'll pose again the question I asked last year: If you enter a bragging-rights-only pool but never brag, did you really enter?
Also, here's a comment by Piers that I didn't want to get buried (I think it's safe to say that Ron is not checking the comments on this blog):
Paging Dr. Birnbaum! As the only one to pick UConn to win it all, there is a VERY good chance you'll be sitting atop McDowHoops. Better get in now if you want to maximize limelight. (Unless, of course, you think the NCAA will do everything in its power to keep those rule-violators from winning the championship. You really must be a moral reprobate to have picked UConn to win it all.)
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And we know Ron knows how to blog. He had his own political blog for a while, called "Ron Birnbaum's blog," with a funny top ten list and everything. Hey Ron: "Yes we can" blog for less weighty purposes!
ReplyDeleteIf somebody came to me in August 1939 and said "Hitler's planning on invading Poland - wanna make a gentlemen's bet on who wins?" am I a Nazi if I call it right?
ReplyDeleteOr if Todd Keithley challenges Mike Tyson to a fight, am I a rapist if pick Tyson? Am I a lawyer if I pick Todd?
At day's end the scoreboard does all the smack-talking that needs to be talked. I refer you all to my bracket and the standings for "comment." SCOREBOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I recommend reading Ron's comment and then quickly scrolling up to the smiling photo of him that Todd posted. Nice effect.
ReplyDelete(But, on Poland, I'd venture to say that a true gentleman wouldn't have made that bet...)
While you're scrolling up to that photo, check out Ron's outfit: space-age, wrinkle-free technology!
ReplyDeleteLet's hope his bracket holds up better than his ironing job...
I agree with Ron that ironing is overrated. Raskin may be a free thinker in some respects, but he is a dogged conformist on the ironing issue.
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