Coffee Klatch

While I’ve never gotten Poison Ivy myself, I’ve heard about how bad it is. Plus, there are plenty of movies or TV show episodes that use it for the humor value.

Well, I heard a new thing recently. A co-worker of mine has a daughter who is so sensitive to poison ivy that she reacts just from the airborne spores!! I’ve never heard of that before! To think that you could get poison ivy reactions on your face and neck without ever going near it! [Shudder!]

That’s just not right!

Current music: Panorama: The Best of Craig Chaquico

There are two primary types of games that people play related to NFL Football: Fantasy Football and some form of “Pick’em” game. I’ve already written about the latter, so here’s an invitation for you to join my Pick’em game.

This one’s much simpler than fantasy sports. You just pick the teams you think will win each week. I’ve been running some form of this game for 8 years now, starting with a handful of people who emailed me their picks which I posted on my office door. For the last few years, I’ve used Yahoo! and have been thoroughly satisified with how they run it and with how much work they save me.
There are only two things to do when playing this Pick’Em game. You are given a list of the games for the week and you pick the teams you think will win. Then you assign a confidence level to them. If there are 16 games that week, you rank them from 1 to 16. The game you’re most sure of gets a 16, and on down to 1. If you get the pick right, you get that many points. Pretty simple.

If you want to play, there’s TONS of room for people to join. Just visit Yahoo! and join the group #5852 with password library. It’s a lot of fun, gets you involved in following the teams a little bit, and doesn’t require much knowledge about them. Much lower-key than fantasy football, but just as fun. Come join us!

Current music: Winter Light, by Yanni