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| Two-Fer Tuesday! |
| 07.27.05 (6:05 am) [edit] |
You know what we never hear in the music industry anymore?
The two-song combo.
I’m talking about when radio stations play two songs by the same artist that are always sandwiched together. It’s all over classic-rock radio.
For example, what do you always hear after Queen’s “We Will Rock You”?
That’s right… “We Are The Champions”.
There’s very few of these, but you do hear them on the classic rock stations all the time. Like ZZ Top’s combo of “Have Mercy” and “Jesus Just Left Chicago”. Or Journey’s “Feelin’ That Way” and “Anytime That You Want Me”.
The Beatles, after crafting the “Sgt. Pepper” / “With A Little Help” combo, went one further and strung together two sets of three songs on their “Abbey Road” album: “Mean Mr. Mustard” segues into “Polythene Pam” and ends with “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”… and of course we have the famous “Golden Slumbers” / “Carry That Weight” / “The End” opus.
But you never hear anything like that today with rock from the 90’s or from this decade. The last famous combo was done by INXS in 1987, with “Need You Tonight” and “Mediate”. And most of the time “Mediate” doesn’t get played. On the radio you never hear two songs by Pearl Jam or Soundgarden or Weezer or Matchbox 20 or Creed that always get played together.
The video scene, however, is another story. There’s a burgeoning trend in hip-hop videos to combine two songs into one video. That can take on many fashions: The first song can be in its entirety and after that comes a snippet of the second song; both songs get shortened; or the second song can even pop up in the middle of the video. (Anyone remember “Jazz / Buggin’ Out” by A Tribe Called Quest in 1991?) On hip-hop radio, though, the two songs don’t get played back to back.
So if songs can get paired up in videos, why not on the radio again? I challenge all the alternative rock stations out there to make a new two-song combo that can go into heavy rotation. If Green Day can revive the multi-song suite with “Jesus of Suburbia”, this can be revived too.
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| Two years with a ring on my finger |
| 06.07.05 (9:35 am) [edit] |
Two years ago today my life changed for the better.
Two years ago today the days turned brighter.
Two years ago today promises were made, and pledges of love were expressed.
Two years ago today two rings were exchanged.
Two years ago today all the sorrows from past acquaintances were forever erased.
Two years ago today I married the best woman in the world.
Happy anniversary, my dear Kristi. I love you.
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| The Crossroads |
| 05.26.05 (5:03 pm) [edit] |
Throughout my life I had set a few goals for myself. Small dubious goals, but nonetheless goals that at a few times were my only incentive to stay alive.
Basically they were just small things that I wanted to accomplish before I die.
I wanted to live to see the 21st century. Mission accomplished there.
I wanted to get married and start a family. After a false start in 1998, I've been happily married since 2003, so I'm halfway there in that regard.
And another one of my little goals was reached a few days ago: to live to see the final story in George Lucas' Star Wars saga, "Revenge Of The Sith". (It kicks major ass, by the way.)
So now what?
Do I have anything left to live for?
Of course I do. Very much so. Don't get into a panic... I've never really been suicidal, and I'm far from that nowadays.
It helps to get new big projects started. My new comic strip, for instance. My recent move to a new apartment has sidelined development of the comic, but I do plan on jumping back on that once the dust settles. I'm busy with a few other websites as well.
I still want to get my own house. I'm hoping this new apartment I'm in is the last apartment I ever live in. And I hope to get a house within a year or two... those interest rates ain't gonna stay low forever.
And I very much want to raise a child. A nice loving family has always been my ultimate long-term goal in life.
I really need to get back in shape. I know how overweight I am, and I know I'm at risk of dying at an early age (and that would be the end of those above goals). I know about the usual advice - eat less, exercise more - but what's kicking my ass at the moment is the appetite (and cravings) I have, the lack of motivation, and the little health problems here and there that get in the way of exercising on a regular basis. Those are the things I have to overcome if I'm gonna stop hovering around 280 pounds as I have been for the past few years now.
I'd like to get some decent amount of fame for something before I die. If not for my comic strip, maybe for a song I wrote, an appearance on a TV show or in a movie, or something. Those goals seem to get lost in the shuffle of everyday life, though.
I guess I just need to get off my ass and do something, anything.
Let me just finish my cup of fat free yogurt first.
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| Profiles In Potential Greatness III |
| 04.28.05 (9:40 am) [edit] |
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This is my recurring series on people I've known from my childhood who have recently achieved fame in some way (or are trying to achieve it, anyway).
LUO HONGMEI, a.k.a. ALY ROSE
Okay, maybe she's a relative unknown here in the United States. But as the old cliche goes, she's "big in China".
She's also into China big time - the culture, the culinary fare, the history, everything. Which was very surprising to me... the years I've known her in school, I never would have guessed her affinity for things Chinese. Then again, I might have seen her sporting Oriental garb for some class project, so I guess it wasn't really all that surprising.
Still, I never figured this redheaded girl I knew from Ms. Howard's piano class, who shared a geometry class with me when I was a sophomore, would suddenly pack up her stuff, change her name to Luo Hongmei ("hongmei" = "red rose" in Chinese) and move to the Far East to study Chinese dance at one of Beijing's most prestigious performing arts schools, the Beijing Dance Academy.
In one of my Google searches on old classmates, I found this article on her... sure enough, she was from Texas and the photograph confirmed it for me that this was the same Alyssa from high school. But this wasn't on any old website... this was on a Chinese magazine-type site. She took her first trip to China in 1994, and loved it so much she decided to pursue a degree in Choreography at the Academy. This article was published in 2001, so by now she probably has the degree in hand, and has landed a job somewhere in the land of Zhongguo, as she said she would. More web searching led to another later article where Aly... er, Hongmei was mentioned as a member of a dance company, so that's probably what she's up to now.
Well, best wishes to her... and I hope her dance troupe stops in Dallas one of these days as part of a tour.
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| A Prayer For The Dying |
| 03.31.05 (6:06 am) [edit] |
Sometimes I just want to fast-forward myself to the point where the media frenzy surrounding Terri Schiavo has subsided. You should know the story by now... married woman has a stroke in 1990 and becomes comatose, her husband is appointed legal guardian and wins a malpractice lawsuit in 1992, husband claims she expressed that she didn't want to be kept alive artificially and fights to end her life, her parents want to keep her alive and say that she can be rehabilitated, the battle rages over whether or not to keep the feeding tube in her, the tube goes out, tube goes back in, out again, in again, out again, the battle goes up to the Supreme Court who declines to hear the case, handing the victory to the husband, protests amass while she wastes away without the feeding tube, and finally today the woman passes away.
Normally, my opinion would be, she said she didn't want to live like that, let her die in peace. But there was just too much gray area in this case. First of all, this was all word of mouth... there's no written statement from Terri expressing her wishes. Second, it seemed really fishy that Michael Schiavo would claim to have his wife's best interests in mind, but while Terri's been in this vegetative state, he went and had an affair with another woman, even going so far as to father two kids with her... all the while retaining his legal guardianship over Terri, not even divorcing her. And how suspicious is it that only now after he's run out of money to care for her, that he's suddenly pushing to let her die? I mean, if she said she didn't want to be on life support, this was said over fifteen years ago. And this method of euthanasia - slowly starving her to death - seems really cruel to me. Yes, I know that she felt no pain this way, but still... it just rubs me the wrong way a little bit.
Well, all I can do - all anyone can do now - is pray for the repose of Terri's soul, pray for the healing of her family's hearts, and pray that no harm comes to Michael for making this difficult decision, however questionable that decision might have been. In this day and age, where a few right-wing wackos are twisted enough to kill doctors who perform abortions, you know poor Michael's gonna have to watch his back now.
If any good can come out of this, it's that this unfortunate event will drive more people to make "living wills", legal documents that outline what people want done to them in the event they become incapacitated. I know I want to put together something like that soon.
Rest in peace, Terri.
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| The Funny Pages Beckon |
| 02.27.05 (9:43 am) [edit] |
This has been a long time coming. Ever since my childhood I enjoyed the cartoons of Charlie Brown, Garfield, Bloom County and Far Side, and dreamed of the day when I would become a well-known cartoonist myself.
Alas, my attention-deficit problems, along with having to tend to real-life business, kept me from pursuing this dream. Not to mention the chore of having to put many weeks of strips together to submit a comic for syndication.
Lately, however, my life seems to be at a standstill. My job is boring. I want to get a new job, but the market is oversaturated with graphic artists and the number of job openings in that field aren't what they used to be. I'd be open to going back to college and getting a degree, if my study habits didn't suck and I didn't feel like I'd be kissing my social life goodbye for the next 5-6 years. I'd like to teach myself Flash... but I have to either get the program to work on my crash-prone PC, or buy a new program altogether for my Mac. And that'll take a shitload of money. So... revitalizing a comic strip career seems to be the best option right now.
I've had many comic strip ideas come and go. I really wanted to do something original, some comic strip premise that no other comic strip (nationally-syndicated, anyway) was exhibiting. There was "Frederick The Fish", about a bunch of creatures in a fish tank.... but this was when I was in middle school and my wit was not up to par... and besides, "Sherman's Lagoon" would come along later with the same premise.
Then there was "Now What", basically a Gen-X "Doonesbury". I had many different characters thought up... but I couldn't think of any good gags, and besides, looking back on things this strip would've gotten lost in the shuffle anyways.
Then came a novel idea: a comic based on time travel. "Times Like This" would feature a woman brainiac inventing a time machine and her male friend doing all sorts of crazy things at various points in the past. I managed to come up with all kinds of strips and gags... but what got me in the end was the fact that I wanted to keep my characters in their 20s, and that would just not make sense in a time-travel-type strip.
In all these past efforts, I just didn't want to make a load of strips and then waste a lot of my time and money shopping them around to the syndicates and getting rejection slips out the ass. So cartooning for me seemed like something that wouldn't work as a career.... until now.
The Web, as well as a few cartoonists who have quit the syndicate grind and taken their comic series to their own websites, have inspired me to go at it myself. I'm going to start a comic-strip website with my latest comic strip idea, and this time I'm not gonna wait for a syndicate to accept me, or worry about who I'm gonna be marketing this comic to. I'm busy getting together the characters and the basic framework of the strip right now, and hopefully I can launch this thing by summer.
What's it about? It's gonna be centered around a fictional wrestling federation. I've got plenty of gags in mind already in this realm. So stay tuned!
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| 2004 Mascot Melee Wrap-Up |
| 01.31.05 (5:35 pm) [edit] |
Last Week Of The Regular Season: 8-8 - Final Record: 135-124
Well, that was an interesting experiment. I'm just fortunate to finish with a winning record. I'd compare it to Kelly's final tally in her Practical Picks segment (from the Pugs & Kelly Show on KLLI-FM), but she didn't do the picking every week.
I may make some substitutions next year... IF I do it next year. I only picked the Eagles ONCE - poor bird was mismatched in every other game - and guess who made it to the Super Bowl. Likewise, the big, bad Titan was squashing opponents left and right... and the team finished with a less-than-stellar record. Nissan makes a truck called a Titan, so I might use that for the Titans next season. As for the Eagles, I may use the members of the rock band... they might stand more of a fighting chance.
At least I've got eight months to think of something.
Oh yeah... for Super Bowl XXXIX, a Patriot can easily shoot down an Eagle. (However, Joe Walsh could've clobbered that Patriot with his guitar.)
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| My Dissection of 2004 - Part II |
| 01.06.05 (10:22 am) [edit] |
I never was a big fan of election years... those even-numbered years where our elected officials come up for re-election, and in an effort to gain brownie points with their conservative constituents, they try and pass all these laws that infringe on the freedoms of fun-loving liberals. The fiasco over Janet Jackson's Super Bowl halftime performance only fueled lawmakers' efforts to "clean up" the media and popular culture. And caught in the crossfire was the gay marriage debate... reportedly this was one of the hot-button issues that got the conservatives out in droves to vote.
As much as I'm happy for George W. Bush winning a second term - something his father couldn't accomplish - the whole election left a bad taste in my mouth. I felt sorry for John Kerry and all the people that mobilized and put together their best effort to win the presidency for the Democratic Party. It seemed so certain that Kerry would win... but Bush pulled it off, and WITH a majority of the popular vote this time. Still, I just wish it didn't seem like the fact that Bush won means the ultra-conservatives won, the religious fanatics won, Big Oil won, and the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth won. I've leaned Republican for most of my life, and right now I'm just not comfortable with how much the extremists want to intrude on my personal rights. So I'll be watching 2005 unfold with a bit of trepidation as far as freedom of expression is concerned.
BEST MOMENT OF 2004: Winning the Krewe of Aquarius poster contest. This means that my handiwork will be the official poster for the Krewe's 2005 Mardi Gras celebration in Galveston for hundreds of thousands of revelers to pick up and observe. And the prize is a free one year membership in the Krewe. It won't take effect until after the 2005 festivities, but in 2006 I'll finally realize my dream of participating in a Mardi Gras parade... which may well turn out to be the Best Moment of 2006. Special thanks to my cousin Jennifer Flores and her husband Tony for first mentioning this contest to me.
Runners-up - FINALLY taking Kristi to experience Mardi Gras in Galveston; watching as Kristi received her Bachelor's degree in Accounting in December; getting to ride a Cushman scooter with my family in a Christmas parade in Marshall, Texas; and taking the helm of the Section 8 comedy troupe's website, which is another chance to jazz up my design portfolio and another chance to work with some of the most talented guys in the Metroplex.
WORST MOMENT OF 2004: Witnessing the end of the Rock Radio Station era. Blame it on changing musical tastes, blame it on corporate radio dumbing down the stations, blame it on the FCC crackdown... but there seems to be no place on the dial anymore for the loud & crazy debauchery that characterized your typical active-rock-format radio station in the eighties and nineties. In 2004 Clear Channel mercilessly killed two beloved rock radio stations in Texas: 97.1 The Eagle in Dallas, and (this one really hit home for me) 33-year rock veteran 101 KLOL in Houston. And the classic-rock and alternative-rock stations that the disenfranchised fans are supposed to turn to seem just totally bland and lifeless in comparison.
Runners-up - The increasing burden of my health-care costs on the household budget; The Houston Astros coming so close to the World Series but losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League championship; the labor dispute in the National Hockey League that has all but killed the 2004-05 season completely; and the total neutering of Howard Stern's show thanks to his paranoid bosses and the FCC.
THIS YEAR'S TECHNOLOGICAL ACQUIREMENTS: I finally got TollTags (automatic debit cards for use in express tollbooth lanes) for our cars; I upgraded my personal computer to an old-school iMac (which means I can finally run Mac OS X under my roof); we got a digital camera (that can also record QuickTime movies!) for Christmas; and I joined the masses of satellite radio owners by signing up for XM, the new home of Opie & Anthony... which leads me to...
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR: Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia were finally freed from contractual limbo this year and came roaring back bigger and badder than ever on XM Satellite Radio, where they can be as nasty as they wanna be. In the desert that is boring corporate radio these days, XM and the Opie & Anthony Show are a refreshing and entertaining oasis.
MOVIE OF THE YEAR: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's a love story that's cleverly disguised as science fiction. I especially liked the clever way the plot unfolded, and the great performances by all involved. And it was pretty cool to see Kate Winslet with blue hair.
MISSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR: "Janet Jackson bared her breast during the Super Bowl halftime show." GET IT RIGHT, PEOPLE... it was JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE that ripped her outfit open. Sheesh.
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| My Dissection of 2004 - Part I |
| 01.04.05 (8:03 am) [edit] |
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My 2004 year-in-review piece will be done in multiple parts. First off, my favorite songs from the year:
1. AMERICAN IDIOT by Green Day - I'd give the entire album (a bold punk-rock concept piece) the number one spot if I wished, it's that good.... but Album Of The Year is just as esteemed a title to bestow on it. And the leadoff track is Green Day at its best and most politically acerbic.
2. FLOAT ON by Modest Mouse - This came a VERY close second. A modern-rock gem that's trippy and spellbinding... yet fun to sing along to.
3. YOU DON'T WANT DRAMA by Eightball & MJG - Of all the catchy rap tracks out there in 2004, this was the catchiest.
4. WALK IDIOT WALK by The Hives - The video for this one is awesome... very retro-80's-ish. The song kicks ass, of course.
5. TWO THOUSAND PLACES by Polyphonic Spree - The best track from their new "Together We're Heavy" CD. This is what rock & roll heaven sounds like.
6. DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT by Snoop Dogg - Sometimes a minimalist groove can be quite addictive... the Neptunes supply a lo-fi beat and Snoop's smooth voice brings in the funk.
7. MY BAND by D12 - A slapstick piece playing off the rumors about infighting among the D-Twelvers. Funny as hell.
8. FALL BEHIND ME by The Donnas - A masterpiece from the all-girl punk outfit.
9. OVER & OVER by Nelly & Tim McGraw - I'd include this in the countdown for its historical value alone - a collaboration between a rapper and a country singer (!) - but the tune definitely holds its own.
10. SAVE A HORSE, RIDE A COWBOY by Big & Rich - The most fun country song this year, and probably the first to use the phrase "bling bling".
11. JUST LOSE IT by Eminem
12. LET'S GO by Trick Daddy
13. TAKE ME OUT by Franz Ferdinand
14. TIPSY by J-Kwon
15. YEAH by Usher, Ludacris & Lil' Jon
16. THE END OF THE WORLD by The Cure
17. VERTIGO by U2
18. MY BOO by Usher & Alicia Keys
19. GET BACK by Ludacris
20. PERSONAL JESUS by Marilyn Manson
21. 1985 by Bowling For Soup
22. TRIPLE TROUBLE by Beastie Boys
23. ON FIRE by Lloyd Banks
24. LOSE MY BREATH by Destiny's Child
25. LEAVING NEW YORK by R.E.M.
26. REDNECK WOMAN by Gretchen Wilson
27. SLITHER by Velvet Revolver
28. BREATHE, STRETCH, SHAKE by Ma$e
29. ONE TWO STEP by Ciara
30. SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE by Kelly Clarkson
HONORABLE MENTION: 99 PROBLEMS by Jay-Z.... the DJ Dangermouse "Grey Album" remix. The song may be from 2003 (and the song mixed in - Helter Skelter - from 1968), but the mix was done in 2004... and the blending is just flawless.
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 17 |
| 12.29.04 (5:31 am) [edit] |
WEEK 17 (Last Week: 8-8 - Season Total: 127-116)
Bengals at Eagles - Another bird devoured by a wild beast. If I do this again next year, I might go with the rock band instead. PICK: BENGALS
Browns at Texans - The brown dog will be just a chew toy to the bull. PICK: TEXANS
Lions at Titans - No hope for the king of the jungle here. PICK: TITANS
Packers at Bears - It's gonna be too easy for the ferocious bear to hack up the packing worker. PICK: BEARS
Dolphins at Ravens - The dolphin will easily bite the raven out of the sky. PICK: DOLPHINS
Vikings at Redskins - The viking will prove to be tougher and more well-armed than the Native American. PICK: VIKINGS
Saints at Panthers - It'll be a tough fight, but St. Albert will eventually slay the panther. PICK: SAINTS
Jets at Rams - Two curly horns won't be enough protection from an aircraft missile. PICK: JETS
Steelers at Bills - The steel worker's hammer will easily clobber the buffalo. PICK: STEELERS
49ers at Patriots - All the gold in the world won't save the miner. PICK: PATRIOTS
Falcons at Seahawks - Here's a nice and even battle between two predatory birds. I'll give the edge to the home bird. PICK: SEAHAWKS
Buccaneers at Cardinals - All the pirate has to do is use his sword like a flyswatter. PICK: BUCCANEERS
Colts at Broncos - HORSE FIGHT! And I predict the young colt will get lucky and hind-kick the lights out of the seasoned Bronco. PICK: COLTS
Jaguars at Raiders - The crude pirate should be nasty enough to stand up to the wild cat. PICK: RAIDERS
Chiefs at Chargers - It'll be another hit-and-run for the Dodge muscle car. PICK: CHARGERS
Cowboys at Giants - This time, the Giant's flattening the Cowboy before he starts anything. PICK: GIANTS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 16 |
| 12.23.04 (5:29 am) [edit] |
WEEK 16 (Last Week: Another 7-9 - Season Total: 119-108)
Packers at Vikings - A gross mismatch in weaponry. PICK: VIKINGS
Raiders at Chiefs - Wild pirates vs. experienced tribal bosses. I give the edge to Geronimo & Co. PICK: CHIEFS.
Broncos at Titans - A wild horse defeating a Titan? Neigh! (OK, I got nothing.) PICK: TITANS
Falcons at Saints - Another bird to get skewered by St. Albert's sword. PICK: SAINTS
Ravens at Steelers - Yet another bird vs. human matchup. It must be a very lopsided week. PICK: STEELERS
Panthers at Buccaneers - I think the panther will get the swashbuckler before he can get to his sword. PICK: PANTHERS
Bears at Lions - Fortunately, there's no "Tigers" team in the NFL, so you're spared the obvious Wizard of Oz reference. Oh yeah, the matchup... it's an even pairing (for once), but I'm giving it to the king of the jungle. PICK: LIONS
Texans at Jaguars - Can the bull stand up to the jaguar this time? I say, not really. PICK: JAGUARS
Giants at Bengals - One foot turns the tiger into an orange-and-black roadkill mess. PICK: GIANTS
Chargers at Colts - The young buck won't know what hit him. PICK: CHARGERS
Bills at 49ers - I'm sure the gold miners had to deal with a lot of buffalo back in the mid-1800s, so I'll say he'll put his experience to good use here. PICK: 49ERS
Patriots at Jets - Again, a gross mismatch in weaponry (and flying ability). PICK: JETS
Cardinals at Seahawks - The hawk's eating red meat tonight. PICK: SEAHAWKS
Redskins at Cowboys - Tonto's gettin' roped. PICK: COWBOYS
Browns at Dolphins - This brown dog can swim... so he'll be able to bring down the dolphin somehow. PICK: BROWNS
Eagles at Rams - Another bird trampling for the mighty ram. PICK: RAMS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 15 |
| 12.15.04 (3:25 am) [edit] |
WEEK 15 (Last Week: 7-9 - Season Total: 112-99)
Steelers at Giants - The steel worker's traveling to the land of the giants, and there's not anything big enough to take with him that could do some serious damage. PICK: GIANTS
Redskins at 49ers - The gold miner can swing a mean pickax, but that's not enough protection from an arrow. PICK: REDSKINS
Panthers at Falcons - Though the falcon can be quite fierce, against a ferocious panther it's still a mismatch. PICK: PANTHERS
Bills at Bengals - This matchup's a bit more fair at least... a buffalo vs. a tiger. Edge goes to the one with the claws. PICK: BENGALS
Cowboys at Eagles - In real life, the Cowboys don't stand a chance. But in this premise, how in the hell is an eagle gonna bring down one of these rednecks? PICK: COWBOYS
Texans at Bears - You'd think it was the stock market... and fortunately, right now it's on the side of the bulls. PICK: TEXANS
Jaguars at Packers - I think the packing workers will get lucky with the staple gun again. PICK: PACKERS
Vikings at Lions - Before the viking can get his weapons out, the lion's gonna get medieval on his ass. PICK: LIONS
Chargers at Browns - Another dog to end up as Dodge Charger roadkill. PICK: CHARGERS
Seahawks at Jets - It's too easy for a fighter jet to shoot down a bird like this. PICK: JETS
Saints at Buccaneers - An epic swordfight between St. Albert and a swashbuckling pirate. And this time the noble knight's walking the plank. PICK: BUCCANEERS
Rams at Cardinals - Not exactly an exciting matchup. The ram will find a way to knock the bird out of the sky. PICK: RAMS
Broncos at Chiefs - The Native American tribe leader can tame any horse, even a full-grown wild horse like the bronco. PICK: CHIEFS
Titans at Raiders - A pirate's cannonball may be just a bullet to a titan, but a well-placed cannonball can still bring him down. PICK: RAIDERS
Ravens at Colts - The Colt may be a young horse, but he's still got energy to burn, and he'll wear the Raven out before trampling it. PICK: COLTS
Patriots at Dolphins - There's a reason a soldier from 1776 uses a bayonet: if he can't shoot the dolphin, he can still stab it. PICK: PATRIOTS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 14 |
| 12.09.04 (6:00 am) [edit] |
WEEK 14 (Last Week: 11-5 - Season Total: 105-90)
Bears at Jaguars - Well-balanced battles are hard to come by in these types of matchups. A scuffle between a bear and a jaguar will be a long and brutal fight... and I think the cat will come out on top. PICK: JAGUARS
Bengals at Patriots - The Yank's got a bullet with the tiger's name on it. PICK: PATRIOTS
Browns at Bills - The buffalo may have brute force, but the dog has more bite (as well as more dexterity). PICK: BROWNS
Lions at Packers - The packing worker's getting ripped apart like a Christmas present. PICK: LIONS
Colts at Texans - The big black bull will prove to be too much for the young horse. PICK: TEXANS
Saints at Cowboys - A knight with a sword is really no match for a cowboy with a shotgun. PICK: COWBOYS
Giants at Ravens - Quoth the Raven, "That guy's just too damn big." PICK: GIANTS
Raiders at Falcons - The falcon may be a fierce bird, but he'll be cut down in no time by the fierce pirate. PICK: RAIDERS
Dolphins at Broncos - Horses have no problem galloping through water, so that dolphin's getting trampled. PICK: BRONCOS
Jets at Steelers - A bunch of well-targeted wrenches and steel beams will bring down the jet. PICK: STEELERS
49ers at Cardinals - Easy target practice for the gold miner. PICK: 49ERS
Rams at Panthers - The panther dominates the ram in ferocity. PICK: PANTHERS
Buccaneers at Chargers - Even a skilled sword can't stop a Dodge Charger at top speed. PICK: CHARGERS
Eagles at Redskins - The eagle's flying into hostile territory... he'll get hit with an arrow in no time. PICK: REDSKINS
Seahawks at Vikings - The viking's got many tools on hand to knock birds out of the sky. (I feel I must apologize for all this man-on-fowl violence. Rest assured that no actual animals were harmed in the making of these picks.) PICK: VIKINGS
Chiefs at Titans - The Chief's getting flattened before he can say "Ugh". PICK: TITANS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 13 |
| 12.01.04 (9:43 am) [edit] |
Well, forget I said anything last time around... I just came off my BEST week ever this year, with TWELVE games picked correctly! Now let's see if I can't keep this winning margin going... only five more weeks to go!
WEEK 13 (Last Week: 12-4 - Season Total: 94-85)
Cardinals at Lions - The king of the jungle vs. a little red bird. Talk about a mismatch. PICK: LIONS
Falcons at Buccaneers - Another hapless bird for a pirate's sword to slash through. PICK: BUCCANEERS
Bills at Dolphins - Somehow the buffalo will find a way to trample the elusive dolphin. PICK: BILLS
Panthers at Saints - It'll be a tough battle, but St. Albert will outlast the cat. PICK: SAINTS
Bengals at Ravens - Another hapless bird for a tiger's claws to slash through. PICK: BENGALS
Texans at Jets - One fighter jet missile will turn the bull into grilled steak. PICK: JETS
Vikings at Bears - The mighty viking fears no bear. PICK: VIKINGS
Patriots at Browns - The Yankee's gonna play "fetch the bullet" with the dog. PICK: PATRIOTS
49ers at Rams - Rams are no stranger to the gold miner... one shotgun blast will bring the animal down. PICK: 49ERS
Titans at Colts - A young horse is but a cockroach to the Titan. PICK: TITANS
Broncos at Chargers - It's a 200-horsepower engine vs. one horse. No contest. PICK: CHARGERS
Chiefs at Raiders - Now here's an epic battle... a pirate gang against a warring tribe. I believe the Native Americans will come out on top. PICK: CHIEFS
Packers at Eagles - The eagle's getting slaughtered, stuffed, sealed & shrinkwrapped. PICK: PACKERS
Giants at Redskins - In a stunning upset rivaling David & Goliath, the red man's arrows will slash the giant's throat, bringing the big guy down. PICK: REDSKINS
Steelers at Jaguars - Jaguar, meet sledgehammer. PICK: STEELERS
Cowboys at Seahawks - Another hapless bird for a cowboy's shotgun bullets to blast through. PICK: COWBOYS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 12 |
| 11.24.04 (7:03 am) [edit] |
Ouch... last week was my worst performance of the season. This may be the last time I have more wins than losses for the year, if things don't go mostly my way this week. Here's hoping.
WEEK 12 (Last Week: 5-11 - Season Total: 82-81)
Colts at Lions - I feel a surprise upset coming on, and I believe this is it... as the lion pounces to attack, the colt puts a hoof up... and the lion chokes on it. PICK: COLTS
Bears at Cowboys - If a cowboy can handle a wild bull, he can definitely overpower a bear. PICK: COWBOYS
Ravens at Patriots - Black birds are no problem for Colonial soldiers. PICK: PATRIOTS
Browns at Bengals - The brown dog won't last long in the tiger's den. PICK: BENGALS
Jaguars at Vikings - The jaguar's gonna pounce... and impale himself on the Viking's hat while he's bending over to adjust his boots. PICK: VIKINGS
Eagles at Giants - Yet another flying creature that'll seem like a nasty mosquito to the giant. PICK: GIANTS
Chargers at Chiefs - Arrows and tomahawks won't stop a Hemi engine. PICK: CHARGERS
Buccaneers at Panthers - I think the panther will get to the pirate before he can get his sword out. PICK: PANTHERS
Titans at Texans - The bull's becoming burger meat again. PICK: TITANS
Redskins at Steelers - Arrows and tomahawks won't stop a steel hammer, either. PICK: STEELERS
Saints at Falcons - Just another bird for St. Albert to skewer. PICK: SAINTS
Bills at Seahawks - Eventually the seahawk will get trampled by the buffalo. PICK: BILLS
Dolphins at 49ers - Poor Flipper's getting a pickax to the blowhole. PICK: 49ERS
Jets at Cardinals - No bird is safe from a fighter jet engine. PICK: JETS
Raiders at Broncos - Forget about taming a wild horse... the ruthless raider's gonna tear him to pieces. PICK: RAIDERS
Rams at Packers - A bunch of precision shots from a heavy-duty staple gun should be enough to bring down the ram. PICK: PACKERS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 11 |
| 11.18.04 (3:03 am) [edit] |
More in a series of thoughtless NFL predictions based on mascot performances. Original concept by Kelly Mohr of the Pugs & Kelly Show on KLLI-FM in Dallas. (Just thought I'd catch everyone up as we get close to the Thanksgiving weekend and I still sustain a slight winning lead.)
WEEK 11 (Last Week: 6-8 - Season Total: 77-70)
Cardinals at Panthers - Just another little snack for the panther. PICK: PANTHERS
Cowboys at Ravens - Cowboys ain't fraid of no spooky birds... all it takes is a double-barrel shotgun. PICK: COWBOYS
Broncos at Saints - Even a wild horse is no match for St. Albert's sword. PICK: SAINTS
Lions at Vikings - The lion's gonna pounce on the viking before he can react. PICK: LIONS
Colts at Bears - The young horse is getting ripped apart. PICK: BEARS
Jets at Browns - A brown dog is no match for a fighter jet. PICK: JETS
Steelers at Bengals - The tiger's getting clobbered by a steel hammer. PICK: STEELERS
49ers at Buccaneers - This duel's gonna be a tough one. I say the old gold-mining coot comes out on top. PICK: 49ERS
Rams at Bills - The clash of the thick-headed animals. I believe the buffalo's gonna survive this one. PICK: BILLS
Titans at Jaguars - Here, kitty, kitty... SPLAT!!! PICK: TITANS
Dolphins at Seahawks - Even though the seahawk is in his element here, the dolphin will still get him with a well-timed leap. PICK: DOLPHINS
Chargers at Raiders - The Dodge Charger is gonna wreck itself trying to get on the pirate ship. PICK: RAIDERS
Falcons at Giants - The giant's breaking out his flyswatter again. PICK: GIANTS
Redskins at Eagles - Eventually the Native American's tomahawk will slice the eagle in half in mid-air. PICK: REDSKINS
Packers at Texans - Packing tape ain't gonna protect you from a fierce bull. PICK: TEXANS
Patriots at Chiefs - The Patriot may be from the Revolutionary War Era, but this is gonna play out like Custer's Last Stand. PICK: CHIEFS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 10 |
| 11.12.04 (9:19 am) [edit] |
WEEK 10 (Last Week: 6-8 - Season Total: 71-62)
Ravens at Jets - The raven will get sucked into the jet engine almost instantly. PICK: JETS
Bears at Titans - Smokey's getting squashed. PICK: TITANS
Lions at Jaguars - It's a battle of fierce cats. And I'll give the edge to the Jagmeister. PICK: JAGUARS
Texans at Colts - A young horse against a big bull? No contest here. PICK: TEXANS
Chiefs at Saints - It's knight vs. chief. I think St. Albert's gonna win this one. PICK: SAINTS
Steelers at Browns - The steel worker's gonna have enough blunt steel objects at hand to take care of the brown dog. PICK: STEELERS
Seahawks at Rams - Eventually the ram will overtake the bird. PICK: RAMS
Buccaneers at Falcons - The buccaneer is a master swordsman - able to slice birds in half in midair. PICK: BUCCANEERS
Bengals at Redskins - The young brave will get lucky with his bow & arrow, hitting the tiger right in the heart. PICK: REDSKINS
Panthers at 49ers - The gold miner doesn't have much experience with panthers, so he's a goner. PICK: PANTHERS
Vikings at Packers - It's almost an unfair advantage... all the packing worker has is a staple gun to defend itself against the battle-hardened viking. PICK: VIKINGS
Giants at Cardinals - All the Giant needs is a giant flyswatter. PICK: GIANTS
Bills at Patriots - The soldier's gonna pick off the buffalo easily. PICK: PATRIOTS
Eagles at Cowboys - Eagles don't have shotguns. PICK: COWBOYS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 9 |
| 11.04.04 (11:09 am) [edit] |
WEEK 9 (Last Week: 9-5 - Season Total: 65-54)
Cardinals at Dolphins - All it takes is a powerful leap from the water and the Dolphin'll bite the Cardinal out of the sky. PICK: DOLPHINS
Cowboys at Bengals - The tiger's gonna pounce before the Cowboy can get to his six-shooter. PICK: BENGALS
Chiefs at Buccaneers - This is gonna be a tough battle.... it's tomahawk vs. sword. I'll give it to the swashbuckler. PICK: BUCCANEERS
Jets at Bills - Anyone up for roasted Buffalo burgers? PICK: JETS
Raiders at Panthers - These brutal pirates couldn't care less about preserving the wildlife. PICK: RAIDERS
Eagles at Steelers - All the steel worker needs is a spinning chain to knock the eagle out cold. PICK: STEELERS
Redskins at Lions - The young brave's never had experience dealing with lions, so he's gonna be out of his league here. PICK: LIONS
Bears at Giants - The fierce grizzly will be nothing but a teddy bear to the giant. PICK: GIANTS
Saints at Chargers - St. Albert's not gonna have enough body armor to protect him from a Dodge Charger hit-and-run. PICK: CHARGERS
Seahawks at 49ers - The gold miner can easily shoot down a seahawk. PICK: 49ERS
Texans at Broncos - It's a tough bull vs. a tough horse. I think the bull will pull it off. PICK: TEXANS
Patriots at Rams - Two long curly horns are no match for a rifle, even one from the Revolutionary War era. PICK: PATRIOTS
Browns at Ravens - The Raven may be a creepy bird, but to a big brown dog it's just a chew toy. PICK: BROWNS
Vikings at Colts - The rough-n-rugged viking will have no problem taming the horse. PICK: VIKINGS
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| Profiles In Potential Greatness II |
| 10.29.04 (5:11 am) [edit] |
This is my recurring series on people I've known from my childhood who have recently achieved fame in some way (or are trying to achieve it, anyway).
BRANDON BACKE
This guy needs no help at all from me in gaining fame. Major League Baseball is taking care of that.
It's hard to believe that one of the emerging stars in the Houston Astros used to live four houses down from me. In the eighties, he was always the blond-haired kid brother of Steven Hitchcock, who was my age. He played around with the other kids on the street his age - Wayne, John, Tapy, Joel and David. The few years I've known him, Brandon's always had an intense interest in baseball. Once I moved away he became a distant memory like everyone else from the neighborhood.
Then this year, all of a sudden I hear the Astros are in the playoffs, and helping the team get there is some amazing young talented pitcher from Galveston named Brandon. I read how he grew up idolizing baseball greats like Craig Biggio and Roger Clemens, and how he almost took the Ball High Tornadoes to the state championship in 1996. Then he made his major-league debut in 2002 with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and was traded to Houston this year. I thought, this couldn't be the same guy from my neighborhood... could it? A few Internet searches later, my suspicions were confirmed. And I was cheering him on in the playoffs as he pitched a remarkable seven innings against the top-ranked St. Louis Cardinals.
Well, the Astros couldn't quite make the World Series this year. Which was probably for the best... this year was meant for the Boston Red Sox, who finally broke the "Curse of the Bambino" and won their first World Series in 86 years. I'm very happy for the Red Sox, and frankly, I didn't really want the Astros to win it all at their expense. But maybe next year the Astros can finally become baseball's World Champions, with Brandon Backe getting the MVP award and having his best year ever.
At any rate, the Little League kid from Sycamore Drive is now Galveston's newest hometown hero. The city's throwing him a party on Saturday, November 13, complete with parade and autograph session. I'm definitely gonna be there.
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 8 |
| 10.28.04 (3:17 am) [edit] |
WEEK 8 (Last Week: 8-6 - Season Total: 56-49)
Cardinals at Bills - The bird's gonna be in unfamiliar territory, so the buffalo has the edge. PICK: BILLS
Ravens at Eagles - It's noble bird vs. spooky bird. I'll give it to our national symbol. PICK: EAGLES
Bengals at Titans - The gigantic Titan will easily make striped roadkill out of the tiger. PICK: TITANS
Lions at Cowboys - The "king of the jungle" will be out of place in Cowboy country... and he'll be lassoed in no time. PICK: COWBOYS
Packers at Redskins - Even a staple gun is no match for a fierce tomahawk. PICK: REDSKINS
Colts at Chiefs - Taming a young horse is a no-brainer for the Chief. PICK: CHIEFS
Jaguars at Texans - One bullhorn-skewered kitty coming up! PICK: TEXANS
Giants at Vikings - Remember last week? Well, I say the Viking pulls the catapult-n-slash trick again. PICK: VIKINGS
Falcons at Broncos - Eventually the Bronco will kick the Falcon in the head. PICK: BRONCOS
Panthers at Seahawks - The panther will pounce at the seahawk... only to miss, land in the ocean and drown. PICK: SEAHAWKS
Patriots at Steelers - It's one bayonet against some huge steel objects. Edge goes to the steel worker. PICK: STEELERS
Raiders at Chargers - The Raider's enough of a daredevil to jump on the speeding Dodge Charger and take control of it. PICK: RAIDERS
49ers at Bears - If there's anything gold miners are skilled at, it's overcoming grizzly bears. PICK: 49ERS
Dolphins at Jets - If the missile blast doesn't kill the dolphin, the resulting tidal wave will. PICK: JETS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 6 |
| 10.14.04 (10:15 am) [edit] |
Based on an original idea by Kelly Mohr.
WEEK 6 (Last Week: 9-5 - Season Total: 43-34)
Panthers at Eagles - Yet another cat-mauls-bird scenario. PICK: PANTHERS
Bengals at Browns - At least a tiger vs. a brown dog is a bit more level playing field. The tiger may have the claws and fangs, but he's in unfamiliar territory, which'll give the pooch the edge. PICK: BROWNS
Packers at Lions - No way is a packing worker sufficiently trained in taming lions. PICK: LIONS
Texans at Titans - The worst that can happen to the Titan is piercing his foot on the bull's horns. PICK: TITANS
Chiefs at Jaguars - I think the Jaguar will get the jump on the Chief before he can get to his arrows. PICK: JAGUARS
Dolphins at Bills - Flipper's getting trampled. PICK: BILLS
Chargers at Falcons - The Falcon's gonna play it smart and stay in the air until the Dodge Charger runs out of gas. PICK: FALCONS
Seahawks at Patriots - Just another target-practice day for Mr. Patriot. PICK: PATRIOTS
49ers at Jets - It's gonna be like this: The crazy gold miner jumps off a cliff onto the jet and rides it into the cliffside, in the style of Slim Whitman in "Dr. Strangelove"... all the pilot's gonna see is miner ass. PICK: 49ERS
Redskins at Bears - The grizzly will prove to be too much for the young brave. PICK: BEARS
Broncos at Raiders - More glue for the ship! PICK: RAIDERS
Steelers at Cowboys - Now this is gonna be a knock-down-drag-out fight. I believe the Cowboy will prevail over the steel worker. PICK: COWBOYS
Vikings at Saints - Another even matchup... a mighty Viking vs. the valiant knight St. Albert. And in the end, the Saint'll send the Viking to Valhalla. PICK: SAINTS
Buccaneers at Rams - The pirate will easily skewer the Ram. PICK: BUCCANEERS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 5 |
| 10.07.04 (5:01 pm) [edit] |
WEEK 5 (Last week: 8-6 - Season total: 34-29)
Browns at Steelers - When the steel worker throws the hammer, it ain't gonna be to play fetch with the Brown dog. PICK: STEELERS
Lions at Falcons - It'll be a tough battle, but the Lion will eventually devour the Falcon. PICK: LIONS
Dolphins at Patriots - The skilled Patriot can easily shoot the defenseless Dolphin. PICK: PATRIOTS
Vikings at Texans - A Viking can stand up to a bull, especially since he has the horns to match. PICK: VIKINGS
Giants at Cowboys - The Cowboy pulls an "Empire Strikes Back" on the Giant, roping the big guy's ankles and making him fall on his face. PICK: COWBOYS
Raiders at Colts - Those Raiders need some fresh glue to patch up their ship, anyway. PICK: RAIDERS
Buccaneers at Saints - Now here's an epic sword battle... a swashbuckling Buccaneer vs. St. Albert of Louvain, a noble knight in his time. Edge goes to St. Albert because he'll have more armor. PICK: SAINTS
Bills at Jets - Maybe I shouldn't have picked a fighter jet for these matchups. There's not much out there in the NFL mascot universe that can stand up to it. And the Buffalo's no different. One missile shot and he's burger meat. PICK: JETS
Jaguars at Chargers - Even if the Jaguar WAS the car of the same name, the Dodge Charger would still be much more fierce. PICK: CHARGERS
Cardinals at 49ers - Eventually the gold miner's pickax will connect with the bird, knocking him out cold. PICK: 49ERS
Panthers at Broncos - This is a pretty even matchup. I think the Panther will pull it out. PICK: PANTHERS
Rams at Seahawks - A Ram can't really ram a Seahawk, but his horns could probably knock the bird out. PICK: RAMS
Ravens at Redskins - Native Americans ain't scared of no creepy bird. PICK: REDSKINS
Titans at Packers - The fiercest weapon a packing worker could probably have is a staple gun. PICK: TITANS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 4 |
| 09.30.04 (9:59 am) [edit] |
WEEK 4 (Last week: 7-7 - Season total: 26-23)
Bengals at Steelers - This is gonna be a tough one, but I think the steel worker will pull this one off with a hammer blow to the tiger's head. PICK: STEELERS
Colts at Jaguars - The Jaguar's got sharp claws and a wicked bite, but I say the Colt gets lucky and offs him with a swift hind kick. PICK: COLTS
Patriots at Bills - Buffalos don't have bullets. PICK: PATRIOTS
Jets at Dolphins - Dolphins don't have missiles, either. PICK: JETS
Giants at Packers - The worst that the packing worker can do is maybe tape the Giant's foot up. PICK: GIANTS
Raiders at Texans - As rough as the pirate is, he doesn't have much experience in dealing with cattle, so the bull's gonna trample all over him. PICK: TEXANS
Eagles at Bears - Eagles taste good with honey. So I've heard. PICK: BEARS
Redskins at Browns - The Brown dog's gonna get scalped. PICK: REDSKINS
Falcons at Panthers - There's sure been a lot of bird vs. cat matchups, seems a bit unfair, don't it... this one's no different, the Panther's feasting on Falcon. PICK: PANTHERS
Saints at Cardinals - Sure, St. Albert has skills with a sword, but the Cardinal is a very small target, and I say the Saint wears himself out trying to swipe at the bird. PICK: CARDINALS
Broncos at Buccaneers - Master of the sword, the Buccaneer will easily slice up the horse. PICK: BUCCANEERS
Titans at Chargers - A Dodge Charger is just a Hot Wheels toy to a Titan. PICK: TITANS
Rams at 49ers - It's horns vs. pickax. Edge goes to the golddigger. PICK: 49ERS
Chiefs at Ravens - The experienced Chief can shoot a single arrow and pluck the bird right out of the sky. PICK: CHIEFS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 3 |
| 09.23.04 (3:14 am) [edit] |
WEEK 3 (Last week: 10-6 - Season Total: 19-13)
Cardinals at Falcons - That cardinal just can't get a break. The falcon can nab it with no problem. PICK: FALCONS
Ravens at Bengals - Fierce cat vs. spooky bird. Tigers don't get freaked that easily, though. PICK: BENGALS
Bears at Vikings - A mighty Viking can easily stand up to a grizzly. PICK: VIKINGS
Browns at Giants - One Giant foot will turn the Brown dog into roadkill. PICK: GIANTS
Texans at Chiefs - If anyone knows how to stop a bull, it's a skilled Chief. PICK: CHIEFS
Jaguars at Titans - The cat don't stand a chance. PICK: TITANS
Saints at Rams - St. Albert's gonna make mutton chops out of the Ram... and get him a new wool sweater in the process. PICK: SAINTS
Eagles at Lions - Yet another cat vs. bird matchup... and the Lions don't fool around. PICK: LIONS
Steelers at Dolphins - Let's see... Steel workers are Union members, and Union members usually side with the Democrats, and the Democrats are all for saving dolphins, so maybe the steel worker will leave the dolphin alone?... NAAAAAAHHHHH. PICK: STEELERS
Chargers at Broncos - A horse vs. a muscle car. Notify the glue factory. PICK: CHARGERS
Packers at Colts - How good are packing workers at taming young horses? Well, I'll give them the benefit of a doubt. PICK: PACKERS
49ers at Seahawks - Eventually the miner's gonna blow that varmint out of the sky. PICK: 49ERS
Buccaneers at Raiders - PIRATE FIGHT! Hey, it's the rematch of Super Bowl 37, too! And this time I think the down-n-dirty Raider will have the edge over the relatively civilized Buccaneer. PICK: RAIDERS
Cowboys at Redskins - If you remember your American history, with the cowboys driving back the native tribes, well... history's gonna repeat itself here. PICK: COWBOYS
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| Tom's Mascot Melee - Week 2 |
| 09.18.04 (11:10 am) [edit] |
(Based on an original idea by Kelly Mohr)
WEEK 2 (Last week: 9-7 - Season total: 9-7)
Panthers at Chiefs - Panther, meet arrowhead. PICK: CHIEFS
Bears at Packers - That packing worker is mince meat. PICK: BEARS
Broncos at Jaguars - The only thing the Bronco could do is kick the Jaguar with its hind legs. And the Jaguar has a lot more going for him. Edge goes to the cat. PICK: JAGUARS
Texans at Lions - They're of equal strength and power... the lion's got the claws and the ferocious bite, and the bull's got the sharp horns and the charging strength. I say the bull gores the lion in mid-pounce. PICK: TEXANS
Colts at Titans - The colt gets squashed flat. PICK: TITANS
Steelers at Ravens - Quoth the Raven, "Shit! He's got a blowtorch!!!" PICK: STEELERS
49ers at Saints - St. Albert's sword vs. a prospector's pickax. The saint's gonna have his body armor, so he'll have the upper hand. PICK: SAINTS
Rams at Falcons - Although a Ram is bigger than a Falcon, he can't really charge at the bird. This'll end with the Falcon's sharp beak & claws finding their way to the Ram's throat. PICK: FALCONS
Redskins at Giants - It's gonna be like one of those Terry Gilliam animations for Monty Python, with the Redskin getting flattened by a giant foot. PICK: GIANTS
Seahawks at Buccaneers - With one swift blow the Buccaneer will slice the Seahawk in half, and in midair no less. PICK: BUCCANEERS
Bills at Raiders - It's gonna be a rough-n-tumble fight, but the Raider will persevere with his pistol and dagger. PICK: RAIDERS
Browns at Cowboys - If a Cowboy can rope a steer, a big brown dog will be no problem for him. PICK: COWBOYS
Patriots at Cardinals - A Cardinal will be just target practice to a Patriot, who'll pretend it's a redcoat. PICK: PATRIOTS
Jets at Chargers - The Dodge Charger can run, but it can't hide from the Jet's missile. PICK: JETS
Dolphins at Bengals - The Tiger's dining on seafood today. PICK: BENGALS
Vikings at Eagles - Eventually the Eagle will be a victim of the Viking's axe. PICK: VIKINGS
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