gbaji conspired to have all of San Diego not watch ObamaFollow

This blackout in San Diego wasn't bad for my family and me. Power went off at 3:40 so since it was the end of the day, I hit the road and got home before the traffic snarls even started. But we did try to get to one restaurant right outside our neighborhood because it was my son's birthday and we were hoping the restaurants would have generators. They did, but only enough to keep their food cold from spoiling.

So read a book while the kids played card games or walked around the neighborhood until it got dark. They're all celebrating because all public schools (from elementary to the colleges) are closed. After it got dark, turned on the camping lanterns and hung out. And Ray's updating his emergency plan and supplies. I'm rather glad I'm married to a retired Navy vet because he just brought up some checklist in his head of what was needed to be done and provided for.

Power came back on at about 1:50 a.m. in my area but we're still under a boil water advisory so I'll be off to buy more bottled water and pick up more batteries.

But I'm rather perturbed that I missed Pres. Obama's speech AND the @#%^ing NFL opening game.

I have a keeper league and had J Jones and J Nelson pegged as my 3/4 WRs. Well, Nelson's looking like he still fits there, but I'm hoping someone, somewhere else, gets hurt and comes looking for Jones, because he's buried after resigning.

Our neighbor is an avid RV traveler so his RV was cranked up with his generator watching the game.

Ray's making a list of stuff he says we need when something like this happens again.

But ya gotta feel sorry for that one power work that was replacing equipment that triggered this blackout. Comparisons to Homer Simpson will dog his career to the end of days.

Finley made some damn good catches.

Yeesh.



Beats talking about gbaji or power outages. I'll happily talk about the Chargers though...I'm heavily invested in them. Tolbert in one league, Rivers, V-Jax, and Floyd in another (though Floyd was an autopick that happened when I flash-disconnected; I'd never double-dip on WRs). I'm expecting big things from the Rivers-Jackson connection.

I'm all-in on Peyton Hillis, Arian Foster, and Matthew Stafford in both leagues. Maclin and Colston on one. My fantasy season can be summed up as "If they're healthy..."

It's not just Maclin's health that I'm concerned about, but Vick as well. Vick goes down, I'd wager Maclin suffers. I'm no believer in Vince Young.

The guy in one of my leagues with Manning just dropped him for David Akers. Bet that felt good.



Yeah really. That'll do it.

Edited, Sep 9th 2011 1:27pm by Eske

Edited, Sep 9th 2011 1:28pm by Eske

Agreed.

Unless then Young goes down. Then that offense goes Mike Kafkaesque. Senseless, disorienting, and with a slight sense of foreboding.

Don't you Canajuns have some weird bastardized version of football?

That's what weirds me out about it. It's close enough to our version that I wonder how some of the changes came about. Did the first guy who decided to bring football to Canada say "You know what? I can do it better." Or does a 110 yard field just appeal to Canadian sensibilities?

Edited, Sep 9th 2011 4:37pm by Eske

....Aaaaand...Colston is out 4 weeks with a broken collarbone.

Awesome.

Edited, Sep 9th 2011 6:30pm by Eske

Fantasy football. You build a team and win or lose games based on the number of points the players get. Players get points based on different metrics, so x number of points per yard rushed, x per yard received, x per touchdown etc etc. It differs based on what website you're using.

@eske Arian Foster was amazing for me last year, but I did not manage to scoop him up this time. Ah nostalgia.

Edited, Sep 9th 2011 6:28pm by Xsarus

I'm a Texans fan (yeah...I know) so there's a little bit of a homer element to grabbing him. I like being able to root for the same player for my team and for my fantasy team. Sort of doubles up the elation of victory.

A lot of people have him penned as a bit of a bust this year, but I think he'll be fine. The O-line has a great zone blocking system, and that's where most of the work gets done. Vonta Leach's departure hurts, but not enough to deter me. He won't be as good as he was last season, but I think he'll do just fine.

Hillis was a big point for me. He's got a cushy early season schedule, and he might get spelled a bit, so hopefully he'll stay solid.

You should. At least the Texans do something right.