Week 11 Recap

Written by Brian Stockman in 2018 on Wed 21 November 2018.

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Thanksgiving is a holiday that celebrates just how savage people can be. The first Thanksgiving took place almost 400 years ago in the area that's now called Massachusettes. The Piglrims, the first European settlers we're aware of in the area, had been having a rough winter. Cold weather …

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Week 10 Recap

Written by Brian Stockman in 2018 on Wed 14 November 2018.

Magic Numbers

There are a few magic numbers that describe how our universe works. These numbers are constant, never changing, and they show up in repeating patterns often in the places where you would least expect them. The most famous of these numbers is Archimedes' Constant, better known as Pi …

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Week 9 Recap

Written by Brian Stockman in 2018 on Thu 08 November 2018.

What would you do? You're at the casino on New Years Eve, drunk and in the prime of your life. What would you do? You're at Ballos, and because of the holiday they're taking their time transitioning the place from restaurant to night club. People are still eating fancy, overpriced …

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Week 8 Recap

Written by Brian Stockman in 2018 on Wed 31 October 2018.

Happy Halloween

What does it mean to be haunted? As a firm believer in the scientific method I sincerely doubt that ghosts are real. There are rational explanations for all the hundreds of reported ghost sightings. Maybe it happened late at night, and you were half asleep and dreaming when …

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Week 7 Recap

Written by Brian Stockman in 2018 on Wed 24 October 2018.

We're past the halfway point of the season, let's see what the standings can tell us about the nature of fantasy football and ourselves. In a tale of two teams, Dom has the second lowest points on the season while Dugan has the second highest. Which one would you guess …

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Week 6 Recap

Written by Brian Stockman in 2018 on Tue 16 October 2018.

The Impermanence of Man

Consider the absurd coincidence of your existence. Billions of galaxies exist in our vast universe, each with a billion individual stars, that have been burning for billions of years. One such star happens to have a planet circling around it at just the right distance to …

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Week 5 Recap

Written by Brian Stockman in 2018 on Tue 09 October 2018.

What does it mean to be first? It can mean a lot of things. It could mean you're the best of the best, the greatest fanstasy football player ever born, destined to a championship and all the ancillary prizes. It could be a temporary bout of luck, a quick glimpse …

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