Mid-Afternoon Grabassing and Such...

From time to time, people ask me to mention things that you all might be interested in here on these internets. And farbeit from me not to indulge a few, perhaps you might wanna know about...

1. Rinkotology
Our fine friends over at The Pensblog have come up with a way to combine a playoff bracket contest with philanthropy and have dubbed it, "Rinkotology." The basic idea is you fill out your NHL playoff bracket, which then gets entered to win some type of prize (read: probably a "date" with Pensblog Charlie), and at the same time, you hopefully donate to the Mario Lemieux foundation. The donation, of course, is optional. But if you enter and don't donate, frankly, you're kind of a dick. This is a great cause and undoubtedly any little bit helps. The Pensblog Staff have set the fund raising goal at $10,066. So do your part. Enter to win. Donate to make yourself temporarily feel like a better human being. Then have yourself a Merry Little playoffs. Or something...

2. The Bet
By now, most of you are acquainted with our buddy, Steve Braband. If not, do your homework. Anyways, Steve's girlfriend Ashley is from Philly. And being that the Pens play the Flyers in the 1st round of the NHL playoffs (starting tomorrow...so move your ass on this one and Rinkotology), Steve and Ashley are looking for ideas as to fun bets they can make with each other. I'm currently spitballing some ideas of my own, but if you think you're creative and can help these two fuel their domestic rivalry, by all means, hit Steve in the comments section of this post. I feel the need to note, however - Steve, you do realize that if Ashley wins, you win. And if you win, you may actually lose. I think you know what I'm referring to...

3. March Madness
Unbeknownst to probably some of you who have never emailed me before, OFTOT had a little March Madness bracket challenge going on during last month's tournament. Who effing didn't, right? Anyways, I'm a dick for not announcing this sooner (among other reasons), but Nate was our big winner, followed closely by Doug as the runner up and Shawn P., who rounded out the top 3. Congrats to these three for correctly identifying (guessing) enough winners to capture this year's top spots. And as the prize was bragging rights, Nate has full license to gloat in the comments here in any way he sees fit. Some prize, huh? Like he couldn't do that in the comments of any other post...anyways...

4. The Maticulous Blog
I'm pretty sure that's not the official name, but Matt has indeed joined the rest of the known universe and launched his own blog, which can be found here. Matt is the effing man. There's really no other way to put it. If you don't check this out, you're doing yourself a great disservice. Plus, next time he spins at Huckleberry, get your ass to 588 Grand St. in Brooklyn. I cannot stress this imperative enough.

Now, speaking of music, today's selection is Minus The Bear - "Absinthe Party At The Fly Honey Warehouse"...don't let the ridiculous title fool you, this is a solid tune...


And last but not least...

FAIL.

Bravo, Philadelphia Inquirer online (yes, I realize it's an Associated Press article). Two thumbs up for getting one of the highest paid linebackers in the NFL's name wrong. Plus, I see you've filed it under High School Sports. Good work on that.

What would Andy Reid do?

Go Eagles.

PS - Headline of the day will come tomorrow with probably a shit ton of links. I'm so far behind it's unbelievable. If you've got any, feel free to send 'em over. Especially if they're about Brady Quinn...

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