Premier League Contest Week 6

EDIT: I love blogger... this was supposed to publish early this morning... but no. Thanks blogger.

Okay... I only have about 8 minutes to bang out this post, so let's get going...

You all know the drill by now... Get your responses in by Monday afternoon.

Hungarian cutie Catherine Kluthe starts us off right....

Welsh striker Jenny Oliver tries to pych you out with hypnosis. Avoid the eyes!

Portugese fullback Loriann Valencia gets ready to lose the warmup jacket

 American Aubrey Lemon shows off her collection of blue ball

and finally Nikko Zeno shows off proper ball handling techniques for you beginners out there...


Good luck, and Go United!!!!!

Who Wants in on a Football Break???

Hey kids... football season is in full swing, and those wax boxes aren't going to break themselves.
So why not crack a bunch of 'em in one shot? One of my local card shops is opening a mountain of cards....

Look at what's being opened!


Here's what we're cracking:

2012 Leaf Autographed Mini-Helmet - 1 box,
2012 Panini Elite - 1 box,
2012 Panini Momentum* - 1 box,
2012 Panini Prominence* - 1 box,
2012 Panini Rookies & Stars - 1 box,
2012 Topps Finest - 1 box,
2012 Topps Prime - 1 box,

2011 Panini Crown Royale* - 1 box
2011 Prime Signatures* - 1 box,
2011 Topps Supreme* - 1 box,

* Base cards will be included for these products!

That's quite a lineup. $35 a slot. That's it. $35! This will be done as a team draft style break at one of my local card shops.

It will also be broadcast live on Blog TV, so you can see your hits appear in front of your very own eyes. And also talk some smack to yours truly.

If you want in on this FB goodness, leave a comment here, or better yet, go HERE <------clicky and sign up!

If you have any questions, leave a comment. Draft is Wednesday, October 24 at 6:00pm MST

As God as my witness..... I thought turkeys could fly.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Premier League contest, Week Six.

Welcome to Week Six!

How's your team doing? Better than you expected? Worse? Have you learned anything new about them? Any Champion's League or Euro Cup news?

Let's dive in...

Italian Amereican keeper Marla Esposito is ready for action.

Ukranian fullback Alix Agar looks like she's taking no crap from anyone.... eeech....

American Crystal Lett is proud in her country's colours.

Victoria Fuller. I went to school with a cute blonde named Victoria Fuller......... Hmmm........

and finally Dutch All Star Katarina van Derham....

can anyone tell me what the final three have in common?


Good luck to your team this week, except Newcastle of course....  Everyone plays this weekend so get you guesses in by Monday afternoon please. Thank you.

Life lessons : Perspective

Life is about perspective. Always remember that. Look at things from both sides.


You're standing there next to me holding your beautiful little baby.

I lean over and give your baby a hug.

Now according to the NFL replacement officials, your beautiful little baby is now MY beautiful little baby.


See? They failed to look at both sides. Well, they failed to look, period. But you get my meaning.

Whenever a situation arises at home or at work, always stop and consider perspective.

Your daily life lesson from your Uncle Canuck.

You're welcome.

There it was.... Gone.

Blogger strikes again. My usual Saturday Premier League Contest post not only didn't post at the assigned time..... it's just gone. Somewhere into the ether world.

So while I send out the sled dogs in search of my lost post... please consider this your contest post.
Post your team's results here... a lot of teams have already played, United and Tottenham are about to kick off.

There is a game Monday, so I'll accept results until noon MST on Tuesday.

Enjoy the matches..... I'm going to go get my hammer.

What's Old Is New Again....

After a very brief absence, the Braves are back in the pplayoffs again.

Chipper continues to set records.
Freddie becomes the latest hero.
Kimbrel strikes out 3 batters in two pitches.

I love this team.

Premier League contest, Week 5. I'm going to hell....

Another fabulous weekend in the Premier League brought to you via long distance.
Well, I guess it's long distance all the time.... but the point is I'm not really here. I haven't been here for a few days.
Okay, I am HERE... but I'm not there, which is normally here.

Got it?

I'll be back in a day or so.

On to Week 5!

Young English sweeper Denyce Lawton shows off the new English kits, both home and away.

Yellow card for Spanish midfielder Rochelle Loewen for not replacing that torn top.

German winger Catherine Kluthe shows us the new Visi-ball that is used in the Premier League during the colder months when it's darker and the threat of snow is upon us.

Mexican striker Alejandra Gutierrez demonstrates a red card offence. Hair pulling. That's a no-no.

and yes, in this day and age, even the most popular sport in the world is susceptible to the perils and evils of political correctness.
The Phillipines brings us our first trans-gendered athlete, DJ Lady Tribe.
I can't make this stuff up.

She's doing a grea..... I mean he's done a fantas...... let's hear it for the trans-gendered.

Moving on.... all teams play this weekend, so get your picks in by monday evening at the latest.

Still time left....

Sal has extended his contest by one week until October 6th.

Like Night Owl's one card, but exclusive to hockey. Get over there and help someone complete their sets, (preferably me) or ask for help yourself. LINK <---------- clicky

Allen & Ginter, a first look. No, really!

Those of you who think I've lost it can relax. I know Ginter has flooded the interwebs since it came out, but this is my first look at it.

 

I didn't buy any boxes... no packs... not even a rack pack from WallyWorld. Nothing.

 

So when a couple of trades came up, I felt it was time. I'd waited long enough. It is, after all, mid-September.

 

The very first Ginter card from 2012 that I saw was Fabulous Freddie Freeman from my pal night owl.

 Isn't it special?

Next up came a few more from Nachos Grande....

Craig "the best closer in all of baseball" Kimbrel

 there's Freddie again...

 Tommy Hanson. That isn't a chin under Tommy's beard, but Craig Kimbrel waiting to jump out and strike out the side.

 Martin Prado, Mr Everything.

 Brian McCann. How many injuries can one guy have in one year???? Someone call Guiness.

 and Chipper Jones. Someone decided to try and erase Chipper's head. Must've been a Met's fan.

So thanks for the cards guys.... but colour me unimpressed Topps. This set is dying from blahness. The checklist is still cool and the set has it's place in the hobby, but Topps needs to stop putting out the same old crap and expecting us to fork over million$.

Of course, that being said, the hypocrite in me still needs a few cards for my team set. If any of you have any extras, let me know.

I still need....

#22 Jair Jurrjens
#76 Michael Bourn
#116 Brandon Beachy
#139 Tim Hudson
#247 Hank Aaron
#257 Dan Uggla
#317 Jason Heyward

plus the mini's of course. I have no mini's!!!! Someone mini me!

Premier League Contest - Week 4

Alright, so all of our teams are back from playing Internationals, so on with Week 4.
By now, everyone knows the rules.

Because Everton and Newcastle play on Monday, I'm pushing the deadline to anytime Monday. So no posting results on Tuesdays all you late posters.

Up first is American midfielder Katie Lohman showing off the new U.S. kit for the next World Cup.
Red, White and Blue!

Brazillian defender Emily Rose shows off what Brazillians are most famous for. Yellow shirts of course!

English striker Jennifer Walcott is happy with her new ball. (does anyone read this stuff?)

From Finland, Lisa Ligon works on her throw in technique....

and finally Greek Keeper Denise Tillery makes a save to end today's post.

Good luck to you and your team this weekend, (except Wigan). I'll post a standings update sometime this week.