Stuff about the NCAA Tournament Player Pool

This explains why Chris Lofton did so terribly for me in the player pool this year:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/luke_winn/05/28/chris.lofton/index.html

He had silently undergone treatment for testicular cancer before the season and clearly wasn't full strength all year.

Chris - I take back all of the nasty things I said about you during your 7pts/game tournament run. It killed my chances as you were my #1 draft choice, but now that I know the truth, I feel a little better. hope you do too.

Stuff about Mike Piazza

Mike Piazza retired today with a classy statement:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_piazza_retires;_ylt=At_mrSUfWtTICyY6I1sFk26s0NUE

Even though I know people who think Mike Lieberthal was a better catcher than Piazza was, Piazza will always be #1 in my book. Aside from Keith Hernandez, he is my favorite Met of all time. The guy could hit bombs to all parts of the park. Here's hoping he goes into the Hall of Fame with a Mets cap on!!

As Mike says: "But I have to say that my time with the Mets wouldn't have been the same without the greatest fans in the world. One of the hardest moments of my career, was walking off the field at Shea Stadium and saying goodbye. My relationship with you made my time in New York the happiest of my career and for that, I will always be grateful."

Stuff about Bill O'Reilly

This is a classic interpretation of Bill O'Reilly's Inside Edition meltdown. Must view material even if you've seen the original.



Thanks to DW for the link.

Stuff about Investors

To my faithful readers, I am writing an open letter in seek of passive (or active) investors. We are looking to raise a Series A round (in the ballpark of $1MM) in order to expand our server capacity and infrastructure, as well as begin an advertising campaign designed at increasing unique visitors.

Please leave a comment in this section with your contact info and a member of our corporate strategy team will get back to you to discuss terms.

We at SYLS look forward to announcing a deal shortly which well help take our site to the next level (and off Blogspot where the links don't even work anymore)

--The management

Stuff about Gossip

My network of informants and social climbers has uncovered a juicy tidbit:

What 30+ celeb was recently diagnosed w/ Mono, only days after being caught making out w/ Lindsay Lohan at a corner table at the Chateau Marmont? My informant overheard Lindsay saying, "I can't resist his hair".

Let's hope that's all he caught from Lindsay!

Stuff about Fantasy EPL

The legendary season is over. I'm not one to brag (yes I am) but this was a season for the ages. Let's recap some of the accomplishments:

1) Finished in 32nd place overall out of ~1.6 million people
2) Was in the top 50 overall since December
3) Finished 1st overall in the U.S. (led the U.S. from December on)
4) Captured my second league title (Beckham and Eggs) with a dominating performance, winning by 171 points.
5) Captured first Gazza Premier League title by 209 points
6) Finished 3rd among Tottenham fans

My supporters even came up with a chant: "Are you Island FC in disguise?"

Stuff about tax loopholes

It's amazing how many tax loopholes there are for powerful corporations. This editorial from NY Times explains how Congress will try to close the tax loophole that allows Defense contractors to avoid paying taxes by locating in tax havens like the Cayman Islands.

Companies like KBR, a former Halliburton subsidiary (previously run by Dick Cheney) get billions of dollars from the U.S. Defense Department and then don't pay taxes on that income. Wow, very patriotic. What a scam!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/opinion/09fri2.html?hp