For some reason, I received 86 hits yesterday. While there are a few unnamed folks who have linked to various posts of mine, I can only attribute this massive random upsurge in hits to mass group hysteria in the same vein as India's UFO mania, India's Monkey Man mania (read all related articles), the late 90's stock market surge based on companies with no revenue or business plan, and my personal favorite, Holland's 16th century Tulipomania. Expect hits to the Festival to be highly overvalued during the next few weeks, and keep a lookout for crazed individuals throwing themselves out of windows if they cannot log on.

Somehow I was only 9-7 this week in NFL picks action. Lucas, on the other hand is 11-5 thus far. I'll make my picks for this week on Friday most likely, lest Lucas pull a Mike Martz and get arrogant over his slight lead.