Well, I did it Bob. I caved to your tight-t-shirt, tight-jeans-wearing, hipster agenda and bought an iPod. I felt strange doing it, but the shortcomings of the iPod can be overcome by running Rockbox when there is a port for my device, while the shortcomings of most of the other devices were inherent to their design. Rachel named her colorful iPod (nano?) "Roy G. Biv", so I think I will have to name mine "Lord Vader", as it is black, evil, and makes its parent corporation a shitload of money.

Mid-term elections are on Tuesday, and our apartment has been hit by a non-stop deluge of campaign mail, misinformation, and telephone push-polls. I'm not sure of the purpose of these polls, although I find them quite offensive. The other day we got one for Amendment 2, the amendment that supports stem cell research. The question posed to us was "do you support amendment 2, which will forever protect human cloning?" Now if you take the time to actually read the amendment (you don't even have to read it, you just have to look at bullet point 1), you would see that the amendment specifically prohibits human cloning as well as the sale of blastocysts (which would have otherwise indirectly promoted abortions).

Yet we can't escape the onrush of mail from organizations like "Missourians Against Cloning" saying that we should vote no. I have a question, are there any Missourians *for* cloning? Is there a reason the previous organization needs to exist? There is absolutely zero public support or economic impetus for human cloning. They might as well be "Missourians Against Serial Killers".

Anyway, on to the better-late-than-never NFL picks.

GB at BUF: Lucas is right, my irrational picking against Green Bay is part of the reason why I'm mired in 3rd place. This is your one chance, Lucas, to win me over. GB

MIA at CHI: Do I think the Dolphins have the defense to hold the Bears offense? Yes. Do I think the Dolphins have the offense to score even a single point? No. CHI

ATL at DET: I'm really tempted, as the Falcons are overrated, but the Martz factor swings the game back in their favor. ATL

KC at STL: The Chiefs have looked impressive lately, until you realize that all of their big wins were at home. STL

HOU at NYG: The Texans beat Jacksonville one week, then they lose to Tennessee. These are the kinds of teams that frustrate fans (and NFL pick-ers) to no end. NYG

NO at TB: I think the Saints are slightly overrated, but I also think that the Bucs are within a few lucky breaks of being 0-7. NO

DAL at WAS: Tony Romo comes back to Earth this week, but the Redskins have been a mess all season. DAL

TEN at JAX: David Garrard doesn't inspire much confidence, but the Titans are a team without direction at this point. JAX

CIN at BAL: I still can't figure out the Bengals or the Ravens. How are the Ravens 5-2 with their crappy offense? How are the Bengals only 4-3 despite their great offense? BAL

MIN at SF: I'll go out on a limb here and say that the combination of a short week and the complete rattling the Vikings got on Monday night will give the Niners an edge. SF

DEN at PIT: Oh how I'd love for the Broncos to lose again. Unfortunatley as long as the Steelers are unwilling to go with the non-injured quarterback they're doomed. DEN

CLE at SD: *shudder* SD

IND at NE: And once again, the Colts come to town heavily hyped despite having no running game and no run defense. Vinatieri scares me, but this one won't be close enough for him to be a factor. Then I'll get to spend all week reading about how Manning can't win the big game, which always makes me smile. NE

OAK at SEA: This isn't a testament to the Seahawks, this is my lack of faith that the Raiders can win 3 in a row. SEA

Posted by: michael at November 5, 2006 9:44 PM