Well put, CJW. Nothing but Lemmy touches the stereo today. Earth just got a lot quieter and the cosmos LOUDER.

Psychedelic Warrior Lemmy...

No Thursday or Monday games to worry about this week...all 16 final games of the season are on Sunday. I thank everyone again for participating in the pool this year. Good luck on your final picks. Week 17 Schedule SUN. JAN. 3 TIME (ET) NY Jets at Buffalo 1:00 PM New England at Miami 1:00 PM Detroit at Chicago 1:00 PM New Orleans at Atlanta 1:00 PM Baltimore at Cincinnati 1:00 PM Pittsburgh at Cleveland 1:00 PM Jacksonville at Houston 1:00 PM Tennessee at Indianapolis 1:00 PM Philadelphia at NY Giants 1:00 PM Washington at Dallas 1:00 PM Oakland at Kansas City 4:25 PM Tampa Bay at Carolina 4:25 PM St. Louis at San Francisco 4:25 PM San Diego at Denver 4:25 PM Seattle at Arizona 4:25 PM Minnesota at Green Bay 8:30 PM

This was the week of the underdogs. Lots of upsets, which made for wacky week. in_the_evening has won back-to-back weeks! Congratulations ITE! One week to go in the pool and apantherfrommd has a 2-game lead over jb126, who is 4 games ahead of Bong-Man in third place. ebk and paul carruthers have an outside chance of catching Andy, but the rest of us are just playing for pride at this point. Week 16 Results in_the_evening: 12-4* ebk: 11-5 S.A.N.B.R: 11-5 apantherfrommd: 10-6 Bong-Man: 10-6 paul carruthers: 10-6 jabe: 9-7 jb126: 9-7 LedZeppfan77: 9-7 Walter: 9-7 Mrs. Walter: 8-8 Reggie29: 8-8 Strider: 8-8 zepscoda: 8-8 Season Standings After 240 Games 1. apantherfrommd: 154-86****** 2. jb126: 152-88** 3. Bong-Man: 148-92**** 4. ebk: 147-93**** 4. paul carruthers: 147-93* 5. Walter: 144-96* 6. Strider: 139-101** 7. jabe: 136-104** 7. Steal Away Now Baby Rose: 136-85* 8. in_the_evening: 135-105*** 9. zepscoda: 134-104* 10. Reggie29: 128-112* 11. LedZeppfan77: 122-116 12. Anjin-san: 99-78** 13. Mrs. Walter: 64-44

RIP Lemmy.

Shouldn't they be driving away from the tornado? Weather has been strange...it's as if the map has flipped. East coast temps warmer than West coast. Good luck to all those in the Tornado Zone.

Thanks, mates. Appreciate the thoughts but it's all good where I am. The fires weren't near me.

Sorry Paul, you're out of the running this week. It's a two-person race between ebk and in_the_evening...tied at 11-4 going into tonight's game. ebk has Cincinnati and ITE has Denver. To the victor go the spoils.

Downhill? Ha, you're not even legal drinkin' age.

Yes, Happy Celtic Birthday to Tanya! May you strike a bullseye on your Celebration Day! Cheers.

I do love the Jack, no doubt, but I stayed away from the hard stuff this Christmas. Just wine and eggnog with brandy. By the way, all the wine was fantastic. Special mention to the Cline Zinfandel and the Incanto Vino Nobile, as they taste better than their less than $10 price would suggest.

No chance surfing that, no sirree. Love the frozen waterfall...a glacier, if you will. You are surrounded by amazing nature, Patrycja.

Having now already seen the new "Star Wars", "The Big Short", "The Hateful 8", and most of the other big December movies, this is the next film I cannot wait to see...the new Charlie Kaufman film! Major bonus for starring David Thewlis!

^^^What a bizarre story.

Oakland - W Philadelphia -W Detroit Pittsburgh Buffalo...if Dallas was healthy I would have taken Dallas but they are far from it. Tampa Bay Carolina Miami New England Tennessee Kansas City Bret's Saints Arizona Seattle Minnesota Denver

By the way, Happy Boxing Day to the Brits! Although, technically isn't Boxing Day only for servants and people who had to work on Christmas Day?

That is horrible to hear. My sympathies to those who lost their homes on Christmas but my attention and worry has been focused mainly on the deadly tornadoes sweeping the Southern U.S. Deborah J., jabe, Ddladner, justawoman, Walter, and some others were in the storm's path, according to news reports. Fortunately they are okay so far, judging from their last messages to me. Keeping all in my thoughts.

Sweet vinyl. Even better!

The postman just brought me two reasons to be happy...from Massachusetts and Mississippi.

Me: Philadelphia jb126: Philadelphia (asked to post her pick as she's out in the wilderness with no internet connection).

You are not alone in that feeling.

Nice...is that the blue-ray version? Here is what Santa brought me this year...

That's because it was asparagus. I had a total brain fart haha.

Think "Seinfeld"...any Seinfeld fans here will recognize the pose and the setting.