http://jamesholcomb.info Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:54:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.thehoopspool.com/masters/ The deadline is coming up fast. Entries must be postmarked by this Wednesday, April 9th. It is time for The Masters (April 10th - 13th) and as such time for us to do another Masters Tournament Pool. Last year was a record turn out for our Masters Tournament Pool ... http://jamesholcomb.info/2008/04/05/2008-masters-pool I can believe it (from Steve) "People have accused me of being so far up Tiger's arse that he can barely make a full swing, but I maintain that he is a special person. There's no one else on the planet who can do what he does or even think of ... http://jamesholcomb.info/2007/07/02/david-feherty-on-tiger Seems Oprah's Book Club has finally stumbled onto Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' this month (OMG, I just linked to Oprah's web site, somebody tackle me). I read the hardcover edition late last year on a whim while browsing the Dallas Love airport bookstore (and I had seen it climbing ... http://jamesholcomb.info/2007/03/29/the-road The Final Four is set and it's a close race in the fam's NCAA pool. According to the 'what-if' generator, a Georgetown win in the semis will lock it for me. Otherwise, an Ohio St. win creates a showdown between Dad (Ohio St.) and Brandon (Florida) for the ... http://jamesholcomb.info/2007/03/26/ncaa-bracket-update Looks like Ken is firing it up again after a three year layoff. Same entry fee as before ($20) and a progressive scoring system where you pick players from three different tiers based on world ranking standings. Entries must be postmarked by April 4th. http://www.thehoopspool.com/masters/ The Masters starts on Thursday, April ... http://jamesholcomb.info/2007/03/24/the-masters-pool-is-back Just trying out the new posting feature from Microsoft Word 2007…You can now edit your posts directly from Word and publish them without having to login to the Wordpress web interface. It even supports selection from your predefined categories and image uploading as well.     http://jamesholcomb.info/2007/03/11/blogging-from-word-2007 Sometimes I want to do this to my driver... http://jamesholcomb.info/2007/01/26/will-it-blend Blankman apparently does not rate here... You are Spider-Man Spider-Man 75% Catwoman 65% Green Lantern 60% Iron Man 55% Hulk 55% The Flash 50% Batman 45% Wonder Woman 43% Supergirl 38% Robin 32% Superman 10% You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility. Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test http://jamesholcomb.info/2006/12/31/if-i-were-a-superhero This is a great article that sheds some light on Newegg's operation and how they managed to pull in more than $1 billion in sales last year. I've used them to buy stuff since they started out as a small internet retailer back in 2001. The key to ... http://jamesholcomb.info/2006/12/29/behind-the-scenes-at-neweggcom My friend Steve, who reads AndrewSullivan.com religiously, sent me this link from Time magazine. A seemingly authentic letter from one of our soldiers in Iraq that shares the horrific, mundane and heroic side of the war. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1543658,00.html http://jamesholcomb.info/2006/10/08/best-chuck-norris-moment