February 3rd, 2010 by jzak
Derek Jeter is the Hallmark greeting card of fantasy shortstops.
And that isn’t a good thing.
You see, Hallmark is the crème de la crème of greeting cards, according to some. From birthdays to bah mitzvahs, if you want to show that you truly care, only a Hallmark will do … or so the commercials insinuate.
And, of [...]
October 30th, 2009 by jzak
I was about to walk out the front door of The Daily Item office building the other day when I noticed the Incredible Hulk’s little brother perched on the step.
Everything about the guy was huge: Huge biceps, huge tattoos on his biceps, huge bulging wall-like structure where his neck should have been. He wore a [...]
September 12th, 2009 by jzak
I found it in a pile of receipts and paid bills that was leaning ever so slightly against my computer tower in our home office.
It was a coupon for toilet paper. A whole dollar off a pack of Scott bathroom tissue.
I was instantly elated. We didn’t need toilet paper, but I had found a bargain. [...]
September 10th, 2009 by jzak
For years, the AFC-South was highlighted by one Peyton Manning and the perennially powerful Indianapolis Colts.
This year, there is a chance the Colts don’t even finish in the top half of the division. Sure, part of that is because the Colts may have lost a half-step, but it is more a factor of the improvements [...]
September 9th, 2009 by jzak
Don’t look now, but the NFC North has become a league filled with offensive powerhouses in 2009. The division used to be highlighted by tough defenses and grind-it-out time-control offensive philosophies, but not this year.
The extra firepower will help any fantasy team wise enough to tap into the potential. Team-by-team previews and predictions include:
September 4th, 2009 by jzak
Everything I ever need to know I learned in high school biology class.
I’m not talking about the details of photosynthesis or how the mighty mitochondria functions in a cell. Not anything about the symbiosis between living organisms or how deer ticks successfully transmit Lyme Disease.
No, the lesson I found most valuable from the days of [...]