Monday, September 15, 2008

Cincinnatus

There was a crisis and in a crisis Rome knew that you needed one person with absolute power calling the shots. So they found a farmer named Cincinnatus and appointed him dictator of Rome. The next day he formed an army. And the following day he lead his hastily constructed army to victory. Sixteen days after being given absolute power of the most powerful nation in the world Cincinnatus resigned his post. He gave up total power.

I think we need more dictators. One person sure can get some stuff done if he has the power to make people fall in line. Lets face it. Any course of action will have its detractors. If you wait for universal consent nothing will every get done democratically.

Monday, September 08, 2008

Fantasy Soccer

I play fantasy football which Sara finds insane. She says its what we do to make a boring game more fun. If this is the case then they need fantasy soccer.

First Draft your players. 1 Goalie per team and what like 9 other dudes with no specific job besides running around in shorts.

Your fantasy team receives these points:
Every 10 Minutes of Pointless Running = 0.01 Pts
Every time you kick the ball = 0.0001 Pts
Every time you fake an injury like a little girl = -0.05 Pts
Every time your fans riot = 0.10 Pts
Every shot on goal = 0.15 Pts
Every goal = 1 Pts (Don't count on this ever actually happening)
Every blocked goal = 0.2 Pts
Every time you get a yellow card = -0.5 Pts
Every time you get a red card = -1 Pts
Every time your fans fall asleep = -0.01 Pts
Every time fans have to explain why their sport isn't boring = -0.05 Points

The scoring is based on a decimal system so the final score can be something like soccer fans are used to... like 1-0! It was a blow out!

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