As promised, all the brackets from our Submission Only III event are online. This time we managed to capture times and submissions for all but a couple of matches. This is the third event we’ve posted the brackets for, and it seems popular enough that we’ll keep doing it. Now if we could just figure out how to do pictures and video…
I’m just about over my latest bout with undiagnosable sickness. For the second time in a year I’ve suddenly become very sick, gone to the doctor, been subjected to a battery of tests, and sent home with a list of things I don’t have. Oh well, whatever.
I don’t have time to be sick right now. We’re still wrapping things up from last weekend’s Submission Only III event. Hopefully we’ll have all the brackets posted tonight or tomorrow morning. This coming weekend is the Pendergrass in Forest Hill, NC. The following weekend is the Copa Nova. US Grappling will handle the bracketing for those last two.
I finished Scott Sigler’s Podiobook The Rookie. This is a great story, as I’ve come to expect from Sigler. It’s about football 700 years in the future. I’m not into football, but that doesn’t really matter. In fact there are little bonus episodes explaining the basics of football. I’ve listened to at least a dozen Podiobooks, and I think this one is the best production I’ve heard so far. There’s a whole cast of people reading this book and playing different parts, plus Sigler uses some digital trickery to change his voice for some characters. I’m looking forward to the sequel, “The Starter”.
I highly recommend all of the Scott Sigler books and podcasts. Check out BloodCast Season 1 and Season 2 for some great short stories. I’ve mentioned Ancestor, Infected, and Earthcore here before but I’ll just link to them one more time. These are all great stories that you can listen to for free. Infected already has a sequel. Sequels are planned for Ancestor and Earthcore. If you’re not familiar with his stuff yet it’s sort of hard-science fiction horror. Give one of them a shot even if you don’t think that genre will do much for you. You might be surprised.
Today I started Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand in unabridged audio. I was expecting this to be boring but so far it’s surprisingly interesting. There are lot of references to Atlas Shrugged, which I really enjoyed.
Fourth down, deep in the red zone. Down by 4 points in the 4th quarter, 6 seconds on the clock. One play left to either win or lose the Superbowl. 80,000 screaming fans drowning out the Quarterback’s thoughts. 200 million people sitting on the edge of their couches. Bookies and gamblers from coast-to-coast anxiously waiting for the hundreds of millions of dollars to change hands. The Quarterback feels the weight of the world on his shoulders. The offensive coordinator calls for a running play, right through the middle. They break from the huddle. It’s now or never. Sensing blitz the QB audibles for a short slant play to put the ball in the endzone. “Hut-Hut-HIKE!”
Sneezing fit.
The Center, still holding the ball, is demolished by the blitzing defense as the Quarterback rattles off 5 consecutive sneezes. The clock runs down.