I had an excellent weekend in fantasy football, winning all three games and taking my teams to 6-1 (we missed week one), 6-2, and 3-5. In the first league I was tied with Kim for first place, but after her loss this week I am now back in the top spot all by myself. In the 6-2 league I am now in 3rd place, tied for second overall but losing to another guy at 6-2 by 25 overall points this season. If I have a big week this week against one of the last place teams, maybe I can take second place for my own. And in the final league, I am finally back to winning. My team still needs some work, but I’m hoping I can get into the top half of the league. Currently I’m in 7th out of 12, so this is a good goal to have. I would still make the playoffs, I think.

Saturday night Kim and I headed to the Bluebird Theater to see Matt Nathanson. Since game three of the World Series was also going on, we arrived a bit late but still managed to catch most of Ingrid Michaelson and all of Mêlée. Both of these openers were pretty good, and both have a song on the radio that you might already know. They would be worth checking out on this tour, or on tours of their own.

Prior to the show, I hadn’t seen Nathanson for nearly a year and a half, but his show was just as I remembered, with the addition of songs from the new album. He does seem to recycle some jokes from time to time, but it is always an entertaining show to see. I tried to tape the show, but venue staff and tour management had some communication issues and I was told that I could not tape. Another guy managed to stealth record the show, and it can be heard here. There are definitely better recordings from this tour though, so you may want to look elsewhere. And if you haven’t heard his latest album, Some Mad Hope, definitely check that out.

I attended my first DU hockey game of the season on Friday night. I tried buying tickets from the box office on Friday afternoon, but only single seats were available. So I took my search to craiglist and found someone selling tickets for $10 each. Face value on the tickets was $18, so this was an easy decision. The seats ended up being on one of the ends of the arena, which is my favorite place to sit anyway.

Just like the first DU game I attended last season, the opponent for the game was Minnesota Duluth. The game wasn’t quite as rough as that game was, but this season has just started and tempers are not nearly as high. Fortunately for DU, the results of this game were much different than the previous game I saw. DU came away with a 5-1 victory over the Bulldogs from UMD. I can’t wait to attend another game. Go Pioneers!

Well, the World Series hasn’t been going as well as those of us in Denver were hoping. The Rockies are now down two games to the Red Socks Sox, and are in a travel day back to Denver. Game three is tomorrow night, four on Sunday, and hopefully game five on Monday. Unfortunately, I won’t be going to any of the games, after a major ticketing debacle earlier in the week. Tickets went on sale through the net on Monday, but the servers crashed, and they were forced to try again on Tuesday. I guess Tuesday was a little better, but it still took hours to sell all of the tickets, and there were still lots of hanging servers. I wasted hours and hours trying to get tickets, along with many others, including this guy who is venting his frustration via eBay. I feel his pain. Stupid Paciolan!

Today is yet another woot-off. I just bought an iRobot Roomba Discovery SE, the intelligent floorvac robotic vacuum. Kim and I are often too busy to clean the house thoroughly, plus we really hate cleaning, so hopefully this little device will help us out with the floors. We’ll see. There will definitely be a ton of other products on woot.com today, so keep your eyes on the site.

After several visits to the Wynkoop Brewery (1536 Wynkoop St), I must say that I am overly unimpressed. Typically a brewpub is right up my alley, but this particular restaurant doesn’t do it for me. First of all, their beers are very average. I’ve sampled a pretty wide variety of their offerings, and I don’t think I’d rank any of them above a seven. I do enjoy some of their food, but their menu is very short and limited. The appetizers are probably the highlight of the menu, and there are only a few dinners that I would (or have had) multiple times. I would much rather head down the street to the Breckenridge Brewery, if searching for a downtown brewpub.

I had my worst fantasy football week of the season, two losses and only one win. In one league, the loss results in my team now being tied for last place. One thing that really killed me was -7.5 points from Bulger. I’m okay with occasional crappy performances, but losing that many points from one player is unacceptable. I still lost the game by 35 points, but I hate any negative performers.

In another league, I lost to a team that is now at the top of the league. The loss only puts me tied for second, so there is still much hope for this team. The one thing that really sucked about this game, was that the guy I lost to had a player in the lineup that was on the bye week. It’s totally embarrassing to lose to a team with a bye week player. I’m not giving up on this team though.

And in the final league, my best league, I’m back on the winning streak after losing to Kim last week. This week I played against Phil and ended up with a 134-121 victory. I’d prefer to win by a few more points, but beggars can’t be choosers, right? Kim and I are now tied for first place in the league, so this one may have to be decided in week 13.

In more good news, the World Series ticket sales didn’t go so well yesterday, so they are selling most of the tickets today in just under 30 minutes. I hope to have better luck this time.

I woke up to falling snow yesterday for the first time this year. I’ve often been told to expect snow on Halloween, but this was over a week early. It only accumulated to a couple of inches, and it was mostly gone by the end of the day, but it was exciting to see. Any snow that falls in Denver is leaving even more snow up in the mountains, helping to create ideal conditions for the winter season. I snapped a couple of quick pictures that can be seen in this album.

PS The Bengals are now 1-0 when there is snow on the ground in Denver. I’m hoping this trend continues as we go into winter and beyond.

PPS I didn’t have any luck getting World Series tickets when they went on-sale today. Boo.

I seemed to have misplaced my earrings. I’ve had the same pair in for years, I bet. Now, they are gone, and I don’t think I’m going to put any replacements in. I’ve had one ear pierced since sometime in high school, and the other was done a year or two later. So, as you can imagine, it was kind of weird looking at first, but I think I’ve grown used to it. We’ll see how long this lasts. Thoughts?

Yesterday, I found out that the Colorado Mammoth will not be playing in 2008. This is very sad news, as I was a huge fan of attending their games. The National Lacrosse League announced the season was canceled after failing to reach a labor agreement with the Professional Lacrosse Players Association. I guess I’ll have to attend a Nuggets game or just go to more Avalanche games.