The League

Are you looking for an awful show to watch on Netflix? I've got just the one for you. The TV show The League, is about fantasy football. Well, it talks a little bit about fantasy football during the episodes. It's an incredibly stupid show based around a fantasy football league. Anybody who plays in fantasy football would understand and appreciate the banter between the members of the league on the TV show. They do all sorts of stupid things to one another. The show is absolutely hilarious, yet horribly stupid. That seems to be the way with many shows these days. They are currently in season 5. Thanks to Netflix, I finally caught up with all of the episodes. If you have a good sense of humor and know a lot about football, you will definitely get a good laugh if you decide to watch The League.

Business Card

When I knew I was going to the author book fair, I immediately wanted to have a business card. My mom makes business cards for my dad. She was going to make one for me too. I outlined what I wanted. She created one that I really liked. Then she told me about a deal Vistaprint was having. I could buy 250 cards for $10, free shipping. I decided to do that because then I'd get a professional looking card for cheap. If my mom made them, they'd look good, but probably cost even more than $10 after buying special paper and ink. Several months ago, they were having a deal where you got 250 cards and you just paid $4.95 shipping. I created a card, then decided I didn't feel like spending even the shipping money. This time, I knew I wanted a card. I looked at the education templates. Many of them were way too kiddie looking for me. I finally found one I liked and created my business card using that template. I put really simple information on it. I just put my name, email, Twitter handle, "Check out my work at Amazon.com", and "Thank you for your business." It's short, sweet, and to the point. They came out really well! I have given away several to people I know. I also gave out between 10-20 during the author book fair. I have a lot more to give away though. At least I know they won't go bad! If you want my official business card, let me know.

Proposition One

I normally don't vote on election day unless it's a governor or a president race. I don't pay enough attention to local politics to have an opinion. I voted today for one reason and one reason only. Although I cast my vote for that one reason, I also voted for other stuff just because I was there. I voted yes for proposition one. If enough people vote yes for this, there will be a casino in the area. It's a law allowing I think seven casinos to be built in NYS. I know it will take a number of years to create this casino if the law passes. Who knows if I'll be in the area by the time it's built? I don't care. I can see myself being a lifer in the area I'm in now. That doesn't mean I will be though. The closest casino to me right now is an hour and 40 minutes. I'd absolutely love for a casino to be twenty minutes from me. My wallet wouldn't appreciate it though. It'd be cool to be a regular at the casino. My mom would hate it because she despises gambling (even though she plays the slots when she goes on cruises, which she is only going on her 11th one in January). That's why she voted no. One of our poker players also voted no. He doesn't want more people to be in debt. Oh well. We will see how everyone else voted tomorrow.

Grammar

Writing good English is hard. Do you see what I did there? haha. I'm so puny, I know. Anyway...everyone knows the difference between here and hear, there, their, and they're, to, too, and two, and other words like that. I was working on my book today and wrote "who". The good ole green line on Microsoft Word showed up and said the word should have been "whom". I don't think whom sounded correct. I kept it as who. I have had several other issues like that. I sometimes struggle with where the apostrophe goes. Sometimes a word doesn't need the '. Other times it's before the S. Sometimes it's after the s. No matter how many times I read the rule about that, I still struggle with getting it right. Writing is incredibly hard work as it is. Making sure your grammar is all correct is yet another challenge in the writing process.

Holding the Door

When you walk into a building, when is it appropriate to hold the door for someone? Of course if the person is directly behind you, you hold the door for them. How far away do they have to be before you decide to just close the door? 10 feet? 20 feet? I don't know what the right answer is. What if you are far behind and you realize someone is holding the door for you? Do you keep walking at the same pace? Do you run a little bit to keep them from waiting? It's crazy how much thought goes into such a silly topic like this. You have to make a split second decision too. It's not like you can hold the door for a little bit and then decide they are too far back and let go. You have already committed yourself. Think about that the next time you hold the door for someone.

Fall Back

Tonight we fall back an hour. That gives us an hour more of sleep. Yay. I never understood the point of falling back an hour and springing ahead an hour. I know it has something to do with the farmers. That's all I know. I will enjoy that it will be light out when I go to work tomorrow morning. I know that won't last long. I won't like getting home from work everyday in the dark. I also won't like that when I go to work tomorrow at 7, it "should be" 8. When we were kids, my brothers and I would always say, "It should be such and such a time instead of this time." We would drive our parents nuts. It doesn't matter what time it is. The older I get, the more the days fly.

No Shave November

I know a lot of guys who participate in "no shave November". It is exactly what is sounds like. You don't shave for the entire month. I'm not sure how, when, or why it all started. Many men seem to know about it too. I've always said I wanted to participate in no shave November. I haven't because I work in a school. I also don't want to because my hair grows in awkwardly. It comes in all patchy. I get horrible neck hair and it's gross. It itches really badly too. If I were ever to do no shave November, I think I'd shave my neck and leave the other stuff. I don't think I'll participate because I don't want to look like a homeless man while working in a school. As it is, I should shave every day, but shave once or twice a week because I'm lazy. Now since NaNoWriMo started today, that's going to be my main focus. I started writing at 9 tonight and wrote 2,592 words in two hours! I'm quite happy with that start. We will see how tomorrow goes.