Category Archives: My Life

Free LRT Men’s NCAA, NIT pools online; logo design contest extended

My 15th annual FREE, “moneyless” Living Room Times basketball pools are underway: You can enter the Men’s NCAA Pool now (deadline: Thursday at noon Eastern Time) and also enter the NIT Pool now (deadline: Tuesday at 7pm EST). The Women’s NCAA Pool will start tomorrow evening. (Here is a brief pool history overview.) Meanwhile, I’m extending my pool logo design… Read more »

Wanted: an LRT Pool logo!

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On Sunday evening, the 15th annual Living Room Times NCAA Pools will get underway. Thanks to the launch of this blog — namesake of the newspaper that originally sponsored the pools from 1996-1999 — the pools’ name will make sense again to casual readers! And, for the first time, the NIT Pool (now in its 6th year) will gain the… Read more »

Prepping for a hectic weekend

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It’s going to be a very busy weekend, what with conference-tournament craziness all weekend, plus the St. Patrick’s Day parade Saturday morning, a Great Big Sea concert Saturday evening, and of course, the Selection Show and the start of the 15th Annual Living Room Times NCAA Pools on Sunday. Meanwhile, Loyacita and Loyette are both a bit sick, so Becky’s… Read more »

Toddler art, digital edition

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With the exception of the green line in back, all of this was drawn by Loyette (using the Scribble app on my new iPod touch). She seems to think it’s pretty cool. 🙂 P.S. Can you believe all the bubble teams losing today? Crazy!

Wheeeeee!!!

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I’m typing & publishing this post on the WordPress app on my new iPod touch, which I got for free by signing up for a bank account with direct deposit. So happy. 🙂

Jeff Freeze wins Oscar Pool, sets record

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Congratulations to Jeff Freeze, a resident of Burns Harbor, Indiana, and a blog reader since 2005, who won the 6th annual Living Room Times Oscar Pool tonight — and set an all-time record in the process, with 74 out of a possible 80 points. Freeze got only six categories wrong, all worth one point apiece: Best Film Editing, Costume Design,… Read more »

Oscar Live Blog underway!

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My Oscar Live Blog / Live Chat — with live Oscar Pool results — is now underway. UPDATE: The liveblog is over, but you can read the whole thing after the jump. It starts with a cute baby picture!

Final Oscar Pool reminder

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Don’t forget, if you haven’t entered already, the deadline to enter my free Oscar Pool is 5:30 PM Mountain Time tonight. Then at 6:00, we’ll start our Live Blog / Chat (with live pool results). Enter the pool now & stop by tonight!

Oscar Pool reminder

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At the risk of being spammy, I just wanted to post another reminder to my vast (heh) audience of blog “fans” to enter my 6th annual Oscar Pool! It’s free, so if you don’t know anything about the nominees, no biggie — what do you have to lose? Just your pride, and who cares about that? 🙂 And if you… Read more »