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The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for March 4, 2015. Clue: majestic bird’s pet pooch

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for March 4, 2015. Clue: majestic bird’s pet pooch

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 25, 2015. Clue: terrible commercial. Answer: bad ad

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 25, 2015. Clue: terrible commercial. Answer: bad ad

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 25, 2015. Clue: terrible commercial.

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 25, 2015. Clue: terrible commercial.

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 18, 2015. Clue: maternal theatrics. Answer: mama drama

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 18, 2015. Clue: maternal theatrics. Answer: mama drama

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 18, 2015. Clue: maternal theatrics.

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 18, 2015. Clue: maternal theatrics.

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 11, 2015. Clue: ill-tempered employer. Answer: cross boss.

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 11, 2015. Clue: ill-tempered employer. Answer: cross boss.

This weekend is NBA All Star weekend.  As I’ve mentioned before, the game itself doesn’t appeal to me much, but I do enjoy the other events.  I thought it’d be fun to try and predict the winners for all the events.  So here I go.

FRIDAY

I don’t usually watch the Friday night stuff, but since Mike and Mike (from Mike and Mike in the morning on ESPN) are coaching the Celebrity Game, I have a little…

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 11, 2015. Clue: ill-tempered employer.

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 11, 2015. Clue: ill-tempered employer.

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 4, 2015. Clue: Someone who fine-tunes an Adidas design. Answer: sneaker tweaker.

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 4, 2015. Clue: Someone who fine-tunes an Adidas design. Answer: sneaker tweaker.

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 4, 2015. Clue: Someone who fine-tunes an Adidas design.

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for February 4, 2015. Clue: Someone who fine-tunes an Adidas design.

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for January 28, 2015. Clue: running out of Kleenex just when you need them. Answer: tissue issue.

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for January 28, 2015. Clue: running out of Kleenex just when you need them. Answer: tissue issue.

Great Super Bowl! Except for that last play and all…

What a great game.  Came right down to the wire.  Comebacks, big plays, drama.  It had it all, including quite possibly the worst call I’ve ever seen in a football game, let alone the Super Bowl.  What in the holy hell was Pete Carrol, Darrell Bevell and/or Russell Wilson thinking?  I’m not trying to beat a dead horse here, but that play couldn’t have been more bone-headed than if they kicked a…

Valentine’s Day’s Sordid History

For all of you who think Valentine’s Day was concocted by some maudlin, if not enterprising,  greeting card company executive… THINK AGAIN, YOU CYNICS! It’s actually quite a touching story, assuming you don’t mind some beatings and a beheading. Around 270 AD, the Roman emperor was Claudius II. His full name was Marcus Aurelius Valerius Claudius Augustus, but that wouldn’t fit on his game toga…

Before I get to my Super Bowl prediction, I’d first like to mention that I correctly picked New England and Seattle to make it here.  Not impressed you say?  Well I’m really not either, considering how good these teams have been this season.  But enough ragging on me, let’s unveil this prediction.

I predict that….this will be a great game.  Goodnight folks!  The problem is that that’s about all…

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for January 21, 2015. Clue: loony Scandinavian. Answer: insane Dane.

Answer to The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for January 21, 2015. Clue: loony Scandinavian. Answer: insane Dane.

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for January 28, 2015. Clue: running out of Kleenex just when you need them.

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for January 28, 2015. Clue: running out of Kleenex just when you need them.

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for January 21, 2015. Clue: loony Scandinavian.

The Rhyme Game™ puzzle for January 21, 2015. Clue: loony Scandinavian.