From Mike’s Bloggity Blog

Usually you have to be careful when you see people in Toronto playing with themselves, but this weekend is going to be a little different. That’s because this Sunday the city will be filled with people playing Rock, Paper Scissors in an attempt to win the $10,000 grand prize at the RPS World Championships!

And yes, it’s a real thing.

Actually last year, I got a chance to see a really cool documentary about the tournament, the movie was called Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Greek Tragedy. The DVD of the movie is actually going to be launched this weekend at the tournament.

Click here to read more and see a video clip.

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Every week T-Roc will share his thoughts on what is going on in college football, make picks and fire back at your nasty comments. Want to learn more about him, check out his first post or visit his archive.

I’m writing this column drunk. I want y’all to know right off the bat. And it’s about time I did so.

I’m 32-32-2 against the spread this year. I’m just as good at handicapping as your dog or your baby, were said dog/baby offered the choice between marbles in the colours of opponent colleges. If you’re following my picks, you have deep-rooted issues about your ability to think independently and shouldn’t be gambling, friend.

I am not drunk because of the Olympic torch ceremony happening outside my fucking office right now, that’s for sure. (Sidney Crosby just ran the torch down Sackville Street, by the way.)

I watched that shit get set up in front of City Hall. Five Coca-Cola trucks and three RBC trucks were there to hand out glowing plastic Coke bottles and Thunderstix to everyone walking by. Yeah, that’s the Olympic spirit - give people cheap plastic shit they’ll throw away once Sid hits the airport.
Sadly, the streets were jammed with Thunderstix-slappers who somehow thought the mayor of Halifax deserved applause for the City of Vancouver’s boondoggle. Fucking sheep.

No. I am drunk because work blows hammer these days and I want to quit but it’s such a fucking gloomy employment environment that I can’t think of a better plan than to take advantage of happy hour prices at various bars then return to my office and drunkenly write a college football betting column. All odds are from Pinnaclesports.com as of Wednesday afternoon.

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Hard to believe the NBA season is almost a month old already. Time flies when you are changing diapers and trying to stay awake past 11pm to catch a west coast game.

For those who have been watching the Raptors this season, there is one glaring thing that is wrong with the team. They seem to of removed defense from the game plan. Sure there have been the odd moments of shock when they beat Cleveland opening night, slowed down the Bulls at home and made a huge comeback against the Clippers but all-in-all the D have been a giant load of dino-dung.

Every week there seems to be a 120 or 130 on the board and right now the Raps are near the bottom of the NBA, giving up 108 ppg.

I saw the Raptors season preview on Raps TV. It was all about a new team that was going to be focusing on defense. All I can say is, if they are actually focusing on “D”, how bad would it be if they were not?

So what do they do? Do they have Antoine Wright play all five positions? Do they hope the team clues in to how hard they have to work? Or do they bring in a defensive guru to remodel the whole team?

I vote for the latter and have five suggestions on who should take over as a defensive only coach.

You may recognize them. They are some of the best defense attorneys in movies and TV.

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I know it has been amazing to watch some of Chris Bosh’s play so far in the early days of the NBA season, but it really does come with a touch of sadness that this might just be his last year as a Raptor.

It would be too easy to say that Bosh’s performances are down to the money he can expect to get at the end of the season when he becomes a free agent, but there is no way Toronto will be able to afford him, even if he wanted to stay, if he keeps putting up these numbers.

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Every week T-Roc will share his thoughts on what is going on in college football, make picks and fire back at your nasty comments. Want to learn more about him, check out his first post or visit his archive.

The mid-week day off is a wonderful thing, but it’s so easily wasted by overestimating one’s ability to consume alcohol.

A single post-work beer at the nearest watering hole turned into a steady stream of Stella (thanks Michelle!), which led my motley crew back to the office to hit up the liquor cabinet therein. Three hours of vodka consumption later, I’m walking a staggering co-worker home to make sure he isn’t mugged.

Turns out he’d have been better off being mugged, what with him being married with three kids. I’ve met his wife. She scares me. Anyway, she’d been trying to reach him all night, getting angrier with each passing hour. My co-worker neglected to mention this.

He had the look of a man sentenced to the gallows as he approached his porch. Poor, stupid fuck.

As for myself, I managed to make it downtown for the Remembrance Day ceremony at 11 am today, but reeking of booze and with hair pointing in all directions. Stay classy, T-Roc… you lush.

Point being I’ve accomplished nothing today except polluting my workspace with beer farts. Luckily, no hangover can fuck with how strongly I feel about this week’s pixxx. All odds are from Pinnaclesports.com as of Wednesday afternoon.

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