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Did you watch the game last night?  Whatever your answer, I can’t say I blame you. 
\nWhat does that mean, anyway, "can’t say I blame you"? I watched, using it as a good reason to stay up and eat jellybeans, until nine minutes remained in the second
\nhalf.  Reminded me of the time my good mutt
\nTony<\/a> was
\nsurprised to find himself sniffing around in tie-up-reach of two German
\nShepherds, double-surprised when one took him in its jaws, and surprised yet
\nagain when the beast shook him around like a rag doll and tossed him up in the
\nair like a UNC jump shot in the first half of last night’s drubbing. T.
\nscamperlimped away and hid under some neighbor’s deck.  By association, it
\ncomes down to this: I’d have been happier if the Spartans won and I’d have been
\nmore interested if the game was ever close.<\/p>\n

The pool<\/a>
\nis complete, and the victor is Julie M. with 145 picktelligent points. What
\nstands out to me the most about JM’s impressive finish is that last year she was 12th; this
\nyear she was 1st.  Guess who was 12th this <\/em>year? Yours truly. This can only
\nmean that next year I am due to join the elite company of EWM Tournament Pick’em
\nChamps.<\/p>\n

2009  Julie M.  (1 of 24)
\n2008  Billie H. (1 of 18)
\n2007  Jason L.  (1 of 17)
\n2006  Chuck T.  (1 of 11)
\n2005  Mike J.   (1 of 7)
\n2004  Jeff R.   (1 of 7)<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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