New Berger On The Menu!

I never have time to blog anymore (or maybe I have nothing to say), but I wanted to document the arrival of the newest Berger, son # 2, ETHAN MILO BERGER, on May 28th, 2009. Head over to Jody's Blog to see pix and details!

http://jodyberger.typepad.com/jody_berger/

I've got the horse right here.....

KENTUCKY DERBY DAY 2009

***BREAKING NEWS*** # 13 I WANT REVENGE (morning line favorite has been SCRATCHED!. I will revise my picks.


ALL CHURCHILL RACES

race 1. 1,3,5
race 2. 4,7 (2,8 if it rains)
race 3. 2 with 5,7
race 4. 5,6 (1 if it rains)
race 5. 4 with 7,8,9
race 6. 3 with 2,6,9
race 7. 1,4 with 7,8,9
race 8. 1,2,9
race 9. 9,3 with 4,5,7
race 10. 2,6
race 11. Trifecta Box: 2,7,15,16

March Madness: From the Penthouse to the OUTHOUSE!

Thanks to Pitt losing I went from first to no chance of winning. Now I know how those teams on Amazing Race feel when they have dominated 5 straight legs of the race only to come in last ONE time and have it be an elimination leg. Oh well....

Sweet 16 - "Good times Never Seem So Good"

4 for 4 on Sweet Sixteen Friday!! Moved into 1st place in one of the money pools! Earlier in the NCAA regular season, I said Oklahoma would be my pick to win it all. Then Blake Griffin suffered a terrible concussion and then The Sooners would potentially draw Pitt in the Final Four which I thought was the ONLY team that matches up with them; especially Blair vs. Griffin. But the Sooners look VERY good and Pitt keeps limping along. Hope I dont regret NOT picking the Sooners as NOBODY has them to win it all!

Ladies Man!

While I was on ESPN.com last week I entered their NCAA WOMEN's Basketball Bracket Challenge. After the 3rd Day I was ranked 13th OVERALL on ESPN.com. First prize is $3,000 gift card to BEST BUY!!!!!

March Madness Day 4 Recap: "Steady Rockin' All Night Long"

Down to the Sweet 16 and I remain in 2nd place in both money pools. So far so good!

March Madness 2009: DAY 3 - "That Boy Good"

Another solid day of Madness. Currently in 2nd place in both money pools. 14 of 16 Sweet 16 teams remaining....

March Madness 2009 - Day 2: "Rinse and Repeat"

Different Day, Same Results. 13-3 again on day two. That leaves me in the money in BOTH money pools I am in. Only ONE Sweet Sixteen team eliminated thus far (Wake Forest)....Let's see how the weekend treats us.......

March Madness - 2009 Day 1 Recap

Went 13-3 on day one. the 3 losses were non consequential as none of the three were picked to advance after round 1. All in all a solid day.

For the record my final four: Pitt, Oklahoma, UCONN, Louisville

I have Pitt beating Louisville in the title game.

one quick note: I entered several bracket contests using the same picks. However, it looks like on some of the brackets I picked a different winner in the BYU/Texas A&M game. So in a couple pools I am 14-2.

"Draft Junkie, That Funky Monkey..."

As we get older, busier, etc., we find that we have to cut things out of our lives. My first cut was collecting baseball cards when I realized I needed the money once spent on those wax packs to spend at the "UA" in Granada Hills, CA since that was where all the "cool chicks" from all of the junior highs hung out.

Then as I got married, added a mortgage to the portfolio, had a child, I lost the time and the will to create the time for video games (still play; just not an addict anymore).

A couple years ago, after several years of domination, I retired from Fantasy Baseball, as I was unwilling to put in the time that was demanded to win the cash.

But as I tried to get out, they dragged me back in by offering the one thing that could get me back...The FREE AUCTION DRAFT. Basically that means that instead of the old fashioned serpentine; wait for your turn for 20 minutes draft, you are given a salary cap, and can openly bid for any players you want as long as you realized you only have $260 for 25 players. IT IS AWESOME!!! AND I CAN'T STOP!!! now I can apply any "philosophy" I want and see if my way is the right way!!! I am like the guy on that CBS show NUMBERS with complicated algorithms I come up with in the middle of the night on how to build the best team with $260 while bidding against 9 other teams.

Once you go auction, you never go back!!!

Don't call it a McComeback!

I would be lying if I told you I don't eat fast food from time to time, but not since my pre-teen years have I made multiple visits per week. Back then, I used to count my change in hopes of having enough for a couple McDonalds Double Cheese Burgers. As I got older, I discovered, Burger King and Carl's Jr., and of course Taco Bell and In-N-Out. With all those options, my loyalty to McDonalds ran dry and was reduced to an occasional visit or two per year. But now , IT'S BACK!!! Not because The Big Mac tastes better, not because they only use one slice of cheese in their double cheese burgers and changed the name to McDouble, but because of the.......GRILLED CHICKEN SNACK WRAPS!! I can't get enough of these! The funny thing is they are so simple. The Chipotle BBQ Grilled Snack Wrap is just a third of a grilled chicken breast with lettuce, a few shreds of shredded cheese and some spicy bbq sauce wrapped in a palm sized tortilla. As the saying goes, "Simple. Sccop of Choclate, Scoop of Vanilla, Don't waste my time..."

So, lets review. Healthy! Tasty! Cheap! McDonalds!!!!

BOWL SEASON: Big 12 Fraud < Pac 10

I dont get too caught up in college football (although I do enjoy it immensly), but I had to comment on how bad "America's Conference" the BIG Fraud 12 looked during the bowl season while the Pac 10 proved once again that they are a top conference year in and year out.

And in case you were wondering, I had Florida to the Under!!! WINNER!!!!!!!!!

Male Order Berger

Some good news to kick off 2009! Just found out that child #2 will be a.....BOY!!