themaninblack

Headline of the year so far...

Former Spurs and Southampton defender Dean Richards has died aged 36. I always wondered what happened to him...

I think he'll be the Nicolae Ceaușescu of this Arab revolution, because like the dead Romanian leader, he is arguably the biggest arsehole...

Soon to be riddled with bullets? If that was to happen then there'll be a points bonanza!

Noted this emoticon just so I could go "Chap with wings" in tribute, and forever mark myself done as a geek. Ahem. "Five rounds rapid" I've just amended my avatar in tribute because I am also a geek. "I don't exist here." "Good. That means you wont feel the bullets when we shoot you."

Sad news indeed. He was great as the Brig...

I think he's toast. If there's a wave of revolutions, then one of the leaders is bound to be hung by a lamp post. I think Gaddafi's the one...

Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks Bollocks He was on my list almost until the last. And I had no idea he was ill either, just thought he'd be an interesting name to throw in... Bollocks!

Changed. I dunno who that bloke was in the original picture. It was a previous regime that put him there...

Wearing a very obvious wig...

Been reading the Telegraph obit of him. He required 24 hour care after been paralysed by a stroke 30 years ago. Bit of a miss that, in DDP terms, I reckon...

1) He isn't dead yet. 2) We've yet to see whether or not this will be a great day for the world. I bet you'll be saying the exact same phrase in May, if you swap Hosni Mubarak for Alex Salmond...

I was thinking just the other week we needed a thread to list major transport disasters (airplane crashes, boat sinkings & train crashes) Sometimes the major loss of life is thus noteworthy not withstanding if any famous people are involved. I suggest we re-name the thread "Black Death Flight Recorder"...

I think it's Yahoo that's been hacked. I may either change the password or abandon using the account altogether and just stick with Gmail which doesn't make such a fuss of me sending mass emails. Oh the irony...

Hmmm... I've been getting spam too, but from a couple of competitors... I'll do a bit of detective work and see what account is being affected, as I use 2 to send out emails...

Milton Babbitt's more than a little off-key. Should get a UK obit and unique points for Pool Ghoul...

And old bear hands goes too.

Make that Saturday as I have made a few more tweaks (7 more teams making a total of 475). I also decided to change the Seoul Takers team so it reflects the 'western' pronunciation of Korean names...and I think I've covered all the best perfomances from last year...

It's not a typo but it does introduce a dilemma. Roh is pronounced first, but is the Surname. Thing is, do I do that for the rest, including everybody's favourite tin pot dictator Kim Jong-il (or should it be Jong-il Kim?). I've done for a few others, but not all...

Gets through on a technicality as decades actually begin with a 1 year and end with a zero...

My mother's cousin Kevin was a wrestler...

Thanks. However it's not been perfect. For instance I have another 6 teams to enter which I didn't first time round (I think I might have overwritten/deleted a worksheet when transferring all the teams onto the text files because all the names were familar). Plus there's the pictures to add, I'll be doing the Insane analysis as well as the Inane analysis, the 'Drop Forty' page and creating a new Missed of the List page. So, still plenty to do...

I was going to write/send the next update email tonight. But that'll be delayed until Friday while I make a few tweaks (including the addition of 5 more teams)...

The first I knew that Neil Young was ill was through the entries coming in and though "hang on a minute..." TMIB the competitor (until 2009) would have been on the case but TMIB the host is waaayy too busy to spot that sort of opportunity...