here are the U.S. states I've been to:
1. Arizona
2. California
3. Connecticut
4. Delaware
5. Georgia
6. Idaho
7. Illinois
8. Indiana
9. Maine
10. Maryland
11. Massachusetts
12. Michigan
13. Minnesota
14. Montana
15. Nevada
16. New Hampshire
17. New Jersey
18. New York
19. North Carolina
20. Ohio
21. Oregon
22. Pennsylvania
23. Rhode Island
24. Tennessee
25. Texas
26. Utah
27. Vermont
28. Virginia
29. Washington
30. West Virginia
31. Wisconsin
32. Wyoming
Ones I still need to hit up:
1. Alaska
2. Alabama
3. Arkansas
4. Colorado
5. Florida
6. Hawaii
7. Iowa
8. Kansas
9. Kentucky
10. Louisiana
11. Mississippi
12. Missouri
13. Nebraska
14. New Mexico
15. North Dakota
16. Oklahoma
17. South Carolina
18. South Dakota
This is using my personal criteria that for a given state to count, I must either have spent the night in the state or gone there on purpose for some reason. In other words, no layovers in airports or states that I've just driven through without stopping.
Any recommendations for what the next few states should be?
Monday, September 21, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
A few predictions
about the upcoming NFL season, with a nod to Aaron Feldstein (http://nec-roughness.blogspot.com/):
--The Denver Broncos will win at least six games. People are predicting that the bottom three teams in the AFC West are all going to be abysmal, to the tune of 4-12 or 3-13, but the fact is the schedule won't permit that. One of them is going to win 6 or more games, and I think it'll be the Broncos.
--The Oakland Raiders will win at least five games. This isn't schedule-related; rather, I think that they've gained enough experience to surprise a few teams, plus win three or so AFC West games. They're not the god-awful Raiders of years past, just the god-mediocre Raiders.
--I can't believe that people are assuming that simply because Tom Brady is back, the Patriots are going to be a 14-2 team. This team's problems go way deeper than Brady being injured; the defense is far more questionable than before, for all the offensive tools they might have. I predict they go 11-5, max.
I don't know much about the NFL these days, but I'd stake some cash on these things. Come by the bar if you want to enter anything in the wager book.
--The Denver Broncos will win at least six games. People are predicting that the bottom three teams in the AFC West are all going to be abysmal, to the tune of 4-12 or 3-13, but the fact is the schedule won't permit that. One of them is going to win 6 or more games, and I think it'll be the Broncos.
--The Oakland Raiders will win at least five games. This isn't schedule-related; rather, I think that they've gained enough experience to surprise a few teams, plus win three or so AFC West games. They're not the god-awful Raiders of years past, just the god-mediocre Raiders.
--I can't believe that people are assuming that simply because Tom Brady is back, the Patriots are going to be a 14-2 team. This team's problems go way deeper than Brady being injured; the defense is far more questionable than before, for all the offensive tools they might have. I predict they go 11-5, max.
I don't know much about the NFL these days, but I'd stake some cash on these things. Come by the bar if you want to enter anything in the wager book.
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