I've got my cable and internet, but no phones yet. I've unpacked more than 100 boxes, and have 40 left to unpack. GotJunk has already removed 2 truckfuls of stuff and my 10 × 10 storage locker is full. This has been my most expensive move yet -- $3,500. for the movers (here and to storage) and $800 and still rising for GotJunk. And this is after having donated or thrown away at least one third of my stuff the last few days at the old house. Since I've also lost a week of work, it will be a few days before I'm back to blogging.

On the up side, I really like the new place and downsizing is really liberating.

Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

NFL picks: Detroit Lions -3 over Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles -3 over Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers -1 over Baltimore Ravens, Green Bay Packers -10 over Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons -7 over Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs -7 over Houston Texans, San Francisco 49ers -4 over Tennessee Titans, St. Louis Rams +6 over Carolina Panthers, New York Giants -3 over Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears Pick over Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers -9 over Jacksonville Jaguars, New England Patriots -4 over New York Jets, Denver Broncos -7 over Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins (-7) over Buffalo Bills.

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Via phone - J tells me she has moved in but has no internet or cable yet.

Come back soon J!

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The picks (2 units unless otherwise indicated): Stanford -5 over UCLA, Oklahoma State -7 (3 units) over TCU, USC +3 (3 units) over Notre Dame, Iowa +18 over Ohio State, Florida State -3 over Clemson, Oregon State -11 over California, South Carolina -7 (4 units) over Tennessee, Auburn +14 over Texas A&M, Boise State -22 over Nevada, Georgia -7 (4 units) over Vanderbilt, Cincinnati -15 over Connecticut, Michigan -10 over Indiana, Army +3 over Temple, Oregon -39 over Washington State, Oklahoma -23 (3 units) over Kansas, LSU -10 (3 units) over Mississippi.

Season record ATS - 66-55-2, +18 units.

Go Gators!

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Can Kershaw keep the Dodgers alive?

I'm really busy, but not too busy to pick college games for our Saturday College Football Open Thread!

Here's an Open Thread for today.

Me, I'm rooting against the Red Sox. How about you?

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So the big loser today was Joe Biden, who was cut out of the deal by Harry Reid - my Politico parody.

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This is moving week for me. I haven't seen the news in a week, so I won't even try to blog. I will put up open threads. Thanks to those of you sending emails pointing out new spammers, I deleted the last 40. My life and blogging should be back to normal next week. (My actual move out/move in date is Thursday.)

Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

This week's Amato (John Amato of Crooks and Liars) and Armando Show (our You Tube Channel is here:

Our NFL picks (J is John, A is Armando (disagreements in BOLD): San Francisco 49ers -11 over Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams +9 (A), Houston Texans (-9) (J), Minnesota Vikings -3 (J), Carolina Panthers (+3) (A), Washington Redskins +6 over Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles -1½ over Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans +14 (A), Seattle Seahawks (-14) (J), Buffalo Bills +7 (A), Cincinnati Bengals (-7) (J), Pittsburgh Steelers +1 ((J), New York Jets (-1) (A), Green Bay Packers -3 over Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions (-3) over Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos (-27) over Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints (+2) over New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers (-3) (A), Indy Colts (+3) (J).

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The picks (all 2 units unless otherwise indicated): Colorado +25 over Arizona State, Boise State -7 (3 units) over Utah State, Middle Tenn State +7 over North Texas, Washington State -1 over Oregon State, UNLV -10 over over Hawaii, California +25 (3 units) over UCLA, Tulsa -10 over Texas-El Paso, Bowling Green +10½ over Mississippi State, Texas A&M -6 (3 units) over Mississippi, Nebraska -14 (3 units) over Purdue, Maryland -7 (4 units) over Virginia, Northwestern +10 over Wisconsin, TCU -25 (3 units) over Kansas, Missouri +8 over Georgia, Clemson -24½ over Boston College, Florida Atlantic +13 over Marshall, Michigan -3 over Penn State, Kentucky +27½ over Alabama, South Carolina -6 over Arkansas, Utah +9 over Stanford, Georgia Tech +7 over BYU, Navy +3 over Duke, Virginia Tech -9 (3 units) over Pittsburgh, Texas Tech -14½ (3 units) over Iowa State, Michigan State -10 over Indiana, Oklahoma -14 (3 units) over Texas, Oregon (-13) (4 units) over Washington.

For the season 54-40-2 (.574) ATS, +30 units.

Go Gators!

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