I know it’s been 8 months since I have put anything on this site, but I got lazy, and then there was a hurricane, and then I got forgetful. But I’m back, baby! It’s almost time for the 3rd annual bracket to kick off next week. I am super excited and hope you all are as well. To get back into the swing of writering, I’m just going to rank things sometimes. No reasoning beyond “This is a thing I like more than this other thing”. Up first – horror movies. Continue reading “Unexplained Rankings – Horror Flicks”
Author: Josh Sorensen
Feel Good Friday – Good Doggo
Just a short video to brighten your Friday. Jake here helped out some thirsty umpires at the Fort Wayne TinCaps game. Minor League baseball continues to be the best. Jake is a very good boy.
Feel Good Friday – Warrick Dunn
Over the past few months I’ve had some difficulty focusing on the positives in life. Sometimes things get tough and human nature is to really hone in on what’s going wrong or emphasize times that you may not live up to your potential or personal expectations. Optimism and happiness are taken hostage by cynicism and anger.
Sometimes we have the tendency to really notice the small bad things and let them pile up until we forget to look for the good in the world. I’m going to try to get better at really looking for them. My hope is to make this a weekly post where I can find a story that brings hope to the world. To find humans doing good deeds for other humans, or the planet, or just feel good stories.
March Movie Madness – Our Champion
What an incredible four weeks of competition. I can’t say it enough guys, this is the most fun I have on this site every year and I cannot thank you all for voting time and again. I think this is something that can grow into a really enjoyable tradition. Ok, enough wasting your time, on to our champ!
These were two of the favorites to take it all from the beginning. How did our Championship round fare? Remember all “scores” are in percentage. Continue reading “March Movie Madness – Our Champion”
March Movie Madness – How We Ranked Them
Our 2017 champ will be revealed tomorrow, but I’ve been asked a few times how/why a certain movie was seeded where it was. One of our two semi-final teams (Space Jam at a 13 seed is ludicrous) was seeded far lower than most thought it should have been.
Last year’s Music bracket was seeded completely subjectively by Mrs. Optimist and myself. This makes a ton of sense because there is no real way to objectively rank music and bands. There is really more personal feelings and not many quantifiable reviews out there. No one really gives a band as a whole a “grade” for lack of a better word. Continue reading “March Movie Madness – How We Ranked Them”
March Movie Madness – Championship Round
Guys, I have had so much fun watching this bracket come down to the Final. Thank you all for voting, I hope you all have enjoyed it as much as I have. Our Final Four was full of Cinderellas that got within one win of the Final. All four of our regional champions got in to the semi-finals via easy wins. Let’s see how the winners of each genre bracket fared in the Final Four and who will face off in the Championship! Continue reading “March Movie Madness – Championship Round”
March Movie Madness – Final Four
Ok, so unlike last year’s Elite 8, the regional finals this year were not nearly as competitive. I won’t keep you waiting, let’s get to the results! Remember all “scores” are in percentage. Continue reading “March Movie Madness – Final Four”
March Movie Madness – Elite 8
Man, this was the least competitive round of any tournament we have run. There was nothing but destruction in the Sweet 16. We lost some amazing movies, but that’s what we’re here for. We are seeing the best of the best fight each other. Here’s what happened! Continue reading “March Movie Madness – Elite 8”
March Movie Madness – Sweet 16
Here we are guys, the first weekend of the tournament is in the books and we’re pushing on to the Sweet 16. There were some major upsets in the Round of 32, with some high seeds making it into the next round. Here is how it all shook out. Continue reading “March Movie Madness – Sweet 16”
March Movie Madness – Round of 32
Man, that was a lot of fun! There were some major upsets and one match-up was a complete and total demolition. Thanks to everyone who voted! There were some really tough decisions in the first round and it definitely does not get any easier from here on out. Let’s get on to the results! Remember all “scores” are percentages from voting.
Continue reading “March Movie Madness – Round of 32”
