Category Archives: Sports

2020 NFL Playoffs: Week 1 Picks

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Jason

Each year, our family makes picks for the NFL playoffs. Here are our picks for the opening weekend, including the NCAA Championship Game as well. Sunny: Bills over Colts; Seahawks over Rams; Bucs over Washington; Titans over Ravens; Saints over … Continue reading →

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Best Books of 2020

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Jason

Each year I set myself a goal to read 52 books — one per week. Most years I don’t hit the mark, but it’s a worthy goal nonetheless. Last year, I crushed it by reading 62 books. Believe it or … Continue reading →

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2020 Cross-Country Sectionals

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Jason

Today was a huge day for Jackson. He ran sectionals with the Madison Academy cross-country team, which is a big deal for him as a seventh grader. He ran in a varsity competition about a month ago and finished his … Continue reading →

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Another PR and pic

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Jason

I love watching this kid run.

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MLB Playoff Predictions Round 4

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Jason

We all did pretty well in the last round, successfully predicting this World Series matchup. That means no change in the leaderboard: Jason: 9-4 Sunny: 8-5 Joshua: 7-6 So for this round, we’re taking bets on winner, length of series, … Continue reading →

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MLB Playoff Predictions Round 3

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Jason

After the first two rounds, here are our prediction standings: Jason, 8-4 Sunny, 7-5 Joshua, 6-6 With only a couple of series left, we’re getting down to the nitty gritty. Rays vs. Astros: We’re all taking the Rays. Of course, … Continue reading →

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MLB Playoff Predictions Round 2

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Jason

Based on our first round predictions, here are the “standings” so far: Jason and Joshua, 5-3 Sunny, 4-4 So Round Two predictions are as follows: Astros vs. A’s: We’re all taking the A’s. Just can’t see the sub-.500 Astros winning … Continue reading →

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MLB Playoff Predictions

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Jason

Sunny and Joshua and I are making our playoff predictions for this crazy MLB postseason. Here we go: Astros vs. Twins: We all picked the Twins White Sox vs. A’s: Joshua, White Sox; Sunny and Jason, A’s Jays vs. Rays: … Continue reading →

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First Varsity Meet

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Jason

Today was a big day for Jackson as he ran his first varsity cross country meet. He ran three miles today, which is a big deal because typically JV runs are only two miles in length. But he did a … Continue reading →

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Another PR

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Jason

Another PR (“personal record”) for this kid today: he ran two miles in 14:11 to finish in sixth place in today’s meet! I love how all of his hard work is producing results. Such great life lessons when your kids … Continue reading →

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