Fantasy Life

It’s that time of year again - the time when men obsess over every last yard by their WR3 and root for a goal line fumble so their power back can produce a 1yd TD for 6 pts - I’m talking, of course, about Fantasy Football season.

I had the 1st of two fantasy drafts last night.  This draft was for the (Durham) Radius Fantasy Football League, which is commissioned by the legendary BrizCariz and is made up of 9 guys who live in Durham and 1 guy who used to (me).

The 9 other players in the league set up shop at Tillett’s pad for the draft, and to make sure I wasn’t left out of the proceedings, they hooked up a webcam to the 46” TV above Tillett’s fireplace and we did a live video chat.

Here’s a screen grab from my screen a few minutes before the draft:

And here’s what my ugly dome looked like in Tillett’s living room:

The crew in Durham had some inevitable connectivity issues (which is not suprising with 9 guys on one connection).  The pipes in NYC were running clear and fast, and I was able to make my picks (here my screen shows just before I drafted Adrian Peterson #1) and watch the crew at the same time.

Though I wasn’t able to make it in person, the video chat worked amazingly well - in the words of Kip, “I love technology”.  Next time we’ll have to figure out how to send through the wings and beer…

By the way, I  happen to love my team too.