Another Office Blog

Everyone's (by everyone's I mean mine) favorite doable but attainable receptionist has a Myspace page. Jenna Fischer (sometimes as Pam Beesley, sometimes not) blogs on her Myspace page very frequently and has links to some other minor charcater Myspace pages. The page is known about by a lot of hardcore fans and there is no reason to believe it is not authentic. She has pictures from Season 3 up although I trust none container spoilers as they would probably have to kill her off if they did.

Jenna Fischer and Pam Beesley's Myspace

The Pizza Parlor Index

As they say, if you can't beat them, join them...

The BCS Computer Indexes are not going away anytime soon. Therefore rather than lement their existence, I have decided to attempt to do their job better. On Monday, hopefully (you know how I am with promising shit on this blog), I will put out the first "Pizza Parlor Index" which will "grade" each team in Division I-A on a 100 point system broken down as follows:

Winning Percentage 65%- Each teams' Winning Percentage is multiplied by 65 and that number goes towards their PPI. An example, Ohio State is 2-0, therefore their Winning Percentage is 1.000 multiplied by 65. 65 points goes towards their PPI.

Opponents Winning Percentage 20%- Each teams' opponents combined wins and losses will construct Winning Percentage that is multipled by 25 to make up this part of the PPI. Using the same example if Ohio State's opponents 22-22 their Opponents Winning Percentage is .500 multipled by 25. 12.5 points goes towards their PPI.

Opponents Opponents Winning Percentage 10%- This is what is often used to kill schools in the Big East, Mountain West, and WAC which is of course while I have it at such a low value. Each teams' opponents' opponents wins and losses will construct a Winning Percentage that is multiplied by 10 to make up this part of the PPI. Again if Ohio State's opponents opponents are 242-242 their Opponents Opponents Winning Percentage is .500 multipled by 10. 5 points goes towards their PPI

Points Scored For Percentage 5%- Somewhat controversial, but because points for are divided by total points percentage is used to discourage point running up (28-0 and 48-0 are both 100% PSFP). This number is multipled by 5 and goes towards the PPI. For example Ohio State has scored 59 points, its opponents have scored 19. Ohio State has scored 76 percent of total points scored in its games or .76 multipled by 5. 3.8 points would go towards the PPI.

Ohio State's total PPI would be 86.3 out of a possible 100.

This is simpler as it sounds once all the formulas are entered which shouldn't take me beyond this weekend.

Flaws in the Index are no weight on road vs. home games (you can't equate a road game at Michigan to a road game at Temple). Opponents teams have yet to play on their schedule count towards the index (this is done to make the formula entering easier). And of course, "no computer can measure a team's heart".

Schrute Space

To whet your appetite until the Season Premier of The Office Thursday, September 21, Dwight Schrute has posted a new blog in his Schrute Space. The blog is written completely in character and is often hilarious.

In this article Dwight offers his thoughts on Fall, his favorite show "Lost", and homosexuals (which may surprise you).

Schrute Space

Derek Day XXIX

Thank you to all who called, wrote, and texted me Happy Birthday wishes on Sunday. Derek Day/Hollywood Day XXIX was a resounding success. Special thank to Scott for driving up on Sunday for a fun viewing of the 1:00 Sunday games at my "Cheers" PJ O'Sullivan's in Manchester, NH.

While the Broncos with Jake Plummer 2004 and 4th and Lynches sputtered, we were entertained by the Eagles fans in the bar and my hairdresser who was nice enough to buy me a shot to go with her six. Scott claims she was checking me out from across the room. In fairness, we were sitting in proximity to the Jaegermeister chiller.

Other weekend observations:

-Expect The Ohio State to take over No. 1 in The Pizza Parlor Top 25 tomorrow. I decided the winner of that game would take over the spot but USC, Auburn and of course Boise State look REALLY good so far.

-Syracuse was given every opportunity to beat Iowa but of course this offense is grasping the West Coast Offense like I grasped Calculus in my sophomore year.

-Where was CBS running Stat Ticker. I enjoy CBS football coverage because of its Fantasy Friendly format, definitely not its announcing lineup.

-My mom HATES Football Night in America ("we've already seen these highlights 100 times"). I can't say I liked it much better with the living room format and Sterling A. Sharpe screaming about how good every team is.

-My text message to Josh "So they're brothers? And they're on different teams? And they're playing each other?, you'd think they'd hype that a little. Maybe show their parents once or twice."

-And while we're at it. Can these guys get some endorsements?

-To anyone who watched The Wire on HBO based on my recommendation, I say be patient. Last night's Season Premiere was painfully slow as there is a massive influx of new characters and reopening of storylines that were wrapped up when the writers thought HBO was going to cancel the show. While killing a guy with a staple gun was jarring, it isn't exactly the Nip/Tuck attention getter that gets people talking Monday morning. Replacing Stringer Bell with Marlo Stansfield is a lot like replacing Johnny Damon with Coco Crisp. You expect a drop off early but hope Marlo reaches somewhat close to the quality of the Stringer character. Once McNulty is back on the detail and Omar hits the screen, this show is captivating television. The campaign pollster lost some weight, she was A+ "wheelhouse" last season. HBO is actually offering the next week's shows on OnDemand before they air on Sunday. The constant ebonics and subtle writing make it tough to follow so a second viewing would do you good.