Below are the 14 most recent journal entries recorded in jrivet's LiveJournal:

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
10:44 pm	Not a good year for the animals, so far In 2006, when I updated the animal standings almost every week for almost someone to read, the animal teams combined record was 130-94, for a nice winning percentage of just over 58%. Which is even more impressive when you consider that they play each other a lot. In 2008, so far this year, the animal teams have a combined record of 51-62, just over 45%. Check out the standings after week 9: Wins Losses Pct Best Worst Birds 22 18 0.550 Eagles, Falcons, Cardinals, and Ravens, 5-3 Seahawks, 2-6 Other Assorted Animals 19 21 0.475 Bears, 5-3 Rams, 2-6 Cats 10 23 0.303 Panthers, 6-2 Lions, 0-8 Key Week 10 match-ups: Seahawks @ Dolphins The Birds are having a decent season thanks to four teams that are slightly above average. The Other Assorted Animals have a bunch of average teams and are a few games back. The Cats are not having a good year, despite containing the best animal team, which has more than half of the 10 wins by Cat-themed teams. But there is good news on the horizon: their record will be better after week 10. (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 15th, 2008
12:44 pm	2008 USPC Quiz! 1. The ships in battleships problems: A) Sail one space, at some point after the numbers are placed along the edges but before the puzzle is solved by me. B) Sail one space, at some point after the puzzle is solved by me but before the answer is entered on the answer page. C) Drop anchor in the wrong place and stay there. D) None of the above. 2. Battleships problems are usually worth: A) 10 points. B) 5 points. C) 0 points. D) -5 points. 3. Between the top picture and the bottom picture, the mouse standing in line for the outhouses walked to the corner to, um, sit in front of the Independence Day sign. This counts as: A) 2 differences. B) 1 difference. 4. The E4 square is a difference because: A) The ring tone is different between the pictures. B) The clock on the cell phone is different between the pictures. C) The cell phone is set to ring in the top picture, and to vibrate in the bottom picture. D) In the bottom pictures, the other mouse in the square is fed up with the cell phone mouse, and is about to resort to violence. E) There is no difference in square E4, I don't know why you circled it, you moron! 5. The presence of a grid of dotted lines and circled numbers and letters in the top picture, but not in the bottom, is: A) Pixilation. B) A graphic anomaly. C) Subtle. D) Obvious. 6. The phrase "Consecutive 1s" means: A) 1s that are right next to each other. B) 1s that have no other numbers in between them. C) 1s that have no other 1s in between them. D) Elevens. 7. When instructed to enter numbers from largest to smallest: A) Enter them clockwise, starting from the upper left. B) Enter them from largest to smallest. C) Enter them from smallest to largest. 8. When instructed to enter numbers clockwise, starting from the upper left: A) Enter them clockwise, starting from the upper left. B) Enter them from largest to smallest. C) Enter them from smallest to largest. 9. When you encounter a puzzle that has DON'T in the title in capital letters: A) DON'T screw up the puzzle. B) DON'T screw up the puzzle again, for good measure. C) DON'T even bother with the puzzle in the first place. D) All of the above. 10. Making this many mistakes on a USPC is: A) Not a good way to make the US team. B) A sign you should stick to sudoku. C) Priceless. D) Most of the above. Thanks for taking this quiz! If you got at least one right, you probably did better than I did. Congratulations! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
2:32 pm	2008 USPC I have probably seen my last WPC. (Comment on this)
Monday, June 18th, 2007
11:33 pm	2007 USPC, Results See: 2006 USPC, Results (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 16th, 2007
11:09 pm	2007 USPC The USPC is over and the wait to find out whether I did well enough on it, begins. For only the second time in eight tests, I didn't get any puzzles wrong (barring typos, I guess), so maybe that's a good omen. At least if I don't make the team, it won't be due to a stupid error on a puzzle. The two I didn't do: Circuit Maze: For some unknown reason, when reading the instructions I thought the actual puzzle was going to have the two levels of the maze on separate grids. So I hadn't taken the time to think of the best way to solve this. And it gives me a headache just looking at it, so I just moved on to the next problem. Double Murder: I did spend some time on this, ended up with a contradiction, and moved on, as it was getting close to the end of the test time. It really felt like it should have been going faster than it was, too. Doing it after the test, it was contradiction-free, but still took a little more time than I would like to solve. (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 27th, 2006
9:18 pm	Signs Ad seen outside a local Walgreens: 5 Star Notebooks Buy 1 Get 1 Yeah. I generally assume if I buy 1 of something, that's how many I'm going to get. (Comment on this)
Monday, January 2nd, 2006
1:09 pm	Animal Standings, Final The Other Assorted Animals went 4-1 in the final week to cement their victory in the Animal Standings, while the Birds, entering the final week at one game over .500, dropped all five contests to end the year. Wins Losses Pct Best Worst Other Assorted Animals 53 27 0.663 Colts, 14-2 Rams, 6-10 Cats 39 25 0.609 Jaguars, 12-4 Lions, 5-11 Birds 38 42 0.475 Seahawks, 13-3 Cardinals, 5-11 Playoff news: The three Other Assorted Animals playoff teams all have byes for the first round, as does the lone playoff representative from the Birds. The Cats also have three playoff teams, all of whom will play in the first round. By decree of the Keeper of the Animal Standings, the playoff game results will not count in the Animal Standings. It is interesting to note, however, that if they were counted, the Cats just barely have a chance to catch the Other Assorted Animals, but only if everything went their way. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005
4:57 pm	Animal Standings, Week 13 The Other Assorted Animals have taken the lead back from the Cats, while the Birds have made it back to .500. Wins Losses Pct Best Worst Other Assorted Animals 40 20 0.667 Colts, 12-0 Dolphins, Rams, 5-7 Cats 31 17 0.646 Panthers, Bengals, Jaguars, 9-3 Lions, 4-8 Birds 30 30 0.500 Seahawks, 10-2 Cardinals, Ravens, 4-8 Key Week 14 match-ups: Colts @ Jaguars Ravens @ Broncos (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
8:25 pm	Animal Standings, Week 10 The Cats put together an undefeated week to overtake the Other Assorted Animals, while the Birds fell under .500. In other news, the percentages this week are entirely made up of 4's and 6's. Wins Losses Pct Best Worst Cats 24 12 0.667 Bengals, Panthers, 7-2 Lions, 4-5 Other Assorted Animals 29 16 0.644 Colts, 9-0 Dolphins, 3-6 Birds 21 24 0.467 Seahawks, 7-2 Cardinals, Ravens, 2-7 Key Week 11 match-ups: Panthers @ Bears Cardinals @ Rams Colts @ Bengals (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 8th, 2005
4:21 am	Animal Standings, Week 9 Okay, due mostly to me being lazy, I didn't post any animal standings updates for last week. I know, I know, you're disappointed and upset. To make it up to you, I will post this week's standings twice. Since the last update, the Other Assorted Animals have caught up and passed the Cats, while the Birds have dropped to .500. Here are the standings: Wins Losses Pct Best Worst Other Assorted Animals 26 14 0.650 Colts, 8-0 Dolphins, 3-5 Cats 21 12 0.636 Bengals, 7-2 Lions, 3-5 Birds 20 20 0.500 Seahawks, Falcons, 6-2 Cardinals, Ravens, 2-6 Key Week 10 match-ups: Cardinals @ Lions Ravens @ Jaguars Rams @ Seahawks (Comment on this)
Sunday, October 30th, 2005
8:46 am	Animal Standings, Week 7 Might as well get this one in before the week actually happens. The Birds picked up some ground on the other two teams, which both fell very slightly: Wins Losses Pct Best Worst Cats 16 9 0.640 Bengals, 5-2 Lions, 3-3 Other Assorted Animals 20 13 0.606 Colts, 7-0 Dolphins, 2-4 Birds 18 14 0.563 Seahawks, Falcons, 5-2 Cardinals, Ravens, 2-4 Key Week 8 match-ups: Bears @ Lions Jaguars @ Rams Eagles @ Broncos (Comment on this)
Saturday, October 29th, 2005
5:34 pm	White Sox win the World Series Cubs just need to change their name to the "Blue Sox" and they'll be all set. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 19th, 2005
12:53 pm	Animal Standings, week 6 We'll start with something meaningless: Wins Losses Pct Best Worst Cats 15 8 0.652 Bengals, 5-1 Lions, 2-3 Other Assorted Animals 17 11 0.607 Colts, 6-0 Rams, 2-4 Birds 14 13 0.519 Seahawks, Falcons, 4-2 Cardinals, 1-4 To avoid insulting the animals, I have not included humans, names, or vehicles. Key Week 7 match-up (games involving two teams in different categories): Ravens @ Bears (Comment on this)
9:48 am	Is it a weblog or a journal? So, I figure now is an excellent time to start a bog*, and since I already have this one set up, I might as well get some use out of it. I will use it to post a variety of amusing or meaningless things. A couple months from now, when its first reader stumbles in (clearly hopelessly lost), perhaps it will provide him and/or her with something to do for a while. After all, what else is the internet for? * The spell check didn't like "blog", and suggested "bog". I thought it was appropriate. (Comment on this)