A short week 3-4 WNQ
I've been very bad.
Not like, kill someone in cold blood or kick a puppy bad, but I have been lazy/overworked bad. What that means for you is no WNQ last week. I'll try to do better. This week and for the rest of the month.
The big problem right now is that I don't have a laptop. Last week I was in Washington DC interviewing for a position at Georgetown. This week I'm flying to Henry Ford. All of next week I'll be in Denver at the American College of Emergency Physicians conference, and then the next week I'm doing the famed Nebraska to Phoenix to Orlando to Nebraska cross country jaunt.
But enough about me. One quick story before I get into meat of this post. As some of you may know, I love a good email storm. Probably not as much as Peter, but I'm probably one of their biggest fans in the world. For those who don't know, Wikipedia defines an email storm as "a sudden spike of reply all messages on an email distribution list, usually caused by a controversial or misdirected message." I've been a huge fan of these ever since Women's Bible Study 2006 crashed the University of Michigan email system.
Yesterday, a woman named Vicki Daly sent an email to the "Resident and Student Advisory Committee" telling them about the time of an ACEP meeting time. It is unclear to me who is supposed to be on this committee, but I can assure you that I am not one of them. I originally thought about replying, but then realize I couldn't possibly be part of this meeting and ignored it.
Since then 44 messages have been generated over the course of about 16 hours. The initial flurry of emails expressed confusion as to what this meeting is and why all of us are supposed to be there. This was followed by a couple of well-meant yet misguided emails about how this was sent to them in error. As is classic for an email storm, this set off a flurry of emails requesting to be removed from the list...of course in Reply All form. This response led to another wave of "stop replying to all you losers!" Meanwhile, the doctors of emergency medicine, who are clearly no better than your average 16 year old girl, continued to reply to all asking to be taken off the list while other grown men and women called them idiots. A couple of emails betting the over/under of the emails also generated (the line is unofficially at 60). As of this morning the emails are still coming.
It's a great email storm. It'll likely continue until whatever beleaguered, tech-averse physician realizes she totally fucked up her list-serve fixes it. It's also good information to have because it's a snapshot of EM physicians behaving light unprofessional children. I hope to get the chance to meet some of these people so I can judge them.
But now, isn't this a fantasy football post?
It's extremely interesting trying to recap two weeks...mostly because it is impossible. With the parity in this league as it is, most teams performed like two different teams in Weeks 3 and 4.
After my embarrassing win over Jon in Week 3 (73-57) where Jake Locker scored over 35% of my total points, I had a respectable 109-105 defeat at the hands of Travis, which I managed without a QB at all.
Godin, meanwhile, rebounded with 91 points in Week 4 but continues to look, well, average. After an explosive start, Jon has settled back to the middle of the pack. Travis has continually made the statement that 12 teams = chaos, with too much parity. While its too soon to really tell, Godin's team's massive swings is concerning.
Also on the rebound: Ryan Davis, who like Godin is awash in inconsistency. One player who is NOT is Kim, the reigning champion of the tie. Also, her team is terrible.
This post is short, and it's because I can only type on my iPad for so long before I go insane. More updates later this week or early next week, including some more details about stats/fines.
Not like, kill someone in cold blood or kick a puppy bad, but I have been lazy/overworked bad. What that means for you is no WNQ last week. I'll try to do better. This week and for the rest of the month.
The big problem right now is that I don't have a laptop. Last week I was in Washington DC interviewing for a position at Georgetown. This week I'm flying to Henry Ford. All of next week I'll be in Denver at the American College of Emergency Physicians conference, and then the next week I'm doing the famed Nebraska to Phoenix to Orlando to Nebraska cross country jaunt.
But enough about me. One quick story before I get into meat of this post. As some of you may know, I love a good email storm. Probably not as much as Peter, but I'm probably one of their biggest fans in the world. For those who don't know, Wikipedia defines an email storm as "a sudden spike of reply all messages on an email distribution list, usually caused by a controversial or misdirected message." I've been a huge fan of these ever since Women's Bible Study 2006 crashed the University of Michigan email system.
Yesterday, a woman named Vicki Daly sent an email to the "Resident and Student Advisory Committee" telling them about the time of an ACEP meeting time. It is unclear to me who is supposed to be on this committee, but I can assure you that I am not one of them. I originally thought about replying, but then realize I couldn't possibly be part of this meeting and ignored it.
Since then 44 messages have been generated over the course of about 16 hours. The initial flurry of emails expressed confusion as to what this meeting is and why all of us are supposed to be there. This was followed by a couple of well-meant yet misguided emails about how this was sent to them in error. As is classic for an email storm, this set off a flurry of emails requesting to be removed from the list...of course in Reply All form. This response led to another wave of "stop replying to all you losers!" Meanwhile, the doctors of emergency medicine, who are clearly no better than your average 16 year old girl, continued to reply to all asking to be taken off the list while other grown men and women called them idiots. A couple of emails betting the over/under of the emails also generated (the line is unofficially at 60). As of this morning the emails are still coming.
It's a great email storm. It'll likely continue until whatever beleaguered, tech-averse physician realizes she totally fucked up her list-serve fixes it. It's also good information to have because it's a snapshot of EM physicians behaving light unprofessional children. I hope to get the chance to meet some of these people so I can judge them.
But now, isn't this a fantasy football post?
It's extremely interesting trying to recap two weeks...mostly because it is impossible. With the parity in this league as it is, most teams performed like two different teams in Weeks 3 and 4.
After my embarrassing win over Jon in Week 3 (73-57) where Jake Locker scored over 35% of my total points, I had a respectable 109-105 defeat at the hands of Travis, which I managed without a QB at all.
Godin, meanwhile, rebounded with 91 points in Week 4 but continues to look, well, average. After an explosive start, Jon has settled back to the middle of the pack. Travis has continually made the statement that 12 teams = chaos, with too much parity. While its too soon to really tell, Godin's team's massive swings is concerning.
Also on the rebound: Ryan Davis, who like Godin is awash in inconsistency. One player who is NOT is Kim, the reigning champion of the tie. Also, her team is terrible.
This post is short, and it's because I can only type on my iPad for so long before I go insane. More updates later this week or early next week, including some more details about stats/fines.
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