@shawn, You Sweet Inglorious Bastard!
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Before March Madness started I was being hounded by colleagues to join a bracket pool. They just wanted to take my money since I know absolutely nothing about college basketball. The harassment continued with, "Are you in, Are you in?"
Anyway, a couple days before the brackets needed to be in I texted them I was out. I didn't have a bracket and didn't feel like searching the web for generic brackets and throw away good money (monoply money for IRS purposes). But not 30 mins after sending that text I saw shawn had posted his 2016 Coder's Bracket. I thought that perhaps, just perhaps that this was a fortuitous coincidence (long shot, I know). So, I texted them back that I was in.
I played his bracket and after tonight's North Carolina win I have 1400 new reasons to give shawn a hug!!!!! (don't be scared)
Because of YOU, my kids trip to Disney World this month just got a whole lot better 
@shawn, thank you soooo much for posting your coder's bracket. My kids also wanted me to say thank you for making it rain. We will be sure to bring you back something from Disney.
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Sweet. Raises for your trip nannies!
And a big thank you to @jaremelz who has been making voodoo dolls (needles and all) of opposing teams the last couple of games. (please post the Syracuse one :)
Am I reading this correctly?!
(But seriously, hurray, @mfladd!)
@narfcake I know, I know. But she has some serious witchy skills!
@mfladd The voodoo queen of needles doesn't ask much. Muahaha
@mfladd And bitch, it was four of the last five. We won't talk about the one time i didn't!
@jaremelz - those nails . . . .
@Pavlov Daggers, you mean.
@jaremelz The final one better be UNC since I live 10 minutes from Villanova!
@cinoclav Well, since he no longer needs voodoo, you got it!
@shawn you are a hero to many. God bless
I could have been there with you if I hadn't fucked it all up!
@mfladd this made my day. Have fun at Disney World!
@shawn Thank you!
Oooooh, now you can afford to take me!
@f00l If you fit into the luggage.
@mfladd
Hmmmm. Crash diet.
@f00l Ummmm.. I had first dibs of being the nanny/suitcase guest!!
@mikibell
Can we double-diet-down and make it work? Mickey can jump on me if it helps.
@f00l hmmm I will consider it.. ;)
Isn't that illegal?
@medz
Isn't what illegal?
Joining a money league?
Using assistance?
Using a coder bracket?
Winning?
Posting stupid pix?
Going to Disneyworld?
Going to Disneyworld and not taking me?
Wasting time on the Internet?
@f00l gambling and using sophisticated programming to give you an upperhand.
@medz It doesn't matter what sophisticated programming you use. With 64 teams starting out your luck of winning is still few and far between. I was lucky. (note: As I posted above we were using monopoly money).
@medz
Technically, I think it's considered a contest of skill, not gambling. No one bitched at Buffett for inciting gambling a few years back, nor at ESPN, yahoo, etc for doing it every year.
For gambling to be legal, you have to do it in a casino or other special location, or on a Wall Street firm's trading desk. (Not regular investing -credit default swaps and the like)
I spoze the sophisticated tech he used was "reading the result of someone else's work". And coders brackets must use human knowledge in choosing and weighting factors. And in most bracket contests, getting help is within the rules.
Anyway, he and family should take the money and run, straight to Space Mountain. And take me along.