Every NFL Match-Up Win/Loss Record: 1920-present
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The win/loss record for every possible NFL match-up since the beginning of the league. Stats include regular and post season match ups 1920-present). Source for games 1920- 2010, 2011 stats gathered from espn.com) Color codes show win records for franchise, league and/or both. Enjoy!
I didn’t reblog this so much for extroverts to understand introverts, but for introverts to comprehend their introversion and why its not a bad thing. Introverts: Unite!
Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk.
This is not true. Introverts just don’t talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in, and they won’t shut up for days.Myth #2 – Introverts are shy.
Shyness has nothing to…
Myth #3 – Introverts are rude.
Introverts often don’t see a reason for beating around the bush with social pleasantries. They want everyone to just be real and honest. Unfortunately, this is not acceptable in most settings, so Introverts can feel a lot of pressure to fit in, which they find exhausting.Myth #4 – Introverts don’t like people.
On the contrary, Introverts intensely value the few friends they have. They can count their close friends on one hand. If you are lucky enough for an introvert to consider you a friend, you probably have a loyal ally for life. Once you have earned their respect as being a person of substance, you’re in.Myth #5 – Introverts don’t like to go out in public.
Nonsense. Introverts just don’t like to go out in public FOR AS LONG. They also like to avoid the complications that are involved in public activities. They take in data and experiences very quickly, and as a result, don’t need to be there for long to “get it.” They’re ready to go home, recharge, and process it all. In fact, recharging is absolutely crucial for Introverts.Myth #6 – Introverts always want to be alone.
Introverts are perfectly comfortable with their own thoughts. They think a lot. They daydream. They like to have problems to work on, puzzles to solve. But they can also get incredibly lonely if they don’t have anyone to share their discoveries with. They crave an authentic and sincere connection with ONE PERSON at a time.Myth #7 – Introverts are weird.
Introverts are often individualists. They don’t follow the crowd. They’d prefer to be valued for their novel ways of living. They think for themselves and because of that, they often challenge the norm. They don’t make most decisions based on what is popular or trendy.Myth #8 – Introverts are aloof nerds.
Introverts are people who primarily look inward, paying close attention to their thoughts and emotions. It’s not that they are incapable of paying attention to what is going on around them, it’s just that their inner world is much more stimulating and rewarding to them.Myth #9 – Introverts don’t know how to relax and have fun.
Introverts typically relax at home or in nature, not in busy public places. Introverts are not thrill seekers and adrenaline junkies. If there is too much talking and noise going on, they shut down. Their brains are too sensitive to the neurotransmitter called Dopamine. Introverts and Extroverts have different dominant neuro-pathways. Just look it up.Myth #10 – Introverts can fix themselves and become Extroverts.
Introverts cannot “fix themselves” and deserve respect for their natural temperament and contributions to the human race. In fact, one study (Silverman, 1986) showed that the percentage of Introverts increases with IQ.(Source: carlkingcreative.com)
How the Internet can weigh on your job search…
I found this news story of a woman getting kicked off a train for being loud on her cellphone. The kicker about this story was how she protested that she shouldn’t be reprimanded because she is “very well educated”. Her point, which holds no merit, is kind of ironic: most well educated people would a) know not to speak so loudly in the first place, or b) know this is a battle they cannot win.
Being a Sunday night, after the US Open, Stanley Cup and NBA Finals have finished, I investigated this story out of boredom for my own entertainment… I found the YouTube video of it happening, so I perused the comments to see what people had said (reading Internet comments are my guilty pleasure. Total empty calories). And then I noticed one of the commenters was, apparently, the woman in the video. The user was using the first-person, and adamantly defensive.
The username of the account was a full name. So, I googled it to find out more. All the right things fit, a LinkedIn page [since deleted], pictures, powerpoint presentations… all signs point to her being the woman in the video. Now, I’m pretty convinced it is the same person, but… maybe, somehow, I could be wrong. So it should be noted that everything is “allegedly”.
I am currently working on workshops for college students about how to understand and control your online brand, and this is the perfect example of a bad decision:
I googled the name the same way any potential employer might (just typing in the full name with no added tags like train, obnoxious, or pretentious), a couple of powerpoint presentations, I am assuming from college, come up… which is pretty good. After that, though, it is very ugly. There are blogs, comments, and news stories about her involvement in this incident.
One blogger, who also found out how easy it was to find her name and thus other information, made the quick connection that in her LinkedIn page she touts “communication” as a skill. Well, that video sure isn’t the best reference to that!
This woman should NOT have created the YouTube account using her full name as the username (it was created today), and then commented on the video, or repost it trying to defend herself. Had she not done this, it would have been really hard to make the connection between who was in the video and her actual name. But, by doing so, she is drawing MORE attention to it, unlike showbiz, there IS such a thing as bad publicity in job searching.
The only ways to find out who she was would be if a police report were filed (which is highly unlikely) or someone recognizes her and outs her on the Internet (which is actually surprisingly just as unlikely, usually people don’t do that unless the person in question is high-profile).
But now this woman has opened the door to harassment from the Internet, and embarrassment with friends, family and potential employers.
The Internet is pretty permanent. Personal vengeance, venting, even defending yourself like this woman attempted to do, can be a bad decision because it draws attention to a story that, actually, most people would never find out about. She may succeed in getting a lot of this bad content removed, but still, Internet pages are cached, which means that nothing really gets deleted, it just “goes away”.
Case in point: The woman apparently deleted all her social networking sites (Facebook, twitter, linkedin), but cached versions are available for download in a pdf. I will not link them because I feel spreading it around would be akin to gossip… you can probably find it on your own if you are curious.
So take notes: In my opinion, her actions in the video were immature and ill-advised to begin with. Her actions on the Internet afterward have created footprints of web activity that she has no control over and will link her to this incident and cast a bad light on her candidacy as a job seeker… which I assume she is, her facebook page says she works at “Currently Unemployed”. That page is linked from the YouTube account.
In the year 2011, it is more likely that an employer WILL google you, or otherwise search for your Internet activity, than will not.
I think what most people fail to recognize, and what I believe this woman failed to consider when she made it too easy for people to find out who she is, is that the Internet is VICIOUS. People on the Internet love to latch on to someone and humiliate them. That is what is happening to this woman currently on blogs and facebook.
With that, I would also like to note that I use this incident as an example for professional development, and not to add to her current humiliation. The only judgement I make on her character is that she was not considerate of her actions and the repercussions. Other venues, like the facebook fan page that was created in her name, are far, far less merciful.
[SHOULD BE NOTED: One of two things is probably true: Either 1) Someone else made the YouTube account in her name, which has sparked a flood of publicity on this incident. If that is the case, the woman from the video has actually become a victim of unsolicited attacks. But, 2) in my opinion the more plausible case, the YouTube account was made by the same woman in the video at an attempt to do some form of damage control. In that case, she has brought this attention on herself, albeit, she probably severely underestimated how bad the attention would be. I give these two options because well, there is no way to prove whatever the truth may be. In either case, it is bad news for her job search…]
A stat or two… (Updated, 6/16/11)
Did a little research because I was surprised that this hasn’t popped up yet… only four cities have ever had a championship in each of the four major sports at one time or another…. Shortest time it took each city to win all four:
It took Boston 36 Years: 6 YEARS!!!!!!
(72 NHL, , 05 NFL, 07 MLB, 08 NBA, 2011 NHL)
It took Chicago 25 Years:
(85 NFL, 91-93, 96-98 NBA, 05 MLB, and 10 NHL)
It took LA 22 Years (If you count Anaheim as part of LA):
(84 NFL, 87 NBA, 88 MLB, 06 NHL)
New York currently holds the record with 14 years:
(73 NBA, 80-83 NHL, 86 MLB, 87 NFL)
Also noteworthy, is that Boston is the only city to have defeated the same city in each of the four major sports championships (St Louis):
57 - First NBA Ring (defeating the Hawks)
70 - Stanley Cup (beating the Blues)
04 - World Series (over the Cardinals)
02 - Super Bowl Championship (against the Rams)
There are only 9 other cities that have at least one team in each sport (counting metro areas), but each have never won a championship in at least one sport:Atlanta - NHL and NFL
Washington - NHL, MLB
Detroit - NFL
Denver - MLB
Miami - NHL (Florida Panthers)
Philadelphia - NFL
Phoenix - NHL, NFL and NBA
San Francisco - NHL (San Jose Sharks, if considered part of the Bay Area)
Minneapolis - NHL, NBA and NFL
Some notes: I counted the Nets as a NY team, even though its a moot point (they have no rings), and did so because they play so close to NYC, and Jersey is so intermixed with the NYC metro area.
Also, I did so because it seems there is consensus that San Jose counts as a San Francisco market team, even though the Bay Area is pretty clear cut: San Jose, SF, and Oakland are all clearly defined. Its not like NY where an outsider can’t really tell Mets from Yankee territory or Jets from Giants territory (primarily because its typically dependent on who your born to, not where you’re born.
So, technically, I’d say for the bay area to win a championship in all four sports and have it stick, the Warriors and Sharks would have to win (obviously), and then either Raiders/A’s, or 49ers/Giants. I would not feel okay with those being mixed, though. In either case, everyone in the Bay Area is just waiting on the Sharks….
And I am even more confused about Anaheim and LA. It seems those also have parallels like Oakland/SF. Okland and SF are separated by water, but only a 20 minute drive. Anaheim/LA are only separated by man-made boundaries, but are a 30 minute drive (all drive times according to google maps).
Also, Anaheim may be getting a basketball team. If that happened, Anaheim and LA would each respectively have three of the four major sports (each lacking only football). If that happened, would they have to be considered separate, even though one of their teams has Los Angeles in the title? And if LA gets a football team back, would it count solely as an LA team, or could Anaheim piggy back for just that one sport?
personal branding for students
I’m in the middle of putting together a personal branding workshop for students. here are some of my brief opinions, site by site:
Facebook (100% Private, 100% personal): Completely privatize your facebook. Draw the lines in your corner of cyberspace and make facebook the one place where you can truly interact with friends and family in a private setting. facebook isn’t the best forum for networking, but is #1 for socializing. A locked-down, private facebook allows you to be you, say what you want, and will stop you from sweating every Sunday morning when you get the e-mails that pictures from the weekend are up, and you’re tagged! Just beware, though, employers can still find a way in if they or someone in their office is connected to you.
Twitter (100% public: 60% Professional, 40% personal): Professionalize your twitter account. Don’t make it “protected”, allow anyone to see your tweets…. otherwise, whats the point? Put the private stuff on facebook (now that you’ve shut out the outsiders). Follow professionals and professional hashtags (for example, student affairs people follow #sachat or #sajobs, there are similar hashtags for different industries). Get involved in the conversation: Retweet, mention people, be consistent. Tweet “personal neutral” things. This includes things that are relevant to your personality but won’t cast a bad shadow on you… like your hobbies, the last movie you saw or your last vacation. Leave off how drunk you got last night, how much you hate your ex, or how high you currently are. Put up a professional-looking profile picture, and a headline/bio relevant to your career ambitions and personality. Sell yourself!
LinkedIn (100% professional and public): A must-have for students looking to get professional. Your future boss IS on linkedin, it is the oldest social networking site (linkedin isn’t old, its users are), and an increasing percentage of hiring occurs from recruitment on linkedin. Unlike twitter, you can’t and shouldn’t just connect with anyone and everyone: only colleagues/friends/family. But keep your profile public. Join groups. Get in on the conversation. When you are active in the conversation, people look at your profile.
Integrating your websites: Activate your twitter account on LinkedIn, put your LinkedIn URL as your website on twitter. Make an About.Me page. Your About.Me page connects people to all your social networking sites, and allows you to say a few things about you. What should you say? Who you are, what you want, why you want it (motivation) and a few other tidbits about you. Look at their gallery of featured users for tips.
About.Me allows you to connect to a LOT of different platforms. You can share your YouTube, Vimeo, WordPress, Flickr, Tumblr accounts and so forth. Just use caution though, be conscious of what you are allowing people to see. I don’t mean to dissuade you, though, share away if the pictures/words/videos are PG! I do! I think it works in your favor to give them a “peek” into your world.
Blogs (varies, depending on blog topic): Blogs that are public are dangerous given what you might be sharing. Make sure you most intimate thoughts are kept private…. if your blog is accessible to the public (and most are), be very meticulous about what you post.
Bottom-line rule? Before you post on a site that is accessible to the public, ask yourself: Would I share this at an interview? at a job fair? at a networking event? would I even bring this up at a lunch interview? or after I got hired? The answer should be yes.
Finding that balance of conservatism in your online personality is tricky. Let me reassure you though, it is just as bad to be overly conservative with what you post as it is to be entirely liberal. You want the right parts of your personality to shine. You want people to know you have hobbies and a life outside looking for a job.
Those things help you. Embrace the positive parts of YOU, and you’ll set yourself up to find or attract the job that is perfect for you.
To get started, first seek out professionals in your field that are well-established online. Use what they do as inspiration for how you create your personal brand. There is no “one method” because different industries call for different things.
yes. album out may 3rd
Music Video of the Day: Beastie Boys - “Make Some Noise”
The visual component of the first single off the trio’s eighth effort Hot Sauce Committee Part Two is actually a five-minute snippet from their Sundance-screened short Fight For Your Right Revisited, starring everybody who’s anybody.
Incidentally (or not), Fight For Your Right Revisited will have its television debut tonight at midnight on VH1, followed by an airing of the uncensored version on Comedy Central at 3AM (all times EST).
bortle scale
so fortunate to have grown up in a town that was a 3, and in many spots a 1.
i think about it every time i look up in pittsburgh and see a 9
Thing That Recently Happened
Emily and I were running errands (Sunday August 1st) when Emily decided we should drop by the Pittsburgh rescue shelter. She has been thinking about adopting, and thought we should drop by to see what the process would be for adopting, and of course look at the dogs. Emily ended up falling in love with this little Chihuahua-mix. Not to say I didn’t love the little guy, too, but Emily was clearly smitten. We think she is a Chihuahua-terrier mix, but also has a body like a wiener dog. There are a lot of possibilities. So, needless to say, on Monday, Emily adopted her. Her name is Roary (get it, Roar-y). She is so much fun.
