FantasySportGuru Headhunter Letter, Part IV

Dear Fantasy Basketball Manager,

We are pleased to bring you our fourth annual headhunter letter, longer and better than before. We at the Fantasy SportsGuru Headhunter, Inc. do not promise any results from our recommended candidates; individual results may vary. Last year, for instance, we were in error when we brought to you Russell Westbrook and Jrue Holiday, who true to their UCLA Bruin ways, failed to live up to expectations, especially in the instance of one Mr. Holiday. The lesson was, in this instance, to never trust anyone named “Jrue.” Here in 2012, we have thoroughly researched the diverse applicant pool and come to conclusions on several remarkable candidates.

One Alfred Joel Horford Reynoso (a.k.a. Al Horford) has thoroughly impressed us this season due to his dedicated work ethic, ability to work with colleagues, and positive contributions in multiple capacities (points, rebounds, assists, steals, FG%, etc.) Now separated from cancerous former colleagues (Joe Johnson), Mr. Horford will be coming back strong from a injury-plagued season

Another strong candidate is a young man with great credentials who has already reached the highest level of the college ranks is one Anthony Davis, who has thoroughly impressed all experts while winning the national championship in his first year. He will have quite a challenge adjusting to the professional ranks, but his elite skill set has really never been witnessed before in our industry. Do not be put off by his massive unibrow; Scoff at the rumors that he is not even human; enjoy this man’s role as the backbone of your organization’s defensive strategy.

Emerging from the backwoods of Timberwolves country, Luke Ridnour is a renowned sharpshooter who distributes passes with the precision of a proficient hunter during duck season in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes. He has proven to be a strong adhesive in any team environment, and his salary demands will be very miniscule. He will provide his own lunch and bring his lunch pail to work. Please consider this underrated candidate as a source of glue to solidify your organization.

As always, we must caution you against some fraudulent candidates who will only weigh you down. This is our official statement that we cannot sign off on these candidates.

Tyreke Evans is a very exciting professional and can create flickers of hope for the downtrodden masses of Sacramento with some aesthetically-pleasing performances, but upon a closer look at numbers, he weighs down the team in various capacities (FG%, FT%, TO) and may do more harm than good. Steer clear.

We have always appreciated Mr. Dwayne Wade’s “Fall Down Seven, Get up Eight” attitude and charitable spirit in giving Sports Utility Vehicles to random children, but we believe he has engaged in a downward spiral and is not keeping up with the new age. His demeanor has also shifted for the worse, becoming abrasive at neutral officials and testy with other colleagues not named LeBron James. Mr. Wade’s best years, as can be said about Mr. Bryant and Mr. Duncan before, are behind him.

Finally, despite his heroic efforts and superhuman shows of ability, Dwight Howard has never been able to cure his biggest weaknesses (lack of offensive skill and charity stripe work), and now entering his 9^th season, a change of scenery to the bright lights of Hollywood and the sharp criticisms of Kobe Bryant might be a turn for the worst. Recent reports are that Mr. Howard is not yet ready to work, and even does pass a physical he will not justify the price that you must pay for his services. Please do not invest in the services of this man.

We know that you will have many questions and doubts throughout the season about your employees, invovling many trials and tribulations, and you will develop personal relationships with the employees that you do eventually hire. We recommend that you hire mostly with cold hard facts and our numbers, (partly because if you don't in real life there's bound to be employment litigation in your future), but also so that you can have fun with your employees (short of finding yourself in a closet with your pants down with them); you will enjoy yourself if you enjoy those you surround yourself with.

Fantasize on,

Fantasysportguru Headhunter, Inc.

Chairman, President, and Omicient Ruler

Playoffs? We Talking bout Playoffs?

In this post I flip the whole  playoffs notion on its head.  

First off, About 2 weeks ago I endured one of the most taxing experiences in human life: going through a fantasy baseball playoff season. It was only 2 weeks, but it felt like forever. Happened 2 weks ago,but I’m still recovering from it.

1.)    Have to set your lineup every day.

2.)    Have to interpret weather patterns and cold fronts moving through the Midwest to the East Coast to see how it will affect the evening Tuesday games.

3.)    Makes me interested in Astros v. Marlins at the end of the season when both teams are a combined 64.5 games out.

4.)    There are some young guys who EXCEL at the end of the season for various reasons, either because they’ve finally been given some playing time, they’re playing for a new contract, the pitchers they face are September call-ups, etc.

5.)    Pitchers’ starts get moved around a LOT. And at a whim.

6.)    You get texts from your opponent all the time regarding what happened.

7.)    Anything can happen in a one-week playoff. Unfortunately, the best team doesn’t always win. (Just ask the managers in my USC Law league, who saw a regular season with 2 dominant teams who got byes as the #1 and #2 seeds only to see the #6 seed beat the No. 3, No. 2, and No.1 seeds in a epic run in the playoffs where each matchup was decided on the last day, even the last game, of the week.  *See note below about playoffs.

8.)    You need to be not working to fully enjoy it. Unfortunately, I won’t have that luxury for about 45 years.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you like them,) a playoff system is an imperfect way of deciding who the “best team” is. The playoffs are exciting, they get great ratings, and they provide some sort of way to “resolve” the season in an elimination format, in a sort of “do-or-die” system where there’s a winner, or a loser. As exciting as it is, its flaws are that it 1.) neutralizes the regular season as almost irrelevant besides determining “byes” and who actually makes the playoffs. Important to narrow a 30-team field to say, 16 teams (like in the NBA), but it really doesn’t reward the teams who had a great regular season, as 2.) the moment the playoffs begin, the regular season becomes irrelevant. Basically, 80% of the season (in most sports) is the regular season, and it’s totally made irrelevant as soon as the playoffs begin. 3.)There is no “clutch” playoff team. I’m in the camp where teams don’t magically “become a great playoff team because they’re clutch,” it’s just luck. Teams get hot all the team, at the beginning of the season, in the middle of the season, whatever, “great playoff teams” just happen to get hot at the best time, the end of the season. There’s ways to increase that chance of “being great in the postseason,” by saving your studs or trying to get the most favorable schedule, for instance, but teams inherently don’t just “get to another level” in the playoffs. 4.) It gives random, less-deserving winners. There’s been a rash of teams both in my fantasy leagues and real sports. 2011 St. Louis Cardinals, 2012 New York Giants, 2010 San Francisco Giants, 2011 Green Bay Packers, just to name a few: had mediocre regular seasons, barely squeezed into the playoffs, then made epic runs through the playoffs. Great television, certainly, and in a way “deserved” because they beat the so-called “best teams,” but were they really the “best” team that year? What if their one-month run happened in the early parts of the regular season? It’d just be a “nice winning streak,” nothing special. It makes us totally forget about the teams who were “best from start to almost-finish (right before they lost in the playoffs) of those years, including the 2011 Philadelphia Phillies, the 2012 Green Bay Packers, etc. Certainly we like playoff system in that they “pit the best teams against each other at the end of the season and may the best team win,” but let’s just remember what it is: an imperfect way of determining a champion of a sport.

The most “pure” system of determining a champion of a league, in my opinion, is actually the college football system. (where there’s no playoffs---- I know, like 85% of the world disagrees with me). Remember, though, I’m saying “purest” or “most pure” (whichever one is grammatically correct), not “ the best.” In college football, EVERY game matters in terms of trying to win a championship because if you lose, you are out of the national championship hunt. The regular season IS the playoff; no games are irrelevant, every game could end your season. (Witness USC @ Stanford 2012). The best 2 teams that play for the national championship at the end of the year are the 2 teams that have played “the best” throughout the season, managing no losses or one loss to a worse team. Now, obviously the BCS has BIG problems like why a certain 12-1 team gets to go to the national title game rather than another 12-1 team, but in terms of allowing the regular season to dictate the champions, that is pure.

However, for my sports viewing, I’m all for playoffs. It means high stakes, great action, and an excuse to sit around with friends watching athletes compete at the highest level with everything on the line. I’m a fan.  

Fantasize on, 

Robert Yan 

Jury Duty

The Jury Duty system is one of he many things wrong with America.

Yes, from the negative tone of this first sentence, I was summoned to jury duty yesterday, and I did NOT like it. 2nd time in 3 years.......the first time, my name actually got called and I was pulled into a courtroom, but I wasn't selected as part of the panel. This time, I literally sat in a room all day for 8 hours watching my life flash before my eyes, trying to read my book(s) comfortably but failing to do so due to the sheer number of people around me and the noise level, as well as the fact you're in jury duty and just don't want to do anything anyway.

The jury duty process is just an inane abuse of time. It happens first because America is one of the only countries to use a jury system, a trial by a group of one's peers that somehow "reflect the general consciousness of society, as the theory goes. Never mind that these peers could be vastly uninformed, know nothing about the law, and could be the most despicable people on the face of the earth; or worse, they could be lawyers. In the system, the judge, the lawyers, in fact the whole judicial system, comes down to what happens in a room where random people select what happens to one person. It really unnecessarily puts the power of deciding things in a group that really doesn't deserve to, nor should.

The next problem of this "jury" process is getting all the jurors: I counted at least 150-200 people selected for jury duty on the day I was there. About 90 of those people (about half) were actually called into a courtoroom, much less actually paneled, so that out of 180 or so 20 people probably got selected, a nice 11% batting average, while 89% of the people there wasted their day in jury duty, 50% of those not even leaving the jury waiting room (like me- not holding a grudge or anything). And that's just the people in Ventura County Superior Court, an offshoot of the Los Angeles Superior Court system, on a Monday. Talk about fantasy football or iPhones negatively affecting workplace productivity, jury duty has to be a main culprit preventing Americans from working.

And the reason we need those 180-200 people every day is also due to an inane and inexplicable judicial process: Courts set about 100 cases or so for trial on the same day about 6 months in advance, hoping (and crossing their fingers) that most of them will settle, so that of the few that haven't settled, they can deal with those on the day of their trial. However, because the Court doesn't know how many of those 100 or cases might settle or not settle, they call a whole bunch of jurors in every day "just in case" they have a lot of cases. There's an easy solution to this: a week or 2 weeks before trial, CALL the lawyers on the cases and see if they've settled or not and still need a trial. If it has already settled, CROSS THEM OFF THE LIST. This is a job that one court clerk can do, instead of pull 200 people from their everyday working lives (where some of them don't get paid for that day of jury duty) and have them sit in a room all day, with not exactly the most comfortable of seats neither.


Now that I've worked myself into a huff, here are some other things we could have instead of Jury Duty day that would be more productive:


1.) "Appreciate Each Other" Day: People from all walks of life are summoned to a park or community center or some sort of large area and just talk about life, talk through their problems, learn about what others do. Every 3 years, you get a nice "recharge. Group activities like fun icebreakers, 2 truths and a lie, "One thing I love about my job and One thing I hate" are all good ideas to get started.

2.) "Physical Fitness" Day: People are called into to a gym and play different sports that they might not normally try, not only to get them physically active for that day but to get them interested in sports that they might try. Climbing wall, rope climb, volleyball, you name it. Dodgeball would be included. Seems like a great investment considering we're the "most obese country in the nation."

3.) "Driving Tips Day": Especially with new cell phone laws and new distractions like texting, seems like a great investment for our personal health to have this day for everyone, everyone go to a DMV and get updates on driving, with driving simulators, like a driving checkup. Doesn't sound as fun as the other 2, but the utilitarian benefits of that would be huge.

4.) Government Day: Everyone go in every 4 years (for every new 4-year Presidential term) and learn about new laws, regulations, policies, etc. that government has created, whether federal, state, municipal, etc. just to inform everyone about the laws. This would help society by, you know, PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BREAKING LAWS.

Anyway, it won't be another year until Jury Duty day for me, but as evident from this post I will be eagerly awaiting that day again.

Fantasize on,

Robert Yan

Prayer

I almost never talk about religion. I never voluntarily bring up religion in conversation (to me, it's a divisive topic that I don't know that much about and one that's hard to utilize a "cheap joke" at, so I avoid it. Many people feel strongly about it). I don't like to talk about my own religion, or lack thereof. My parents never took me to church, my parents never talked to me about religion. My friends don't talk about religion. People from different religions reach out to me from time to time, but I don't commit to anyone. I don't read religious books. I have not read the Bible or any other sacred literature. I do not observe religious holidays, except when they also happen to be federal holidays. I do not try to convince anyone that my way of viewing religion is correct. I do not pause for a prayer before meals unless I'm the guest of someone who does.


To me, there's no "correct" answer for religion. As I've mentioned before, I believe there is a higher power, just not necessarily the ones that the major religions believe to exist.

But the point of this article is, I pray. And I'm not talking about the "Prayer for Relief" that I write in lawsuit complaints. I'm talking about the prayer that most associate with communicating to a higher power, the definition : a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to an object of worship.


I pray before I got to bed. I do not pray often enough; I often forget because I have had a long day and am ready to go to bed. When I do pray, I do not fold my hands together or do anything with my hands. When I pray, I use my mind to communicate to "whoever it is" if they're listening. I used to pray for myself. I used to pray for my fantasy team. I used to pray for selfish things. I no longer pray for those things as the purpose of prayer and appealing to a higher power, I believe, should not be a selfish endeavor, and I've already been blessed enough in my life.

I pray for peace in the world. I pray for justice to be served. I pray for the weak to be relieved of oppression from their oppressors. I pray for the hopeless to become hopeful. I pray for a miracle for one person who's given up. I pray for sickness to become prosperity. I pray for death to become life. I pray for fairness, for equality, for good to be rewarded.

I pray for specific people. I pray for my family to stay healthy. I pray for people I meet randomly to be granted their wishes. I pray for people who are in agony to be relieved of their pain. I pray for non-specific things as well.

I pray for forgiveness sometimes when I have done something wrong. I pray I have the ability to prevent those mistakes from happening again. I pray that I become a better person. I know I have the ability to control myself more than prayer will.

I usually do not know if these prayers are granted. I know my family has stayed safe. I know prayer helps me stay grounded. I pray that my prayers have some good for someone in this life.


Fantasize on,

Robert Yan

A Day in the Life of the Fantasy Baseball Playoffs

Note: I have not changed names of league members because I doubt anyone minds. However, if anyone wants their name "redacted," let me know. I do not want to be sued for defamation/slander, IIED, etc. 

September 12, 2012. The day after the 11^th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, news out of Libya that the U.S. ambassador and 2 others were killed in an extremist attack. Season premiere of “Glee” set to debut on Fox. In the USC Law Fantasy Baseball playoffs, however, it’s Day 3 of the Opening Round and things are gloomy in Bobbyland. Facing a similar opponent as his last 2 times in the playoffs (like Lance and Portelli, beat Vikas twice in the regular season, theoretically have tiebreaker, also in the 4-5 matchup), Bobby, like the last 2 times, is trailing in both hitting and pitching categories. On the last 2 occasions, Bobby basically lost on Wednesday (Blanton got lit up, Portelli threw 2 more great starts). Today needs to go differently. It HAS to. Doesn’t help that the Mustachios already have 7 R’s, 5 HR’s, and 13 RBI’s, and a .345 avg to boot. Meanwhile, in the other Goldberg and Clark’s offenses have been anemic; pitching gives Clark slight edge, as well as his higher seed.

8:00AM. Wake up. Had trouble sleeping lamenting why I started Jaime Garcia on Monday, who got rocked. Anxiously head to work.

9:00AM. Get to work. Check Rotoworld. All’s calm.  Need a big day from my 2 scrub $1 pitcher pickups, Travis Wood and Ervin Santana. What have I done?

10:00AM. Notice Goldberg is playing not one, but TWO pitchers at Cincinatti in the same game: A.J. Burnett and Homer Bailey. Does he have a death wish? Playing with fire, especially having started the unknown Samuel Deduno. Summoned to go to Glendale Superior Court. Unlike other bus stops in the LA Superior Court system not named Stanley Mosk, Glendale is……presentable.

1:00PM. Phillies-Marlins in full swing. Clark got a gem of a game from Kershaw Tuesday night, but the “new-look” Dodgers keep putting up scores like Boulean Code (101111010100……) and lose 1-0. A non-zero chance that Dodger fan Daniel Goldberg had something to do with that. Btw, is it me or does anyone else get these Goldberg & Glass updates?

3:00PM. Jimmy Rollins confirms my love for him by hitting a 2-run jack, putting the Phils up 3-1 and functionally giving Cliff (“Clifford” Lee, as Clark informs me through text) and Clark a much-needed win. Advantage, Clark. Did I mention that I beat Goldberg just enough to allow Clark to face Goldberg this week instead of take the brunt of the Mustachio onslaught? You’re welcome.

4:00PM. Evening main course begins. Box score and scoreboard watching commences; impossible to focus on work; Clark apparently can, because he forgets to insert Alex Cobb into lineup (apparently not learning from last year’s Josh Collmenter-Iphone choke/fiasco). Cobb immediately gives up 2 runs and multiple hits in the first inning and takes Clark off the hook. Goldberg gets a much needed home run from Granderson (where has he been?) early.

5:00PM. Last hour of work; completely a mess now and totally just watching baseball on my computer; Travis Wood pitching for Cubs against the hapless Astros. David Wright actually heads my instructions and converts to “Beast Mode,” stealing 2 bases. Mets still don’t score any runs though. A.J. Burnett and Homer Bailey amazingly both pitch well for Goldberg. Clark counters with Ryan Dempster vs. easy prey Indians. If there’s any justice in this world, Dempster will pitch better against the Tribe than Samuel Deduno.

6:00PM. Really getting my jollies when Robbie Cano homers, then David Murphy, Michael Young, Nori Aoki, and Alfonso Soriano (all $1 guys from the wire) all pick up consecutive hits, boom, boom boom, boom. Soriano, who has the quietest 29 HR’s and 97 RBI’s in the league, goes deep and I’m feeling good. That feeling is instantly doused when Rickie Weeks hits a 2-run jack. I soberly drive down to Angel Stadium.

7:00PM. I arrive at Angel Stadium and meet my enemy…..Vikas, of the Dastardly Mustachios. On past occasions he’s talked about how “dominant” he was last season and how “maybe he should just everyone else a chance this year because he kicked so much ass last year.” Barf. The good news is, I’m starting Ervin Santana and watching the Angels, one of the rare occasions I can wholeheartedly, enthusiastically cheer for my favorite team AND my fantasy team at the same time. The stars align.

8:00PM. The bad news is, the Angels are sucking. It’s not Santana’s fault; with 2 out and a runner on 2^nd in the first a slow hopper goes to SS Erick Aybar and he promptly boots it, leading to a run. The Angels are also allergic to hitting tonight due to a masterful performance by something named “A.J. Griffin.” Meanwhile, Vikas is busy on his Iphone, where he’s reporting what’s happening in our fantasy matchup with glee. No, Vikas, it’s not subtle when you state “oop, something good happened for me in the Chicago-Detroit game!” No, it’s not comforting when you state, “Prince Fielder just hit a 3-run jack. But hey, Angel Pagan isn’t playing for me.” Yes, it is a big deal when you have 21 RBI’s in the first 3 games on pace for 47 for the week. Apparently Vikas’s players aren’t the only ones doing damage in Chicago, as Kevin Youkilis connects for 2 HR’s and 4RBI’s for Clark, but is countered by Granderson’s 2^nd home run and Billy Butler’s 3-RBI effort. Goldberg also seems to take a sizable lead in Saves when Papa Grande Valverde converts a rocky 9^th inning.

9:00PM. Santana pitches well but will leave with a 2-0 deficit after 6 innings. Travis Wood + Ervin Santana, my 2 waiver wire adds, combine for 13 2/3 innings, 2 ER, 12 K’s, and a W. Possibly saves my season. Unfortunately, tonight will probably deplete the Halos’ season, as they’re in danger of being shut out. Meanwhile, Vikas announces, “whelp, that’s the end of the fantasy day for me! I only got 8 R’s, 3 HR’s, and 8 RBI’s. Damn.” I let out an audible groan and yell at Vernon Wells for being an expensive excuse for an outfielder. There’s about a Airport-size hole on the right side of the infield to hit through with a man on first and the Angels down 4-0 he refuses every time to hit there, flying out softly to left. Douche. Bag.

10:00PM. Can’t believe Jason Isringhausen is still alive. Less able to believe Mike Scoscia’s bringing him in in a crucial game. 4-0 A’s. We head for the exits, mercifully.

10:15PM. As we are leaving the stadium a crack of the bat is heard followed by loud cheering and fireworks. Seems like “El Hombre” has left the yard after hitting a meaningless home run making it 4-1. The guy is pure mercenary; he never comes up big and has massive Sammy Sosa Syndrome: only hits home runs when up by at least 6 or down by at least 5. Goldberg and Clark are tied 5-5 with all offensive categories extremely close; Clark with a slight lead in starting pitching but an army of pitchers for both teams still left to go, especially Hombre’s aces Price and Hamels. That matchup will be decided this weekend. Vikas is visibly happy; everyone on his team has at least 1 run scored this week, everyone except Kemp has 1 RBI. I walk out knowing I’m still down 7-3 and definitely on the ropes, but with a glimmer of hope: Jered Weaver is pitching tomorrow. One can always hope, right?

Fantasize on,

Robert Yan 

What Can Go Wrong Making a Court Appearance

Part of being a litigator (or any attorney, for that matter) is making court appearances. There are a lot of variables in making these court appearances; there's a lot that can go wrong. Here are a list of things I may or may not have done (hint: have done)  while in law school (worked for a superior law judge) and as an attorney that new attorneys can learn from and watch out for in making court appearances.



1.) Always carry extra ties. Never run out of those.

2.) Get your attire ready the day before, especially if you normally wear "casual clothing." It takes more time to get ready for a court appearance day.

3.) Carry extra copies of business cards with you. Put'em in your briefcase, your folders, your pockets, etc.

4.) Most court dates are 8:30AM, meaning you'll be in rush hour traffic, and probably heading somewhere centrally located, like a downtown or a business district. Sucks for you; leave early.

5.) Some attorneys may try to cheat and "time the appearance" by showing up 10 minutes later or something because judges don't often start exactly at 8:30AM, but some judges do, and you don't want to risk it. To pass the time, bring extra work, or something else to occupy your time, but get there before the time you're scheduled to.

6.) Know where the Courtroom is if you're in a big building. It might take some time to get to that building from the entrance. Case in point: L.A. Superior Court, Stanley Mosk Courthouse. 10 floors, slow elevators. Security line to get in is long.

7.) Know if opposing counsel is coming. Be on the lookout for him/her in case you need to exchange documents/have conversations.

8.) check in with the court clerk. As long as court clerk knows you're there, they'll try to get you in, let you go to the bathroom, etc.

9.) Be ready to say "your honor." When I was a law student I addressed the judge without saying it and was reprimanded. I haven't made that mistake again.

10.) Have all papers ready/bring the entire file.This needs to be done the previous afternoon when you get off work unless you want to come in EARLY the next morning. Never know what you might need. Put the most likely-brought up issues on top.

11.) Bring a pen. Write down everything judge says when he/she discusses your case.

12.) Bring other filings that you might want to file in the same courthouse to avoid duplicate trips or getting "runners" to do it.

13.) PARKING- parking probably deserves its own post. Park as close as you to the courthouse.

14.) Get unmetered parking- that you can stay for the whole day for.

15.) If forced to get metered parking, get the whole amount (2 hours max, get the 2 hours). You never know how long the judge's calendar is, so don't assume you'll get out at 9:30 or 10; just get the whole amount, saves you from a lot of problems if the judge doesn't get to your case in time.

16.) Let someone from your office know you're going to court- in case you're needed, or you need someone to bring something to the court that you forgot....at least you get a partner in crime.

17.) Know that it's not the end of the world if you miss a court appearance. It's not professional, it's not good, and definitely don't miss it. But if you do, you have an opportunity to show cause as to why you missed it and call the court to fix anything that is needed. But seriously, don't do it. Not even I've done that.


Fantasize on,

Robert Yan

Mondays

Being that it's.....Monday, here's some facts about Mondays:

1.) Waking up on Mondays is about 2.5 times tougher than on any other day. 

2.) Morning commutes on non-holiday Mondays are always bad. 

3.) The Monday after a holiday Monday is the toughest kind of Monday. 

4.) Monday mornings go by faster at work. 

5.) Some attorneys wait specifically until Monday from the weekend. 

6.) NFL fans everywhere overreact tremendously about their teams on Monday. 

7.) college football fans everywhere overreact tremendously about their teams on Monday. 

8.) People work less on Mondays than any other day except Saturday and Sunday. Just in 2012 alone, here are the Mondays that were federal holidays: 1.) New Year's Day, 2.) MLK Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day (o thank god that's coming up), and Veteran's Day. 

9.) More suicides committed on Mondays than Sundays- can't state definitely the reason for this, but the way Mondays go sometimes, I can understand. One possible reason: As the unofficially recognized "first day of the week" the realization that one's life will continue indefinitely in a downward spiral and that the cycle is starting all over again may cause unstable individuals to end the pain. Can't say I approve. 

10.) More complaints probably written on Mondays, after a long weekend of things to complain about, like cancelled events, bad customer service, referees messing up games, bills that come in on Monday......It's a big day of complaining. 

Fantasize on, 

Robert Yan