My Clothes Match

[puppetmaker]

Caroline dressed me this morning. She picked out my pants and shirt for the day. They actually match. Her morning doesn't really start for her until she sees Mama. She has a routine that she likes to follow. I do believe that children do like structure and she has her day pretty much figured out.

I did have a day that I thought I got enough done in one day that was Tuesday. I got most of my costume cut out and the house picked up and saw a really good movie which is opening in limited release February 3rd. Yesterday I got a lot done at the beginning of the day and then spent the afternoon playing with Caroline. So today I have a bunch more things I need to do but then I think I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I had a totally free day.

Can someone explain the concept of the point spread and over/under? I am totally confused about it. I'm going to say Steelers by 7 until I understand this more.

Anyone else think "Dancing with the Stars" is fixed now? I want George Hamilton to dance another day but I have a feeling that Master P is going to dance across the stage with less grace than Sweetums for another week.

Anyone have a question for me?

I am grateful for the potential of a costume being used more than once.

Comments

[darkravenette.livejournal.com]

That "less grace than Sweetums" comment just made me crack up. He has always been my favorite.

And a question: what movie did you see?

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

"World's Fastest Indian" It is a really good film with strong NZ accents

[wide_worlds_joy]

I put you on my writing filters, do you mind?

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Not at all. I think you are a fine writer and I like the exercises you are doing.

[wide_worlds_joy]

Oh, point spread...

To my understanding it's a way for the bookies to make money. It's the number of points at team must win by in order to get the gambling payoff. It's kind of a handicap where a very good team must beat very bad team by X amount of points in order for those who are betting to win.

Say the point spread is 10 points. Team A (the favorite) must win by at least 10 points over team B in order for the gamblers to pay out. If Team A wins by 9 points, they still win, the team fans still get bragging rights, but the $50 you bet on Team A will be kept by the bookie because team A didn't beat the spread.

Most groups use it as a way of judging the relative strengths and weakensses of a given team.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. That makes more sense then what other very drunk people were trying to tell me this past weekend.

[querldox.livejournal.com]

Not quite correct as I understand it. If the spread is for, say, Pittsburgh to beat Seattle by 7, the following scenarios can happen;
1) Pittsburgh beats Seattle by more than 7. Anyone who bet on Pittsburgh giving up 7 points wins the bet, anyone who bet on Seattle plus 7 points loses.
2) Pittsburgh beats Seattle by 1-6 points. Anyone who bet on Pittsburgh giving up 7 points loses the bet, anyone who bet on Seattle plus 7 points wins the bet.
3) Seattle wins by any amount. Same result as in scenario 2).
4) Pittsburgh wins by exactly 7 points. This amounts to a tie for the purposes of the bet and both betters get their bet back.

It's a bit further complicated by betters putting up $1.10 (or some multiple thereof) to with $1. In other words, if I put $110 on Pittsburgh plus 7 and they won by 8, I'd get $210; my original bet back plus the $100 for the win. The "missing" $10 from the bet is how the bookmakers make their money. Their goal is to set the point spread so that there is about equal betting for both teams. Thus, it doesn't matter to the bookmaker who wins; the bets for one team provide the potential payout for bets on the other team, with the 10% overbet ending up in the bookmaker's pockets.

As for over/under, that refers to the total number of points scored in the game. For example, if the over/under is, pulling a number out of my hat, 44, if the combined number of Pittsburgh and Seattle points is more than 44, anyone who bet the over wins. If less than 44, anyone who bet the under wins. If exactly 44, both sides get their bets back. The idea behind this one is that it varies depending on how good the offenses and defenses of the teams playing are; if both teams have good offenses but so-so defenses, the over/under number will be relatively high. If both teams are defensive oriented, it'll be relatively low.

[yendi]

Anyone else think "Dancing with the Stars" is fixed now?

That implies it wasn't fixed before. I can think of few contests that were less obviously rigged than the finale of the first one.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Well do you think the "rematch" was rigged the other way?
I did really think that John was going to win. Overall he did win considering how much it jump started his career.

[yendi]

Honestly, I don't think we'll ever know if the rematch was rigged. ABC clearly recognized the heat they were taking, but since John was so capable of winning on his own, they might not have needed to fix anything, just let it run its course.

And yeah, John definitely got the biggest boost from the show.

[bayarts.livejournal.com]

I agree with you that children like structure. It seems to make them feel more secure.

RE: Your third paragraph? I had to read it three times. Is it about sports? I'm such a sports idiot.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Yep. I got into the Super Bowl pool at our Bowling Alley and was trying to figure out what my chances really were.