The Official 2013 Picks List is up

The picks have been entered and hopefully they are correct.  You can either view them HERE, or use the link over to the left.  Please review them and make sure everything looks correct.  Also, there will be a cool little tool coming in the next few days, so be on the lookout for it.  Should be helpful.

Year end awards and announcements

Mama needs another new pair of shoes
The woman who originally didn't want to play has won for a second year in a row. Congratulations are due to Cathy H. You excel where others fail; predicting the deaths of the famous and famous-ish in yearly chunks. Enjoy your well earned victory!

And the winner of the 2nd annual Margaret Walker Humanitarian Award is...
the 1st Peggy winner, its namesake, Margaret W.  While Margaret is no longer with us, her spirit of charity continues on.  And since she has the longest run of not scoring (having never scored in this game), she wins hands down.  The Peggy Award comes with a cash prize based on the interest earned for the 1st place prize.  This year, the Peggy Award is 18¢.  Congratulations to Margaret W!

It should be known, when asked if she wanted to play last year, she said of her picks "let them ride".  With that wish, so long as she still has an intact 10 picks, we here at Happy Funtime will continue to grant that wish.  This year, Cathy H has graciously covered Margaret W's entry fee from her winnings so that we can "let them ride".

Picks are due by Sunday at 11:59:59 pm (Tomorrow night)
A couple of folks from last year still haven't gotten their picks in.  There are also a few that have shown interest and not yet submitted.  Let's not miss that deadline (no pun intended).

Just a quick note

We'll call the game on the 5th, and all picks currently received are in play for 2013. 

Who shot JR? Megan!

Make pretend oil tycoon Larry Hagman has died.  He did Dallas.  Probably some other stuff, but really... Dallas.  Twice.  The awesome original, and the recent reboot.   Ooh, he was in I Dream of Jeanie too!  So oilman, and astronaut; that's quite the remarkable pretend life.  Completing the story, Hagman died peacefully in a Dallas hospital, bringing life full circle for JR.  And putting Megan ahead of Kent on the scoreboard doesn't hurt either.  Larry Martin Hagman, dead at the age of 81.  Read more HERE.

*Points awarded

Moon River runs dry

Andy Williams, Jesus of Branson, has died. A crooner by birth, his songs were like a nap for the ears. Like benadryl turkey. Even Williams sounded like he was yawning as he sang. He started out in a quartet with his brothers Don, Dick, and Bob as The Williams Brothers, and what a bunch of hell raisers they were. But talent took him solo, and solo he now lays. Christmas will continue, but it'll never be the same. Howard Andrew Williams, dead at the age of 84. Read more HERE.

* points awarded

Deacon Frye gets face to face with the Lord

Sherman Hemsley, he of television fame, has died. Hemsley is probably best known as dry cleaner George Jefferson from the hit show The Jeffersons, and to a lesser extent Ernest Frye on Amen, but obviously his finest work was as the boss on Dinosaurs. This is a fact. B.P. Richfield, people. He stole the show. But we're not here to eulogize Dinosaurs, rather we should remember the man who today finally found himself movin on up (yes it's the easy joke, but it had to be done). Sherman Alexander Hemsley, the most unexpected progressive rock fan ever, dead at the age of 74.

Die, Sally Ride

Sally Ride, a woman, has died. Get this... she went into space without a Y chromosome. Wait, it gets crazier... she was the first one to do it too! No I know, crazy, right? Ms. Ride was also the youngest astronaut to ever break the surly bonds of gravity and punch the face of God. And now God has exacted his revenge. Sally Kristen Ride, dead at the age of 61. Read more HERE.