Cubanlinks.org http://cubanlinks.org/blog The Abridged Life of Carter Rabasa Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:55:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 It’s Hard to Improve From #1 http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2011/08/21/its-hard-to-improve-from-1/ http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2011/08/21/its-hard-to-improve-from-1/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:08:44 +0000 Carter Rabasa http://cubanlinks.org/blog/?p=2497

Roy Helu tries to past tacklers -- he finished with 124 all-purpose yards.

Well, it’s that time of year again.  Last year I called my shot and ended up winning the whole shebang.  This year, I’m not so sure.  With a dreaded middle-round pick (#8), I felt like I was on my heels the whole time.  And I’m not sure I really drafted anyone at a value spot.  Anyway, without further adieu, here’s my 2011 Fantasy Football team (starters in bold):

  • QB – Vick, Stafford
  • RB – Forte, Ahmad Bradshaw, Felix Jones, Montario Hardesty
  • WR – Dez Bryant, Santana Moss, Danny Amendola, Steve Breaston
  • RB/WR Flex – K. Moreno
  • TE – Dustin Keller
  • K – Alex Henry
  • Def – Giants
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]]> http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2011/08/09/healthy-mother-and-daughter-2/feed/ 0 Happy 1st Birthday, Catherine! http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2011/02/18/happy-1st-birthday-catherine/ http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2011/02/18/happy-1st-birthday-catherine/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:45:21 +0000 Carter Rabasa http://cubanlinks.org/blog/?p=2482 Mmmmm.... cupcake!

]]> http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2011/02/18/happy-1st-birthday-catherine/feed/ 0 Smells Like… Victory http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2010/12/30/smells-like-victory/ http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2010/12/30/smells-like-victory/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:44:19 +0000 Carter Rabasa http://cubanlinks.org/blog/?p=2477 Here’s my take on that old piece of public-speaking advice:

  1. Tell them that you’re going to win (link)
  2. Win (link)
  3. Tell them that you just won

I think the sweetest part was surviving the gauntlet of a competitive, 14-team league with the likes of Donovan McNabb, David Garrard and random waiver-wire dregs (Matthew Stafford, Shaun Hill, etc) at QB.  Picking up Joe Webb and playing him at WR was also a fun moment.  :)

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning"

]]> http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2010/12/30/smells-like-victory/feed/ 0 Scoreboard! http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2010/12/07/scoreboard/ http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2010/12/07/scoreboard/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:48:36 +0000 Carter Rabasa http://cubanlinks.org/blog/?p=2474 I made a pretty bold prediction about my newly assembled fantasy football team right after the draft.  And while some things just didn’t pan out (McNubb, Sydney Rice, Larry Fitzgerald) I pulled a Tom Cruise and made all the right moves to get my hands on studs like Brandon Lloyd and solid contributors like Ryan Torrain, Shaun Hill and  Deion Branch.

Anyway, like I said before, ship me my chips, Hege! Cuban Refugees are #1!

]]> http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2010/12/07/scoreboard/feed/ 0 Tough Day to be a Redskins Fan http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2010/11/16/tough-day-to-be-a-redskins-fan/ http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2010/11/16/tough-day-to-be-a-redskins-fan/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:57:14 +0000 Carter Rabasa http://cubanlinks.org/blog/?p=2470 My phone and inbox have been blowing-up.  People I haven’t heard from in months have come out of the woodwork to rub salt into my wounds or provide mock solace.  The drubbing that the Redskins endured at the hands of the Eagles was one of the most humiliating moments I’ve had as a Skins fan.

Still, despite all this, I tried to maintain a sense of humor :)

Facebook inbox hell

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Who dat, daddy?

Who dat, daddy?

]]> http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2010/09/10/catherines-1st-nfl-game/feed/ 0 Just Ship the Money Over Now http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2010/08/18/just-ship-the-money-over-now/ http://cubanlinks.org/blog/2010/08/18/just-ship-the-money-over-now/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:09:50 +0000 Carter Rabasa http://cubanlinks.org/blog/?p=2455

I know this is the most boring of posts.  Even worse than those tweets describing in 140 characters of detail an errand that someone is running on their way home from work.  But I am just SO excited.  My fantasy football squad is SICK.  Brian Hege and gang, just ship me the chips now.

QB – McNabb, Garrard

RB – Ray Rice, Matt Forte, Darren McFadden

WR – Larry Fitzgerald, Sidney Rice, Wes Welker, Steve Breaston, Anthony Gonzalez, Golden Tate, Arrelious Benn

TE – Tony Gonzalez

K – Matt Prater

Def – Chicago

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Page 1 - the Near Future

Page 2 - The Distant Future

Page 3 - Today!

Fred Wilson wrote about being present today and it really resonated with me, as I embark on my first real “career”:

I attended an offsite of a larger private equity firm and there was a organizational psychologist who gave a talk on work life balance. He said something I’ll never forget. He said that you have about ten to twelve years to connect with your kids and then they turn into teenagers, tune you out, then turn into adults and build their own lives. I thought about my kids who were five, three, and a baby and realized that time was short and I needed to be present in their lives in every way that I could.

So, in case Carrie didn’t think I noticed (wink), I will leave Foursquare at home when we have brunch this morning.

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