I've gotten approximately 700 invitations to fill out brackets to compete against all sorts of Internet strangers. Most of them are only "for pride," which is complete bullshit. I don't have, want, or need pride. The only things I need in life are booze and cash. I can take care of the rest.

That's why I'm filling out brackets for two — and only two — pools. One is something NBX is putting together for sports bloggers, and there's a keg of beer on the line. The other is PicksPal.com. Excuse me if I'm whoring here, but this game is free to play, and the prizes kick ass: 64 iPod Shuffles, 32 Nintendo DS's, 16 Slingboxes, 8 PS3's, 4 HDTVs, and two Mini Coopers. What I like about this is that the grand prize — the Mini — goes not just to the overall points winner, but to whomever signed that person up. So sign up through With Leather, and you and me can sell our tiny freak-cars and make it rain at the strip club of our choosing.

Oh, and all the other prizes only require a minimum of skill: you only need to guess one winner right per round in order to have a chance to win one of the other prizes randomly, and whoever signed up the random winner also gets the prize. So for all you knowledgeable people bitching about the secretary winning the office pool, this is the pool to play. You can even benefit from the secretary kicking your ass.

NOTE: This image is just a fun graphic. Alas, there shall be no WL tournament.