Lions and D.J. and Bears, oh my!  Brick road leads to overtime in Week 10

Somewhere over the rainbow on Sunday there were several NFL teams and a Starbucks girl taking advantage of overtime.  D.J. was unexpectedly off to be a barista wizard, and later tied for the top spot in the wonderful world of Picks, all with no help from the cowardly Lions in overtime.  But she's Dolores, not Dorothy, right?

With or without ruby slippers, Deej was an unbeatable 8-5 in Week 10, tying QT and Mark for the week's best performance.  It was QT's third straight week at the top, but enough about her because she's been a wicked old witch to the others by burning them much too often.  QT's playing with fire and cackling with confidence.  They'll get you, my pretty!

D.J. was dreaming of a stroll down the yellow brick road with her little dog, too, when the phone woke her shortly after noon.  It was a call from the head munchkin at Starbucks, asking her to embark on a journey to the Land of Oz, or perhaps that quaint little building on Roosevelt Road.  She graciously agreed to work extra hours to fill a shift left vacant by maybe someone from the Lullaby League or Lollypop Guild.  Before leaving home, Girlie sided with the cowardly Lions, who fell behind 17-0 and eventually lost in overtime at Jacksonville.  Detroit was as rusty as a tin man standing in the rain.

As a barista, D.J. is considered a great and powerful wizard by all who love coffee.  We hear she is a wiz of a wiz at making mochas, if ever a wiz there was.  If ever oh ever a wiz there was, that barista wizard is one because, because because because because becaaaaauuuuuse, because of the wonderful drinks she does!  That afternoon, D.J. slipped her mom a free peppermint mocha at the drive-up window.  She made yet another wish come true, and without pulling a bunch of ropes and levers behind a curtain.

During Sunday's nail-biting trek through the spooky Picks forest, members at several times wished they had more heart, brains or courage to have achieved a better record.  Everyone lacked the courage to pick the Bears, who were quite scary early on, but somehow forced overtime and became the second team in NFL history to end the game with a safety, 19-17.  Deej was the only one with enough brains to go with the Cardinals, who edged the favored Giants 17-14.  Blaine showed heart by picking the Ravens on the road, and they came back to stun the Jets 20-17 in overtime.  Nicki displayed some courage as her Saints toppled the explosive Chiefs 27-20, and Ali and Mark had the brains to correctly choose the 1-7 Panthers to win in San Francisco, 37-27.  Everybody predicted a house was going to fall from the sky and crush the Texans in Indianapolis, and the 49-14 score confirmed it.