TOPIC: March Madness...I'm mad...

Already my March Madness bracket is suspect...I picked Charlotte to upset Texas Tech - wrong...I picked Southern Illinois to bump off Alabama - wrong by one point...and I contemplated long and hard about picking Manhattan to knock off Florida, but I ended up going with Florida - again, wrong...must learn to go with the first instinct...thank goodness for Maryland and St. Joe's so far...it has the making for a rough March for me...it's a good thing it's only for fun and that there is no money involved...otherwise, it would be hard to pay the mortgage this month...

TOPIC: Professional athletes...

Man, professional sports are really starting to annoy me...actually, I should say that professional athletes are really starting to annoy me...first there is Jason Kidd...the New Jersey Nets sucked until they got rid of Byron Scott as their head coach...was he that bad of a coach?...I think not...it's pretty obvious that Kidd and the cronies that followed him were tanking games until they got their way and got Scott fired...then there was Allen Iverson pouting and refusing to suit up for a game because he wasn't going to start...baby...and finally, Terrell Owens gets his way by saying that he doesn't want to play for the Ravens - who I can't stand, by the way - so he gets the 49ers to trade him to the Eagles instead...since when were the players the ones who dictated what happens and what doesn't?...I guess we don't need head coaches or general managers anymore...professional sports are declining, but since I have been a sports fan for 34 years, it's hard to break the habit...they are like drugs to me; I would like to kick the habit, but I just don't see it happening...

Thank God for March Madness and other collegiate sports stuff...except the BCS...but that's another post altogether...

TOPIC: My cousin, Tylenol PM, and recent viewings...

So I got a phone call this morning...it was my cousin saying that he saw my blogger online...I thought, "Crud! It's been a while since I have updated it."...he also implied that it was cheesy...jerk...just kidding...it probably is cheesy, but I've never claimed to not be cheesy...it's just a part of being me, I guess...

I'm pretty tired this morning...haven't finished my coffee yet, and not sleeping very well...got a lot of stuff on my mind: planning activities for the youth group, visitors coming, etc....when lots of stuff is going on, I don't sleep well...thank God for Tylenol PM...it is my friend, and I anticipate that we will be getting together tonight...

Saw a great movie the other night: Runaway Jury with John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Rachel Weisz (yama-yama!)...great stuff!...I knew it would be because my dad recommended it to me, and if he made it through a whole movie, it must be good...he usually loses interest after 30 minutes or so...rent it if you haven't seen it...

Was glad to see that Jon Peter Whatever-his-last-name-is made it through on American Idol...I don't think he has the talent to make it through to the end, but he sure is quirky and fun to watch...we'll see if he gets through tonight...if he weren't in it, I wouldn't be nearly as interested...

Ummmm, so have a great day...