Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton - My First Video Post

Here's a video summing up my thoughts:




And a few crappy pictures from the weekend.

A Milestone and a Date

Today, my car clicked over to 80,000 miles. Keep in mind, when I bought it not-quite two years ago, it had 29,000. Yes, you read that right - and that means in two years time, I've driven some 50,000+ miles. That's a helluvalot.

On a happier note, Coldplay's new album will drop on June 17th. Get excited.

Oh the Glory!!!

I once went FOUR years with a song stuck in my head. I couldn't necessarily remember the lyrics, or the title, or even the artist (or type of artist). All I could remember was about a measure and a half of the melody. And when finally I discovered it, by stroke of God or luck or what have you, it was glorious (Badly Drawn Boy, The Shining). Today, I had a similar, perhaps even greater experience.

I've gone SIX years now, with this vague notion of what my memory recalled as "the shortest short story ever written." I've googled it, I searched, I inquired - all I could remember was that A) it was short (probably one sentence) and 2) that it had to do with a baby.

Today, as I let 30 minutes dwindle away before I could leave for the day, I picked up a writing book from my college days (my non-fiction writing class actually - amazing book, amazing class). And as I was leafing through, skipping from section to section, I paused to read the section entitled "Elminate Words." Each section focuses on a different way to spark creativity, break down the wall, and revive the flow of language through the pen. And there it was.

Someone once challenged Ernest Hemmingway to write a short story with as few words as possible - he did it in 6 words:


For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.

Bracket Busters and More Madness

Two days of the NCAA tournament have come and gone - and they have been great!

I worked short days both Thursday and Friday to come home and watch games. Highlights include:

• Purdue looking seasoned and capable of at-least a Sweet Sixteen bid.
• Butler looking equally poised to make a run on greatness.
• The Big Ten started out 3 for 3, until the under-performing Hoosiers fell to Arkansas.
• The Bittersweet Glory of the Tournament comes with Upset City:
• The First was W. Kentucky over Drake (12 over 5)
• Then UConn killed me (one of my Final Four) losing to San Diego (?!)
• There are TWO 12 v. 13 games. That is absolutely unheard of
  
• The one upset I picked was Villanova over Clemson (the other 12 over 5)
  

(This is one of my 4 brackets)

• In the work pool, I was leading after day one
• I've got 4 brackets all together (21, 23, 24, and 25 out of 32, respectively)

PURDUE v. XAVIER - Today at 4:40

Boiler UP!!!!!!!!!!!!! (that's for you Bob T.)

March Madness!!!

It has begun! I finagled my work schedule so that I could take a half-day today, in order to watch the Purdue game. Right now, they are dominating and look nothing like their alliterative "Baby Boilers" moniker. I've got no less than 5 brackets filled out: a few Yahoo, Facebook, and my first ever office pool.

There is just nothing better than 32 games over the course of four days. I absolutely love March Madness like no other sporting event of the year. This is going to be a great weekend.