The Madness forges ahead

Tonight this blog will be rooting for:

Louisville (because they are the more fun team to watch)
Syracuse (because Oklahoma is evil and MUST BE STOPPED)
Michigan State (go Spartan Spirit!)
UNC (I hate to see Gonzaga go, but I love Carolina Blue)
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The Madness renews

Tonght this blog will be rooting for:

Connecticut (because husky dogs are cute and tough)
Xavier (because Duke has a better shot at beating Xavier)
Missouri (go big 12 team)
Duke (I love them blue devils!!)
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The Madness persists

Today this blog will be rooting for:

Syracuse (because I like oranges)
Xavier (because I like it when the A10 wins)
Dayton (because I like it when an underdog from the A10 wins, even if said dog is in Ohio)
Arizona (because Cleveland is in Ohio(*))
Pittsburgh (because I'm from Pennsylvania)
Marquette (because I like their name)
Michigan State (because Spartan always beats Trojan)
Siena (because I'd like a huge upset)

(*)Yes, I realize I am haphazardly applying the anti-Ohio rule.

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The Madness endures

Today this blog will be rooting for:

Villanova (because I like Philly cheese steaks)
Maryland (because I like an upset)
Connecticut (because I must not root for Aggies)
Purdue...or Washington (Big10 + Pac10 BBall makes me sleepy)
North Carolina (because I can't help myself)
Michigan (because, say it together now, Oklahoma is evil)
Western Kentucky (because they were the only low seed that came through for me on Thursday, but my bracket has Gonzaga)
Duke (because my parents did a better, longer brainwash job on me training me to root for Duke basketball; Texas however did a successful brainwash job on me for football)
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Iranian New Year is sooo popular this year.

The President is into it. (Probably because he figured out the phrase "happy new year" in Farsi includes the word "barak")

Even the Israeli President is into it.

But the best, most thorough salute to the Iranian New Year (which is TODAY), came from Steven Colbert last week. His particular attention to the traditional dish of herbed rice and fish (a.k.a Sabsi Polo and Mahi) as well as the table of seven s's (a.k.a the Haft Seen) is what sets his tribute apart:



Happy Noruz!!
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The Madness continues

Today this blog will be rooting for:

Syracuse (because of the six overtimes)
Oklahoma State (because Oklahoma is evil, as in "the enemy of my enemy is my friend")
North Dakota State (because they had the best crowd at the selection show...I think the crowd consisted of half the residents of North Dakota)
Marquette (because of my bracket)
Temple (because they are in the A10)
Pittsburgh (because of where my parents live...and my bracket...and I want Duke to prove everyone wrong and beat them...and yes, that would take a tall miracle in the defensive post position)
West Virginia (because of where I live, also, Dayton is in Ohio)
Mizzou (go Big 12 team that is not OU)
Louisville (because of my bracket)
Arizona (because they deserve the chance to prove they do belong in the tournament)
Boston College (I love ACC basketball)
Xavier (I root for the A10, even when said A10 team is a GWU rival)
Wake Forest (ACC team from North Carolina!!)
Siena (because, when burnt, it makes a nice crayon...and because when they win, Ohio State will cry)
Robert Morris (because of where my parents live, but, yes, of course, my bracket has Michigan State)
Florida State (because I enjoyed watching them play in the ACC championship)
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The Madness

It's basketball time.

Keep up with all the action via this website.

Don't worry, it has a useful boss button.

Today this blog will be rooting for:

BYU (because I must not root for the Aggies)
Northridge (root for the Cinderella even when it goes against my bracket)
Butler (more fun to root for them than LSU)
Purdue...or Northern Iowa (I don't really care)
UNC (because I was raised to love the Tarheels)
Maryland (because of where I work)
Connecticut (because I miss Stephen Curry and wish to punish the rest of his conference)
Washington (because of my bracket)
Texas (hook 'em.....until they get to Duke)
Clemson (Tigers rawrhh!)
American (go little Eagles soar!)
Gonzaga (because Akron is in Ohio)
Duke (because I was raised to love the Blue Devils...you may think this expressly conflicts with a certain statement above, but in my family light and dark blue are completely compatible colors)
Morgan State (because Oklahoma is evil)
VCU (I never root for UCLA because as a kid I got UCLA confused with UNLV and as a kid I was a Duke fan)
Western Kentucky (because they had a fun crowd at the selection show)
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I Want To Go To There

I watch the show 30 Rock. My favorite quote from the show is "I want to go to there," used whenever the character Liz Lemon hears about something she likes. It's hilarious. I've tried adopting it as my own little catch phrase. And it turns out this very funny, much beloved catch phrase was written by a BABY! Watch the hulu clip below, as Tina Fey explains how her baby daughter originated the catch phrase when she saw a Disney World website on the computer.



A freaking Baby wrote my favorite catch-phrase...this might say something about my taste in humor...
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