Archive for March, 2006

South Carolina Wins the NIT

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

South Carolina won the NIT men's college basketball tournament tonight. No, the NIT is not the tournament with the "Final Four"; that's the NCAA tournament. The NIT, at least in modern times, is the second tier tournament for the teams that were not invited to play in the NCAA tournament. And ...

Did He Really Just Say That?

Monday, March 27th, 2006

Yes, I am talking about President Bush. He spoke at a naturalization ceremony today. Regarding the growing debate about immigration, he said No one should play on people's fears.. Wow....just wow. I don't know what else to say. The man whose administration builds support for its foreign policy almost exclusively by playing ...

Half My Final Four Is Right

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

On a personal level, I'm disappointed the Longhorns lost today. I watched most of the game, and it was frustrating to know we were so close to the Final Four and didn't make it. But, I used my head, and not my heart, to create my bracket, and thus my ...

The Washington Post Messed Up

Friday, March 24th, 2006

A few days ago, washingtonpost.com launched a conservative blog called Red America, written by a guy named Ben Domenech. Ben is about my age, I think a hair younger, which makes him 23 or 24 years old. A pretty sweet gig for a guy that young, eh? Red America got a ...

Texas and UCLA Tip Toe Onward

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

What a great couple of finishes the Texas-West Virginia and UCLA-Gonzaga games had this evening. I have already bitched and moaned about this regarding college football, but what a shame it is to live out here on the west coast as a Texas alum. If USC or UCLA is scrimmaging, ...

Quick Jaunt To Vegas

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Ariele and I made a very short trip to Vegas to meet some friends this weekend. After some minor car issues, we left Pasadena around 12:00noon on Sunday and made it back around 8:30pm last night. We spent a grand total of almost exactly 24 hours in Vegas. We went to ...