RANDOM THOUGHTS:
The following were on my mind between Monday, March 7th and Monday, March 14th:
-Count me in among those groups of people who aren't fans of this new 68 team NCAA tournament system. Don't get me wrong, I would rather have this tournament system than the 96 team tourney that was proposed (and almost would've gone down had CBS and Turner Sports not made that $10.8 billion deal last Spring). And yes, I do understand that this is just three additional games. But at the same time, as one of the millions of Americans who fill out their brackets every March, I hate it for the additional annoyances that it brings. For starters, most websites that let you fill out online brackets don't even bother having you select the winner of those games, which doesn't make sense since there is a great possibility that the winner of USC/VCU and UAB/Clemson will win their second round game (after all, #11 and #12 seeds seem to advance over the #5 and #6 all the time). Second, say your bracket allows you to pick the winner of those games. Whereas previously you can just ignore the one play-in game and just care about the match-ups at hand, turning in your office or work bracket anytime before Thursday afternoon, now it seems that Thursday morning can be the only time for you to turn it in, since you now have to factor in the two games to be played on Wednesday. Also, stop calling the four games Tuesday and Wednesdays "first round" games and the Thursday-Friday games the "second round." The "First Four," are nothing but a bunch of play-in games, plain and simple.
Ah who am I kidding! I'm still going to watch those dumb Tuesday-Wednesday games anyway.
- Mel Gibson should take lessons from Charlie Sheen. Instead of showing that you're crazy through anti-Semetic rants and abusive phone calls to your girlfriend, do it in a way that isn't mean and instead make sure the crazy is drug-influenced with yourself being in control of the media's coverage of yourself. I'm pretty sure that had he taken that route, then he would've been much more beloved than he is now.
- What a world we live in where we can start the engines to our cars while sitting on a toilet seat!
- As a Roman Catholic who actively goes to church on Sundays and on big holidays, it really ticks me off to see these "Christians" who never show up to mass except during the three holidays of the year where you can show off your supposed Catholicism to the world: Easter, Ash Wednesday, and Christmas. All they do is just clog up the seats. Newsflash, people, suddenly showing up to have the priest put ash on your face won't send you to heaven! If you're not going to show up most of the time, at least have the decency to start doing it during normal masses and church services.
- I gotta admit, I'm a little surprised at "American Idol." When Simon Cowell left, I thought that they were finally going to start struggling in the ratings and even drop off in quality. But so far, I must say that Randy Jackson along with new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler have been holding up pretty well together. They're certainly not repeat of the Kara DioGuardi-Ellen Degeneres experiment from last year, that's for sure. Now it's time to see how they will hold up as the finals roll along.
/Yes, I watch "American Idol" from time-to-time. Stop mocking me!
- Quick thought on Sheen's Korner, since this website has apparently this blog has made it an obligation to talk about Sheen twice a post: If you have any opinions on today's post, or if you just have any suggestions or
tips for my next blog entry, e-mail me at: mj1599@aol.com. Your e-mails are greatly appreciated.
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