March Madness...

Is quickly turning into March Sadness in Palo Alto, as the Louisville Cardinals have jumped out to a 17-8 lead over the Stanford Cardinal, in what I have cheesily dubbed the "Battle of Singular vs. Plural."

These 4 days are amongst my favorite of the year - 48 College Basketball games in a 4-day period. Last year, I spent all 4 days in a drunken, sleepless stupor in Las Vegas. From a gambling perspective, I approximately broke even, which I thought was pretty impressive considering I bet on probably 25-30 of the games as well as played hours upon hours of blackjack every day - like I said, on little-no sleep and with 10-50 drinks in me.

Unfortunately, this year, I was unable to make the trek to Vegas due to Finals that start on Monday. In hindsight, I probably should be there anyways, considering I did pretty well last quarter in terms of grades, and I'm still sitting here without a job. Oh well, lesson learned I suppose. It'd be the first one since I started school again. I am quite proud of the fact that no one else in last year's group made the trek this year, as without my leadership skills they were not able to properly coordinate.

Anyways, since I decided to skip most of my classes today to sit on my couch and watch basketball, and since CBS insists on showing this blowout (now 25-10 plurals), I figured the least I could do was write this quick blog. Quick question - is 9:59 a.m. too early to drink Scotch by myself? It's 18-year-aged Scotch, if that makes a difference.