Post Hoc Egro Propter Hoc

Everyone admonishing me is in the right. My ass needs to be composing more and more blogs. Everything is about content. And I need to be putting out much more content. Please keep yelling at me about these things. I need a good ass-kicking and some good encouragement as much as anybody. For a guy who doesn't really do that much...my universe since the first full week of March seems like a blur that was filled with a trip to Notre Dame, the NCAA tournament, filling out brackets, driving elderly gentlemen to the airport, preparing for another epic Deep Creek weekend, and actually attending said Deep Creek weekend. During this time: I've missed an amazing concert by The Hold Steady and lost one of the most intense City Shoes tournaments of all time. I've watched the University of Pittsburgh reach another sweet 16 only to fall just short yet again. I've had the privilege of seeing the Pittsburgh Penguins not only qualify for the NHL playoffs, but fight for first place in their division, something even the most optimistic fan (such as myself) didn't dream possible 8 months ago. I've also attended the first Lenten fish frys of my life and driven out to Latrobe multiple times for an all day Saturday class. It has been a busy month. But shouldn't the busy times naturally provide more fodder for this blog? Probably.

I've decided that I'm going to be that guy who puts links in his blog when he finds them funny, important, highly interesting, thought provoking, and VERY funny. So here are some links:

* This story is funny on about twenty different levels. Take your pick.

* God bless The Onion.

* Kermit...enough said. For added fun...notice the usage of "The God Delusion"

Things I Leared Today

(in no particular order)

* I have to duck when entering some bathrooms, depending on the architecture, and if i don't, it really really hurts.

* One doesn't know how awkward life can be for a big and tall guy...I was reminded of my stature again today when trying to use a bathroom that had a sink practically resting on the toilet. I used the sink as an armrest and just prayed for things to be over quickly.

* Mildly interesting side note...I'm staying on the second floor of a house that used to inhabit current NBA player Chris Quinn. I seriously doubt that it snows 3 inches in March in Miami.

* Speaking of sports...did anyone out there honestly know that the University of Central Florida was the #2 seed in the Conference USA tournament?? Are we honestly supposed to believe that Memphis is that good of a team when they steam-rolled through a weak-as-hell conference?? I'll give you $5 if you can guess the #3 seed.

* And a final sports note...nobody I know fills out brackets for the conference tournament. Wouldn't this make total sense though? It is the "bracket filling out" equivalent of spring training or training camp. Choose your favorite conference or two and fill out a blank bracket and see how you do. It totally gets you in the mood for march madness and can only enhance your overall bracket game. Go to any conference website and you'll find a conference tournament bracket.

More from this mini road trip to South Bend and other stuff later on.