Definitely some upsets yesterday. First up, #8 Loyola Chicago trounced #1 Illinois. #11 Syracuse eked (no pun intended) a win past #3 West Virginia. Much to Amondo’s disappointment his #7 Florida (Gators) went down to #15 Oral Roberts. In the final game of the night, #12 Oregon St. literally sent #4 Oklahoma St. walking home. …
March 2021 archive
Mar 22 2021
Cartnoon
Plastics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Plastic is in everything, from the clothes we wear to the water we drink. John Oliver explains how plastics are harming the planet, why recycling isn’t the solution you think it is, and why fixing the problem will be up to not just consumers, but corporations and policymakers. …
Mar 22 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64- Day 2, Afternoon
In 2019, ek hornbeck wrote: “Ok, I’ll bite. WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU THINKING GIVING NOTRE DAME AT 30 – 3 A #1 SEED AND SNOOTING UCONN AT 31 – 2?! Bless your hearts (which you’ll recall refers to someone with an Oedipal Conflict in Dixie)!” This year Notre Dame is not playing, neither the …
Mar 22 2021
The Breakfast Club (Political Sarcasm)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or …
Mar 21 2021
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Regional Quarterfinals- Day 1, Evening
Four more games. Evening Games Time Network Seed School Record Seed School Record Region 7:10 TBS 10 Rutgers 15 – 11 2 Houston* 24 – 3 Midwest 7:45 TruTV 15 Oral Roberts* 16 – 10 7 Florida 14 – 9 South 8:45 TNT 13 N. Texas 17 – 9 5 Villanova* 16 – 6 …
Mar 21 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64 Day 1- Evening
In 2019, ek hornbeck wrote: “If you’re reading this it’s because I’m still napping. It is the debut of the Lady Huskies in this year’s Tournament and I’d look up the fight song but I’m also lazy.” He found it later after a nap. Yup, this is mind bending. Fortunately, ek left me the map, …
Mar 21 2021
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Regional Quarterfinals- Day 1, Afternoon
Last year ek hornbeck created a “New and Improved with Special (and a subtly different pain in the ass) Table for Results. So this is the one I’ll be using today and for future games. The winners will be bolded and the upset winners will be on the right, the lower seeds are always on …
Mar 21 2021
NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64 Day 1- Afternoon
In 2019 ek hornbeck wrote this: I assure you I have something incredibly trenchant and profound to say about the state of Women’s Basketball, but I’m already at least 40 hours into this project out of the last 72 or so and I’m afraid my brain is totally fried. Fortunately most of the heavy …
Mar 21 2021
The Breakfast Club (za)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for March 21st Dr. Martlin Luther King, Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; the Sharkville massacre in South Africa occurs; Wrongly incarcerated Randall Dale Adams is released from prison; Musician Johann Bach born. Breakfast Tune Jens Kruger plays Bach Cello Suite No. 1 on …
Mar 21 2021
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. On Sunday mornings …
Mar 20 2021
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament 2021: Round of 64 Day 2 – Evening
The UConn men are up tonight along with my very favorite team, Gonzaga. Yes, I know I’m an East coast gal who graduated from some highly rated East coast universities, NYU being one of them, and Gonzaga is a Jesuit run institution named after Jesuit saint Aloysius Gonzaga and I’m not Catholic, not even close. …