Monday...EVENING UPDATE

I tend to not get much on the blog on these weekends when the fam is on the move and we have some modified fff going on at one of our primary locations.  With 3 and 3.1 in Iowa for an Easter visit, and 2 up on Harvest Path, the Twittersphere was much more interesting than anything I could add here.

With all the basketball being played, yesterday didn't have an "Opening Day" feel, but there was a battle in Texas between the Rangers and Astros kicking off the season.  So I've made a change to the Home Page pic to recognize the start of the 162-game odyssey known as the Regular Season.  I think they said the forecast for Target Field today was 33 degrees.  Yeah, looking forward to taking my cuts against a guy throwing a 96 MPH heater in that weather.

The BBQ on Maplecrest last night was a success, but the chef has a ways to go to meet his normal standards.  That wind made it hard to regulate the cooking temperature, and it wasn't until I moved the grill just inside the garage that I was able to get a handle on things.  Good ultimate results, especially the salmon.  Hard to beat brats and burgers off the charcoal heat.

Regardless of what happened in the men's games, the Baylor loss in the women's tournament was the biggest upset of the year.  I mean, there was no way they should have lost.  But a team hitting 18 3-pointers starts to balance the scales.  Goes to show, it ain't over till its over.  Several teams now have a shot at the title.  ND has to get past Duke tomorrow night, but if they do, they might be the team to beat in the Final Four.

I am so glad to be done with March.  It took forever.  April, by contrast, will go quickly.  Not only do I have a ton of work to do before the 15th, but I travel to Scottsdale for three days beginning on the 17th, and I visit The Big Apple the 27th through the 30th.  That last half of the month will be a whisper in the wind.

Anyone watching replays of the L'ville kid breaking his leg is sick.

I'll get back here later today.  In the meantime, make it a Good Monday.

Now Evening:  Just one item to add for discussion this evening.  We have controversy on the podium of the Tour of Flanders.  As I relayed on on my Twitter feed yesterday, Spartacus ran away from the field for the win.  As everyone expected.  On the podium for the trophy presentation, second-place finisher Peter Sagan became a Twitter Sensation with a gauche move that will be remembered for too long: can you say, "What have you been drinking?  You are not below radar!"

Anyway, lots of political correctness and acceptable-social-conduct recriminations have peppered the media waves.  Okay.  The guy is a buffoon.  The blonde should've turned and given him a smack across the face.  But don't take away the podium girls!  For cryin' out loud.  If the podium girls go, next in line is Miss Sprint Cup (all three of her!).  And Miss Hog Days over in Kewanee.  And the cheerleaders and dance teams. 

Sorry.  I can't join the chorus that all these positions are demeaning to the female sex.  There are jerks everywhere.  (And if a driver put that kind of a move on Miss Sprint Cup, he'd be lookin' for a ticket to even watch the next race.   IF they would let him on the grounds.)  Let the pretty girls be pretty girls.

On to other things.  Yankees were awful on Opening Day.  4 saved some money by not scalping a ticket.  My pal Lee was at Opening Day for the Sox in C-town.  A win!  And UConn looked impressive tonight getting their win to the Final Four.

Thanks for reading.


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