Posts by dwallace:
March Madness Basketball Brackets Are Out
I’ve never been a sports guy. As a rule, I think sitting around watching sports on television is a big waste of time. I have a few exceptions to this rule though. They are: when the Cardinals, Rams or Blues make it to the playoffs, then I’ll start watching. I know, I’m a fair-weather fan, but I have a whole bunch of other shit I’d rather be doing than sitting around watching a losing team.
The other exceptions to my no sports rule is when the Olympics or March Madness are on. I love finding a sports bar that has 30 plus TV’s and they’re all on different games. There’s just something about seeing the non-stop action that makes me feel like I’m not wasting three hours of my life.
CNN said that close to 1.8 billion dollars are wasted in the workplace every year because of March Madness. Employees spend hours researching their picks for their brackets on who will make it to the Big Dance. Or they call in sick to watch the game. Or they write about it on their blogs. 😉
I usually pick the No. 1 and No. 2 teams and let it run from there. Duke is almost always my #1 choice and they are again this year.
But I guess for me, what makes it all tolerable is placing down your five bucks, picking your teams and sitting there watching the highlights for a couple of weeks and felling involved. Hearing of some no-name team like Siena or Morgan State knock out a big favoriate like Kansas usually elicts a, “Well there goes that one,” from someone around you. I love that, especially when it’s Kansas.
Will Duke win this year? Probably not. They’ll get knocked out at the Sweet 16 and piss me off like they have every year for the last five years straight, but I bet them anyway. Why? Because if I don’t, this will be the year they actually pull it off and then I’ll really be pissed.
So if you’re going to play, don’t play at work. But in case you need help picking your brackets, here’s a good link:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/
Lucid Dreaming and Dream Recall
I’ve known I’ve had sleep apnea for 15 years or more, but I never did anything about it. So after going to the doctor because of a three day headache, he formally diagnosed the problem and I finally got a CPAP machine to help me sleep at night. So now that I’m able to get […]
Obama Visits St. Charles, Missouri
When you see President Obama speak on television, you probably never think of all the logistics it takes to get him to that location, do you? I know because I never did until yesterday. I work in St. Charles, Missouri; for an agency that will go unnamed. I get off work at 3:00 pm and […]
Facebook Lurkers
I read an interesting article about “Facebook lurkers” today. In the article the author described two different definitions of “FB Lurkers.” The first being—people who wait on Facebook for their “friends” to appear so they can start chatting with them. These people wait in the virtual bushes and then pounce on their pray as soon […]
My Million Dollar Ideas
My grandpa once told me, “Son, everyone’s got at least one million-dollar idea a day, but very few people act on them.” Well my million dollar idea, since I’m a writer, is to start writing down my million dollar ideas and then at the end of a year, I’ll have a book. Here’s my list […]
Mo’Nique at the Oscars
Does anyone even care about the Oscars anymore? Sure, I know the actors and actress do, it helps validate their careers. I’m talking about normal, everyday Americans? Anyone? I tried to watch the gliter-and-glitz but they played so many commercials that I just kept flipping back and forth from the Oscars to a repeat of […]
Self Defense for Women
Ladies, you’re at a bar when a guy approaches you and starts making friendly conversation. After fifteen or twenty minutes, his girlfriend shows up and he introduces you to her. The three of you have several drinks and the time melts away. Before you know it, they’re inviting you back to their place. What do […]
Search Engine Optimization for WordPress Bloggers
When I began blogging a few months ago, I had no idea what Search Engine Optimization was. I was happy just to be able to sign up for a blog with blogger.com, write an article and then publish something instantly. Once I figured out how to embed video into the site, I was ecstatic. My […]
Memes the Idea Viruses
“A meme (pronounced meem) is a contagious idea that replicates like a virus, passing from mind to mind.” –Loren Coleman The Copy Cat Effect Memetics is the field of study that uses a meme as the basic unit of cultural evolution. These memes include song lyrics, phrases and icons. If I started chanting annoyingly, “Give […]
Oh Canada, How I Hate You So
The Olympics are finally over. The USA got Gold in Speed Skating, Four-Man Bobsled, Women’s Downhill and of course, Snowboarding. We won Silver and Bronze in various other sports too, bringing our total medal count to 37, a new Olympic record. There were several heart-breakers of these games, but the biggest for me was yesterday’s […]