Some one got stabbed at my workplace today. This is a lot funnier that it seems at first glance. Here's a quick run-down of what I've heard.
-Two guys (we'll call them fat guy and skinny guy) are fighting over this woman (who I would be willing to wager any amount is not hot).
-Apparently she used to be with skinny guy but left him to be with fat guy.
-Fat guy and skinny guy just happen to run into each other at the lumber desk.
-Words are exchanged. (I'm sure the ebonics involved here were utterly hilarious.)
-Fat guy tells skinny guy something to the effect of "you couldn't satisfy her".
-Skinny guy plunges a knife into fat guy's belly. It was a short knife and a large belly, so apparently no major injury was done.
-Skinny guy proceeds to get on his cell phone and call (rumor has it) the police. He walks around holding the knife in one hand and the phone in the other until the police arrive.
-The police point guns and tasers at him and he complies. Unfortunately he was not tased, bro.
-I learn of this and am surprised that a stabbing occurred that did not involve parking lot behavior/parking space or people fighting over a potted plant in the garden center.
-News crews show up in mass. I counted 4 vehicles from channel 11, and the reporterette walks up to a number of customers leaving the building to ask them if they saw anything. Most of them would not have noticed if the building had been on fire the entire time they were shopping. I had invented a fanciful story for the media, but was not asked if I saw anything.
-15 minutes later, a van from News-First 5&30 (who were actually News-distant second in this case) arrives.
-For the rest of the day employees walk up to each other saying "you couldn't satisfy her" and pretending to stab each other. A nice change of pace, really.
- I drop $400 on an X-box 360 on my way home on a whim. I will have to cancel my weekly shooting trips for a few weeks.
-Anyways, kind of an interesting day.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Notes on Wing-Nuts.
This is going to be a post about mass hysteria, particularly of the right-wing variety.
First, I have to mention two things. The CHOW lesson I taught on Matthew 24 was probably the best I've ever done. Second, when I heard that the Navy SEALs had taken out the Somalian pirates the image in my head is of Johnny Depp's character Jack Sparrow standing around doing something latently homoerotic as Charlie Sheen's character from Navy SEALs jumps onto the boat and blows his head off. Now on to the matter at hand.
Obama Derangement Syndrome on the far right has become every bit as bad ad Bush Derangement Syndrome was on the left. To start out, I don't think President Obama has done one thing so far I have agreed with. That said, our children our going to grow up thinking the word 'Nazi' is defined as 'someone who's politics you disagree with'. A few examples.
-It seems everyone is looking to create the Founding Fathers in their own image. Reading any internet gun forum will give you several examples. Usually a quote from a letter is ripped completely out of context and used to say "The Founding Fathers believed.....". Of course the Founding Fathers were a monolithic entity who never disagreed on anything :::rolling eyes:::.
-Give the secession talk a rest already. Most of the States that would do this are ones I wouldn't really miss.
-While I'm on the subject all the states claiming their "sovereignty" might want to look that word up in the dictionary and remember the definition the next time a hurricane or ice-storm rolls through and they want monetary assistance.
-People talking about armed revolution should remember that the American Revolution was the exception, not the rule. Every other armed rebellion I know of has been much more similar to the French Revolution, with it's blood-letting and genocide than to the American Revolution. Are there really Washingtons, Jeffersons, etc. around these days? People trotting out Jefferson's quote about a revolution every 20 years would do well to assess the nations that have actually experienced armed strife on a frequent basis and see how well it's working out for them. It would be a sad irony if, in hopes of avoiding European-style Socialism we wind up bringing about African-style chaos.
-These same types like to make vague references to "respecting the Constitution", which pretty much only means the Second Amendment (which I agree with them on) and a few other portions they like. Then some mention of not recognizing Obama as President or ACORN "stealing the election" may come up. Apparently people are not familiar with Article 2 of the Constitution, according to which it only matters who the electors selected and that that person is the president until 2/3 of the Senate says otherwise.
-What set this off is my futile quest to buy three boxes of ammo for my rifle. No bullets to be found at the gun store, none online. Honestly people, I just need a few boxes to go shoot my AK-47, then you can go back to getting ready for the impending Zombie Apocalypse.
-I heard an ad on the radio for "survival seeds", and how seeds that can reproduce (non-hybrid) may become more precious than gold in the impending Zombie Apocalypse, or whatever else people are terrified of. This is the largest AM station in my city by the way. Not late at night, at like 5pm. The ad, I kid you not, mentions how they could be valuable items for barter. Barter? Barter? WTF? Honestly. W.....T......F? If we come to a scenario where you're bartering you're going to have a million additional concerns too. Remember Civil Defense Myth #2: The Survivors Are the Lucky Ones.
-Anyways the anti-Obama zealots would do well to remember how pathetic the anti-Bush zealots were and try to argue their disagreements rationally without talk of Global Conspiracy, NWO, the Rothschilds, concentration camps, lizard people, etc.
First, I have to mention two things. The CHOW lesson I taught on Matthew 24 was probably the best I've ever done. Second, when I heard that the Navy SEALs had taken out the Somalian pirates the image in my head is of Johnny Depp's character Jack Sparrow standing around doing something latently homoerotic as Charlie Sheen's character from Navy SEALs jumps onto the boat and blows his head off. Now on to the matter at hand.
Obama Derangement Syndrome on the far right has become every bit as bad ad Bush Derangement Syndrome was on the left. To start out, I don't think President Obama has done one thing so far I have agreed with. That said, our children our going to grow up thinking the word 'Nazi' is defined as 'someone who's politics you disagree with'. A few examples.
-It seems everyone is looking to create the Founding Fathers in their own image. Reading any internet gun forum will give you several examples. Usually a quote from a letter is ripped completely out of context and used to say "The Founding Fathers believed.....". Of course the Founding Fathers were a monolithic entity who never disagreed on anything :::rolling eyes:::.
-Give the secession talk a rest already. Most of the States that would do this are ones I wouldn't really miss.
-While I'm on the subject all the states claiming their "sovereignty" might want to look that word up in the dictionary and remember the definition the next time a hurricane or ice-storm rolls through and they want monetary assistance.
-People talking about armed revolution should remember that the American Revolution was the exception, not the rule. Every other armed rebellion I know of has been much more similar to the French Revolution, with it's blood-letting and genocide than to the American Revolution. Are there really Washingtons, Jeffersons, etc. around these days? People trotting out Jefferson's quote about a revolution every 20 years would do well to assess the nations that have actually experienced armed strife on a frequent basis and see how well it's working out for them. It would be a sad irony if, in hopes of avoiding European-style Socialism we wind up bringing about African-style chaos.
-These same types like to make vague references to "respecting the Constitution", which pretty much only means the Second Amendment (which I agree with them on) and a few other portions they like. Then some mention of not recognizing Obama as President or ACORN "stealing the election" may come up. Apparently people are not familiar with Article 2 of the Constitution, according to which it only matters who the electors selected and that that person is the president until 2/3 of the Senate says otherwise.
-What set this off is my futile quest to buy three boxes of ammo for my rifle. No bullets to be found at the gun store, none online. Honestly people, I just need a few boxes to go shoot my AK-47, then you can go back to getting ready for the impending Zombie Apocalypse.
-I heard an ad on the radio for "survival seeds", and how seeds that can reproduce (non-hybrid) may become more precious than gold in the impending Zombie Apocalypse, or whatever else people are terrified of. This is the largest AM station in my city by the way. Not late at night, at like 5pm. The ad, I kid you not, mentions how they could be valuable items for barter. Barter? Barter? WTF? Honestly. W.....T......F? If we come to a scenario where you're bartering you're going to have a million additional concerns too. Remember Civil Defense Myth #2: The Survivors Are the Lucky Ones.
-Anyways the anti-Obama zealots would do well to remember how pathetic the anti-Bush zealots were and try to argue their disagreements rationally without talk of Global Conspiracy, NWO, the Rothschilds, concentration camps, lizard people, etc.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Glenn Beck pwns the AG of CT
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It gets good a minute or two in after he gets to the AIG bonuses. The first minute or two is just about Chris Dodd being corrupt, which isn't exactly news between his financial dishonesty and a sex life that would make Caligula blush. I love the look on this guy's face like "what is this 'law' you speak of? My job is to enforce my political agenda." This is kind of a microcosm of everything that scares me about both the current administration and the last one. Beck really goes after him like a shark in a goldfish bowl.
It gets good a minute or two in after he gets to the AIG bonuses. The first minute or two is just about Chris Dodd being corrupt, which isn't exactly news between his financial dishonesty and a sex life that would make Caligula blush. I love the look on this guy's face like "what is this 'law' you speak of? My job is to enforce my political agenda." This is kind of a microcosm of everything that scares me about both the current administration and the last one. Beck really goes after him like a shark in a goldfish bowl.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Thoughts on Matthew 24
I've been looking through some of my books on the Olivet Discourse in preparation for this week's Bible stud. I'm going to teach Matthew 24 as punishment for last week, and because it seems to be a climax of sorts after the last few chapters. I spent the better part of a year studying the various prophetic texts during 05-06, but was hesitant to do a study on it but have kind of stumbled into that direction anyway. It is a passage that was important enough to be included in all three synoptic gospels. When I googled this passage I was able to find links to people using it to support their theories about Barack Obama, black helicopters, UFOs, socialism, and a super computer in Belgium that apparently can suck your brain out. In other words, things that could not have less to do with this passage. I don't know if anyone in my group is succeptible to this kind of sensationalism, but if so this might give them something to think about. Hopefully we can attach some spiritual principles to this rather than have it turn into me giving an hour-long lecture on the history of Roman involvement in 1st century Judea (but I'm prepared to do that if I have to). Here are some thoughts I've had refamiliarizing myself with this topic over the last week.
-I'll probably breifly summarize the events that immediately preceded this since a lot of people missed the last two weeks.
-I will start the actual study with 23:37, which looks like it would have been a better place for the chapter break.
-Note that "My Father's house" is now referred to as "your house". I think this sets the tone for the entire 24th chapter.
-There is a ton of language here that closely resembles the Old Testament prophets. This appears more in Matthew than in Luke. This makes sense since Matthew's Jewish audience would have been familiar with the OT, as opposed to the Gentiles Luke was writing to. This is why I'm using Matthew instead of Luke, because there is more that has to be explained.
-A lot of the passage, the spectacular stuff especially, is extremely similar to accounts of the Babylonian invasion, as well as the fall of Babylon.
-The "not one stone" prophecy is probably the most specific and easily verified prediction in the entire Bible. A lot of prophecies are not really understandable until after the fact.
-I don't think the disciples are asking about the physical second coming. They seem oblivious to a "first going" much less a second coming. I think the "coming" language is one of the bigger stumbling blocks in this passage. I may also tie in statements used in Matthew 10 and 17.
-The destruction of the temple and end of the age would not have been thought of as separate events by the disciples, in all likelyhood. I may need to get into the word aion and the word "age".
-verses 4-13 could apply to almost any period of history, hence they are always "being fulfilled".
-I'll need to point out Paul's statements as well as Luke 2:1 on the whole "entire world" (oikumene) thing.
-"the reader" will probably NOT understand the Abomination of Desolation thing. There are several theories about what this refers to, but I think the way it is stated by Luke makes it easier to understand. I have a parallel listing of the passage in all 3 gospels from one of the appendices of R.C. Sproul's book The Last Days According to Jesus that I will use in case I need to have 3 versions in front of me. Not sure if this will be necessary, but I don't know what to expect from a discussion like this.
-If I had to pick a song that this passage reminds me of, it would be "Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden.
- I don't think verse 21 is literal, because from our perspective even 2/3 of the earth dying would not be worse then the flood. Similar language is used to talk about the Babylonian captivity. I'll probably also mention how Hezekiah and Josiah are both referred to as being "better than any king who came before or after". The same with 22, in regards to Babylon.
-I wonder if "vultures" or "eagles" is the better translation. Most modern ones use "vulture", I think it's cooler with "eagle" with regard to the Roman legions, but the metaphor works either way.
-The sun, moon, and stars language is something that occurs throughout the OT with regards to nations being destroyed.
-"coming on the clouds" is the same way". Easily confusing. Matthew 26:64 is a good one to use to explain the meaning
-I'll probably breifly summarize the events that immediately preceded this since a lot of people missed the last two weeks.
-I will start the actual study with 23:37, which looks like it would have been a better place for the chapter break.
-Note that "My Father's house" is now referred to as "your house". I think this sets the tone for the entire 24th chapter.
-There is a ton of language here that closely resembles the Old Testament prophets. This appears more in Matthew than in Luke. This makes sense since Matthew's Jewish audience would have been familiar with the OT, as opposed to the Gentiles Luke was writing to. This is why I'm using Matthew instead of Luke, because there is more that has to be explained.
-A lot of the passage, the spectacular stuff especially, is extremely similar to accounts of the Babylonian invasion, as well as the fall of Babylon.
-The "not one stone" prophecy is probably the most specific and easily verified prediction in the entire Bible. A lot of prophecies are not really understandable until after the fact.
-I don't think the disciples are asking about the physical second coming. They seem oblivious to a "first going" much less a second coming. I think the "coming" language is one of the bigger stumbling blocks in this passage. I may also tie in statements used in Matthew 10 and 17.
-The destruction of the temple and end of the age would not have been thought of as separate events by the disciples, in all likelyhood. I may need to get into the word aion and the word "age".
-verses 4-13 could apply to almost any period of history, hence they are always "being fulfilled".
-I'll need to point out Paul's statements as well as Luke 2:1 on the whole "entire world" (oikumene) thing.
-"the reader" will probably NOT understand the Abomination of Desolation thing. There are several theories about what this refers to, but I think the way it is stated by Luke makes it easier to understand. I have a parallel listing of the passage in all 3 gospels from one of the appendices of R.C. Sproul's book The Last Days According to Jesus that I will use in case I need to have 3 versions in front of me. Not sure if this will be necessary, but I don't know what to expect from a discussion like this.
-If I had to pick a song that this passage reminds me of, it would be "Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden.
- I don't think verse 21 is literal, because from our perspective even 2/3 of the earth dying would not be worse then the flood. Similar language is used to talk about the Babylonian captivity. I'll probably also mention how Hezekiah and Josiah are both referred to as being "better than any king who came before or after". The same with 22, in regards to Babylon.
-I wonder if "vultures" or "eagles" is the better translation. Most modern ones use "vulture", I think it's cooler with "eagle" with regard to the Roman legions, but the metaphor works either way.
-The sun, moon, and stars language is something that occurs throughout the OT with regards to nations being destroyed.
-"coming on the clouds" is the same way". Easily confusing. Matthew 26:64 is a good one to use to explain the meaning
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Flop
Worst. CHOW. Ever.
It was one of those nights where I felt like I was talking to an oil painting. Most of our talkative people weren't there, so I was a little worried going in that I would ask questions and then hear crickets chirping. But I thought that with 5 other people there I could at least get some conversation going. Wrong. I taught Matthew 22:1-14 (Parable of the marriage feast) then jumped to chapter 23 where I did verses 1-12, 23-28, 29-36, (Jesus pissed at the Pharisees) and then 37-39 teasing the lead-in to Chapter 24. There is some seriously harsh stuff in here which you'd think would lead to some feedback. It went like this:
Me: Anything stand out to you in this parable?
Group: .........................(lots of tired eyes looking at me)
Me: The King kills them and burns down their city, any thoughts?
Group:.........................
Me: What does the king want here?
Group: ....long pause..... "to throw a party?"
Me: Yes, thank you.
Me: 'Strain a gnat and swallow a camel', thoughts?
Group:..................
Me: 'Brood of vipers', 'whitewashed tombs', 'work anecdotes', 'your house is left to you desolate', anything out of the ordinary?
That was pretty much the evening. Kind of goes to show how you never know how something will go over. When doing Romans, I had chapters that I absolutely dreaded but which led to interesting insights. This was a case where people were either tired or didn't have anything to say about the material. Everybody says "good lesson" afterwards, but it still feels like a complete flop.
So now I'm not sure where to go with it. I was going to do Chapter 24 next, but now I'm not sure. 24 is a very interesting chapter, and I've spent a lot of time studying it and have a lot of resources on it. This one would work well with a quiet group, because it would be a lot of Greek words, and how phrases are used in the prophetic sections of the OT. I think I can teach it without it being a "here let me push a theological system on you" situation. I was originally going to skip the entire section because of the hype that surrounds that passage, but it seems like a glaring omission since the last 2 or 3 weeks have kind of led up to it. Enough rambling. Anyways, you win some you lose some.
It was one of those nights where I felt like I was talking to an oil painting. Most of our talkative people weren't there, so I was a little worried going in that I would ask questions and then hear crickets chirping. But I thought that with 5 other people there I could at least get some conversation going. Wrong. I taught Matthew 22:1-14 (Parable of the marriage feast) then jumped to chapter 23 where I did verses 1-12, 23-28, 29-36, (Jesus pissed at the Pharisees) and then 37-39 teasing the lead-in to Chapter 24. There is some seriously harsh stuff in here which you'd think would lead to some feedback. It went like this:
Me: Anything stand out to you in this parable?
Group: .........................(lots of tired eyes looking at me)
Me: The King kills them and burns down their city, any thoughts?
Group:.........................
Me: What does the king want here?
Group: ....long pause..... "to throw a party?"
Me: Yes, thank you.
Me: 'Strain a gnat and swallow a camel', thoughts?
Group:..................
Me: 'Brood of vipers', 'whitewashed tombs', 'work anecdotes', 'your house is left to you desolate', anything out of the ordinary?
That was pretty much the evening. Kind of goes to show how you never know how something will go over. When doing Romans, I had chapters that I absolutely dreaded but which led to interesting insights. This was a case where people were either tired or didn't have anything to say about the material. Everybody says "good lesson" afterwards, but it still feels like a complete flop.
So now I'm not sure where to go with it. I was going to do Chapter 24 next, but now I'm not sure. 24 is a very interesting chapter, and I've spent a lot of time studying it and have a lot of resources on it. This one would work well with a quiet group, because it would be a lot of Greek words, and how phrases are used in the prophetic sections of the OT. I think I can teach it without it being a "here let me push a theological system on you" situation. I was originally going to skip the entire section because of the hype that surrounds that passage, but it seems like a glaring omission since the last 2 or 3 weeks have kind of led up to it. Enough rambling. Anyways, you win some you lose some.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Round 2
Okay, so I was 25-7 in my first round picks thanks to some late-night heroics from Wisconsin and Siena. I should have known better on Illinois. So here are my Round 2 picks. A little different format here than I used for Round 1.
Midwest
(1) Louisville VS (9) Siena
(12) Arizona VS (13) Cleveland State. Ignore my rule about schools with "State" in the name.
(3) Kansas VS (11) Dayton. Kansas has been known to make early exits, but I don't see it quite yet.
(2) MSU VS (10) USC. The Trojans are remembered fondly but people forget that, like Rocky, they lost their epic war.
East
(1) Pitt VS (8) Oklahoma State.
(4) Xavier VS (12) Wisconsin.
(3) Villanova VS (6) UCLA. Not really sold on the Pac 10 this round.
(2) Duke VS (7) Texas. Duke wins a close one before falling to 'Nova.
West
(1) UConn VS (9) Texas A&M.
(4) Washington VS (5) Purdue. Not sold on the Boilers either. This sets up Huskies vs. Huskies.
(3) Missouri VS (6) Marquette. Marquette very nearly made me look bad, so their uppance comes.
(2) Memphis VS (10) Maryland. Memphis was my pick to win it all last year, had they done so I could have won a McCain 08 fleece. They roll on.
South
(1) UNC VS (8) LSU. I'm picking UNC to win it all. That's what my gut tells me.
(4) Gonzaga VS (12) Western Kentucky.
(3) Syracuse VS (6) ASU. I'd like to make more interesting picks, but I'm just not feeling it for the Cindarellas
(2) Oklahoma VS (10) Michigan. I'd like to see them do it. I just don't think they've got the inside game, and Griffin was not thrown to the ground hard enough for that to be a factor. Best judo throw I've seen in a basketball game in quite some time though.
Midwest
(1) Louisville VS (9) Siena
(12) Arizona VS (13) Cleveland State. Ignore my rule about schools with "State" in the name.
(3) Kansas VS (11) Dayton. Kansas has been known to make early exits, but I don't see it quite yet.
(2) MSU VS (10) USC. The Trojans are remembered fondly but people forget that, like Rocky, they lost their epic war.
East
(1) Pitt VS (8) Oklahoma State.
(4) Xavier VS (12) Wisconsin.
(3) Villanova VS (6) UCLA. Not really sold on the Pac 10 this round.
(2) Duke VS (7) Texas. Duke wins a close one before falling to 'Nova.
West
(1) UConn VS (9) Texas A&M.
(4) Washington VS (5) Purdue. Not sold on the Boilers either. This sets up Huskies vs. Huskies.
(3) Missouri VS (6) Marquette. Marquette very nearly made me look bad, so their uppance comes.
(2) Memphis VS (10) Maryland. Memphis was my pick to win it all last year, had they done so I could have won a McCain 08 fleece. They roll on.
South
(1) UNC VS (8) LSU. I'm picking UNC to win it all. That's what my gut tells me.
(4) Gonzaga VS (12) Western Kentucky.
(3) Syracuse VS (6) ASU. I'd like to make more interesting picks, but I'm just not feeling it for the Cindarellas
(2) Oklahoma VS (10) Michigan. I'd like to see them do it. I just don't think they've got the inside game, and Griffin was not thrown to the ground hard enough for that to be a factor. Best judo throw I've seen in a basketball game in quite some time though.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
NCAA Round 1 Picks
Okay, so it's that time again this year. Last year I didn't do too bad with my brackets, I would have done better if Memphis had won the Championship game but it was still respectable. Anyways without further ado, here are my round 1 picks
Midwest Region
(1) Louisville VS (16) Doesn't Matter --------------Louisville
(8) OSU Suckeyes VS (9) Siena ----------------------Siena
(5) Utah VS (12) Arizona-------------------------------Arizona (a 12 always beats a 5 somewhere)
(4) Wake VS (13) Cleveland State--------------------Wake Forest
(6) WVU VS (11) Dayton------------------------------West Virginia (I'll wind up regretting this one)
(3) KU VS (14) NDSU-----------------------------------Gee, let me think.....Kansas
(7) Boston College VS (10) USC-----------------------BC, I'm picking a lot of East Coast teams
(2) MSU VS (15) Robert Morris-----------------------MSU always plays well in the early rounds.
East Region
(1) Pitt VS (16) E. Tenn----------------------------------Pitt
(8) Ok St. VS (9) Tenn.-----------------------------------Tennessee pulls out a close one
(5)FSU VS (12) Wisc.-------------------------------------Wisc, haven't seen either so: 12-5 rule.
(4) Xavier VS (13) Portland State------------Xavier, as a rule if you have the word "state" in your name, but not the name of a state I don't pick you.
(6) UCLA VS (11) VCU---------------------------------UCLA, don't pick teams if you have to look up their abreviations.
(3) Nova VS (14) American-----------------------------Nova beats them up inside
(7) Texas VS (10) Minnesota---------------------------Tejas
(2) Duke VS (15) Doesn't Matter U------------------Duke
West Region
(1) UConn VS (16) Chattanooga---------------------UConn, been to chat. don't care for the place.
(8) BYU VS (9) A&M------------------------------------A&M, why not?
(5) Purdue VS (12) Northern Iowa-------------------Boilermakers
(4) Washington (13) Miss State-----------------------Miss. State in a shocking upset!
(6) Marquette VS (11) Utah State---------------------Marq. I didn't know there was a Utah State.
(3) MIZZ VS (14) Cornell-------------------------------MU
(7) Cal VS (10) Md.---------------------------------------Terrapins, see what I mean about East Coast?
(2) Mumphis VS(15) Doesn't Matter-Northridge Memphis
South Region
(1) UNC VS Radford------------------------------------UNC, Radford we hardly knew ye
(8) LSU VS (9) Butler------------------------------------The Butler did it.
(5) Illinois VS (12) WKU-------------------------------Illini buck the 12-5 theory.
(4) Gonzaga VS (13) Akron---------------------------Zags over Zips
(6)ASU VS (11) Temple--------------------------------ASU, I usually wind up regretting the 11-6 games
(3) 'Cuse VS (14) SFA-----------------------------------Orange(men)
(7) Clemson VS (10) Michigan-----------------------lets see.....Michigan. (My oldest neice was accepted to Michigan this week. She will be in their Nursing Program.)
(2) Choklahoma VS (15) Morgan State------------OU, (see naming rules)
Anyways, my lesson about Matthew 21 tomorrow night will suck because I've been working on this tonight, but it was worth it.
Midwest Region
(1) Louisville VS (16) Doesn't Matter --------------Louisville
(8) OSU Suckeyes VS (9) Siena ----------------------Siena
(5) Utah VS (12) Arizona-------------------------------Arizona (a 12 always beats a 5 somewhere)
(4) Wake VS (13) Cleveland State--------------------Wake Forest
(6) WVU VS (11) Dayton------------------------------West Virginia (I'll wind up regretting this one)
(3) KU VS (14) NDSU-----------------------------------Gee, let me think.....Kansas
(7) Boston College VS (10) USC-----------------------BC, I'm picking a lot of East Coast teams
(2) MSU VS (15) Robert Morris-----------------------MSU always plays well in the early rounds.
East Region
(1) Pitt VS (16) E. Tenn----------------------------------Pitt
(8) Ok St. VS (9) Tenn.-----------------------------------Tennessee pulls out a close one
(5)FSU VS (12) Wisc.-------------------------------------Wisc, haven't seen either so: 12-5 rule.
(4) Xavier VS (13) Portland State------------Xavier, as a rule if you have the word "state" in your name, but not the name of a state I don't pick you.
(6) UCLA VS (11) VCU---------------------------------UCLA, don't pick teams if you have to look up their abreviations.
(3) Nova VS (14) American-----------------------------Nova beats them up inside
(7) Texas VS (10) Minnesota---------------------------Tejas
(2) Duke VS (15) Doesn't Matter U------------------Duke
West Region
(1) UConn VS (16) Chattanooga---------------------UConn, been to chat. don't care for the place.
(8) BYU VS (9) A&M------------------------------------A&M, why not?
(5) Purdue VS (12) Northern Iowa-------------------Boilermakers
(4) Washington (13) Miss State-----------------------Miss. State in a shocking upset!
(6) Marquette VS (11) Utah State---------------------Marq. I didn't know there was a Utah State.
(3) MIZZ VS (14) Cornell-------------------------------MU
(7) Cal VS (10) Md.---------------------------------------Terrapins, see what I mean about East Coast?
(2) Mumphis VS(15) Doesn't Matter-Northridge Memphis
South Region
(1) UNC VS Radford------------------------------------UNC, Radford we hardly knew ye
(8) LSU VS (9) Butler------------------------------------The Butler did it.
(5) Illinois VS (12) WKU-------------------------------Illini buck the 12-5 theory.
(4) Gonzaga VS (13) Akron---------------------------Zags over Zips
(6)ASU VS (11) Temple--------------------------------ASU, I usually wind up regretting the 11-6 games
(3) 'Cuse VS (14) SFA-----------------------------------Orange(men)
(7) Clemson VS (10) Michigan-----------------------lets see.....Michigan. (My oldest neice was accepted to Michigan this week. She will be in their Nursing Program.)
(2) Choklahoma VS (15) Morgan State------------OU, (see naming rules)
Anyways, my lesson about Matthew 21 tomorrow night will suck because I've been working on this tonight, but it was worth it.
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