Comic for Friday, March 16th, 2007

Posted: 9:40 pm, Thursday, March 16th

You who check this site at night - a little earlybird special for you. I've decided that twenty-six hours and counting of work in two days is more than enough for this cat, thank you very much, and I will be chilling out maxin' relaxing all cool tomorrow from first my couch and then perhaps my corner bar whilst the Irish set a record for three-point attempts by a favored seed in an opening round game of the NCAAs. I have very few amusing anecdotes because, at the moment, my world is bleary-eyed torpor.

I can't believe I succeeded in using torpor correctly.

Anyway, all of you, good luck with your brackets on Day 2, good luck with the green beer tomorrow, good night, and good luck. I will be having my annual corned beef sammich from the bagel shop and either playing bocce ball inside (since the weather is supposedly going to echo the strip for the weekend) or perhaps trying to wedge my way into the cop bar in my neighborhood. It figures that my mental health day is going to be snowy and thirty after two days of sixty and sun.

I haven't mentioned it yet - is anyone else crazy-psyched for Grindhouse? Because I have two thumbs, and *I* am!

Wait, I totally screwed that joke up. Crap.

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Ron's going to end up in New Jersey, isn't he.

East New York, maybe, but not Jersey. I couldn't do that to Ron.

(Zing!, Jerseyans.)

Never have played Bocce. Nah, Ron should end up at Bristol, Conn. Then meet Joe Morgan, just as Spring Training is winding down...

Pity that Gonzaga lost in the first round. I've always liked how that name just rolls off your tongue.

They filmed Grindhouse in my neighborhood in Austin last year. That *almost* makes me willing to go see it, but I'll probably just take a walk around the 'hood and that will suffice.

Just wanted to get my official GO IRISH in.

I'm a little concerned that the lack of upsets (except the exceptionally satisfying Dookie loss) may focus Winthrop a little more.

I'm currently second in my pool (sadly, no Vodka prizes) behind, stereotypically, the admin who picked only the names she recognized.

We used to play the "bad speaker" game working the Mickey D's drive through on slow nights.

They have a pretty popular Bocce league in DC. I have friends who were turned away this season because there are just too many teams. Kickball and bocce - something for everyone.

Go Irish!

Ouch, a little dig at the MTA! Roger Toussaint does blow. I'm Mr. 1950s pro-union Democrat, and yet I found that strike despicable. What about the other laborers who have to get to work? It's not like any rich person besides Mike Bloomberg rides the subway anyway.

I actually didn't mind the strike, but I don't think it was a good tactic (and didn't, even before it turned out that the union still didn't get any of its demands, was find heavily, and some of the leaders got jailtime).

Bloomy had a great one earlier in the winter, which I can't remember if I mentioned. OK, so one of the two snowfalls we've gotten so far dumped maybe four to six inches in the city. Generally, whenever it snows, alternate-side parking gets suspended, so everyone just assumed this would be the case, and there was quite the uproar when half the cars on the street got ticketed. Bloomberg refused to grant amnesty on those tickets, saying, "We needed the cars to obey the rules so that we could keep the streets cleared and plowed. This wasn't even a major snowfall. It's not like *I* like shoveling my car out any more than anyone else."

OK, I'll buy that Bloomberg rides the subway. I think sometimes it's less of a hassle than a car, really. But nothing will ever convince me that that dude shovels his walk.

And, of course, alternate side parking got suspended for the next snowfall, which was a dusting.

Ahem, "fined."

I feel the need to give my alma matter a shout-out today. As the Division I men's basketball tournament is just getting started, the D3 tournament ends tomorrow. Tonight are the semi-final games. Go Woo! http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/printedition/2007/02/27/sptroadtoatlanta0227a.html

Not good... Irish down 4 at the break and have gone 1-12 from beyond the ARC (Falls is 0-4).

Winthrop hit two threes right before the half.

Hope Brey is good at halftime adjustments.

Brey's good at most things except for substitutions.

Who the hell is officiating this thing, though, Big 10 refs? The Irish are getting mugged down low.

Lord, that was some terrible officiating. The blocking call that effectively ended it was about the worst call I've ever seen in my life.

Well, they're young, they'll be back. I feel sorry for Falls though, tough way to go out.

I'm officially backing Georgetown since Tre Styles used to rock his G'Town wear back in the day.

Off to sling drinks, hope everyone has a safe St. Patty's. Designate your Anglo friends to drive.

So...let me guess, Notre Dame lost?

We need a Five Bucks to Friday chat room.