Good Friday to everyone. Quick & short today (I'll explain).

How are your brackets doing? I lost 2 Sweet 16 teams already! The Hoyas got slain by O-hi-o and Vanderbilt got demolished by Murray State. I have to admit, there's conflict with my picks and geographical bias. I was rooting for N. Iowa even though I had UNLV picked in a couple brackets (I have 4). Also, I was rooting for Marquette against all my picks going the way of the Washington Huskies.

Regardless, the dance started fast paced as 6 games were decided by 3 points or less; one went into double OT. I'm saddened by my Irish loss to Old Dominion and I had to watch on CBS Sports online since I was working and we can't watch TV at work. Yeah, I know...but that's one perk in March that would make high marks for the company morale!!! Of course, I kid. Seriously, I clicked out of curiosity the "My Boss" button while watching...why the hell do I do that? You know, if I saw a button on the wall stating, "Do not push"...well, I'd push the darned thingy. Anyway, my computer didn't melt down or anything and I didn't launch a missile or nothing like that. Check out the site if you have the chance.

OK, so much for short & sweet...I want to let you know I'm out early today. My daughter is having her defibrillator replaced this afternoon in Chicago. I thought I'd let you all know since you are my friends and all...please send your prayers her way, she's a great girl and owns my heart. Next up is my youngest which took me aback a little. I wasn't expecting his to be replaced just yet. Nevertheless, he's on the schedule but we don't know exactly when...my daughter has the disease (Long QT if you don't know) and her defibrillator has gone off many times over the last 10 years. Some were settings that needed to be tweaked and some were life saving, so she absolutely needs the replacement. My youngest is borderline Long QT, but it's still a safe-guarding feature for him. The bad part is he'll miss baseball for a couple weeks which bums him out, but I assured him he'll still have a place to play (it's nice having connections ;) ). Anyway, I thought you'd like to know.

Have a great day everyone. Enjoy the sunshine if weather permits!

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