Project OSPREY: The Madness
N.C.A.A. Tournament, 1st Round
(10) Michigan 62-59 Clemson (7)

Fielding Yost's ghost, that was far more exciting than it needed to be! Of course, that's the beauty of the Tourney: once the brackets are set, there are no points for—and please forgive the grammatical butchery, I feel this best expressed in the vernacular, no matter how vulgar—winning pretty or wining ugly. The valiant Wolverines found a way to win, and so live to fight another day. Huzzah! Thank you, Coach Beilein. Bring on the Sooners, whom I am confident will be going home sooner than they'd expected. OK is not OK!

Go Blue!

Hail! to the victors valiant!
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes!
Hail! Hail! to Michigan
The leaders and best!

Hail! to the victors valiant!
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes!
Hail! Hail! to Michigan
The champions of the West!

The Explorers Club
No. CXX - John Wycliffe (c. 1325-84) and the Lollard heresy.








The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Josh Ritter, "The Temptation of Adam" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: I am always vaguely reminded of "The Temptation of Adam" after watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, given the franchise's internal inevitability of nuclear Armageddon. And after tonight's episode, with John's mourning for Riley and Derek's heartbreak over Jesse, well, the song seems especially apropos.

"We passed the time with crosswords
That she thought to bring inside.
'What five letters spell apocalypse?'
She asked me.
I won her over singing, 'W-W-I-I-I,'
And we smiled and we both knew
That she'd misjudged me."