Project OSPREY: The Madness
N.C.A.A. Tournament, 2nd Round
(2) Oklahoma 73-63 Michigan (10)

Drat! We just didn't have an answer for the beastly Griffin. It would've been nice if we'd had an awesome outside shooting day, but in the end we lost because we had no answer for Griffin but to foul him like it was going out of style, and even then he still scored at will. Rats and double rats! Oh, well, from 10-22 in '07-'08 to 21-14 and having a halfway decent chance of making the Sweet Sixteen in '08-'09? I'll take it. Onward and upward, we turn our eyes to next year with raised expectations: a better than .500 record in conference play and a spot in the Sweet Sixteen. Making the Big Dance is no longer an achievement for the valiant Wolverines, it is a minimal hallmark of a satisfactory campaign; now we've got to learn how to keep dancing past the first round.

Go Blue!

Anybody else spy that there's a player for Missouri named Leo Lyons? That is a tremendous name, though I have to wonder why a guy named Leo Lyons is a Mizzou Tiger. Surely this kid should have gone to Penn State. Just imagine: Leo Lyons the Nittany Lion. That's almost as good as Northwestern playing Northeastern.

The Stars My Destination
Bit by bit, the International Space Station grows: constructionlink. The I.S.S. is impressive already, and will be even moreso once the TIE fighter-like Cupola window is installed and a full crew of six are regularly rotated, but it will always be missing an ingredient the old Skylab, for all its quaint primitiveness, was able to boast: Pete Conrad. I tell ya, boys and girls, there's nothing in the world that isn't better with Pete Conrad, may he rest in peace. Pete Conrad!

Wayback Machinelink.

Persia
Even though I predicted President Obama's policies would constitute a "parade of horrors," I am continually shocked by his almost suicidal disregard for our national security. What in Bog's name can he be thinking? First, he offered to shelve our purely defensive interceptor missile system in a naked attempt to placate the Russians; luckily, they declined the offer and have continued to be as belligerently hegemonic as ever. Now he has offered Bog only knows what as appeasement to the bloodthirsty dictatorship in Iran; once again, we have been saved only by the intransigence of our enemies: Ayatollahlink.

Please, I am begging one of you who voted for this man, who voted for President Obama, to explain to me what he could possibly be thinking. Please. Please! If the comments section does not afford a sufficient space for a defense of the president's policies, kindly email me and I will post your remarks, unedited, here at The Secret Base. This is an open-ended offer, made in the belief that disagreement and even argument do not have to be unfriendly.

The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
P!nk, "So What" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: My name is Mike Wilson and I apologize for nothing.

Samstag, 21 März
The Mr. T Experience, "Told You Once" from Short Music For Short People (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: At eleven seconds, "Told You Once" isn't even the briefest song on Short Music For Short People.