The Victors: Project OSPREY
Michigan 67-64 Minnesota
19-12, 9-9 Big Ten

Thank you, Tubby Smith, for the worst-timed timeout since the Devil Webber took the timeout that wasn't in the '93 game against the North Carolina Tar Heels. The way the valiant Wolverines blew the offensive possession before Tubby's timeout, I have my doubts that the maize & blue would have prevailed had the game gone into overtime time. So, three cheers for being let off the hook: hip hip! Hooray! Hip hip! Hooray! Hip hip! Hooray!

Now on to the Big Ten Tournament and, with a little luck and a lot of attention lavished on the U.C.L.A. and Duke wins, the Big Dance. Keep your fingers crossed.

Go Blue!

The Stars My Destination
The skinny on S.T.S.-119: Launchlink and missionlink.

Obamboozled
Enjoy these last few shuttle flights before President Obama fulfills his campaign pledge to gut Project Constellation's funding and ground the Orion before it ever flies, putting an end to nigh-fifty years of American manned spaceflight.

The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
James Darren, "That Old Black Magic" from This One's From the Heart (T.L.A.M.)

Samstag, 7 März
XTC, "Then She Appeared" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: That's always the way it is, isn't it? You were fine, okay, not great but cool… and then she appeared, and nothing was ever again the same, the very color of the world changed.