With the NCAA tournament starting tomorrow, Frank Deford had some interesting opinions on the rumors of expanding the number of teams.  His thesis was that the NCAA championship is the best sports championship, ever.  He points out how NFL’s overtime rule, the lateness of the World Series, and the awfulness of the BCS to prove his thesis.  I ‘ve never really watched college basketball, but I know that the excitement it generates bleeds through to millions of people.

This is all to say that Deford has officially convinced me to give it a whirl. As of today, I’m going to watch college basketball.  I have a bracket up in my classroom and I intend to fill it in.

His point about the BCS being the antithesis of the NCAA tournament got me thinking that it’s possible to have a near perfect system of defining a champion or winner in anything in life.  The ol’ bracket works in nearly ever aspect of life.  This got me thinking that maybe this could work in other areas of life.  Perhaps grades? Perhaps buying a car? Perhaps not.

Either way… I’m in!  Go DUKE!

I don’t understand. We have a day honoring Martin Luther King, but he didn’t even work here.

-Michael

Michael. Do you remember you specifically told me to bring one sheet of paper. You said it only takes one sheet to make a difference. I said, ‘are you sure Michael?’ And you said, ‘Pam! Pam! Pam!’ And then you sneezed in my tea and then you said, ‘don’t worry it’s just allergies.’ Do you remember that?

An episode of The Office…

Oh my God, Darryl. You look like Barack Obama. Everybody I’m dating Barack Obama.