Someone named Adrihoo is in the lead of the Barristers Bracket Challenge, having picked 40 of 48 games correctly. I should be winning, but a computer malfunction caused some of my great picks to be changed to really stupid picks. Again, this was due to a computer bug of some sort. I’m having that worked on right now. In terms of people I recognize, Smackdown, Chris R. of MAGMA, and Chill Rob A’s wife are all tied for 5th.

After the first round of the NCAA tourney, we have three teams tied for the lead. I’m Jam and Y’all Toast, Adrihoo, and Mrs. Aaron Gray all have 28. I am lurking in the shadows, quietly waiting for my turn to pounce with 21. Chill Rob A’s wife who, if I remember correctly, didn’t know what the little numbers meant beside the teams (seedings), is tied for 2nd with 27.

Flew back in on Sunday, then went and played quizzo at Dark Horse on Monday and suffered a painful defeat. Finally got back into the swing of things on Tuesday at O’Neals, where the Young, the Old and the Restless shredded the competition, scoring 100 while the Number of Hula Chicks I Lei’d Last Week Is 74, finishing 2nd.

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Yo peeps. I’m gonna give a running commentary of the NCAA tourney tommorrow for the early games. Hope you’ll tune in. Oh, and glad that the NCAA decided to snub Mid majors like Drexel and Appalachian State so that deserving teams like Stanford could get in. They really put up an impressive fight in falling behind by 30 in the first half to Louisville.

Hey gang, just posted a bunch of new photos, including one of my dork burn.

– The Republican President sends the troops to war.
– After the War there’s an Insurrection so the Repubican President sends additional troops to the embattled area.
– For the first time since before the start of the war the Democrats regain control of the House.
The war was the Civil War; The Insurrection was in Mississippi; and the Presidents were Lincoln and Grant.
For Political purposes, a Deal (AKA Bipartisanship) was made. The troops were withdrawn; Reconstruction ended; And Generations of Jim Crow began….

Gonna go cruising up to the northwest corner of the island, known as the Kohala Coast. I’ll probably hit Hapuna Beach for an hour or so before that. Spent all day yesterday working on questions and writing my scandalous column for the Metro, which is going to forever sully my reputation as a innocent little angel. It’s kind of like when NKOTB came out with the Hangin’ Tough album. Things are good. Have a toothache, but other than that, I’m holding up pretty well. Tommorrow I’m gonna hit the other side of the island with my buddy Mark. He and I grabbed dinner a few nights ago at Teshima’s, a great Japanese restaurant that opened in 1940. The lady who opened it, known affectionately as Mama Teshima, is over 95 years old and still works there. She also has a ridiculously cute great-grandaughter who works there as well. I’ll be back. Oh, and the picture above is of a gecko eating syrup at a restaurant called the Coffee Shack (click on it to blow it up. It’s a pretty wild picture.)

Despite the nasty weather out there Baseball will be starting 3 weeks from Monday. Every year I make my predictions and every year I’m more right than wrong. (Did anyone outside of Detroit pick Detroit?) Anyway, these are my predictions for the play-off bound teams for the 2007 season. Some of these are based on past performance; some on future expectations; and some on wishful thinking. Feel free to name your picks.
National League: East – Mets; Central – Cubs; West – Dodgers; Wild Card – Phils
American League: East – Yanks; Central – White Sox; West – Angels; Wild Card – A’s

World Series – Cubs over Yanks (I told you there was some wishful thinking)

Hey, I got off to sort of a late start today due to a fairly wild and borderline scandalous night last night. Details forthcoming, possibly in the Metro. Anyways, so there is no question of the week this week. I know, I know. I’m a slacker. You’ll be OK. Anyways, I got to get these friggin questions done, so I’ll holler at you later. And speaking of the Metro, here is the article I did last week, in case you didn’t get a chance to read Thursday’s paper. Oh, and I hear it’s really cold in Philly, so in an effort to warm you guys up, I posted a photo above of a beach I was at a few days ago called Kauna’oa, out in front of the Mauna Kea Resort.

Last night I saw “Zodiac” and last week “The Departed” won Best Picture. I thought both films were O.K. but long. So I decided to put a list together of my All-Time Top 10 Favorite Gangster/Crime Films. It was tough. There are a lot of good films that didn’t make it. If your favorites didn’t make it feel free to let us know what they were. For one reason or another there were films I didn’t see. Next time someone goes to the video store and nothing new catches their eye they might check out these movies. My Favorite 10 in order of release: 1. 1938 – “Angels With Dirty Faces” 2. 1941 – “The Maltese Falcon” 3. 1949 – “White Heat” 4. 1971 – “The French Connection” 5. 1972 – “The Godfather” 6. 1974 – “The Godfather 2” 7. 1990 – “Goodfellas” 8. 1992 – “Reservoir Dogs” 9. 1995 – “The Usual Suspects” and 10. 1997 – “LA Confidential” For Foreign Language Movie Lovers rhere’s “City Of God” 2003.