Monday, March 17, 2008

Check out The Sand Box


Click here to get to the Sandbox, a feature of Slate, which has blogs written by folks connected to the military in some way. I was going to post the whole blog as a guest blog, but it's too long. I'll just post the link. If need be, scroll to the posting for 3/17/08, entitled HAMID AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION. It's excellent!

Today was a gorgeous spring day. The Bradford pears are exploding, and the forsythia is gloriously yellow. I've even seen a couple of pink magnolias (soulangia, deciduous magnolia, Japanese magnolia) in bloom.

Monday was definitely Monday - all the usual stops along the way. I did have terrible cards - way too many hands with 2, 3, and 4 points. I really hate that. But I did have a couple of good ones - and those are what keeps us coming back.

We watched the second part of Black Magic on ESPN. John stayed up and watched tonight. I haven't found a time when it'll be rerun - maybe it'll show up on "On Demand". It's about the basketball stars and coaches who came out of the "historically black colleges". It is an excellent program.

The brackets for the women's NCAA tournament were announced today. The Lady Vols are a #1 seed, of course. Our Lady Mocs are a #12, and will open against Kansas State in Connecticut next weekend. We'll be watching and cheering!

Today's photo is a split rail fence at Charles Towne Landing, Charleston, SC.

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