Back from Spring Break.... And a film by Joshua Fowler

Hooray. Since Smart Decision finally went live this past week, there was something for me to (gasp) actually do. And it ended up being typing the ballots for Phelps County. I learned two things in this task:
1.) If there is ever a trivia night where they ask: 'What are the zip codes of Rolla, MO?', I will clean up. (65401, 65402 and 65409. Put it in the bank)
2.) If you do feel the need to type ballots, try and do it in a chair. I stood for the entire time, and when I finished, I felt lime an old man who just lifted a sofa up a narrow flight of stairs. Not an experience I wish to repeat, but I probably will at some point. And it doesn't help that I can be the most anal retentive bastard when it comes to organizing something like this. Whenever something would go over the allotted one line of text, I would have to center the two lines. It's just how I am.

I was also asked to help with information regarding the Lieutenant Governor's race, after some "Princess Bride" discussions with Jen and some in the newsroom. But Cate needed help getting everything ready for the 10 postings. So I typed up some scripts and then helped people capture an image... which reminds me. Cate came up with an idea of typing up a memo on how to capture an image and transfer it to the server, so everyone, especially the B2ers, know what they are doing. I thought it was a solid idea, so chew on it. Give it some thought.

We also learned through our colleague Mr. Fowler that he wrote a screenplay for a class of his last semester. So we got to read a little of that. I won't go into specifics, but it was OK. Believable characters, a solid plot and flashbacks. I'm a sucker for flashbacks.

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FANTASY SPORTS NEWS

Well, my NCAA bracket is now officially shot to Hell. Texas lost in the Elite 8 and Carolina was bounced last night. I had the 'Heels beating the 'Horns in the Final. So there's that. But there is a silver lining. I won $5 from my Dad and $10 each from my roommates. So there's and extra $25 I can spend on an eighth of a tank of gas. Which is nice.

I'm ahead in my Hockey final, but after today, I think I'll lose a couple of categories giving 'Kemily's Krushers' the victory. I hate losing...I really do.

Rick Ankiel was a steal in my Baseball league. One week: 3 HR, 6 RBI... amazing. He's picking up Ryan Howard's slack. If those two catch on fire at the same time, watch out for Logush.

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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST

My buddy Joe's dad died of cancer last week. He was in the hospital for awhile, then got pneumonia on top of it. Jerry Kennedy was 57, a year older than my dad. And that's scary to me. My mom beat breast cancer last year, and to know how lucky we were that chemo worked for her. It just puts things in perspective.
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LINE/LYRIC OF THE WEEK

I watched Nirvana's "Unplugged" DVD again a couple of nights ago. So here is one of the songs they performed.

"Well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateau
Some said it was in Greenland and some say Mexico
Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could"
- The Meat Puppets (covered by Nirvana)
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