Weak End
Hey next time I go shooting my blog off about the best conference in men’s college basketball, stop me, will ya. We went oh(!) for 3 in first round action Thursday, including losses by Seton Hall, Marquette and the alma mater. Oy! In our defense, because our teams play such a tough regular and post season schedule, we’ve been beaten and battered so bad, some of us have nothing left by NCAA tournament time. The ‘Cuse had to battle through four straight grueling games to win the Big East Championship. Those guys are more than half my age, but I know if I put in just one long day, it takes me two to recover. I can’t imagine four in a row. Let’s hope the remaining five teams can carry the flag this weekend.
Erin go bragh! ‘Tis St. Patrick’s Day, it is. Ah, the streets of New York will be covered in green today as the sons and daughters of Ireland celebrate by marching up Fifth Avenue. This great-great-grandson of Ireland (on my mother’s side) will bypass the festivities, thank you very much, as will New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. She’s not partaking because the organizers of this quasi-religious affair don’t allow gays and lesbians to march. Quinn is the city’s first openly lesbian council speaker and third highest elected official. She’ll sit this one out in protest. We’ll both miss seeing all those violations of the city’s open container laws.
In politics across the river, Newark, NJ Mayor Sharpe James filed papers to run for a sixth term just before Thursday’s filing deadline. The mayor, who some see as either a champion of the people or an embarrassing example of corrupt machine politics, is now poised to once again face opponent Cory Booker, who James defeated in a close race in 2002. That election, chronicled in the Academy Award-nominated documentary Street Fight, pointed out the extent to which James and his organization would stoop to win, going so far as to suggest that the light-skinned Democrat Booker was actually a white Republican. In some less-informed parts of Newark, that tactic apparently worked. The city’s bipartisan election will be held May 9.
Finally, some kind reader, I know not who, purchased a gift for me off my wishlist, apparently quite awhile ago. I know this only because I happened to look at the wishlist in purchased mode and saw the item there. I don’t know if it was a holiday present or a birthday gift, but it never arrived. Perhaps, whoever you are, you’ve been wondering why I never thanked you. I do thank you, I just don’t know who you are nor did I receive the package. I hope it is not too late to inquire with Amazon.
Posted by bernie at March 17, 2006 10:06 AMIt is great reading your posts. Sorry about the Big East. I just want Duke to go down, early if possible.
Posted by: MS. World at March 17, 2006 11:06 AMHey, I should start a darn wishlist and see who buys me something. That would be neat having gifts just show up in the mailbox
Posted by: Shawn at March 26, 2006 2:09 PM