Entries from March 2008

the dark side of the moon

March 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Today on my way home from work WMGK played Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon in it’s entirety.  I thought that was pretty awesome how they played the whole thing.  They said afterwards that on this day 35 years ago the album was released in the UK.
“Money” needs to be a song in [...]

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Tags: philadelphia

proverbial bracket smackdown

March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Well, my bracket took the proverbial smackdown this weekend.
On Saturday night in a matter of 15 minutes, I nearly lost the two final four teams on the right side of my bracket. Pitt was soundly defeated, and UCLA (who I have in the Championship) trailed for most of the second half until a stellar [...]

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Tags: bracketology

bracket update

March 21st, 2008 · No Comments

After the completion of day two, I lost 10 of the first round games, but I’ve only lost 2 of my Sweet Sixteen teams.
Elite Eight: North Carolina, Tennessee, Kansas, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Stanford, UCLA, Duke
Final Four: North Carolina, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, UCLA
Championship: Georgetown, UCLA
Champion: Georgetown, 74-69
Teams Still In (March 21st – Round of 32 Complete)
Round of [...]

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Tags: bracketology

weekend bracketologist

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

It took a whole seven minutes, but I finally filled out my bracket for the NCAA tournament.
Elite Eight:  North Carolina, Tennessee, Kansas, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Stanford, UCLA (pronouced Uhk-Lah), Duke
Final Four: North Carolina, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, UCLA
Championship: Georgetown, UCLA
Champion: Georgetown, 74-69
It’s a very Big East and Big 5 centered bracket (I have Temple winning their first game [...]

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Tags: bracketology

dear super smash bros brawl

March 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Dear Super Smash Bros Brawl,
You come out tonight at midnight. After an initial December launch date, then a delay to February, and then another delay until March 9, the day has finally arrived where we will finally meet.
Ever since I bought my Wii in 2007, I have been waiting for today. All I’m [...]

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Tags: video games

great adventure is not near new york

March 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A quick rant.
Tonight I was watching Wheel of Fortune. Let me establish first that I love that show and one of my life goals is to be on in. Also, for those who don’t know, I worked at Great Adventure for four years while in high school.
Now, the rant. On the first [...]

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Tags: day trips · new jersey · roller coasters