Things ....We Learned......From the Week-end

Mondays.......The first day of the work week.  The day which sets the tone for the entire week.   The beginning...

And so with Monday......we reflect upon the week-end .....that was.

Things we learned:


I ....still....hate....Daylight Savings Time.

Alright.....already....it's March 15th.......and it still feels like winter.

The Boston Celtics.......looked mighty old ...against Cleveland.

The Orlando Magic......finally lost a game.

NASCAR......took the week off.....Why?

The Dallas Mavs......lost to the NY Knicks by 20 points....Last month,  they beat those same Knicks.....by 50.....go figure.

March Madness......is finally here....as in the NCAA basketball tourney....Interested?

Did we.......really learn anything.....from this week-end?

Things We Learned .....from the Week-end

Tiger Woods..........

Is still the baddest man on the planet........at least on the golf course. Tiger was 5 strokes back of the leader going into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill down in Florida.

5 strokes back! Think about it.....on a par 70 course.......the leader, Sean O'Hair would only have to par (shoot 70) and Woods would have to shoot a 65.......just to tie.

But this is what Tiger does......he gets into the heads of his competitors....they know he's a coming.

And on Sunday.......he not only came..........he went.......and won. Woods shot a final round of 67....while O'Hair shot a 3 over par 73.

On the 18th and final hole..........vintage Tiger........putted .......for a 12 foot birdie.......and the win.

And........that surgically reconstructed knee........fared very well during his high stepping celebration.

We learned............."He's baaaaaaack!"



From.......64 .....to ......a ...final 4.........

It took two weeks......64 teams started out in the NCAA's annual mens basketball classic.....affectionately known as "March Madness"..... From 64 teams........to 32..........to the "sweet 16".

Then.......it was the "Elite 8"....

Now, the "Final 4".......

UConn.......North Carolina.......Villanova.........and Michigan State.....two number 1 seeds.......a 2.......and a 3 seed.

Who will win? I don't know.....but it'll be fun to watch....come the next week end.



Atlanta 86, L A Lakers 76.......

Yes..........a statement game. These young Hawks had lost 2 home games in a row.....But Sunday they had the largest crowd ever.......at Phillips Arena........though half were wearing Laker jerseys ..........Kobe......was shut down....the Hawks played some defense..........and a funny thing happened..........They won a basketball game.

Already assured a spot in the post-season........these young 'uns are priming themselves for a run. a play-off run..........

With the 4th spot all but secured.......the Hawks should get into the second round....and then....who knows?

From the AJC: Hawks hold off Kobe and the Lakers


Driving.....in the ATL......

Saturday.....I drove to Atlanta.....Sunday...........I drove to Atlanta....And today, I drove to Atlanta..

I'm so glad.....just to be alive.

80.....85.....not the posted speed limit..........but the average speed on I-285, I-20, I-75, and I-85.......those "super speedways" these Atlantans love to use to emulated the late, great Dale Earnhardt........

Things I personally witnessed....this week-end:

While at a red light........the green light (with the arrows) comes on for the left hand turning cars...........the fool to my right..........runs the red light....he's taking on a cell phone. Narrowly misses on coming traffic.

On I-85........I'm in the far left lane....going 80.....a car to my right.....swerves.....toward me....missed me....by a few inches......she was trying to get by a slower vehicle.....and guess what........she was on a cell phone too.......

On our........ famous "loop" here in this southern town........cars kept "flashing" me.....a warning that police activity is just over the hill..........I cross the hill.......and yes.....there is a cop.....a motorcycle cop..........on the side of the road....but instead of holding a radar gun...........yes.......yes........he is on his cell phone.......

Go figure............

Hope you had a great week-end.

If it's March..........It Must be Madness

In this southern college town.......

This has been one heck of a week-end.....54 degrees Saturday night..........Torrential rain Sunday morning.......and then?

Snow, snow..........and more snow........the biggest flakes these eyes have ever seen. And mind you.....I lived in upstate New York.....

At 3pm Sunday............the lights flickered.......and the power ....went off.

There we were........in a totally electric house..........with no satellite...no internet...........and no heat.

But we had extra blankets..........batteries........transistor radios.....kerosene heaters...........and some land line phones.

And...........we made it.

And not only that............we survived........

March...............that ............nasty month............That month......us southerners hate...........

Madness............