Non fat, double, tall, no whip, with foam, iced vanilla latte.

Oh man, i am one of THOSE people now. I am at Starbucks....at lunch time.....writing a blog. i hope that the 8 people in here are looking at me thinking (what is that guy typing). i always wonder what people are writing or typing on their computer when i am on the train or airplane. Now i know, they are are doing nothing really other that typing/writing "i am on a plane/train/in coffee house."

One thing i have been thinking about lately is all the signage in peoples front yards on the 8 mile stretch from bellingham to lynden. There are two, count 'em, 1-2 signs on the way up here that tell us that the world is going to end may 22, 2011. they even have a big "NO" symbol with 2012 in it. there are a couple of anti-abortion signs, a sign that tells us to by local firewood.......yes, buy local firewood, and of course a couple signs about the government stealing from us and a couple calling their land a "land grab" zone.

All of these signs obviously come from passionate, convinced people, as far right as possible republicans. all are well and good, and i can understand the case for most, (minus the firewood one, that is just strange to me) but the end of the world ones are just ballsy. i like that. the balls it takes to tell not only Washington travels but Candians as well that come may 23, we will not be here. this is a bold statement and one that, i feel if they are wrong, they should be a little bit embarrassed about.

The Madness that is March...Madness

This year the NCAA has is doing something that i have never seen before and am very excited about it. They are broadcasting on more than one station. CBS, TNT, TRUtv (whatever that is) and TBS. All day non stop coverage on 4 stations not to mention watching online where you can pick and switch to any game you want to watch. I can imagine that people that live for reruns of 2 and a half men, everybody loves raymond and whatever they show on TRUtv are pissed, but lets face it, 99% of those people are rooting for Wofford to take down BYU right now.

Another aspect that makes this years tournament a little different for me is that i have no money what so ever riding on any of the games. That is to say that i am not in a money bracket pool. My cousin invited me to be in his office pool (which i have won before and took home a solid purse of around $200.) This year i have paid and exceptionally little amount of time watching college basketball. i watched the 3 games between Wazzu and UW but that is it. I think i may have kicked off the season watch a Gonzaga game against Kansas St (which they lost) but that could easily have been last year. Speaking of Gonzaga, they are whooping on St. Johns right now 28-18 with 10:26 left in the first half (let's hope i just jinxed them....or am i going for the reverse hex???)

One day i will go to Las Vegas for the opening round of the NCAA tournament, take $100 and see what i can turn it into (or how many games it takes to lose it all. Either way, FREE DRINKS!!!)