It doesn't get any better for basketball fans. Hoops from noon to midnight, buzzer beaters, barn burners, white knucklers. And the Big Dance hasn't even started yet. Start paying attention to these games so you can make your tournament selections.
I will continue my tradition, and take next Thursday and Friday off from work to watch every game of the tournament. Am I the only one who thinks Selection Sunday and NFL Draft Day should be national holidays?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Thoughts For The Day
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss.
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Sports Name Of The Year
The greatest name in all of sports, 7-foot-1 center Chief Kickingstallionsims of Alabama State. (Full name: Grlenntys Chief Kickingstallionsims Jr. Not a typo.) Who among us does not want to see the Chief get his moment in the Dance?
Monday, March 9, 2009
Trust me - the glass is half full.
Women who look on the bright side of life have longer and healthier lives than their pessimistic peers, while women who tend not to trust other people die sooner than their less cynical counterparts, a large study of attitudes and health found.
Dr. Hilary Tindle of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and her colleagues analyzed information gathered from more than 97,000 women who did not have heart disease or cancer when they joined the Women's Health Initiative, the massive national trial known for its conclusions on hormone therapy. The women, 50 to 74 years old, answered questionnaires on their attitudes at the start of the trial. Optimists expected good things to happen and cynically hostile women were extremely mistrustful of other people, according to survey definitions.
After eight years, optimistic women had a 14 percent lower risk of dying from any cause than their pessimistic counterparts, according to research Tindle presented last week. Women who scored high on cynical hostility had a 16 percent higher risk of death than their counterparts. These differences were more extreme in black women: optimists had a 44 percent lower risk of cancer-related death and cynically hostile women had a 142 percent higher risk of cancer death.
Tindle said in an interview the study does not say that attitudes cause good health or illness, but the association between them deserves more study, particularly because it held true even when age, education, and income level were factored in.
BOTTOM LINE: Optimistic women were healthier and lived longer lives than pessimists, while cynical hostility was independently associated with higher death rates.
Dr. Hilary Tindle of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and her colleagues analyzed information gathered from more than 97,000 women who did not have heart disease or cancer when they joined the Women's Health Initiative, the massive national trial known for its conclusions on hormone therapy. The women, 50 to 74 years old, answered questionnaires on their attitudes at the start of the trial. Optimists expected good things to happen and cynically hostile women were extremely mistrustful of other people, according to survey definitions.
After eight years, optimistic women had a 14 percent lower risk of dying from any cause than their pessimistic counterparts, according to research Tindle presented last week. Women who scored high on cynical hostility had a 16 percent higher risk of death than their counterparts. These differences were more extreme in black women: optimists had a 44 percent lower risk of cancer-related death and cynically hostile women had a 142 percent higher risk of cancer death.
Tindle said in an interview the study does not say that attitudes cause good health or illness, but the association between them deserves more study, particularly because it held true even when age, education, and income level were factored in.
BOTTOM LINE: Optimistic women were healthier and lived longer lives than pessimists, while cynical hostility was independently associated with higher death rates.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Thought For The Day
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed).
- Dr. Seuss -
Yes! You will indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed).
- Dr. Seuss -
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