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The point of this blog is to blog...to rant...to make fun of...to laugh at life's little absurdities. So imagine my surprise when the literary world of the small country of Liechtenstein, which has about 34,000 citizens according to the WWW, contacted me to let me know I am everyone's favorite writer. I was floored.

Perhaps one day I can visit my fans. All 34,000 of them.

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BTW, this is my 1000th Post!!! YOU'RE WELCOME!!!

Actually a Nice a Day!!!!

Sitting at OSSS' HS, waiting to p/u after baseball practice. And I'm marveling at what a nice day it is. Outside temp is a sunny 54, and it looks like the snow is going to finally get beat. 

Excitement!!!

Missing You

There. I said it. I am missing one Alex Rodriguez, #13.

Everyday I pick up the NY Daily News and NY Post, and the stories are the same. And they don't include A-Rod. And that is sad. Because A-Rod was always an awesome read. Minotaurs! Hookers! Cameron Diaz! Sunning himself! Jeter jealousy! The list goes on and on.

And out of deference to the man, I decided not to use a picture that is condescending, like the one below.

Ohhhh...my bad, A-Rod.

Played Like Champs

Only not this season. 

Lost by 1 point in double OT. When 5 of my main players fouled out, three in 4th quarter. An absolute full-tilt effort by all. 

Proud to say these boys are my team. 

On to baseball! 

My March Madness

OK, round 1 is in the books and my boys prevail. Score was 44-19. Figured we'd have an easy one.

Now we travel on Sunday for round 2. Against a team I have played a lot over the last few. Check this out:

2011-2012
Game 1 - LOSS 33-32
Game 2 - WIN 34-31
Game 3 - WIN 53-47 (Playoffs)
We went on to win championship

2012-2013
Game 4 - WIN 37-30 OT (we hit a 3 at the end of regulation to tie game)
Game 5 - LOSS 48-44
Game 6 - LOSS 46-40 (Playoff Semis)
They went on to win championship of this league (I won my other)

2013-2014
Game 7 - WIN 41-40 OT
Game 8 - LOSS 42-19 (we barely showed up)
They are #3 seed, we are #6

So...we are 4-4 against these guys since we joined the league. And I always suspected the road in the playoffs would go through these folks. Check me back tomorrow for the update. Wish us luck.

One Day More

Until two things begin....

First, OSSS (Oldest Son of SoulSlam) has HS baseball beginning tomorrow here in NJ. Based on the snow cover, there will be lots of indoor practices to start. He's looking to rock it this season as a soph. Good luck, bro.

Second, my 7th grade travel basketball team has first round playoff tomorrow evening. Home game. We ended up #6 seed, and as luck would have it, the #11 seed dropped out, giving us a favorable draw in playoffs. We take one game at a time, but it's all teams we have the capability to beat if we play our game. So good luck to YSSS (Youngest Son of SoulSlam) and your host.

More of the White Stuff

While not as bad as initally predicted, we still gots some snow coming here to North J. Our southern (re: Shore) neighbors look like they's gonna get slammed though.

So we get a March storm to add to the white landscape around us. HS Baseball practice starts Friday here...that means lots of indoor practices at odd hours for most. Our travel baseball league starts the first weekend in April. I can see that getting a delay since I find it hard to believe we will have a storm, full melt and drying out in less than 30 days. Not here in Flood Central.

Better be a spectacular Spring & Summer. Just sayin'.

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And just an update...lost our last regular season game in hoops. So we L-I-M-P into playoffs. Tough road ahead.