Get your Brackets Ready!!!

It's that time of year again folks. It's March Madness time. That's right. You can go to www.espn.com or www.sportsline.com or www.cnnsi.com for all of your insight and bracket coverage. For all of you periphery sports fans. I will tell you that this is the single most exciting 3.5 weeks of sports every year. The World Cup of Soccer (every 4 years) is definitely similar as are the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The real awesome part of the NCAA Tournament though is that every game matters. It's do or die every time the team hits the floor. That is something that is totally intriguing and takes things to the next level as a result. If you can make time and watch any of this tournament (especially the first couple of rounds) - go for it. You won't be dissapointed. Last year, I was living in Milwaukee during the tournament and that made things even more exciting because people down there go nuts (just like we do for Hockey). Don't get me wrong by the way...hockey is still my favourite sport but there is something special about March Madness.

This weekend, I chilled with Bobby and Kris in SSM. We had a really chill weekend. Went swimming and hot tubbing on Friday afternoon. Had a very nice dinner at an Italian Restaurant on Friday night. Had a New York Strip Medium Rare with a Porchini Mushroom risotto on the side. Sunday we slept in. Didn't wake up till about 1:00 pm. Then, went to the states for some gambling at the Kewadin Casino. When we crossed the border - we got asked to go to immigration so they could check us out. I guess you kind of get type cast as a terrorist when there is a Sikh, a Marathi and some Trinny massive. Apparently, I talk too much with those border guys. I was chatting with them - giving them all sorts of info as they were asking me questions. The way I look at it is that I've got nothing to hide. I see what Kris and Bobby are saying though. When you say too much, they basically try to get you caught in your words so you stumble and then, they pounce on you. We got through without any issues in the end so it's all good. However, I did lose $40 on Black Jack. Damn dealer kept beating me by 1 or pushing. I was playing technically properly but just didn't win any cash. Kris and Bobby both won so they hooked me up with some buffet...such swell guys. Got back to Bobby's at nigh. Watched Ishq Vishk (Hindi movie). First time I've ever seen Amrita Rao and she is BEAUTIFUL and Marathi!!! I am just waiting for the lotus leaf to arrive in the mail. ;o) We then played monopoly and I was down to $11 but then worked my way back. We made some trades and I got Boardwalk and Park Place. Then, I started killing it. Kris was losing huge and quit so I ended up with the most money when we stopped. We then watched The Italien Job (what a great movie) and then went to bed. The drive home yesterday was quite stressful. The conditions were crappy as there was a lot of ice and snow and blowing white-out conditions. Those 2 lane highways can get quite freaky too with oncoming traffic (especially trucks) coming so fast towards you. I'm glad I wasn't alone for that drive.

Back to the grind of work today. Not so much travelling. Just a lot of paper work and figuring out my plans...