Wildcat's Bracket Battle, Episode Three

The Wildcat’s house, shortly after Connecticut’s 87-83 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats…

Wildcat's Bracket Battle, Episode Two

Well, the NCAA Tournament is well underway, and Frank and I were pleased to see the Kentucky Wildcats survived their first round battle against UAB, winning 69 to 64. We aren’t optimistic about them surviving the second round, though. They’ve got to beat Connecticut, the number one team in the Washington, D.C. bracket. Speaking of brackets, Frank and I took some time this evening to see how we were doing with our predictions for the Tournament.











Needless to say, Frank is no longer allowed to visit CNNSI.com anymore. Who knew they put that kind of stuff on there? Anyway, for anyone curious to see how our brackets look, here’s a link to mine and Frank’s.

By the way, wanted to say thanks to AOL’s “sazziest” blogging poet, Dianna. She’s this week’s guest editor and named the Wildcat’s Lair as one of her picks. Thanks, Dianna, and congrats on being this week’s guest editor!

Wildcat's Bracket Battle

With the 2006 NCAA Tournament starting today, Frank and I decided to make it interesting and put together our bracket, predicting the winners. We’ll wait until a later entry to reveal our wager. Right now, Frank’s too busy trying to finish his bracket before the tournament begins.

Wildcats Can't Jump

Frank was excited when he learned the Kentucky Wildcats had made it into the NCAA Tournament. They’ll face UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) in the first round up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Friday.

As it turns out, Frank doesn’t really know that much about basketball. He just likes gambling on the NCAA Tournament, so I took him down to the gym to give him a few pointers about the game.

Schrodinger's Wildcat

Special thanks to "Whatis.com" for helping me understand "Schrodinger's Cat" enough to do this, and to make me appreciate that physicist Richard Feynman was right when he said, "Nobody understands quantum theory."

Where is Your Emergency?

Working overnights, it’s not always easy to spend time with the wife and kids. Against my better judgment, I took the night off and let Frank go to work for me at the 911 center. I should have known better…

Return of Wildcat

Yes, the Wildcat is back (both me and Frank). Even though my wife and I closed on our new house in December, we didn’t move in until this month. Despite being here almost two weeks, we’re still getting settled into the house. To say I’m exhausted doesn’t really cover it.



The actual moving day went well. The movers had estimated six to eight hours to move us (which met with more than one explicative from yours truly). I’m happy to say that they not only did the job in less than four hours, but the work crew turned out to be some really decent guys who even made the experience fun. To toot my own horn a bit (and isn’t that a lot of what blogging is about?), I cut down on the estimated time quite a bit by moving much of our furniture in our car. Say what you will about the environmental evils of the SUV, I managed to fit even our tall bookshelves into our not-so-little Trailblazer. Not being the brawniest-looking fellow, I enjoyed discovering just how much I could lift by myself. Didn’t do this all alone, of course. My wife, the Dragon Queen, did her fair share of heavy lifting, too. She’s one tough lady—among the many reasons I married her.

With the move behind us and the pile of cardboard boxes taking up less space day-by-day, I’m trying to get back into a normal routine. Frank’s dirty looks to get back to my blog have finally worn away my resistance. I’ve a lot of catching up to do, not only within my blog but in many of yours. With the number of new entry alerts in my mailbox threatening to break the hundred mark, I’ve missed quite a lot in the past few weeks. I can see I’ve let at least one of Jess’ “Writer's Weekly Questions” get by me, and as it’s quite a good one, I’ll have to do it even though I’m quite late with a reply. More than one comment has still made its way onto my neglected blog while I was MIA, so my thanks to those of you who’ve not forgotten me and the Lair in my absence.

I’m a bit behind on everything including my reading and writing, but I’ve not totally neglected them. My solo effort The Cold Shoulder got its first outing at the Ten Page Club, the writers group my wife and I attend monthly. I’ll post an update on that. You can also expect a post later this week about the James River Writers Conference, which my wife and I have attended for the past three years. This year, we’re going to be very involved in the conference, taking part in the planning for this fall’s two-day event.



As you can see, I’ve quite a bit to blog about now that I’ve returned, and I’m glad to be back! Looking forward to catching up with all of you.