I didn't even fill out a bracket this year

The NCAA's are about to start in about 20 minutes and I didn't fill out a bracket. What's more, I don't care.

The byproduct of the "one-and-done" culture of college sports is that it's hard to really get to know a team, the back-to-back National Champion Florida squads being the exception that proves the rule (except I've always hated Florida). A friend of mine said it best on the first day of college football season: "This is the worst sports day of the year. You have no idea what's going on and you're supposed to know everything." Now I didn't go to a major university, so I don't have a proud sports tradition to follow, but my own tradition has been to latch onto the most interesting team. I can't find distinctly interesting teams any more.

Nowadays, the stories are almost all hackneyed and repeated: so-and-so got a scholarship because of blah blah blah, everyone hates Duke, no one on the east coast has seen Pac 10 team X, etc. None of this is meant to belittle the tournament, which I'll still lovingly watch for the next month. But the point is that my patience or ability to pretend I know the slightest thing about it is long gone, and I'm the guy who ran the school pools in sixth, seventh and eighth grades. If the secretary up front can win the whole thing, what's the point?

If you feel like you must bet on a game, we'll push you toward our buddy Cleveland Frowns' pick, Kent State, long a Me and Pedro favorite. Much love for the Golden Flashes.

Your profanity-free Tuesday morning post

Hello, friends! I have been told that I have a problem with using language that is not appropriate for all ages. Please to accept my sincerest apologies as it will not happen again! Let us talk of the events of the day okay.

Wow, look at the weather out there today. It is not like it was yesterday, but it will be the opposite in only three days! Let us talk about it again in three days.

Have you filled out your basketball bracket? I have chosen a major state university
that my mom's sister attends to win the championship game. I do not expect my co-worker's alma mater to go far, but watch out for my older brother's wife's sister's school — they are a sleeper!

Did you hear the Red Sox lost to the Yankees yesterday? I am going to get very worked up about this meaningless game and you will know I'm a Red Sox fan. I have a green Red Sox hat for St. Patrick's Day! I drank several beers yesterday and it was Monday, ha ha, I drank beer on Monday! And it was green! I wish St. Patrick's Day was on Monday more often so I could drink green beers on more Mondays! Mondays stink, I hate them! Do you hate them? You do! Awesome! Me too! You know what days I like? Fridays!

I wish Trot Nixon would come back! He was so great. And I can't believe Schilling is hurt for so long. Did you know he has a blog? You can read it at work when you don't have anything to do!

Yes, I did see How I Met Your Mother last night!