Between focus groups in Philadelphia (Monday) and Baltimore (Tuesday), West Wing night yesterday, visiting the University of Michigan over the next two days, Jenna's party on Saturday, and Oklahoma focus groups next week, I almost would have gone 11 days without dinner at home. Thankfully, this Sunday should include a nice, home cooked meal with fun company.
Right now I'm in Ann Arbor, watching the NCAAs on a large flat-screen TV at my host's apartment. If you can rent a pad like this one on grad student salary, I should seriously consider Michigan. I'm visiting during the "Open House" for prospective PhD Poli Sci students, so they've pretty well filled my schedule tomorrow (breakfast at 8:30--yuck).
Back to the NCAAs, as last year, the rules of my family's pool are that you have to pick five teams whose sum of seeds is at least 12. The person with the most total wins at the end of the tourney is the victor. First through fourth win dollar amount and fifth wins center ice seats at the 2005 Stanley Cup :). My picks are: Illinois (1), Duke (1), Kansas (3), Oklahoma (3), and Louisville (4). So far Oklahoma has won, and Illinois is about to advance.
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