Yard Snippet

First Daughter of the Yard turns 21 today. She called me earlier and it sounded like she was having her first beer. It was unclear through all the reverlry. We start her a wave, give her a shout out, she has outkicked our coverage and she is the leader in our clubhouse!

The Yard had no perception of our short lived, yet intense passion that we had for Siena and Western Kentucky. And with such short and limited allegiance to said schools, they delivered for our pool without recompense. Forever, the Saints and the Hilltoppers will be revered amongst the brotherhood of the Yard. If either team wins a second round game, they will not get the secret handshake. But alas, Yard allegiance can be fleeting.

UCLA seniors will play one last game for the Villanova home crowd on Saturday. The Yard was there the last three final fours with our Bruins. The Yard pines for a victory but picked Villanova in the pool. The new guidelines requiring emotional detachment for the greater good when money is involved has been difficult for Yard emotions. This policy has also lead to a most excruciating selection of dastardly UNC winning the title. Florida State failed us. Michigan State had better get to Detroit. And the Trojans better be going home on Sunday.

It was also just as shocking to realize that a team like Wake Forest could lose to a team called Cleveland State. The Yard most protest that if a Wake Forest frigging Demon Deacon does not beat a Cleveland State Viking, what does that say about not just this tournament but possibly life as we know it? And we really could have used that win.

BTW: David Beckham is being shared with AC Milan and the Galaxy in an effort to save soccer in the United States? Does the US also get to boot Victoria Beckham and get a Spice Girl to be named later? The Yard will mull over Scary, Dopey, and Grumpy Spice as options but AC Milan can have Posh and keep the underwear model also. Beckham and A-Rod should do the next bromance movie except they are only in love with themselves.

Last thought: Does it seem bizarre that while the entire financial system of this country was running amok and careening towards unknown disaster in 2008, there were steroid investigations by the FBI, IRS, and DEA? These long investigations were followed up by nationally televised congressional hearings with lying athletes. And this was about athletes taking steriods and this impacted our great nation how?

Congress needed to call Angelo Mozillo of Countrywide before them to explain why his company loaned money to people that they knew could not afford it so he could make $300 million at the expense of those millions of people. They did not need to call Roger Clemens to ask why he stuck juice in his ass to make $26 million for he and hi family at the expense of his testicles. Angelo should have to put his up his balls as collateral before his hearings. Democrat Henry Waxman, your obscene nostrils notwithstanding, you should be ashamed to have convened such a hearing.