Monday 3-8-10

Well the snow is finally gone. While the temperatures were warming last week I was keeping careful watch on the snow cover. Most of the snow was gone early in the week, but there was one small patch just outside my back door that stubbornly refused to leave. Even with temps into the mid 40's Thursday and Friday that small patch of ice/snow was still there, though noticebly smaller. Saturday passed then Sunday and by now I was very intriqued to see just how long this could continue.....But alas when the rains came late Sunday afternoon, the snow patch, which was not much more than a speck, finally disappeared. I haven't had that much fun with snow since I was a kid.

Another sure sign of spring was sited over the weekend. I was driving home from work on Satrurday and spied a fellow working on his pontoon boat! We'll be hitting the water before you know it!

I checked out a new karaoke place over the weekend. My buddy Bam Bam was running the karaoke Saturday night at TomCats and wanted a friendly face in the crowd. I went down, helped him out a little and had a great time. It was a small but friendly crowd with some pretty good singers. The best part was that I got to belt out several songs. The crowd seemed to enjoy it and I sure did.

Well finally we got another win from the IU basketball team. They had lost a team record 11 straight before finally defeating Northwestern on Saturday. They had the game well in hand before reverting to what has been a year-long bugaboo...turnovers. They gave the ball back on 6 of their last 7 possessions and missed the front end of a 1 and 1 on the other, resulting in a blown 10 point lead and forcing overtime. Fortunately they dominated overtime to grab the win. That makes 1o wins overall this season , 4 in conference both a improvement from last season...but boy have they got a long way to go!