Weekly Mail March 11, 2018

Hey:

So the clocks went ahead one hour Sunday morning, which means we'll all be a bit groggy in the morning, but we have daylight at 7 PM, which is really nice.

Of course it will be hard to appreciate the extended daylight if we keep having to deal with these freakin storms....


WEATHER Stick that Nor'easter in your keister...

I forget which of my teachers at St.Mary's first taught us the phrase, but I know that is where I first heard "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.."  It remains to be seen if the latter part of that statement will be true, but the former part has been spot on.

Two weeks ago, we had rain and wind on a Friday night that was something fierce. Wednesday, most of Long Island closed their schools, and many of my co-workers bailed out early as a second Nor'easter struck our area. This one contained "thunder snow" another term I had never heard of before. And now that are saying that a third big storm may be hitting us on Monday.

WTF?

Now there are some benefits to getting socked with snow in March believe it or not. For one thing, it usually warms up quick, so the snow melts faster. For another, if you have made it through January and February with little trouble like we did this year, the snow plows and street cleaners are more than ready to go. I don't know about the city, but the roads near me we perfectly drive-able for the Thursday morning commute. The plows got out there in a hurry and the hard part was just chiseling the ice off the car.

Having said all that, I like to be done with all this $h-t by the time the kids go back to school after the February winter break. I like the weather to start warming up around the middle of March. The older I get the more I detest the snow, but I live in NY and have no intention of moving south, so I can't really complain. But I'm done with this for 2018. Hopefully this storm they are talking about doesn't materialize and we can start looking forward to good times ahead.



SPORTS: March Madness:

I have tried these past couple of years to get back into college basketball, especially since pro football has been such a mess these past few years. There are so many games on TV during the year, it's just a complete over saturation. And there aren't any teams I can really get into that are any good. St. John's had a really nice couple of weeks, where they knocked off Duke and Villanova, but were basically awful the rest of the time. Dayton, my other favorite team, lost their coach after last season, and won't make it to the dance.

So the brackets came out tonight, Virginia is the number one team in the country. That's my sister-in-law's alma mater, so I can get behind them. Nova is number 2, but they got taken to OT by Providence in the Big East Tournament final on Saturday night, not to mention they almost always screw me in the tournament. Xavier is number 3, but just got knocked out of the Big East tournament so who knows? Kansas is the 4th top seed in the bracket. Duke and North Carolina both of whom I despise, are number 2 seeds in their respective regions. Along with Cincinnati and Purdue.

So once again I'll be flying blind as I fill out my bracket. In honor of my sister in law, I'm guessing I'll have UVA going at least to the Final 4 if not winning the whole thing. I'm sure my bracket will be in tatters by the Sweet 16, but hopefully the games will be fun to watch.


POLITICS: Saturday Night with Trump

It seems like every so often, President Trump holds some sort of rally on a Saturday night. He did so the other night in Pennsylvania. Now I'm usually working at the Post on Saturday night, so I don't really have a choice wether or not I choose to listen to his rantings.

But somehow he either packs these people in, or the few he gets in there are really loud because he gets the crowd he has cheering wildly. I don't know, maybe it's because I'm missing my family on Saturday night, but I feel like there are better things to do on a Saturday night then listen to this nut recap Election Night 2016 for the millionth time. President Obama bragged about his two wins a couple of times, and that bugged me. But that's nothing compared to what Trump does at all these Saturday night rallies. I've really never seen anything like it.  I mean, he talks about all this stuff he's accomplished, but the only thing he ever really brags about is winning the election. All he's really doing is proving Michael Wolff correct in his book.


OK peeps, that all I got for ya.

Have a Great Week