Spring Break '09, Woooooo!

Fresh off her one-and-done success, my Better Half is taking this show on the road, and by "this show" I mean we are taking a little weekend trip to San Francisco. I guess Spring Break is a little different when it comes to graduate school. Gone are the days of week-long beer binges, fifteen hour gambling sessions, and bikini-clad co-eds . . . okay, that last one can stay. There was nothing quite like the countdown to Spring Break, watching the hours, minutes, and seconds tick down during your last class, then cramming into a car to get to your tropical/warm/non-school-destination of choice, all for one week of debauchery before the end-of-semester grind sets in (I think that is a new hyphen record for one paragraph).

Now, do not get me wrong, I would give anything for a week of fun in the sun with all my college buddies and buddettes; unfortunately, life just keeps getting in the way. But do not think that will stop me from at least letting my Better Half have one great weekend (and at least a little debauchery). Looking at my calendar, it turns out I am supposed to be fighting a little stomach flu tomorrow (is that what's going around?) and I will be "working from home". You see, my firm's "sick day" policy has a loophole bigger than most sections of the tax code. If you bill just .1 hours in a day, you do not have to count it as a sick day. I have already told a client that I will get back to him tomorrow on a question he has . . . from my cell phone. Done. Book it. So off we go to San Francisco, to visit some friends, and have a little traditional Spring Break fun (Alcatraz, here we come!).

But rest assured my dear readers, I am not going to let a little Spring Break fun get in the way of my GameTime, TBD© duties (heehee . . . duties). That is right, this week's Link Dump is coming to you a day early (though, I know most of you won't be checking in until tomorrow anyways, so all will be right in the world). So here are some things you might have missed, less the late-Thursday/early-Friday news cycle:

• They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but this one requires only seven: I should have considered going to Creighton.
• Speaking of pictures, "sporn" is what results from great sports pictures taken at awkward angles. Do not believe me? See for yourself.
• Congress, bored with this economy "problem" and tired of grand standing over AIG, decides to tackle something much more important.
  
• I could have dedicated an entire Link Dump to the various reports surrounding the Detroit Lions and the number one pick. Instead, here is one link that has them all.
  
• There is a reason why NCAA tournament games are never played in South Carolina and, amazingly, it is not because it is South Carolina.
• Funny, I would have thought John Daily passed the scoundrel sniff test.
• With the Los Angeles Clippers dangerously close to winning twenty games this year, Donald Sterling looks to ensure it will not happen again.
  
• "It's 5/3 lbs (1.66) of beef with lettuce, tomato, salsa, sour cream, chili and Fritos on an eight-inch sesame seed bun."
  
• And the (off-the-field) hits just keep on coming.
• The curious case of Jose Tabata.
• I think the real enemy here is the television and that ESP witchcraft.
  
• Some days I just feel like kayaking off a one hundred and twenty foot waterfall.

Since the second day of Sweet 16 action does not tip off until 4:07 p.m. (PST), you are all probably going to be jonesing for some sort of visual entertainment to help get you through the afternoon. If a trip to your local "buffet" is out of the question, here are some videos that might be (1) more workplace appropriate and (b) of some entertainment value:

• Since you all like to live vicariously through me, you should watch this video sometime around 12:37 p.m. (rough estimate).
• A bad case of nerves and some jet lag will get you on YouTube every time.
• Joe Namath would be proud.
• Double dose of hockey-related videos: (1) watch out for that milk crate, and (b) Tootoo's face never stood a chance.
• Kournikova + beer pong = Jimmy Fallon

Have a great weekend everyone!