Ohio State - Xavier

I don't understand why CBS keeps putting up a graphic which shows the history of the games between Ohio State and Xavier. They've played 3 times since 1933. The last game was in 1984, 23 years ago. They've established that Ohio State doesn't want to play Xavier, so they don't put them on their schedule. What else is there to say about it? Those games have no relationship to today's game. There's no tradition and the only rivalry you can cite is because Thad Motta used to be the coach of Xavier and is now coaching Ohio State.

Given that, it's nice to see Xavier leading in the game and giving Ohio State all they can handle.

Lakers fading fast

The Lakers are not looking like a playoff team any longer. They've tanked since before the All Star break with no signs of that changing. With a few more losses, they'll be looking up at 8th place and trying to hang on. Maybe they should just play the younger guys and wait for the lottery. Things started out great this year but they could end up worse than last season. I have lot interest in watching them now and would rather wait for a Suns game.

GTD apps on OS X

There seem to be lots of to-do managers and Getting Things Done applications on OS X lately. iGTD, which may have the best name, or at least one that's very easy to remember, seems to get 2 or 3 updates a day this week. It's free, but so is Actiontastic, which is also now open source. I need one of these which will allow me to access my things to do from two computers. It sounds like Actiontastic will do that eventually, but not yet. Maybe I can store the info on a thumb drive for now and do it that way.

Temecula getting smoggy

I looked on the Best Places to Live site and was surprised at how low Temecula was ranked. The one thing that stood out was air quality. Now, I chose Temecula over Riverside because the air quality is quite a bit better there. I can visually see the difference most days and let's face it, Riverside has some of the worst air in the U.S. and that's not going to change anytime soon. The brown layer I see as I drive to work is not appealing at all. But maybe Temecula's air is getting worse. I have noticed more smog lately and I didn't see it before. More cars and people might make a difference, but there is usually a nice ocean breeze around 3 PM to cool things down and clear it out. What happened?

Gators should win again

Stanford is out, Cal never got in, so I'll have to go with my other alma mater, the U of F, to win the tournament. They've got the same starters as last year and just like last year they are hot at the end of the season. I think they can do it again. There are some other good teams, but I'm betting on the Gators.

Tournament starts tomorrow

I know they had that play in game yesterday, but that's kind of a gimmick. The winner gets to lose on Friday. Stanford is actually playing in the first game against Louisville. Cardinal against Cardinals. I'd like to see Stanford win but I don't think they have much of a chance. Their team is a little young and if the big guys get in foul trouble they will have problems. Louisville is a better team and should win with no problem.

10.4.9 update

Apple released what should be the last OS X update before the next big update, 10.5. I'm waiting on this one because the last time I jumped on a big update, I didn't have smooth sailing. This one seems to include a lot of photo related stuff, which is nice, but I think I will wait a few days before I go ahead. At least I do have my laptop backed up, so it wouldn't be too bad if it went wrong.

58 mpg

I was able to get 58 miles per gallon on the way to work today. I'm not sure what the temperature was, but it was pretty hot, so driving without the A/C wasn't ideal. I'm not sure I can do that during the summer. I'm not sure where the extra two miles per gallon came from. The only thing I did was wash the car over the weekend. Still need to check the air pressure and the oil needs to be changed.

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A few similarities

I was watching the highlights of the Pac-10 men's basketball tournament where Bryce Taylor made all 11 of his shots, including 7 3-pointers. It got me wondering if he was related to the New Jersey high school player Brian Taylor. Turns out that he is -- Brian Taylor is his father and is now the principal at a charter school in Los Angeles. Brian Taylor was a star at Perth Amboy High School and I went to several of his games with my father, who was a sports writer for the Perth Amboy Evening News. Oddly enough, Brian Taylor and I have some things in common -- same first name, both born in June in Perth Amboy and both with a son named Brice (mine) and Bryce (his). That's where the similarities end though. He was a pro basketball player with several teams while I was fortunate enough to make my high school team. For a long time, he held the New Jersey high school record with 84 points in a game.