My NCAA Tournament Brackets - I picked Georgetown to win it all. They won't, because they lost today to Davidson College, a school I had to Google to verify its existence. Needless to say, I'm sad. My long history of futility in attempting to pick winners of sporting events continues.

My brother's hair - He cut it. He last cut it during Clinton's first term in office. He last cut it before Tiger Woods had a single PGA tour win. Back when people were walking around saying "you complete me," and "show me the money!" Macarena was tops on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. I can not overstate how surprised everyone was by this move. His hair was 3 years long when he met his wife, 5 years long when he had his first kid. He had dreadlocks down to his butt, and with no notice, they were gone. I'm pretty sure a few tears of joy fell from my mom's eyes.

My health - Remember how I had the super-plague illness a few weeks back? I'm still not right. Still coughing, and I think I picked up some sort of sinus thing.

My footwear - I did finally find a new pair of shoes. It only took one additional store, and about 20 minutes of internal debate. It's not about fashion, it's about getting the most bang for my buck. I could get $80 shoes that are really comfortable but not quite the right color. Or, I could get $40 shoes that are also not quite the right color, a little less comfortable, and $40 cheaper. In the end, they will both smell like sweaty feet. The right choice was clear.

My new look - After I mentioned the new glasses and the shoe search, a few people questioned why I didn't include pictures. So I was sitting around with the boy, and decided to ask for his help. But since I don't trust him to use my camera, I gave him some tools I can trust him with:

me
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After I took that picture of his rendition of me, he decided to add my beard. And tentacles. Here's that version.