2016-04-05 16:27
#1 UNC Tar Heels vs. #9 Providence FriarsI'm willing to grant Rameses a bit more of a shot in a straight up battle compared to someone like Rodney, primarly because Rameses seems like he's a… Read More
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The increasingly sporadic comments of a chemist in Chicago. Commentary when I get around to it on politics, the Pittsburgh Pirates and other things you may or may not be interested in.
Now with more arsenic.
2016-04-01 16:41
#16 Austin Peay Governors vs. #8 Colorado BuffaloesOnce again, I'm led to worry about whatever sort of executive authority the Austin Peay Governor (who, I guess, is probably Austin Peay). I… Read More
2016-03-29 14:55
#1 Virginia Cavaliers vs. #16 Hampton PiratesI'll be honest, I'm a fan of Pirate mascots. Part of that is childhood bias, and part of that is a prediliction toward the sort of tricorne the H… Read More
2016-03-25 15:20
#1 UNC Tar Heels vs. Florida Gulf Coast EaglesI'm generally pretty generous with birds, eagles in particular. I don't know whether that's a reaction to watching some sort of nature docu… Read More
2016-03-21 16:40
#1 Oregon Ducks vs. #16 Southern JaguarsSo, here's the thing. In reality, this game never happened (because Southern lost to Holy Cross) and would have been a rout (as the game against Holy… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Over the past however many years I've been doing this, I come into each March Madness unsure of whether I'll continue. For the most part, it's my own fault, as I've allowed the Mascot Bracke… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Elite Eight#11 Dayton Flyers vs. #12 Stephen F. Austin LumberjacksDayton has been more or less cruising, and it might make sense to have them do well here; they're up against another human o… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
#9 Pittsburgh Panthers vs. #12 Stephen F. Austin LumberjacksYou know, I've considered whether I've had the Panthers move on because of some subconscious bias toward them, but I don't think t… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
#1 Arizona Wildcats vs. #9 Oklahoma State CowboysI feel like at some point I should hide my bias against Wildcats. Hell, my graduate school uses the Wildcat as their mascot and I'm slightly… Read More
2016-03-17 16:34
#1 Kansas Jayhawks vs. Austin Peay GovernorsI've tried to figure out the Jayhawks. In one sense, they're more terrifying than most of the bird mascots, purely because they've chosen not only… Read More
2016-03-15 16:14
And lo, the skies darken and a terrifying howl is heard across the badlands. You and your party are beset by a mortal terror. Over the sound of your own pounding heartbeat, you are able to m… Read More
2015-04-20 18:46
I always think I'm going to be better at jet lag than I actually am."It's only a six hour shift", I'll tell myself. "Sure, it'll be like being up all night, but I've done that before as rece… Read More
2015-04-20 18:43
I have no idea how we're going to be awake at all this week.It's currently around 12:30am as far as I'm concerned, but because Dublin is apparently closer than I thought it was, we're r… Read More
2015-04-20 18:43
Oh hey, it's time for Edinburgh. Edinbrurur. Brubururuh.As it turns out, the bus system between Glasgow and Edinburgh is pretty straightforward and self-explanatory. Pay some money while sti… Read More
2015-04-20 18:42
I am writing this having survived the first half of our journey.That's the most important part.We picked up a car from Budget (which had some attendant confusion over how much they'd wanted… Read More
2015-04-20 18:42
It's a new day, and we're doing much better than last night. We stopped in for coffee at Costa and headed off to the Tourist Information Center, where we met a very nice woman who had never… Read More
2015-04-20 18:42
So, a bunch of things happened. In the end, we're safe in Dublin, though it got a little close and emotional at the end. But let's start in the morning.We woke up at around 8 and started get… Read More
2015-04-20 18:42
I should, I guess, discuss the geography of what we're doing here. Skye is sort of like a big hand/claw sort of thing, with our point of entry being near the wrist, where the Skye Bridge con… Read More
2015-04-20 18:42
Having left Talisker, the road out from Skye was significantly easier and quicker. Part of that is getting used to driving a car that's much nicer than what I drive at home on narrow roads o… Read More
2015-04-20 18:42
The cab driver was sort of wrong!Mostly still right though.Our day started with a walk toward the city center, and here I should point out that Marina and Alice put a lot more faith in my Cu… Read More
2015-04-20 18:42
I just want to sleep.That's my sentiment pretty much every day at 6am, but especially when I'm in another country on vacation. I do not want to be awake.Today's adventure is a day trip to th… Read More
2015-03-29 07:28
How devoted am I to the completion of the Mascot Bracket? This special edition of the final matches is being posted from some sort of odd basement gate at Dublin International on a tablet, w… Read More
2015-03-26 06:49
#9 Purdue Boilermakers vs. #13 Valparaiso CrusadersI'm a little sad the Crusaders' mascot appears to be named "The Crusader" rather than something more forceful. Maybe "Crusader Henry" after… Read More
2015-03-24 14:22
#1 Villanova Wildcats vs. #8 North Carolina State WolfpackOn their best day, wildcats are going to have a rough go of it, so long as we're sticking with standard definitions of wildcats. I s… Read More
2015-03-23 08:33
#16 Hampton Pirates vs. #9 Purdue BoilermakersI can't quite find an intended identity for the Hampton Pirate, but one presumes because of how he's dressed that he's intended as sort of a lat… Read More
2015-03-20 12:20
#1 Duke Blue Devils vs. #16 Robert Morris ColonialsBasically two ways this could go, as every year. Either we acknowledge the whole Les Diables Bleus World War I Alpinist unit Duke is invoki… Read More
2015-03-19 07:47
#1 Villanova Wildcats vs. #16 Lafayette LeopardsWe start this region of the bracket where the West left off, with differently sized cats. There isn't all that much interesting to say that do… Read More
2015-03-18 13:45
#1 Wisconsin Badgers vs. #16 Coastal Carolina ChanticleersEven more than I like mascots that are crafted from out of nowhere (either as an obscure animal or based on an early 20th century to… Read More
2015-03-17 07:18
#1 Kentucky Wildcats vs. #16 Hampton PiratesSo, in reality, Kentucky has a great team and was undefeated in the regular season and there is effectively no chance they'll lose this game, rega… Read More
2015-03-17 04:14
It's that time of year again; the time during which I post some attempts at humor in the form of battles to the death between mascots of various colleges and universities in an attempt to di… Read More
2014-03-24 05:20
#1 Florida Gators vs. #9 Pittsburgh PanthersWhat's this? Two actually dangerous animals instead of an endless series of Wildcats? I'd started to think we were over that.Florida still gets ho… Read More
2014-03-20 07:30
#1 Wichita State Shockers vs. #16 Texas Southern TigersWuShock is one of those really weird mascots that I never know what to do with. Wheat isn't threatening, per se, but I have very, very… Read More
2014-03-19 03:48
#1 Arizona Wildcats vs. #16 Weber State WildcatsNow just what in the hell is this? I'm now expected to judge the various merits of the same damn mascot? And it's not even one of the more thr… Read More
