There has been only one school in NCAA history to win both the men’s and women’s basketball championships in the same season. The University of Connecticut has done it twice. Once in 2004 and once in 2014. I’d say they’re … Continue reading
On this coming Friday’s episode of Math and Musings you’ll hear me and Franklin talk about the “reverse jinx” and how saying that North Carolina State wouldn’t make the Final Four would actually make it come true. Yup, worked like a charm. … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings you’ll hear me and Franklin discuss the NCAA Tournament, among other things referencing my one-time home of Raleigh, North Carolina, and its North Carolina State University Wolfpack. I say I was happy they made the tournament, … Continue reading
If there was ever a sign, four years after it began, that the coronavirus pandemic was over, it was last week when I walked into my local Harris Teeter (ironically to get a covid booster) and saw that the bin of … Continue reading
Move over vanilla. There’s a new Frosty in town. First discussed on Math and Musings more than a month ago, fast food titan Wendy’s really does now have an Orange Dreamsicle Frosty on its menu. And God damn it’s delicious. As … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I really do discuss the 20th anniversary of the premiere episode of Politics After Dark. Me on my show talking about me on my show. Couldn’t get more me than that. … Continue reading
One of my favorite days of the year as a child was that certain Monday in March, the day after the NCAA Tournament brackets were released and the Madness was about to being. USA Today would have a special insert approximately … Continue reading
The ghost of Jim Valvano was smiling down on the North Carolina State Wolfpack Saturday night as the boys from my one-time hometown put together an improbable victory over the University of North Carolina in the ACC Tournament championship game. … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I talk about several March anniversaries, among them the onset of a global pandemic and the assassination of Julius Caesar. But I overlooked a big one. March 16, 2004: the premiere episode of Politics … Continue reading
Leave some space in the next edition of The 365 Greatest Movies Ever Made and the Days You Should Watch Them. Make room for Ricky Stanicky. The hottest movie on Prime video these days, apparently this one was in the works … Continue reading