The Day After

66 teams came to play in last night's game but ended up watching from home. KU was not one of them. Rock Chalk!

Leap Day Confessions

Rather than cheating by posting a few back-dated stories to appear as though I am not actually just getting around to blogging after a 75-day hiatus, I am, in the spirit of Catholic Lenten guilt (which is even worse than Catholic Ordinary Time guilt), confessing my absence.

I would like to add, though, that I am kicking butt in my newest addiction, Words With Friends. And I am fully caught up on American Idol, should I decide to participate in a betting pool which, I have been told, is illegal and unadvised.

Also fodder for the confessional, since I last wrote:


I went to Mexico...

Where I hung out with this guy for a whole week sans children but with friends...

And we swam with Crush...

And repelled down a 7-story tower...

And, as if that wasn't scary enough, I performed in front of a real living, breathing audience after we got back from Mexico. Two original songs, "Has Anyone Seen my Baby?"...



And "The Facebook Song"...



And no February would be complete without a win over Missouri. This one, however, marks the 105th and final time Kansas and Missouri will ever meet at Allen Fieldhouse, a rivalry that dates back to pre-Civil War days. And here was our parting gift to them (in overtime, because Jayhawks and Tigers love drama):

Amen.

Hey, Hey, Hey... Goodbye

Dear Vanderbilt,

It is with a heavy heart that I offer deepest condolences on the SEC's recent acquisition of the University of Missouri. Honestly, we Kansans never thought the day would come when a fierce and storied conference of such historical and athletic significance would take the Tigers (MU, not Auburn, your original SEC Tigers) in as their own.

I will spare you, dear Vandy, the written details of all that awaits. Instead, please enjoy this video and look forward to this sampling of shining moments...



Best of luck to you, my favorite black-n-gold team,
Julie

For Laurie Magee

Remember the time we were in Oklahoma City last year? And KU lost to Northern Iowa? And the Kansas State fans were complete a-holes about it? And you told them to watch out because Karma is a bitch?

Guess what?

K-State went down in Round 2 this year.

And KU made it to the Elite Eight.

Karma, it would seem, has come through just as you said it would. I just wish you were here to cackle with me about it.