Basketball and beer equal lots of basketball experts

The final four has too many commercials and they discriminate against cheerleaders. Not all cheerleaders, just the uglier cheerleaders. Last night for instance, Michigan State's hotties received ample, indeed, even obsequious video time. The view from the low supplicant's angle was delicious. Yet where were the North Carolina cheerleaders? Unseen and unheard, they might as well been cheering at a Fallujah camel race for all the love they were getting.

I made a warm marina with bread dip for the final four party. It was just alright. It was a little messy and the marina gets very hot so when people took a bite, they tended to drop anything in their hands on the floor. I bought hummus but left it in the refrigerator. Also, I recommend no sauerkraut in anything unless there is a special gas dispensing area outside for methane filled guests.

We screamed, we shouted, but both games were blow outs at the end. No late game antics. People sat around and talked about the Pope and how you cannot say Final Four anymore on TV/radio without having to pay somebody. Same for super bowl, world series. Our friend who works at a radio station said they had a super bowl ticket giveaway and had to call it the big game giveaway. Reason 613 why the lawyers are, with every cease and desist, ruining everything decent in the world.

One would think that with so many of them planned, commercials would attempt to be mildly entertaining. Not so. Apparently cowed by the FCC or some such nonsense the endless beer commercials dispensed with humor and scantily clad women and decided on groggy-making. But maybe they were on to something. Because if you drink 5 beers and watch one of these commercials the grogginess emanating from TV commercial and you somehow meets and makes the message stick better.

For dessert we had homemade almond cookies, which were great but please do not bake too long or they get crumbs on everything.