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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here! This is the War Room! President Merkin Muffley

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Oh the Hugh Manatee!

Bracketology 2012!

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Bracketology 2012! Kentucky the #1 overall seed! Gonzaga a #3! USC a #12! Notre Dame in the NIT! Harvard the Ivy champ! Belmont a #8! UAB back in the play-in game! Butler a #13, needing the autobid to get in! MTSU the Sun Belt champ! Oh, the humanity! Oh, the… Read more »

Our little genius

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Becky, to me: “I think I might take the girls to the Z-O-O this morning.” Loyette, excitedly: “We’re going to the zoo?!” She’s 3 years & 4 months old, and we’ve already evolved past the stage where we can keep secrets by spelling things out? Yikes.

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Test test test

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] The FDIC has a podcast? OMG nerdgasm!

Bracketology 2012

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Joe Lunardi’s inaugural speculative NCAA bracket for 2012 is out! Kentucky the #1 overall seed! Gonzaga a #3! USC a #12! Notre Dame in the NIT! (Fire Mike Brey!) Harvard the Ivy champ! Belmont a #8! Wichita State a #10! Jimmer-less WCC rookie BYU a #11! Saint Mary’s a #12! (3 bids for the WCC!) Virginia Tech, finally off the… Read more »

44 killed in “one of the largest tornado outbreaks in history”

For a purported weather nerd, I’ve been shamefully lax in my blog coverage (or rather, the total absence thereof) of the massive, historic tornado outbreak across the South from Thursday through Saturday — I blame a general lack of free time — but Capital Weather Gang has a good summary, including this illustrative graphic from NOAA: (Hat tip: AMLTrojan.) See… Read more »