You just knew we weren't going to get through the tourney without one.

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The first time I watched it, I wanted to cancel the series. Immediately. 7:59 p.m. Thursday at the absolute latest. Oh, and blackballing everyone who'd worked on the episode sounded good. Actors, writers, directors, animators... if you were part of this, your career has to die. It's just common sense, not to mention fair payback.

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Author #1

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So as it turns out, the contractors are going to be working in the apartment below for about a month. One month of hammering, sawing, drilling, banging, and possibly the occasional death metal concert. And after that wraps up? They're probably coming into my apartment, because I have been informed that my bathroom -- an area which I spent some time trying to get the 'needs some work' idea across on, then gave up because my prize was a low-flow toilet which requires a teapot to be on

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Today is the first full day of spring.

It's snowing.

Again.

Could be less than six inches of accumulation. Could be over a foot. The local meteorologists are struggling to cover all possibilities through switching up their lies every ten minutes.

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Um...

...given the sheer number of one-night-stands Tony has been known to pursue, an external feeder system was probably inevitable?

(Remember, the Maxim Christmas cover was twins.)

There's a thread on the Marvel Puzzle Quest forums about "unfortunate artwork." The lack of fortune is hereby noted.

...and I've just been reminded that this is the Internet, which means that if the title of the blog post was 'Would everyone be okay with my curing cancer?', someone would be I WILL KILL YOU! levels of Against It. Let's rephrase. Would the rough majority of respondents, very much focusing on the Patreon sponsors, be okay with my writing a Mature story?

Before you answer: here's what I would be writing about.

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Before the locally-aimed punches begin, this is what's going on in my building today:

Bang bang bang on the walls baby!
Hit them even harder baby!
Bang bang bang on the doors baby!
I can hear you!

(Incidentally, I loathe that song. "B-52s? It's a rare band which tells you exactly how it should be killed.")

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...well, that was unexpected.

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Virginia: "We are the Nightmare! We are the overall #1 seed! Our scoring abilities are legendary, our recruiting powers infinite! Our tournament run shall last -- FOREVER! What can you do against me, you silly #16 seed foals?"

UMBC: "Element Of Three-Point Shots!"
"Element Of Defense!"
"Element Of Turnovers!"
"Element Of Underdogs! In The Year Of The Dog! The Golden Year! And we're golden retrievers!"
"Element Of Bracket-Busting!"

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