Back from a good weekend in St. Louis. Had lots of fun both nights, highlights were hosing down my friend’s hot tub in my underwear to cool it down on Friday and watching The Ring on Saturday night with most of the crew on Keith’s amazing A/V rig. One of my sisters was in town, so she, our mom, and I ate some ham today for Easter. I left town around five thinking I’d get to listen to about half of the Blues game and watch the end when I got home. When the Big 550 KTRS cut out, shortly before Effingham, the score was 2-1 at the beginning of the second period. Looked good, thought I. Next time the news radio I turned to gave a score update, it was 4-1 Canucks. Blues scored two goals in the third period to finish the game with a 4-3 loss. And it was all over by the time I got home and situated. Hopefully the Blues can recover and go steal the game in Vancouver on Tuesday. I think the key to winning is not letting your opponent bank goals off Alexander Khavanov’s skate in the opening minutes of the game. Big disappointment though. Comparably disappointing, yet more predictably, Bill Self is leaving the Illinois Men’s Basketball program to coach Kansas. The DI had a good column looking at the immediate future of the team and Bill Self last Thursday. He’ll be missed. It looks like there’s less than a month left to the semester, so I’m going to be very busy in the near future. A major paper and three large programs to write in that time. Better get started.
