Experience vs. Youth

If full court pressure is before you, be patient. Think fast while moving slowly. Don't run into the trap. Don't tailgate. The object is to prevent being involved in catashtrophe.
This year's version of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is said to be the weakest pool of invites in recent memory, according to experts and analysts, which can only mean one thing: The 2010 tourney promises to be unpredictable, if not anything else.

#3 New Mexico 29-4 (14-2)
The Lobos finished the season ranked no. 8 in the nation behind the nearly insane play from 6'7" junior guard Darington Hobson, averaging 19 points and 9 rebounds per game. New Mexico will match up against fourteenth seeded Montana in the East bracket of the first round.

#3 Pittsburgh 24-8 (13-5)
The Panthers had a relatively strong season, finishing 16 in the national rankings with victories over conference rivals Syracuse, West Virginia, and Villianova. Questionable losses came at Texas and Indiana. Pitt will face off against Oakland in the West bracket.

#3 Baylor 25-7 (11-5)
The Bears finished ranked 21st in the country and will go head-to-head with Sam Houston State in the first round of the tournament. Baylor suffered losses to Alabama, Colorado, and Oklahoma State during the regular season.

#3 Georgetown 23-10 (10-8)
John Thompson, III and his Hoyas finished the season with a 74-47 blowout victory over Cincinnati, then advanced to the Big East Championship only to lose to West Virginia by two. With super sophomore Greg Monroe, Georgetown will continue to look ahead to face Ohio in the Midwest region of the bracket.

Most teams with juniors and seniors on their rosters show little, or no sign of excitement and take a business-like approach to each game, while underclassmen tend to perform oragami oftentimes than none against a 2-3 zone defense that doubles as the start of the set offense. Forwarding to the championship, the scoreboard should read,  Kentucky 81-76, over Syracuse. Maybe.

Smoke Break

Light one up. The only difference here is the $5.15 + tax we pay for the glamorous look. It's carbon monoxide, regardless. Let's take a look, shall we?
Without mentioning nicotine, cigarettes also contain:
Arsenic, used in rat poison.
Acetic acid, main ingredient in hair dye.
Ammonia, toilet bowl cleaner, among other uses.
Formaldehyde, used to embalm dead bodies.
Hydrazine, which is used in jet and rocket fuels.
Hydrogen cyanide, the poison in gas chambers.
Naphthalene, used in explosives and mothballs (that's right).
Phenol, used in disinfectants and plastics.
Polonium, which is a radiation dosage that is equivalent to 300 chest X-rays within a year.
Vinyl chloride, ingredient found in garbage bags (c'mon, son!).
Okay you can put it out now. Each day one goes without smoking, small hairlike, single-cell organisms called cilia inside the lungs start to sweep out germs as the body begins to repair some of the damage caused by smoking. Next, give the remaining cigarettes to the garbage bag from which they originally came. Day one.....