Please note: This post is not intended to come across as bitter or in search of a pity party. I am merely expressing thoughts that I have muling about in my head, partly out of frustration; partly out of confusion; partly out of desperation; partly out of a desire to let others know what not to do. I am not trying to excuse anything.

So, International Niece’s Day is on the horizon, and I’ve just about nearly thrown myself into a fit of confusion over my niece’s age. She is in fact two years old, not three like I was about to type here. The thought of tomorrow being the third annual International Niece’s Day and this week being the second annual International Niece’s Week, which I started last year after missing the second annual IND, threw my brain for a loop. Hopefully, some of this confusion will wear off when I get older and/or get a wife.

But, this post is about none of the afore mentioned topics, although it is closely related to Macy.

Wow! I’ve Finally reached that proverbial 500th post. I thought about doing a post about blogging, but then I remembered, I’ve got a holiday to commemorate. Then I remembered I had a big announcement that might be kinda neat to post here, but I figured having it in the next post would be more fitting. So, I’m back to the holiday.

Thursday I had the pleasure of attending the open house at Jen Talich’s State Farm office. I also had the pleasure of meeting Jen Talich.

My endorsed car insurance agent is hosting an open house! At the beginning of this year, Jen Talich moved over to Cody to oversee the State Farm Insurance office.

Motel staff at a motel on Cody’s West Strip from the Assistant Manager on down to the laundry lady, housekeepers, and maintenance man were stunned to hear the news yesterday morning.

Could it be love? As soon as I know for sure, I’ll let you know.

Or something like it is anyway, at least for everyone else. Yea, there’s rumors and what not  that love is sure as all get out in the air I’m breathing, but I’m not going to confirm, add to the speculation, or deny any of that at this juncture in my blogging. If something happens that I want to share about here, I will do so in the appropriate time. I will say that I’m not opposed to having love in my air.

A few things have provoked this post, and I’ll point them out in no particular order. Before I do so, I want to mention , since I know  that, for some odd reason, I have an amazingly quantitative female audience, I am in no way upset at any of you, nor am I trying to distance you from me or my blog. I appreciate each and every one of you. God made both of us different, so sometimes I get confused, but that’s OK! I’m sure I’ve had my share of confounding you from time to time.

All schools are closed today. Actually, not today, but in a few days. In an under-reported news item, the President signed an executive order that accomplished three tasks:

Oops! I missed my picks for the men’s Final Four. Out of the teams that made it, I probably wouldn’t have picked Memphis or North Carolina. My picks for the Triumphant Two are Kansas and Memphis. I know, this year I haven’t tracked all the original picks like I have in years past. Reason being that I didn’t print out a bracket this year to where I could track all my original picks all the way through. But, at least my round-by-round pick lists have been easier to follow.

On the women’s bracket, here’s my picks for the Final Four, BEFORE the Final Four takes place.

Women’s:

•  Greensboro/Spokane
  • Connecticut, Maryland
• New Orleans/Oklahoma City
  • LSU, Texas A&M