The men's Sweet Sixteen games begin today in four locations. Four games will be nationally televised  tonight and the other four tomorrow. The Elite Eight games will then follow on Saturday and Sunday, with the Final Four at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.  National Championship on April 7 at 8:50 EDT on CBS. The women's final eight games begin on Friday, with Elite Eight finals on Sunday and Monday, and national championship game in the Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida, at 3PM EDT on April 6. Big shocker was the  season-ending knee injury of the best women's player this year , Juju Watkins of USC. One bit of good news is that my ESPN women's bracket pick is at 95.4%. The Major League Baseball season started play between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs in Japan last week.  Dodgers won both games. So are they a lock on again being champions this year?  Yes, and no.  Mookie Betts has lost a lot weight and hasn't really played in Spring ball, ...

Sunday is my spiritual day when I delve into life and death.  Something happened to me this weekend that was terrifying.  Friday night I got up from bed and felt compelled to take care of a matter dealing with our upcoming Fall trip to Dubai to catch the Regent Seven Seas Explorer to Singapore.  There are two nagging matters, but I hope I've taken care of one problem.  My passport was expiring in January of 2023, and most countries require that your expiration date is six months after you arrive.  I suffered through that process and hope my new passport arrives some time this month. The other had to do with getting from Honolulu to Bangkok on Asiana Air.  This took four stressful hours on my computer, and when I returned to bed it was 3AM.  My mind was so wired that I could not sleep.  After a while, I wondered if I had blown a fuse or something in my brain, and maybe I'll never again be able to sleep.  That had never occurred to me before. P...

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