I Find Myself In Need Of A Smile, On This Last February Friday -- And So, Yes -- March Madness Is Set To Open Again, In 2025... To Feel A Lil' "Normal".

To be certain, there is so much. . . ugliness, in the world right now (most of it, of our own collective making -- with the Tangerine moron openly yelling at our Ukrainian ally-President, in front of the cameras -- Dammit!). . . I find myself looking almost desperately forward -- to some simple, joyful and a lil' nuttily obsessive competition (with BHO 44 -- a real President).

I frankly can not wait, with a smile on my face, for the morning we all open the papers to grab our brackets, and begin filling 'em in -- been doing it for four decades now. . . but in truth, for the last 15 years minimum, I've done it all with the clicks of a mouse, at CBS Sports' Bracketology. And that makes it easy, since Mr. Obama's bracket gets auto-uploaded there as well. That way, I can let the flawless engines of the internet keep score -- and I can just watch the games, flipping channel to channel.

I do know that all this oddly obsessive behavior. . . drives about half the nation. . . nuts (and breaks channel clickers, nationwide!) -- for these two to three weeks, but increasingly, the ones rolling their eyes are no longer primarily women. And the rabid competitors -- winners even, of both mens' and womens bracketology. . . are now often. . . female. And I love it.

I love it. . . all. But I am still down, about 3 for 15 against the former POTUS. Let's see how 2025's brackets shape up, Onward!

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