So I used to have this blog...

... and it was pretty great. Then April hit like a hurricane and I sort of stopped writing it. That was definitely crunch time. To extend the metaphor, this post is but the eye of that hurricane. Finals start a week from today, and I just finished a test and I have one later today and another on Wednesday. It's meant some sleepless nights and a lot of time spent studying that I much rather would have spent with my family. The strain it's putting on my home life is palpable. My wife is so supportive, which goes a long way, and my son is always just happy to see me, but I don't like it. I miss them. The good news is I'm two weeks from getting to spend a LOT more time with them. The summer is going to be nice.

So, the Nuggets laid a total egg. It was a coaching problem. I don't know if Adrian Dantley is a bad coach, but he was coaching a team that wasn't his to begin with. You can't change coaches like that and expect to beat, or be, a legitimate contender. Oh well.

The Rockies aren't as good as I thought they would be; the Cubs are better. I think the Rockies will be fine. Maybe the Cubs will be, too. Most intriguing is the "Jason Marquis effect." Jason Marquis has been a major-leaguer for ten seasons, and in each year his team has made the playoffs. That made sense when he played for the Cardinals and the Cubs. Last year, the Rockies started abysmally, and I had counted them out by mid-May. Then they fired Clint Hurdle, and Jim Tracy led them on one of the all-time great season turnarounds. Well, this year he plays for the Nationals, who have long been a punch line in the National League. Today, the Nationals are 13-12, which for them is remarkable. And they have God's gift to professional baseball, Stephen Strasbourg, getting ready in the minors. This could be exciting.

And that's the news from Lake Woebegone, as it were. Thanks for stopping by. I'm going to try to update during the week because I feel like I'm forgetting something, but then again, that may not actually happen.