MY BRACKET

I'll fill out about a dozen brackets, but you can call these my official predictions.

Upsets in opening round (Note: I don't consider a 9 or a 10 winning an upset.)

No. 13 Cleveland State over No. 4 Wake Forest

No. 13 Miss. State over No. 4 Washington

No. 12 W. Kentucky over No. 5 Illinois

No. 11 Utah State over No. 6 Marquette

Second-round highlights

No. 9 Tennessee over No. 1 Pittsburgh

No. 13 Miss. State over No. 5 Purdue

No. 10 Southern Cal over No. 2 Michigan St.

Elite Eight to reach Final Four

Midwest: Louisville over Kansas
West: Memphis over UConn

East: Xavier over Duke

South: UNC over Syracuse

Championship

UNC over Louisville (That was my initial thought after the bracket was shown. Nothing to do with the fact that ESPN and so many others picked this as well. Poor Cardinals.) 

THE TINA CURSING CORNER

My mom is excited because the Ellen special comes on again Friday. "She is so fucking good. You have to see it." 

Mom can't get the remote controller to work. "Motherfucker." The batteries are dead. She goes to get more batteries where we keep the batteries. Empty. "Oh no. I don't have any fucking batteries. Son of a bitch." 

Mom wakes up early, walks outside and comes back in. "Un-fucking-believable." 

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know Tuesday is St. Patrick's Day? Did you know the NCAA Tournament starts Thursday? Did you know Chris Brown beats Rihanna? Did you know the local government's favorite word is transparency? 

PARTING SHOT

Last week, I was talking to Joe the Security Guard about giving tickets to T-P employees for parking in Customer Only spots. 

Me: What happens if I accumulate a bunch of tickets? 

Joe: Then, you get a free hat or something. 

THE DAILY TOP LIST

My five favorite everyday drinks. 

5) Water.

I've gotten so used to drinking water, my mouth tells me when it's time for more.  

4) Chocolate milk.

Got milk? Yeah. If there's chocolate syrup involved.  

3) Barq's. 

Best in a bottle.  

2) Coke. 

I do enjoy it. 

1) Dr. Pepper.

Dr. Cox: Newbie, are you a real doctor or a doctor like Dr. Pepper is a doctor?