April 1: It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!

When: 9pm

What we will serve: Beer along with the comedic stylings of Seth and David

What to bring: Drinks, party pants, and any remnants of March Madness

Why: Jason's birthday is technically on April 4, but it's much more appropriate to fête the occasion on Le Poisson d'Avril.

What to wear: See above: Party pants

Whom to invite: Anyone and everyone.

Whom to not invite: This guy

NCAA Tournament Pool--We Have a Winnah

Here's what basketball geniuses we and our 7502 friends are:

25 of our closest and dearest basketball fan friends entered the Mike Story Memorial NCAA Tournament Pool.

Out of those 25, only one--a NOVELIST--managed to accurately pick one of the teams that will make it into the championship game. Kudos to Pauls Toutonghi (whose novel, Red Weather, will be published by Random House in the spring), for picking UCLA, who could still get there with a win on Saturday.

But, thanks to his dismal performance in picking who'd make the Sweet 16, this budding Norman Mailer did not win our pool. Maybe next year, have a little more faith in the Huskies, Pauls, and a little less in Bucknell.

Since Pauls is too far behind, and no one else can get any points, the current leader, our house's own David Swidler is the pool winner. David correctly picked 7 of the Elite 8, enough to win among the sorry bunch of losers we call our friends.

Seth finished 14th, extending his streak of losing NCAA tournament pools to 17 years in a row. But he did meet his personal goal of besting David's mother, Brenda.

Jason's appropriately named entry "I Hope I Beat Brenda" did just that, and was good enough for 6th place.

Mike finished 21st, but is sure to demolish us in the NBA playoff pool.

Time to pay up. $5, payable to Mr. Swidler, who nets a cool $120 for his efforts.

Play Ball

Baseball season starts on Sunday night. Come by the house for a healthy dose of Indians vs. White Sox action.

The game starts at 5pm, and the smiles won’t stop until 2pm the next day.

Hot dogs and all the fixins will be served. Bring beer.

Must Love Dogs

On Sunday we all got a glorious surprise, in the form of a doggy.

Now, unlike some other dog we could mention, this little guy wrestled and ran around with us. Oh, the Sunday we had. It turns out the collarless black lab was loose in the neighborhood. Since we look like the biggest suckers on the block she ended up in our fenced in backyard. Funny how the people who asked if we could helped out disappeared.

We feed the dog, played with the dog, and spent hours rubbing its belly. We even let it in the house after it spent three hours staring through the kitchen door. We simply told Jason she was our friend from out of town, who was depressed about the demise of the MISL.

Meredith, who spent the early afternoon with us before she realized that Seth and David planned on going through with their threat of watching a Mariners Spring Training game, came by later and took the dog to her dog lounge.

We are happy to report that the dog, a.k.a Ruby, has been reunited with her mommy. Meredith called the pound and she'd been reported missing. The owner lives in Greenlake--they aren't sure how she got out, but evidently Ruby's brother chews off her collar, explaining why she didn't have one.

It was fun while it lasted, and David is still a few years away from Denholm.

March Mad

Things that were done following the heartbreaking Huskies’ loss to UConn on Friday night:

-Dirty words screamed.

-Washing machine kicked several times.

-Chair over turned.

-Garbage bin thrown downstairs.

-Raccoon chased down alley.

Why, oh why, do we like sports?

Come Watch Ichiro Battle Communism

For far too long communism has threatened to wipe out baseball as we know it. Tonight Ichiro can put an end to all of this with one, or many, swings of the bat. Now you may be thinking, "Come one Ichiro is mild mannered. There is no way he could stop a nation of blood thirsty reds." Well then you haven't been watching angry, emotional, screaming at fans World Baseball Classic Ichiro.

Japan vs. Cuba. One team wins it all, the other team goes home (unless Cuba has to go home, because then it's pretty much a free-for-all throughout the Gas Light District.)

Tonight the World Baseball Classic will come to an end tonight, and we will be watching the final game tonight.

The game will air at 6pm, but we will TiVo it and start it at 7PM.

Jason will be BBQing hot dogs, so eat healthy for lunch. If you want to bring other snacks or drinks, I MEAN IT'S NOT LIKE WE ARE GOING TO SAY NO!

Sweeter Thirty-Two...Sweeter Sixteen

The morning after the 0'752 St. Patrick's Day Party, the house awoke to a happy menagerie of empty bottles and glasses, a partially eaten raw potato, and a leperchaun with a nasty hangover (you know him as Jason). [Editors note: except for the raw potato bit, this is all untrue. David wants credit for the tidying he did at 2am while Seth and Barker talked baseball]

Seth and Jason got their day to an early start, watching the UW women's basketball team take out the Minnesota Lady Gophers in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The Husky women were buoyed to the second round by clutch rebounds and free throws from friend of the house (meaning she's been here once) Breanne Watson.

Once enough time had passed for the house to have some breakfast and naps, the NCAA was notified that they could tip off the second round matchup between the UW men and the Illinois Fighting Orange Somethings (possibly something to do with indians). It was a back and forth affair, marked by each team playing brilliantly (UW's 28-14 start) then not-so brilliantly (Illinois' subsequent 39-1 run).

Washington ultimately prevailed because of GHS alumni Brandon Roy's all around brilliance, and David's second half promise to drink five shots of whisky should the Dawgs win. The gods that interfere with sports clearly noticed the pledge, as evidenced by Dee Brown's last second three point attempt bricking off the back rim. As lifelong Dawg fans, we know these shots always go in agaonst us.

Next week: the Dawgs in the Sweet Sixteen when one resident will surely have a panic or heart attack. Watch this space to find out who.

Irish Eyes were Smiling

To the chagrin of David and the Seattle-area British diaspora, St. Patrick's Day 2006 was enjoyed by all. The 0'752 St. Paddy's Day get together escalated into a full-blown party, complete with dancing to the traditional Celtic stylings of Big Boi and Andre 3000.

Also, some dude ate part of a raw potato--a big part. Later, he ran around tearing his shirt off repeatedly. We're not sure when he left the party, or where he went afterwards so be careful folks, he 's probably still in the area.

Other "highlights" included: Josh putting Jason into UFC-style choke holds, Mike's dead-on impersonation of Seth in the morning, the greenest PBRs you'll ever see (thanks to Sarah), a well-received pot of Guinness stew, and--of course--countless rounds of car bombs.

Thanks to all the wonderful people who showed up, and to Christy and Lauren for bringing cupcakes.

0'752

You have three options on St. Patrick's Day

1) Go to a crowed bar full of people shouting, "SPU '98," where you will wait forever for a watered down Green Budweiser, and listen to some shitty Irish band annoy everyone in the room.

2) Come over to 7502 around 9pm and spend time with us. There will be Irish Stew, Guinness, and Corliss' own leprechaun Jason McDonald.(Please help contribute to our fully stocked Beer Cellar.)

3) Do something meaningful with your life that will bring you fulfilment.

Everybody into the Poll

Every spring we run the Mike Story Memorial Tournament Pool, in honor of our good friend Mark Story. Well it looks like the joke is on us, you see Mike isn't dead. This whole time we were thinking of Slobodan Milosevic. We apologize to Mike and God. The pool has been renamed the 7502 Winona Bracket. In an unrelated note please join us Tuesday afternoon as we watch Mike try to jump Fractured Skull Ravine blindfolded on a gasoline soaked flaming razor scooter.

Click on this link: http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/frontpage

Join the group: 7502 Winona Bracket
Password: Frascona

Invite friends and family to play.

On a different note having nothing to do what so ever with this post-- the cost is five dollars per entry, and it is winner take all.

Jason Having Great Day

First came news that Saira got into the Evans School and will be moving to Seattle.

Then his sister proved that one can grow up on Corliss and become successful. Her win in the all-around was the greatest athletic achievement for a Corliss resident in Arkansas since Corliss Williamson lead the Razorbacks to the 1994 National Championship.

Maybe best of all, Mike will be picking him up at the airport.

Who knows maybe by the end of the week Ireland will re-gain control of Belfast...BUT I DOUBT IT!

The 7502 Talking Politics Show

The 7502 Talking Politics Show discusses complex political issues and relationships of the contemporary era, while touching on a wide range of nationally and internationally recognized issues.

Today’s Topic: Would it be in the region’s best interest for Bill Clinton to be elected mayor of New Orleans?

Seth: Yes.
Jason: Yes.

That's all the time we have please join us next week when our guest will be Senator Olympia Snowe (Woman- Maine).

The 7502 Talking Politics Show

The 7502 Talking Politics Show discusses complex political issues and relationships of the contemporary era, while touching on a wide range of nationally and internationally recognized issues.

Today’s Topic: Does former North Carolina Senator Jonathan Edwards truly grasp the issues?

Seth: No.
Jason: Yes.

Thank you, and join us next week when our guest will be Congressman Allen Boyd (Man- Florida).

World Baseball Classic Events

The World Baseball Classic has started and if you like baseball, you've got a huge grin on your face.

We're having three World Baseball Classic events at the house:

Tuesday March 7: We'll start around 7pm. (MEX v. USA and D.R. vs Venez--both TIVOed)

Sunday March 12: 5pm and 8pm games

Monday March 20: 6pm (The Final)

At all events, hot dogs will be served, so eat healthy for lunch. The full WBC schedule is a link in the right column.