I will always remember 2007 as the (first) year I picked all of the Final Four. I will also remember it as the 15th (or so) consecutive year that I ended up out of the money in all pools I entered. Turns out it’s more important to pick the winner, especially when the winner is a favorite picked by many people.
My biggest fear coming out of this is that I will suffer from the illusion that my relative success this year is a result of my skill and knowledge, rather than 90 minutes of cramming the night before the tournament, coupled with an abnormally vanilla favorite/upset ratio.
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Eye of the Beholder (or Never Trust the Picture in the Brochure)
I've been using the first picture here as my desktop background at home and at work. Needless to say, I didn't take it.
Sunrise over Lake Michigan, taken from south campus at Northwestern looking at the lakefill.
When I was on campus last October, I copied the shot. Well, except for all the pleasant parts...
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