Happy Thursday

Happy Thursday. Well, "The Dance" began a few minutes ago (@12noon ET). Let the "madness" begin..... Here are some things I saw on the net a few minutes ago...

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NCAA thinking about tinkering with its beloved, billion-dollar basketball spectacle? The organization is currently investigating the possibility of expanding the tournament field, to as many as 96 teams, as early as next year (for you non-bracket heads out there, 65 teams play in the current field).

Who lead's J.D. Power and Associates long-term vehicle dependability study? Nope, not Honda. Not Toyota. Not BMW. Porsche. The German sports car brand took the No. 1 spot in the annual study, which gave it ninth place last year. Lincoln came in second, while Buick and Lexus tied for third. Mercury and Toyota rounded out the top five.

In case you haven't heard. A Walmart store announcement ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities there. A few in teh community have predictabbly they plan to boycott the retailer until they're assured the issue has been addressed so it doesn't happen again.

Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information.The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials.

The government is announcing a recall of some 1.2 million Graco Harmony High Chairs saying they pose a fall hazard to children.

Sandra Bullock canceled her appearance at the London premiere of "The Blind Side" days after Internet reports alleged she was having trouble in her marriage and that she had left the couple's Southern California home

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gotta go and fill out my census form. I'm claiming the pomeranians like I did on my taxes this year......

J

Felize Monday-dahd! 3/15/10

Happy Monday!

Had an uneventful weekend. Congratulations to the Blue Devils for winning the ACC.
Big kudos to Winthrop and Wofford Universities for making "the dance" into the 64 team NCAA tournament.

My Tarheels made the "Not Invited Tournament" and will face WM & Mary Tuesday.

here are some quick hits I saw on the ol interweb this morning.

Actor Peter Graves has died of natural causes at the age of 83.

The letters A, C, O, R and N are coming off office doors from New York to California. Business cards are being reprinted. New signs with new names are popping up in front of offices. Affiliates of the once mighty liberal activist group ACORN are remaking themselves in a desperate bid to ditch the tarnished name of their parent organization and restore federal grants and other revenue streams that ran dry in the wake of a video scandal. One of the latest groups to adopt a new name is ACORN Housing, long one of the best-funded affiliates. Now, the group is calling itself the Affordable Housing Centers of America. Others changing their names include what were among the largest affiliates: California ACORN is now Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, and New York ACORN has become New York Communities for Change. More are expected to follow suit.

Speaking of ACRON, a Dutch political party formed by self-described pedophiles has voted to disband itself after failing for the second time to participate in national elections in June. The group, which sought to lower the age of sexual consent to 12, says it could not get the 600 signatures necessary to win a place on the ballot in a country of 16.5 million. It would need 60,000 votes to win a seat in the 150-member Dutch parliament.

South Park’s 14th season begins this Wednesday night at 10pm ET. It concerns “Sexual Addiction” and features a parody of Tiger Woods.

Here’s your weekend box office estimates per Variety.com

1. Alice In Wonderland $62,000,000
2. Green Zone $14,534,520
3. She's Out Of My League $9,600,000
4. Remember Me $8,281,000
5. Shutter Island $8,140,000
6. Our Family Wedding $7,600,000
7. Avatar $6,600,000
8. Brooklyn's Finest $4,290,000
9. Cop Out $4,230,000
10. Crazies, The $3,650,000