do you ever wake up screaming in the night?

I do because this team didn't win the NCAA tournament title. They taught me how to love again and then ripped my heart was ripped out and kicked off the second story balcony of my crappy rental apartment.

Never again will we see a team so dominant over its opposition - they were the arc of the covenant and the other team was the Nazi's. If I had to invade the Death Star I would choose Duke's 2001 Championship team. But if I needed to crush the rebellion on the ice planet Hoth these were the guys.

By the way here is what I did during that fateful championship game loss:

1.) Paced around apartment complex for two hours.
2.) Screamed a primal rage, that even scared myself, when Trajon Langdon kept Duke in the game with a three.
3.) Collapsed on the floor and didn't move for 45 minutes after game ended.
4.) Called my father and brother - here is the conversation - me: "That sucked" - them "That sucked." - Click

I prefer to remember the glory from that season when I can - like Corey Maggette breaking a Carolina players ankles so bad on a crossover dunk that they had to put the guy to sleep like they do horses.

sending out a message with an R2 unit

my girlfriend, a Croatian/American co-worker, and a guy who writes on the internet have all pointed out the Duke was doomed this year due to a lack of athleticism - that's why the arrival of Gerald Henderson Jr. Will be much heralded by people who base their lives on the fortunes of teenagers playing a game (namely me)

Henderson basically needs to provide that John Wilkes Booth about to shoot Lincoln in the back of the head steeliness that has been missing lately - I think he's up to it

the republic is in the dark times

hope can be found in the north - Jon Scheyer is the type of person this country creates who convinces me we would never lose to the Nazi's - we would beat the Nazi's 10 out of 10 times beacuse no other country produces the deadly Luke Skywalker/Gil Thorp/Beowulf combo like we do

so Iraqi insurgents can foster civil wars all they want but it's sadly futile for we lead the world (with Argentina a close second) in comic-book esque two guards

this I can get behind

in honor of my Belorussian brothers the real (and illegal) Belarus National Flag - not illegal in Chicago mind you but still

I just heard some "hot" right-wing celebrity gossip

Oh no you didn't Grover Norquist

can't muster the will to make a joke here

If you aren't rooting for the Ukraine in the World Cup this summer well then you good sir are a commie. And not the good type of commie like Eugene Debs either.

look closely and you can see me beating a folk singer

Sorry I have been gone but I've been helping rig the Presidential election in Belarus for my Comrade and former co-Real World castmate Alex Lusashenko. The best part about the adventure: beating protesters with a truncheon!!