I am back from my brief hiatus and will have to write about what transpired and also my thoughts on what was going on inside my tiny mind. 

I will start off by posting the next round of my Tournament of Randomocity.  It's a made up word and a made up tournament.  The story behind this tournament is that I was looking for an alternative to the NCAA Men's and Women's basketball tournament as well as the NIT basketball tournament and the CBS basketball tournament and the first ever CollegeInsider.com basketball tournament.  One night I was remembering how a few years ago a website ran a March Madness tournament that featured just bands.  Well I wanted to do something similar so I imagined some completely random brackets.  I also wanted to give my readers the chance to determine the outcome of a tournament much like how ESPN and the mafia determine the outcomes of the NCAA tournaments.  People, this tournament is what sleep deprivation does to a person. 

Like the U.S. presidential election, you may vote more than once.  I use firefox so when I see the link behind the match-up I right click and select open in new tab.  I do that for the bracket and then vote for each match-up.  Oh well, do the voting however you choose. 

I am joined by my guest analysts renowned gambling legend Sven the Norwegian, my advice column co-author Cocky, and a proto-type of my three stalkers.

Animal Bracket Third Round
#8 Tiger vs #13 Kangaroo

Animal Bracket #8 vs #13
Me: Tiger survived an early scare to defeat the #1 seed Black Mamba.  This will be an interesting match-up because you have the powerful tiger matched up against the quick hit style of the kangaroo.
Sven: Dat der Kang'roo will yump and yump on dat der Tiger all night long.

#7 Cat vs #3 Eagle

Animal Bracket #7 vs #3
Cocky: EAGLE!  ALL THE WAY!  I MUST SUPPORT MY OWN!  Marquette teachers and students agree that the eagle winning this tournament is a foregone conclusion.
Stalker: Godfather cleaned his cats' litterbox.  His bearded, gun toting cat is sleeping next to his feet while he is typing.

Band Bracket Round Three
#1 Pink Floyd vs #5 Radiohead

Band Bracket #1 vs #5
Sven: Dat Pink Floyd is sehr gut.  Days gonna win dis one.
Stalker: I followed Godfather to a Radiohead concert.  He drove from Fairfax, MN to Milwaukee just to see them.  He has 15 Radiohead related cds.

#2 The Beatles vs #3 The Beach Boys

Band Bracket #2 vs #3
Me: The Beatles held off The Flaming Lips despite some last minute voting.  The Beach Boys have dominated in the first two rounds.  This will be a clash of two different styles. The best band will prevail.
Cocky: I like the Beach Boys in this one because I can't take a band seriously that has the name of something I used to eat in the barnyard.

Movie Badass Bracket Round Three
#16 Mark Borchardt from American Movie vs #12 Tyler Durden/ Narrator from Fight Club

Movie Badass Bracket #16 vs #12
Me: Mark Borchardt has done the unthinkable.  He knocked off King Leonidas in the first round and then Kahn in the second.  Now he is matched up against Tyler Durden from Fight Club.  I think Borchardt's Cinderella Story comes to an end in this round.
Stalker: You like Mark Borchardt.  You have his phone number in your cell phone.  You own two of his movies.  You read the Fight Club novel last summer.  I'm sitting outside your house in my pick-up

#2 Beatrix Kiddo from Kill Bill vs #14 The Crow from the Crow Series

Movie Badass Bracket #2 vs #14
Sven: Dat Kiddo sure knows how to handle da sword.  She slices up dat crow like turkey on thanksgibbin
Cocky: PHILISTINE!  THE CROW ALWAYS PREVAILS!

Random Bracket Round Three
#1 Culver's/Ice Cream vs #12 Super Nintendo

Random Bracket #1 vs #12
Me: Culver's/Ice Cream has dominated the first two rounds.  Super Nintendo laid a beating on Shamwow last round much like the beating that a prostitute handed out to the creator of the Shamwow, Vince.  I predict an upset.
Sven: Dat ice cream gunna win dis bracket.  Pour some fresh maple syrup on dat stuff and you be in heaven.

#2 Cadbury Mini Eggs vs #11 Texas Hold'em

Random Bracket #2 vs #11
Cocky: NO! YOU SADISTIC SOBs!  HOW CAN YOU VOTE THROUGH THE EGGS!  Oh...forgot they're chocolate.  Nevermind.
Stalker: I'm not married so I am going to invite Godfather to my apartment to play poker.  He will win and I will get naked and we will have babies.

Well that is it for this round.  Vote once, vote often.  I will provide links in my future posts so beware.  The polls will close next Saturday.