Rainy Day

Word of the day :

fathom : to penetrate and come to understand
             : to probe
             : to measure by a sounding line 

Things just aren't - and can't possibly be - the same when Julia is not here.  It's inevitably a rainy, dreary day here in Statesboro, and Gabriel and I will somehow try to pass the time. 

* Here are my predictions for the 2nd round of the NBA playoffs.  I correctly predicted 7 of the 8 first round winners: 

San Antonio Spurs over Golden State Warriors (6 games)
         I love the way the Warriors are playing, but I'm not sure they can keep it up. 

Memphis Grizzlies over Oklahoma City Thunder  (6 games) 
        No Russell Westbrook = no chance of getting to the conference finals for OKC. 

Miami Heat over Chicago Bulls  (5 games) 
         The depleted Bulls made one of the great, gutsy stands in playoff history by willing an injury-and-illness plagued victory over the Brooklyn Nets in the first round.  And now they'll bow out of the playoffs and get ready for next season. 

New York Knicks over Indiana Pacers  (6 games) 
          I just like NY in this series.  They shoot better and they won't get pushed around inside. 


BTW, this book looks great:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Darkling-Novel-B-Chesterton/dp/1605984582/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367755232&sr=8-1&keywords=r.b.+chesterton