Not a dry eye in the house

For the last 16 years, I’ve worn contacts on and off to compensate for my mild myopia. Usually, I have no problem with the little buggers, but for the past few years, the pollen season in North Carolina has gotten the best of me. In April, my eyes often feel like two sandpaper orbs in an acid bath. In other words, not comfortable.

Don't call it a comeback. OK, it's a comeback.

I’d like to say the Sweet Monkey Pie went down over the past week for a fun reason. Maybe the “ultra-orthodox sex commandos” who have been lurking thought that my site was some form of Internet porn. Perhaps we had too many hits, and the server crashed. Coulda been a vast right-wing conspiracy. Any of those would be cool.

Pieman going on vacation

Just a quick note to all of my loyal readers (we might be up to a solid quintet now) that I’ll be on vacation from 4/13 through 4/18. During that time, I won’t have access to the Web, a computer or any other blog-enabling mechanism.

What in the name of Naismith? Fixing USA basketball

Well, the NCAA tourney is over. The NBA is in that long stretch of meaningless games that blend into the same highlight reel on SportsCenter (first team gets out to a big lead — dunk, dunk, 3-pointer — second team comes back — block, 3-pointer, 3-pointer — first team puts the game away — dunk, dunk, scrub shooting a 3 — ad infinitum).

Random slices of sweet monkey pie

The Sweet Monkey Pie revolution continues. OK, it’s going a bit more slowly than I anticipated, but it’s picking up. Here are two recent examples:

Let's jump on the SEO speedwagon

Since I’ve been running (more or less) a website for a few months now, I’m starting to see the importance of search engine optimization – also known as SEO. Of course, I typically write these things without thinking about SEO… or even if they make sense, for that matter. Who benefits? You, my loyal readers. Both of you.

Bloggin' the Final Four (or, Billy Packer takes a trip down amnesia lane)

Well, the first half of the initial Final Four game (George Mason vs. Florida) is over, and here are some initial impressions. As usual, my contempt for a certain announcer is monopolizing my mind.