March Madness

March Madness certainly brings thoughts of basketball, hoops, round ball or whatever other name can be given to the games in March. Heretofore, the length of the tournament certainly was mind numbing with 64 teams playing over three weekends in March. This year four additional teams are being added. Let's hope that the NCAA does not duplicate their efforts in football. Not many want to watch a game when the contenders have either a .500 record or barely above it. Of course, being among the legions of Buckeye fans, I can be somewhat smug about the process. The last decade has seen the Buckeyes' hoops and football teams at the top of the heap or close to it. 

Most people think that there is only one definition to the term March Madness. And up until today I was a member of that huge body of sports fan. What changed is when wife Mary Ann returned home this Sunday AM and peered into the kitchen along with the exclamation that 'you have given March Madness a new dimension'. What she saw was 11 pounds of chorizo hanging from the pot rack drying. SWMBO (she who must be obeyed for the uninitiated) had some idea that the drying process could take up to 18 days. I tried to reassure her that the 23 links, each weighing about eight ounces, would only occupy this highly coveted spot for a couple of hours.    

She did, however, suggest/insist that a picture be taken and sent to the children along with selected others. Well, if you happened upon this site, you belong to the group of selected others. This shot showing the prized chorizos should, hopefully, persuade you that this is truly a labor of love. These chorizos are of the Spanish type to add dining pleasure to paella and many other dishes. Well, that might be a slight exaggeration since there might be some obligatory sharing with the chillin.

What do ya think?