NCAA Basketball – Nooz Buffet

March 20, 2023

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🌞According to our calendar, today is the first day of Spring here in the northern hemisphere. Winter came and went faster than I don’t know what, and I hope we’re out of the woods with the snow, but we shall see. Sometimes, we get that one last snow storm that has everyone asking themselves, “Damn, it’s the spring, where’s all this snow coming from?” I don’t know the answer to that, but it’s often the case.

🙏Remember to keep the Sabbat holy. Tomorrow, on Tuesday, March 21st, it is the Ostara Sabbat, and if you’re keeping things theme-like, green candles and jasmine incense are the way to go. Holly and cedar are the special trees associated with Tuesday, and if you’re searching for a deity to pray to, the elves will help you out.

🎭If you’re in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania area, and you’re into theatre, Trouble in Mind began three days ago on the 17th, and it will be live until March 26th. Coming up next, A Little Night Music. That performance will begin on May 5th, and both shows can be seen at the Civic Theatre in Allentown. You can visit their website for more information.

♓Right now, at this very moment, the Sun is on the 29th degree of Pisces, which means our Sun’s transit through the astrological sign, Pisces, is just about over. Tomorrow, the Sun will reach the 0 point of Aries coinciding with Ostara. That’s right, we’re already heading into the season of the Ram who is ruled by the God of war himself, Mars. Here’s something interesting most people weren’t aware of, Mars is the God of war, and Mars has two Moons, Phobos and Deimos. Phobos means fear or panic, and Deimos means dread or terror. Shit is all business in the red planet! Now, According to astronomy, the Sun just entered the constellation of Pisces on March 12th, and it will remain in Pisces until the 18th of April.

♿The woman who had her wheelchair tossed down a staircase finally spoke out. According to Daily Mail, Sydney Benes said, “It was hurtful to see him and his friends laughing about it. It was disrespectful and heartbreaking.” Benes is a 22-year-old woman who lost her legs in a car accident in 2021, and Carson Briere, the man who tossed her chair, is the son of NHL star, Daniel Briere. She was in the bathroom at Sullivan’s Irish Pub when the incident occurred.

🏀The big news in sports right now is the upset that occurred in the First Round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The 16th ranked, Farleigh Dickinson Knights men’s basketball team out of Teaneck, New Jersey, defeated the top ranked Purdue Boilermakers, 63-58. For those of us who are from the area, that’s the equivalent of the William Paterson University football team beating the Ohio State Buckeyes! 🤣🤣

🗯According to 5 NBCDFW, two students were injured in a shooting that occurred this morning before class began at Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas. According to CNN, and American citizen who was held hostage for 6 years in West Africa, has finally been freed. Jeff Woodke was an aid worker working in Niger when he was kidnapped. What’s going on in Miami? Police are struggling with this year’s crop of spring breakers. More than 1,000 arrests were made in Miami Beach and a curfew has been imposed after two deadly shootings.

I’m going to end this edition of Nooz Now on that note. Short and sweet! Have a great day everyone!

March 11, 2022 Edition

🏀NCAA-The Virginia Tech Hokies defeated the No. 2 Ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament yesterday, 87-80.

🏈NCAA- Georgia’s QB, J.T. Daniels, is visiting Oregon State today. Daniels told sources he won’t make a final decision on transferring until the spring.

🏀NBA- Joel Embiid scored 27 points and had 12 rebounds, but that wasn’t enough as the 76ers lost by 29 to the Nets last night, 129-100. This was also the night marking the return of Ben Simmons.

🎬The Dutchess (2008)- This was a movie starring Keira Knightly, Ralph Fiennes, Haley Atwell, and (my personal favorite) Dominic Copper, who played Jesse Custer in the show Preacher. I just saw this the other night; it was excellent. You know movies are good when they draw a reaction out of you, and I must say, the marriage between the characters played by Knightly and Fiennes was a little infuriating. That’s all I’m saying; check it out!

📗-I just purchased a book yesterday, and the title isn’t really important. When I opened the inside cover and flipped to the Acknowledgements, this “author” gave thanks to someone who contributed knowledge and expertise to her book, an editor, a contributor, collaborator, another editor, and then someone who added detail. (I mean did she even write the book?) I don’t know, that seems like a lot of people.

Also, I wanted to share this. Someone questioned me about being an author recently, they thought writing a book should come later in life after a big accomplishment has been made. And I said to that person, those people who usually come out with books after a successful career in some area, are not writers. Someone writes those books for them. It’s different if your career is writing.

Case in point, if writing is your thing, write away! And a big major shout out to all the true creators out there who’ve found their creative outlet as a writer! Transferring thoughts to paper in a clear and concise way is not easy.

🔥✍Smorgasbord 2 Catch Up and Relish went into print yesterday, and I should be receiving my personal copies within four weeks. If it looks good, and I approve, it will be available for purchase a week from then, so even though I still haven’t received that expedited release date yet, I’m going to say sometime in April!