My 16% Irish heritage wishes you a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day!

So guess who’s ahead in the department NCAA pool? That’s right, yours truly! I messed up 3 of the 16 games yesterday, putting me in the lead (damn Syracuse). I was working at my bench, blissfully unaware, when the head of the department comes in looking for me. He congratulates me and asks me about one of my picks (Montana over Nevada, a 12 seed beats a 5 seed almost every year, I got lucky). The funny thing about it is that I rarely see him, and two years ago when I published a review in a high impact journal, he didn’t come down to my bench to congratulate me then! He’s a huge sports guy though, so I understand where he’s coming from.