Top of the day to ya! Happy St. Patrick's Day

"...as human beings we are capable of making sense of situations based on the thinnest slice of experience."

Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink and The Tipping Point.

CREATIVE CORNED BEEF: We couldn't let St. Patrick's Day pass without a recipe for gross Irish food. And here's your one-stop shopping for the parties going on today and tonight to celebrate Ireland's favorite saint. (RL)

LET THE MADNESS BEGIN: With the sports radio blabbermouths abuzz with Bracketology and the NCAA tournament kicking off tonight with the play-in game, take a moment to soak in the wisdom of one of the all-time great coaches, John Wooden. (RL)

OH, THIS IS JUST SILLY: The Sci-Fi channel is changing its name to SyFy. Seriously, offering this highfalutin explanation: to "broad[en] perceptions and embrac[e] a wider and more diverse range of imagination-based entertainment including fantasy, paranormal, reality, mystery, action and adventure, as well as science fiction," according to the network's statement. Puh-leeze. (RL)

BULLET DODGED: Yesterday we said Lindsay Lohan was in trouble again. Not so fast, Batman! Actually a judge quashed the arrrest warrant, calling it "much ado about nothing." (RL)

HMMMM: Lindsay Lohan is in trouble again and we are, yawn, shocked! Shocked, I say. Now she has to go back to court, deal with that messy DWI, her dad's mad at her and, oh, it's all a mess. What we find most interesting is that apparently on Saturday she ended up at Jack Nicholson's house. (RL)

MODELS GONE BERSERK: Watch even a moment of TV anymore and there are Jerry Springer like fights between all kinds of bimbos and menbos on reality TV. So it shouldn't come as a suprise that a casting call for America's Top Model devolved into a melee. Break it up, girls. (RL)

YES, WE WERE SQUIRMING TOO: Anyone who saw Jon Stewart dig his claws into Mad Money's Jim Cramer on The Daily Show Thursday night had to feel a kind of weird mix of pity and disdain. Now Cramer's going to have to piece his career back together. Here's one person's advice for him. (RL)

Rod Lockwood

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