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Good God, I didn't realize it has been five days since the last post, mainly because I have been watching college hoops.  I do rather like this time of year, even if -- as I say every year -- the conference tourneys really just exist to screw good mid-major teams.  Of course, all of these OTHER teams can benefit, so there isn't exactly an impetus to start an Ivy League-style change, though...well, I think you could.  I mean, I was watching Akron/KSU a few days, and they were talking about how THAT tourney protects the top seeds...I was like, well...do they need protection if they are the top seed?

Finished reading Guelzo's Gettysburg:  The Last Invasion.  I liked it, of course...two points stood out.  First, he really made it...well, suspenseful; I mean, we all know what happened, but he told the story of the battle as a story.  Second, he delved much into the political leanings of the various Union generals, assigning those rivalries between officers and each other and officers and the War Department to differences in party.  I was aware of them, of course, but I had not really thought of things in that way...which made it interesting.