Let the Madness Begin!

Madness #1:
Following up on my post yesterday, here is something new on the LJ-front -- LJ is now censoring user interests.

This is something that I can't claim to not affect me, because while my own listed interests weren't censored, the entire move belies the "culture of openness and collaboration" that SUP was just talking about in its latest news post. No, what SUP did isn't illegal nor are they obligated to announce it to everyone, but censorship and blogging just... don't go hand-in-hand together in my mind. So here I am, all o_O and *boggles*

(Thank you to lynkemma for pointing me to this!)


Madness #2:
On a much lighter note, the NCAA Basketball Tournament Brackets -- aka March Madness -- have been announced! For men's basketball, UNC, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA are winning hopefuls. Much as I liked Duke in the past, judging by their performance these past couple of years, I don't really see them going too far. Drake, on the other hand, might surprise us all with the strong season they've been having this year.

On the women's front, I'm again cheering for Rutgers. They're a great team and I believe they have good chances of winning.

No official bracket pools for me though. I might make my own predictions and see how well I do, but I'm no longer working at a sports store with a strong basketball-talk culture... :p