I hope everybody is recovering, slowly but surely, after a wild week of weather.  Tuesday at my house started with my wife finding the basement had started to leak.  Tuesday ended with the power going out for nine hours.  It started get a smidge chilly in the Bidwell estate.  In the end, though, I was one of the lucky ones.

Tonight Massac County's girls basketball team beat Nashville to advance to the IHSA Class 2A state quarterfinals...but basketball certainly took a backseat in the Patriot basketball family tonight.  Massac senior guard Destiny Mitchell and her family lost nearly everything Wednesday night when a power surge caused their house to burn down. Certainly, our thoughts and prayers are with Destiny and her family as they try to somehow pick up the pieces.  Suddenly, a little water in my basement doesn't seem like such a big deal.

On to some much lighter news and notes.  Did anybody else see this story on Ashley Judd's arrival at Daytona this week?  I tried to wear something that low-cut in my one and only trip to Daytona.  I was asked not to come back.

We're down to the last couple of hours to sign up for the blog's Fantasy NASCAR league.  Go to this page to find out how to sign up.  I think Saturday is the deadline to sign up.

My YouTube clip of the day is an oldie but goodie.  I remember my dad sending this to me almost 10 years ago, and it still makes me laugh repeatedly.  I know you'll watch it more than once...that little kid running around has no idea what's coming.  Good thing it was just a basketball.

As always, the floor is yours.