Picking the Final Four based on Food

Drone shut down Milan airport - wow. Eff drones - they announced in English. Then again in Italian like 3 mins later. Older woman in front of me was kinda hilarious in her response.

Santa Claus sun tanning in a garden in Florence. 

Also I’ve been mispronunciations Florence’s real name for past 17 years 

Rank order of media consumed on two trans-Atlantic flights:

Vice

Blackkklansman 

Spider-Man in the Spiderverse 

White Boy Rick

1/2 of Ralph breaks the internet 

2 eps of always sunny 13 

1 ep of AP BIO 

Rate airline terminals for food & drink options, etc 

Maybe the very dangerous airport sushi rating?

Maybe the bud light draft rating or the Bloody Mary mix rating at airport bars 

2019 March Madness - Final Four - Virginia vs Auburn and Michigan State vs Texas Tech  

Fajita theory redux for JJ  

30,000 downloads - thank you 

United Kingdom 2nd place, Angola #3, Taiwan, Egypt, Zambia, Australia, Canada and Philippines  

Lukewarm NIT Takes 

It’s kind of like a nice “going away party” or like the brunch the day after a wedding. You weren’t sure if you we even going to go, but you did and had a fun time seeing everybody one more time before finally having things end. 

Great vibe, an appreciative vibe during pregame, etc

Negative - you can’t do any “canned music” or sponsor promos that get the fans excited. 

I get not allowing the home team intro, I get letting both teams Spirit teams perform, etc. - but in this day & age of dwindling attendance and tepid interest in the NIT at best… wouldn’t a dance cam, or a bevy for free t-shirts being tossed into the crowd, or a free pizza delivery help spice stuff up. 

More importantly, they only allow pep band music. Can’t mix it up with any recorded tracks over the PA. Which takes away 1) the entire Jock Jams catalog. 2) Sandstorm and Zombie Nation techno-fests 3) And pretty much any hit song from the past 5 years.