{"id":112,"date":"2006-04-03T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-03T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=112"},"modified":"2022-01-02T07:39:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T12:39:50","slug":"monday-morning-musins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocularfusion.net\/?p=112","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Musins&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend has come and gone, and things are, well, different, than they were just a few days ago. For one thing, we are back on daylight savings time and although I awoke at my usual &#8220;rise and shine&#8221; 5:30AM the clock says it is actually 6:30AM, and therefore I don&#8217;t have my usual amount of time to write and post. So, in the interest of time and our short 21st century attention spans, I&#8217;ll go about this in bulleted fashion. If you sat through an Hour of PowerPoint at church yesterday, please accept my apologies beforehand.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nancy Grace has given up on her Church of Christ cult hunt (not enough &#8220;traction&#8221; apparently) and has turned her keen journalistic eye and prosecutorial Death Ray from the Winkler case to the <a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/0603\/31\/ng.01.html\">Duke Lacrosse Team<!--more--><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/CNN\/Programs\/anderson.cooper.360\/\">Anderson Cooper of CNN<\/a>, the day after Ms. Grace &#8220;interviewed&#8221; Rubel Shelley, showed considerably more decency and journalistic integrity to his Church of Christ guest, Dr. Billy Smith, Dean of the School of Biblical Studies at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fhu.edu\/\">Freed-Hardeman University <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Unlike Ms. Grace, <a href=\"http:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/0603\/30\/acd.01.html\">Mr. Cooper asked intelligent questions, allowed Dr. Smith to complete his sentences and graciously thanked Dr. Smith at the end of the interview<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Way to go Anderson&#8211;your responsible handling of the story and your attempt to repair the damage incurred by Ms. Grace have been noted and appreciated<\/li>\n<li>The above bullets are further evidence that Ocular Fusion is a &#8220;fair and balanced&#8221; blog<\/li>\n<li>The Florida Gators stole Cinderella&#8217;s slippers, kissed her on the cheek and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college\/mensbasketball\/tourney06\/2006-04-01-gmu-sidebar_x.htm\">sent her packin&#8217; in her pumpkin <\/a><\/li>\n<li>The UCLA men have a chance to win their 12th National Championship tonight (as if they needed another one)<\/li>\n<li>Question: Will anybody actually watch this game?<\/li>\n<li>I am the world&#8217;s worse college basketball pundit and prognosticator<\/li>\n<li>There is hope for disappointed Duke fans: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college\/womensbasketball\/tourney06\/2006-04-02-lsu-duke_x.htm\">the women&#8217;s basketball team exacted a measure of revenge from LSU <\/a>and has made it to the national title game against Maryland to be played on Tuesday night<\/li>\n<li>Another question: Which do you think will win the ratings war, the women&#8217;s title game or<a href=\"http:\/\/www.idolonfox.com\/\"> this<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Duke could really use a national title in a women&#8217;s sport to deflect attention from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college\/lacrosse\/2006-03-30-divisions-at-duke_x.htm\">the men&#8217;s lacrosse team<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Later this week on Ocular Fusion: a Very Large Fish Story<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of fish stories, <a href=\"http:\/\/albedo039.blogspot.com\/2006\/04\/chariots-of-fire-recreated.html\">I bought someone&#8217;s April Fool&#8217;s joke hook, line and sinker<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The dog is starting to whine to be let out, so I have to go now<\/li>\n<li>Man, I&#8217;m really tired this morning&#8211;how about you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--a495ae715e4a2d144b97e1a593371c8e--><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--d95ab1503bb91b3bba976a52c2668b95-->\n<\/p>\n<p><!--a495ae715e4a2d144b97e1a593371c8e--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend has come and gone, and things are, well, different, than they were just a few days ago. 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