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Are you ready for March Madness? Join the Fogelman Properties 2010 NCAA Bracket Challenge on Facebook and compete against other residents from your community, and other Fogelman properties, to see who the most basketball savvy resident is! Prizes have yet to be determined. You must enter and complete a bracket before the games begin this Thursday, March 18, 2010.

Also, each submission is automatically entered into the $5k March Mania Bracket Pool created by Citizen Sports.

Follow this link to join the Fogelman Properties 2010 NCAA Bracket Challenge!

How does the bracket scoring system work? The following scoring system is used for the bracket: Round points received for correctly choosing the winning team…

• Rd. 1 (round of 64): 1 pt.
• Rd. 2 (round of 32): 2 pts.
• Rd. 3 (round of 16): 4 pts.
• Rd. 4 (round of 8): 8 pts.
• Rd. 5 (round of 4): 16 pts.
• Rd. 6 (championship): 32 pts.

When and where can I see how I’m doing compared to other people in my pool? Once the tournament begins, click on the pool name from the homepage. You’ll see how many points each person in your pool has scored as well as the team they picked as the national champ.

What can I win in the Fogelman Properties NCAA Bracket Challenge? The top three finishers (in points) that are residents of a community that Fogelman Properties manages will receive prizes yet to be determined. Stay tuned!

What is the $5k March Mania Bracket Pool created by Citizen Sports? Every entry is automatically submitted to the $5k March Mania Bracket Pool. The winner of the bracket pool will win the $5000 cash grand prize (pending eligibility, see full rules here).

With a 22-12 record and an appearance in the ACC Tournament Championship, Georgia Tech captured a #10 seed in the Midwest region of the 2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament aka “The Big Dance.”  The Yellow Jackets open the tournament on Friday, March 19, against #7 Oklahoma State.

According to a scouting report by The Sports Xchange…

Georgia Tech put itself in position to have a special season, then lost three of its last four in the regular season to put itself squarely on the NCAA Tournament bubble with a 7-9 record in the ACC. The Yellow Jackets underachieved in the regular season. Their roster features three McDonald’s All-Americans and a nice mix of veterans and freshmen. The ACC tournament, however, was a redemption trip, and the Yellow Jackets have new life starting with a first-round game against Oklahoma State.

I’m a big fan of riddles.  They are a great way to exercise your brain.  If you have a minute, try to figure this one out and post your explanation as a comment.  I’ll post the answer sometime next week.  Let’s see who the real brainiacs of Cameron Landing are! =)

For Show and Tell at school, Lisa told her class that today was the birthday of both her father and her grandfather and that they were exactly the same age. Her teacher said that was impossible, but Lisa insisted she was right. Can you explain how she could be right?

Yes, it’s that time of year again – the time to celebrate all things Irish.  March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day, and the city of Atlanta will once again be “doing it up.”  The highlight of the celebration will be the 128th Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade down Peachtree St. on Saturday, March 13.

If you decide to go, stop through Atlanta Underground for the St. Patrick’s Day Festival that includes Irish dance groups, a Barbershop Quartet, magician, bagpipers, an Interactive Zone presented by the Atlanta Hawks and Thrasher’s Street Team, a vendors market and more.

This is a big movie weekend!  Not so much that it’s Oscars weekend, although I do want to see Avatar clean house.  I’m also trying to go see two of the new releases coming out – Brooklyn’s Finest and Alice in Wonderland.

Check out the trailer for Tim Burton’s rendition of Alice in Wonderland…

What do you think?  Tim Burton movies are hit or miss with me.  Batman, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd…all great!  Planet of the Apes, Edward Scissorhands…ehh, not so much.  I can dig the whole dark, bizarre theme that he usually goes with.  And I hear that there are Lord of the Rings type battle scenes in his version.

“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”

I just came across this quote on the Internet and thought I’d share it.  What it says to me is that there are two types of people: those that crumble under pressure, and those that really dig in and work hard to overcome obstacles and excel.  I like to consider myself one of the later group.  Wouldn’t we all?

The quote was said by William Arthur Ward, a twentieth-century American poet and writer.  I think I’m going to use it as my own personal mantra for now.  What do you think?  Any other good inspirational quotes out there?

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