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BYU vs Gonzaga: Pat’s Picks Post: Killian Tillie has been a man on a mission in this tournament for the Bulldogs. Tillie shot 10-11 vs San Francisco, included 5 for 5 from deep. Tillie hasn’t missed a three pointer ( 10-10) all tournament long and will look to increase the streak against the Cougars tonight….

Pat’s Picks Post:  With a small slate of College hoops games tonight, there will not be any plays for the day. A great motto I heard once in Vegas fits here, “sometimes no play, is the best play”, tonight this holds true. However, this gives me a free night to break down the upcoming Big…

As previously mentioned, we will be creating a separate page for “Pat’s Picks”. Yesterday, was the 1st teaser of picks, with a 1-1 record. Here is Pat’s picks for March 4th, with detailed commentary: Lipscomb VS. Florida Gulf Coast: Lipscomb is a heavy underdog (+8) going into the conference championship game today. The Bison are…

Documenting the first picks for March 3rd: Creighton +1.5 Purdue -7    

Things to come….. As this count down blog of my somewhat random thoughts winds down…. where does michigandreams.com go from here? We have big plans! The site will be redesigned with a header page. Here, the countdown blog will be found archived. New sub sites will be added: Our Michigan experience will be documented on…

We lost KC, our yellow lab today. It was a decision made over a long period of time. The seizures stronger, longer and more frequent. The pain she tried to hide. We knew it was time. And yet we second guessed ourselves. Some days she would have spurts of energy, happiness… but those times rarely…

Hold everything! Us News & World Report just rated Iowa as the best state in the country to live in. There goes the moving to Michigan idea. Err, well not so fast. Here is their criteria and ranking among the 50 states: Infrastructure: 1st…. yes, great roads and not much traffic Health care: 3rd… Absolutely…

One of the last things that needs to be accomplished before listing the house for sale, is to restain the deck. We had four long boards that needed to be replaced, so we bought the boards, stain and deck screws. A few days earlier, we had washed the deck. With a sudden temporary warm up,…

I fully expect not to make money from writing in the first three years… maybe more… maybe ever. But still, I’m fully committed and my wife is fully supportive. The good news is we won’t starve, just need to budget much more than we ever have before. So I have been planning, estimating, recalculating everything….

The plan is to be in Michigan permanently by May 1st. The hope is to be able to move there in mid-April and just return to Iowa for my last few work days. My wife’s line in the sand is Saturday, May 19th. I have heard about the Great Lakes Kite Festival in Grand Haven a…