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  <title>What Mario Chalmers *wasn't* thinking</title>
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        <body>Jen - Just remember.  Italy's boot toe is pointing to the left.  Louisiana is pointed to the right.</body>
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        <body>Jen....dare I ask where you have Poland on your map?</body>
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        <body>New post is up.</body>
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        <body>manta....until the chiefs start playing.....</body>
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        <body>New maps.. does that mean new copies of the old maps, or entirely new ones you drew up (in crayon) yourself?
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I'm tearing up the old ones and starting from scratch.  I think I missed a couple of places on the last set of maps, like somehow putting Italy where Louisiana should have been which, ultimately, made it very difficult to explain World War II to the Iraqs and the Asian countries.</body>
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        <body>Jen, I assume you map is only of Kansas because between the Royals and the mens basketball, it is the center of the sports universe.</body>
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        <body>My bad, db.  I was looking at the clock on Jen's map.</body>
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        <body>dammit, I still havent figured out the old maps</body>
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        <body>Jen - But being observant will help with the new maps.</body>
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        <body>New maps.. does that mean new copies of the old maps, or entirely new ones you drew up (in crayon) yourself?</body>
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  <body>&lt;p&gt;Last night &lt;strong&gt;Mario Chalmers&lt;/strong&gt; hit the biggest shot in the history of Kansas basketball. Considering the school&amp;#39;s first coach was none other than the game&amp;#39;s inventor, &lt;strong&gt;Dr. James Naismith&lt;/strong&gt;, that&amp;#39;s saying something. Chalmers&amp;#39; 3-pointer from the top of the key with 2.1 seconds left sent the game to overtime, where the Jayhawks lapped a stunned Memphis squad to win its first NCAA title in 20 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not that we&amp;#39;ve made many (any?) such shots ourselves, but our sources say that one key is clearing the mind to focus purely on the moment. In fact, here are the fleeting thoughts that Chalmers pushed away from his consciousness just before he let fly: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10.&lt;/strong&gt; Why is that fan in the Kansas shirt crying? Oh, duh, it&amp;#39;s &lt;strong&gt;Roy Williams&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9.&lt;/strong&gt; Wonder if Bi&lt;strong&gt;lly Packer&lt;/strong&gt; called this one &amp;quot;over&amp;quot; yet &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8.&lt;/strong&gt; Do I believe &lt;strong&gt;Rob Lowe&lt;/strong&gt; or his nanny?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7.&lt;/strong&gt; Can&amp;#39;t wait to see how SI manages to put &lt;strong&gt;Tyler Hansbrough&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; week&amp;#39;s cover&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.&lt;/strong&gt; Just think of this as a free throw -- for any team besides Memphis&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5.&lt;/strong&gt; What the heck does &amp;quot;Rock Chalk&amp;quot; mean anyway?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.&lt;/strong&gt; If &lt;strong&gt;Kristy Lee Cook&lt;/strong&gt; can still be alive on &lt;em&gt;American Idol&lt;/em&gt;, anything&amp;#39;s possible&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; This&amp;#39;ll so totally be in &lt;em&gt;One Shining Moment&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; Why do we drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway? Am I right, people?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; Make it or miss, I still get to skip school tomorrow&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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