Conficker.

That is the "worm" that is out there. Experts say it is set to take action April 1 (a favorite date with the people who do this kind of thing).

Microsoft has offered a $250K reward for turning in whoever has authored this current generation virus.

For me, the amazing thing is, if someone is smart enough to do this, why don't they use this intelligence for something good.

They say the effects of this threat are not known. It could wipe hard drives, or it could take control of personal computers and download sensitive information.

Well, my pick for the NCAA men's basketball tournament will have to buy a ticket. Rick and the Cardinals let me down. For me, the big surprise is the margin of Sunday's games. While I hoped for the Sooners of Oklahoma, I had bailed on them with my Sunday picks. NC looked pretty tough while Coach Izzo's team seems to be on a mission.

The TAM women were sent packing too. Still that was a pretty good showing.

Kentucky gave Coach Gillespie his walking papers after only two seasons.

I guess what I am trying to say, is, it is a competitive game out there. Lots of parity. And there are coaches depending on young men and women for their successes.

Krl and I spent Sunday working on billing and driver settlements. I watched a little roundball, flipping back and forth from NASCAR to basketball.

I am finding I enjoy watching the Women's NCAA tourney as much or more than their counterparts. The women seem to play with a lot more emotion!

I am sometimes awed by the women's talent, but please understand I grew up in the age of girl's basketball being six on six, half court. Guards and forwards. Organizers thought girls were to fragile to play full court. Obviously they didn't know Mary Ann W.. The half-court game added a very interesting aspect to the game.

Now we see women dunking, and their ability to dribble and pass the ball is phenomenal!

In the morning I will point my week toward next weekend. I have to drive to Roscoe to deliver ET's check (he is coming through on his way toward Post, where he is loading). Then I guess the "Dad" in me will take over. I plan on going to the farm shop to get weights for Rian's pull tractor. I plan on taking them to the NAPA store and separating them (there are twenty of them bolted together), then knocking the dirt off and spray painting them. Hopefully, Rian can stop by Friday and Max can load the weights in Rian's trailer with a forklift.

Rian hasn't asked me to do this. I know he is busy though. He has obligations every night this week and the little details are eating his sack lunch. I haven't talked with him since about noon Sunday. He had just returned from a weekend youth retreat. He took five boys from his school with the church group. After evening church services he was planning on building braided fuel lines. Then he will have to be sure everything seals. Methanol is pretty volatile and burns so clean and clear you will feel the fire before you see it.

I have mixed feelings about next weekends show. I have always enjoyed announcing. I use to tease that if it made a lot of noise and went fast, I was interested. However, I am very protective of my weekends.

I try to schedule my week to allow me to go on the weekends, but with the trucks and a Monday pay day for drivers, it is difficult. My current schedule is home office Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday is at the parts store, then Friday, Saturday and Sunday off. I say "off" facetiously! Weekends usually are consumed with remains from the week.

Use to be if I was traveling for some promotion company, my Friday was spent "in transit". If I had done a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday show, either I was traveling into the night or on Monday.

As it has turned out, this schedule also works if I am doing weight transfer rental for shows. It allows a full day for travel to, and a full day for travel from. The biggest difference is I am not on an airplane or in an airport, I am in a big truck!

Hopefully, the trucks will be set by Thursday. The way the rotation looks is they will off load Friday and reload for Monday delivery! The way the trucks run is a really big six day week followed by a five day week, but less revenue. This week will be a short one, but loading Friday for Monday delivery is setting things up for the following week.

Chris is going to spend Thursday night with Krl and I and when we come home from the parts store we will have one of the company travel trailers in tow. The deal I made with Gayle is for two nights announcing for a fee and a RV hookup for the weekend.

Rian has been working on the living quarters in the trailer that L.O. and K.O. have loaned him, but he won't have his shower in by next weekend. That just means the travel trailer will play a little larger role. Rian's bud Kyle Brown was suppose to go as a crew member but one of their coaches was cut loose and that means the remaining three are having to take up the slack. Last week they gave Kyle his schedule for this week and it didn't include going with Rian on his trip. I bet Kyle is not happy because he has put in some late nights helping Rian. Rian had told me he was going to let Kyle drive Free 1, but now that won't happen. So Chris has been elevated from spectator to crew member!

We'll make it work.

Of course nothing is simple. Next Sunday is Greenlawn's 50th Anniversary Celebration so Rian has to drive back to Lubbock Saturday night. It seems all their ministers have been told, "No exceptions".

Well, I may try to get a nap before morning.

Have a day!

Be still, oh my soul!