ongoing Tahrir protests

HERE.

They braved live rounds of gunfire last night and refused to clear the square. There can be no doubt of the level of courage in Egypt.

The latest demand: a trial for Mubarak. But the complaints about the army are a bit more general than that, and they are growing.

to put it candidly

Carlos Boozer of the Chicago Bulls:

“The good thing about our team is that we have all good guys,” he said. “We don’t have any jerks on the team, and in the NBA that’s rare.”

They just clinched the best record in the East for the first time since the Jordan Era. Yes, I’m excited. We’re all talking about Derrick Rose, but what a great job by Thibodeau in his first year as a head coach!

Absolutely no one was predicting this. It was primarily a question of whether Miami would have the best season in NBA history (far from it), and secondarily a question of Boston. Chicago was considered too young and a cut below.

Chicago still trails San Antonio by one game for best overall record in the NBA, and I hope they catch them in the last three. Would be nice to have homecourt advantage all the way through the NBA Finals.

Among other things, this means Boston and Miami can beat each other up in the playoffs before the Bulls face either. Good news.

Villanova conference underway

It started at around 1:00 this afternoon. Good first day. Full day tomorrow, with my lecture at the end. Great dinner afterward with some of the Villanova people.

Earlier in the day, I made another vulture raid on the Broad Street Borders (it’s going out of business, and is getting rid of everything at 30% off). No books this time, but a Sony Reader. Good for PDF’s, of which I now receive many for all kinds of purposes.