Top 10 Tuesday: Excuses for not doing a top 10 this week

10. The economy
It's getting blamed for everything else going wrong right now, why not this too. In my mind though, if it wasn't for the bad economy I would have a real job and not be doing this blog in the first place - so it's also to blame for this whole site.

9. Daylight Savings Time
Not falling asleep until 3 a.m. two nights in a row would throw a wrench in your creativity too.

8. World Baseball Classic
Who would have guessed that baseball in March would be entertaining enough to distract people from things they should be doing? See no. 9: lack of sleep equals easily distracted.

7. It's so nice outside
Temperatures in the 70s are not normal for Nashville in March. Enjoy it while you can - highs in the 40s are just around the corner.

6. Too hot in my office
FYI - I'm calling the upstairs in the house my office - and it's ridiculously hot up here. Turning the air conditioner on in March is anti-religious in the Stone house. Instead we open windows. Any one else think they can be clever in a 82-degree room?

5. Facebook
It keeps college kids from doing their homework so I figured I could still use this excuse. I'm only less than three months removed from school.

4. Heyy TV!
If you read last weeks Top 10 you know that I like TV - a lot. Sometimes it can be a curse. (Have no fear employers out there. TV would not affect my work if this were a real job.)

3. Spider in the shower
Strange but true, I do most of my good thinking in the shower every morning. Something about the heat and steam just opens up my creative side. Tragically, my shower was interrupted before it even began today by an eight-legged assassin climbing up my foot. I did manage to send it on the most wicked water slide of its life before any damage was done, but the ritual was of course ruined.

2 & 1Upcoming NCAA Tournament
March Madness is so important that it takes up two spots in this countdown. Creating tables and updating records, RPI's, and SOS's took up the majority of my mid-afternoon. Nine teams have clinched tourney bids and six teams unable to win their conference tournaments have been added to the at-large side of the chart. Check back most likely Saturday for my full NCAA Tournament blog which should include seeds for every team I project to make the big dance.