Well what a week it's been.   What a firestorm over the blown call on Monday Night Football this week. The result?  The "real" NFL referees return to work just in time for our Cleveland Browns to take on the Ravens tonight on national TV.

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Upworthy is...

...social media with a mission: to make important stuff as viral as a video of some idiot surfing off his roof. Here's a piece by The New York Times' David Carr about our first 100 days.

At best, things online are usually either awesome or meaningful, but everything on Upworthy.com has a little of both. Sensational and substantial. Entertaining and enlightening. Shocking and significant.

That's what you can expect here: no empty calories. No pageview-juking slideshows. No right-column sleaze. Just a steady stream of the most irresistibly shareable stuff you can click on without feeling bad about yourself afterwards.

Great reasons to adopt a dog--as a couple!

• If you do it as a young couple: it can show you what it feels like to take care of a living thing together WITHOUT having to save for braces and college.
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• If you have a great name that just won't work for a kid, you can name the dog that.

  As self-help guru Hugh Prather said, "Love expands." Adding a puppy to your love-fest means more love all around.

  Dogs are great company when your sngificant other is out of town.
   
• Adding a pet to a loving, healthy relationship can make you feel even more loving toward your partner − the theory is that love expands!
   
• Raising a dog together, much like raising a kid, puts life in perspective. You worry less about the little things and work on loving your pup.
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• A lot of dogs are living in animal shelters and are in need of care. By adopting a puppy, you'll be doing a good deed together. Go to PetFinder.com to find a shelter near you.
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• (Your Tango)

Thursday March 21

It's National Fragrance Day.

Today is Common Courtesy Day.

The NCAA Basketball Tourney begins today at 12noon.  Akron plays tonight against VCU at 9:45

For the first time in U.S. history, there are more single people than there are married people. 49% married; 51% not married. Single is on its way to becoming the new norm

Boiled Greek type of coffee, which is rich in polyphenols and antioxidants and contains only a moderate amount of caffeine, seems to have more health benefits compared to other coffee beverages. Says Dr. Gerasimos Siasos of the University of Athens.

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