The eye of the storm between rounds of basketball games is almost over. For the past three days I have actually had to make eye contact and occasionally communicate with my wife and even mustered up the strength to venture outdoors on a few occasions. It's always a time to reflect (Really? I picked one Pac-10 team to fare well in tournament and it just happened to be the one that underacheived?) It is a time for self-reflection. (How in the world am I going to keep an infant alive by myself for 8 hours a day starting on Monday?) And, most importantly, it is a time to formulate my fantasy baseball draft strategy. (Do NOT take any Giants position players!)

With the lack of basketball in the evenings, Shelbi and I have had to find other ways to pass the time. I spent Monday and Tuesday feeling disconcerted by the number of phone calls I received from the office that made me realize that the people I have spent the past 6 years with have absolutely no idea what it is I actually do. Aside from that, there have been plenty of games. When we first started coming to the beach together, the game closet consisted of Monopoly (which Shelbi was still refusing to play with me at the time) a Boggle game that was missing the timer, Twister and Guess Who?

Naturally, we opted for Guess Who? a game where you narrow down what face the other person has by asking rudimentary questions like "Is your person wearing a hat?" We quickly realized that the game was far more entertaining and more challenging if you outlawed any questions about someone's physical appearance. Thus, a beach tradition was born. Now the game is Guess Who? Stereotype Edition. Popular questions include: "Did you person go to college?" " "Is your person happy in their marriage?" "Is English your person's first language?" and "How much does your person tip?"  It's far more fun than playing Boggle with rounds that end every time the neighbors' dogs bark.

This is our favorite "Guess Who?" character.
"Is your person often shirtless?" and "Is your
person likely to skip out paying child support?"
are good questions to rule him out.