If any of you are like me, you won't be reading this blog today - at least not on your work computer.  It's a national holiday.  Or at least it should be.  There are baseball games on TV from Noon until Midnight (including my Astros in glorious high-definition).  It's Major League Baseball Opening Day.

I can honestly say, I never attended a single college class on Opening Day.  Mine, or anyone else's for that matter. 

So, I can't tell you how thrilled I was to receive this text message from my brother Ross, a freshman at Auburn, at 9:56am this morning.

"Following in your footsteps, I'm skipping my afternoon class in honor of Opening Day.  Go 'Stros."

I've never been so proud. 

Happy Opening Day, friends.