HOW EXACTLY DO THEY FIND US...HOW?

Today we received a comment from Ruby, and Ruby's not happy. We don't think Ruby is a regular visitor nor do we believe she appreciates our version of commentary/satire. She surely doesn't get all the inside ribbing between ACC schools, nor does she understand our love for the Blaze and his beloved P.G. County.

But then, how could she? She could hang around the T.A.H. World of Mighty Blogdome, that's how!

Anyway, we meant no harm to Prince George's County, and here is yet another link to the lovely Gaylord National...and, it does, in fact, look damn nice.

What Ruby missed, as do most folks like her who blow up at such poor attempts at humor, is that today’s issue was really poking fun at (in declining order of import): 1) the NCAA (a favorite target), 2) Duke (a second-favorite target), 3) ourselves (yep, another favorite whipping boy), 4) the knucklehead Terps students/fans nuts enough to boo Vasquez, 5) CC Nation, 6) Mrs. Kettle and 7) whatever random thoughts that happened to zip through our addled brains just prior to publication.

If she were a regular reader she would have recognized the absurdity of the headlines of the two prior stories, and that would have lent a little perspective to the one in question that offended her so. We are guessing she didn't read today’s issue (probably because it was too long, don't get mad Ruby, that's an inside joke from yesterday), and that she works somewhere that has a service that alerts her to anything on the web that mentions Prince George's County (recently voted "Garden Spot of the Universe," replacing South Orange, NJ -- oops, Ruby isn't gonna like that one either) or the Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center.

Nor did Ruby notice that we included a hyperlink to the Gaylord hotel on the Potomac so folks could go and see how nice it is. OK, in retrospect, all the pictures of P.G. County might have been just a smidge unfair, but they came from the Washington Times (don't tell them, they'll send us more of those damn cease and desist letters) and a local P.G. real estate site.

Here's the scoop from Ruby: The NCAA's decision to hold their event at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, MD has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ECONOMY! The decision to hold the event there was made more than 2 years ago, when the current economic woes weren't even a glimmer in our eyes.

The Gaylord National Resort is a WORLD-CLASS convention resort that competes right alongside some of the best convention hotels in Vegas, Orlando and Chicago. It is winning praise from top meeting and event planners around the country. Also, the NCAA has a long-standing relationship with the Gaylord Hotels brand, having held many past NCAA events at their other convention hotels in Dallas, Nashville and Orlando. That's why they chose to come to the Maryland location. Nothing more, nothing less.

You are trying to make something out of nothing. Get over it. Prince George's County, Maryland has a WORLD-CLASS convention hotel that is attracting major names and major conventions. As a matter of fact, Harley-Davidson is revealing their 2010 models (like the Detroit Auto Show) there the week after NCAA leaves.

Wow, talk about popping a nerve. We're sorry Ruby, really. We didn't mean to get you all worked up...

In March, T.A.H. will consider holding the Third Annual ACC Tournament Second Round Long Boozy Lunch at the sports bar (right) located in the Gaylord National. It looks quite nice.