2010's top 10 lame excuses for getting out of work during the NCAA tournament

Yes, I know, it's a perennial. What, you think bloggers don't ever hit the same stuff? We're human, dammit.

10) You are sitting shiva for Georgetown

9) Your religion requires you to treat the week of St. Patrick's Day and the first and second rounds as Drunken Hannukah

8) Actually nice weather on the East Coast has caused your world view to lose all meaning

7) Just not getting the hang of this Daylight Savings Thing

6) Science has proven that only the presence of your Concern Rays can make your pool picks win

5) Last-minute jury duty for a homeland security court, so there's no paperwork

4) The sudden onset of warm weather is givng you terribly convenient allergies

3) Your fantasy baseball draft preparations has left your eyes bleeding from spreadsheet abuse, and your fingers raw from annual magazine paper cuts

2) With the health care reform issue finally (?) coming to a head, you're not comfortable leaving the house for fear of missing a C-Span moment

1) Filling out the Census form is going to take you all day, if only to read all of the online conspiracy theories