LIVE CHAT at 7:30 p.m. -- Iowa State-Iowa basketball, Iowa football, and life its ownself

I'm watching the Iowa State-Iowa basketball game from the same place many of you will view it -- via pirated television on the Internet while on a houseboat on the River Nile.

I mean, via the Big Ten Network on perfectly legal cable television from my home in Cedar Rapids.

This is short notice, so don't expect a crowd. I'm doing it for fun. It's been a newsy week in Hawkeyeville, to say the least. Then there's a basketball game going on that would seem to be of interest. So if you aren't on a houseboat on the Nile, come on in and give your two cents. I'll go from the start of the b-ball game until the end, as long as there's a few people.

If there aren't, it will give me more time to watch the Adrian Peterson/Verizon commercial the Big Ten Network airs about eight times per half-hour.