It feels like we're in the final stretch as the Final Four in NCAA Men's Basketball is set and because it is Easter Week!

Bill stretched our vocabulary knowledge this morning with a few words that Allen Levi uses in his book, Theo Of Golden.

We're all a bit shocked that Bill is doing fairly well with his basketball bracket. Especially since he didn't know what team he had picked (or rather had randomly selected for him) to win the tourney.

Dave took some time this weekend to catch Project Hail Mary in the movie theatre. He described the movie as a last ditch effort to save humanity.

NASA is in the final stretch as the window for the launch of Artemis is set to open on Wednesday.

The AI video platform is in its final days. Bill shared why the popular program is being shut down.

Val Kilmer will appear in his final film soon. But it was filmed after he passed, so AI will be used to place him into the picture as he had signed on to do the film before he died.

As we prepare for Easter, there are some messages and songs we wanted to make you aware of. From Tommee Proffitt's album, The Resurrection Of A King, to a Bible Plan, Why The Resurrection Changes Everything.

Just as we're shocked by Bill's performance on the basketball bracket, he's a bit shocked at what he considers a bit of an upset in the Lent Madness bracket.

We've got quite a bit of Easter-related content that we are excited to share with you this week.

And the world did not end when COVID hit, but we did see some major pivots. 6 years ago, Dave attended the wedding of his oldest son via Zoom. And we reminisced on all the things that made us stretch in new ways to deal with the pandemic.

00:32 Vocab from Theo Of Golden - melange

03:38 Vocab from Theo Of Golden - susurrus

06:16 Brackets and Final Four

10:43 Lucky random choices

13:19 Dave saw Project Hail Mary

19:04 Artemis launch window opens Wednesday

20:39 Fall Of Sora

24:29 Val Kilmer to appear in movie via AI.

28:41 Easter Week Messages and Songs

33:52 The Resurrection Changes Everything Bible Plan

36:05 links for you at themorningcruise.com

37:20 Lent Madness Faithful Four

40:51 Easter Content Coming This Week

43:13 6-year anniversary of Zoom Wedding for James and Annabelle

47:22 Timehop - COVID memories

51:17 Bill's BIG Word

The Morning Cruise Replay - In The Final Stretch