Ah, March. Pete Marasmitch is taking a hint from Shawn Marion and fleeing the cold for a week. In the meantime, here’s a contest for you Raptors fans.

While I’m gone, create some “Lolcats” images related to what’s new with the Raptors from March 1 to 7 – what happened in the games against the Mavs, the Rockets and the Heat; who got signed to a 10-day contract; the Bobby Baun-like return of Hump, stuff like that.

For example:

The best pictures will be posted on March 9.

Contest prizes

• All pictures that make me LOL will be posted, along with the artists’ names and web addresses.
• The one that makes me ROFL will be featured in the post, and will earn the Raptors a frozen envelope for the 2010 draft.

Contest rules

• Send your images to me before March 9, 7 AM ET.
• Make them relevant to what happened to the Raptors during the period of March 1-7.
• Keep ’em clean — no swearing, smut, suggestive lyrics, etc.
• Send however many images you like, and use whatever image-editing software you like. Im e z.

See ya in about a week!