Thought For The Day

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us.
- Thomas Carlyle -

New Years Resolutions

This is a good time to reflect on 2007, our successes and things that didn't go so well. Some of us made significant changes; new jobs, new cars, new homes. Others were happy just to do our jobs better and stay healthy for the entire year.

It's also a good time to make plans for the new year. It's better to make only a few "new years resolutions" and concentrate on them. Imagine how much we could accomplish if we chose only three or four things that will improve our lives, and made progress on those things every day for an entire year; 365 days of progress. We could change our lives.

Happy New Year to all! May everyone have a healthy, prosperous year.

Thought For The Day

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement, it takes place every day.
- Albert Camus -

16-0

Now that the Patriots have finished their regular season business, we can look back and look ahead. Every team talks about taking "one week at a time", but no team actually does it like the Patriots. That approach starts with the coach, and every player on the team has bought into it. It also helps to have a quarterback who doesn't care about personal records. The only thing Brady cares about is winning the game. It looks like the Patriots will play either Pittsburgh or Jacksonville in Foxborough in two weeks. Both teams are good, but Jacksonville concrens me a little more because they are a very physical team; a little like Baltimore but with a much better offense. The bad part about having a week off is that we have to listen to nonsense from the ESPN "experts". This morning, Chris Mortenson from ESPN said that the Patriots will feel "humiliated' if they lose in playoffs after an undefeated regular season. What?????? A 16-0 regualar season is such a great achievment that it can stand on it's own. It hasn't been accomplished in 35 years. The post-season is completely separate. If Brady stays healthy we have an excellent chance to win it all, again.

Thoughts For The Day

Among those whom I like and admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh.
- W.H. Auden -


If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there.
- Lewis Carroll -

Thought For The Day

The best way out is always through.
- Robert Frost -

We Are All Broken

This was a commentary by Bob Schieffer of CBS at the end of his Face The Nation show on April 8, 2007.


"I have some thoughts for this season of relection that began with Passover and ends with Easter.

Last summer at the Aspen Ideas Festival, I interviewed a minister named T.D. Jakes. He is an African American pastor of a Dallas megachurch of more than 30,000 people. He said something that day I shall never forget.

He reminded us that no one is perfect, that we are all broken somewhere.

But he said that is not all bad. A key is broken in all the right places to fit a certain lock. When that key is placed in that lock. there is a quiet click. When we meet a person who is broken in the right places to accommodate our brokenness, there is a click.

It can happen in other ways; an introverted person hears that click when he finds a job that can only be done by a person who works well alone; or when we face a life-altering decision.

Whether it is a job, or a relationship or even faith, something clicks when we find the place that accommodates our uniqueness, or brokeness.

Some religions teach prayer - some call it meditation - but there is within each of us some mysterious, inner thing that tells us when something clicks - we don't know how or why, we just know.

We are all broken. But listening for that click can help us unlock many doors. The voice is always there - we only have to listen."
- Bob Schieffer -

Thought For The Day

I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
- e e cummings -

Calvin Coolidge

This is a great quote from Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
- Calvin Coolidge -

Thought For The Day

Your imagination is your preview of lifes' coming attractions.
- Albert Einstein -

Weekly Basketball Rankings

This is the first of the "Capehiker Weekly College Basketball Rankings", the official beginning of the road to March Madness! The men's division I rankings will expand as the weeks go by and I get to see more games on TV. The women's rankings will never expand beyond the top five because only a few women's teams have a realistic chance of winning the national championship. The men's Div. II and Div. III rankings are a mix of my favorite teams and the really good teams.

Men's Division I

1. UCLA
2. Memphis
3. Michigan State
4. Georgetown
5. North Carolina
6. Texas
7. Kansas
8. Pittsburgh
9. Butler
10. Washington State

Women's Division I
1. UConn
2. Tennessee
3. Stanford
4. Maryland
5.Baylor

Men's Division II
1. Saint Anselm
2.Grand Valley St.
3. Virginia Union
4. Bentley
5. Winona State

Men's Division III
1. Framingham State
2. Elmhurst
3. UW-Stevens Point
4. Amherst
5. Wooster

Thought For The Day

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
- Ogden Nash -

Christmas To Remember

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas. Every Christmas spent with family, safe and sound, is a great Christmas. I was watching the guys in Iraq celebrating Christmas on TV. Some of them have been there for three or fours tours. What a disgrace.

It reminded me of Christmas, 1969, my first Christmas at home after a year in Vietnam and four years in the Navy. We flew from Tokyo, Japan, to Anchorage, Alaska, to San Francisco on December 16, 1969. Because we crossed the international date line, traveling west to east, we actually landed in San Francisco earlier than we left Tokyo; very strange. We were discharged from the service at the Navy base at Treasure Island on December 19th, and were given a plane ticket home. My father met me at South Station in Boston. It was one of the few times I ever traveled in full uniform. He was very proud.

Christmas Eve Thoughts

Just a nice quote and a poem today from two of my favorites, Henry David Thoreau, and my distant relative Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Merry Christmas to all!

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
- Thoreau -

Age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
- Longfellow -

Thought For The Day

In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
- author unknown -

Final Shopping Days

Now that we're done with the Steve Jobs trilogy, it's time to focus on Christmas and some last minute shopping. Last Friday at the Cape Cod Times we had another of our many traditions to celebrate certain holidays. It's called "little sandwiches day". They do serve food, catered by Ardeo's, one of the best restaurants on Cape Cod, but the real focus was raising money for the Needy Fund, a charity sponsored by the paper for many years. We had a raffle for some really nice prizes, autographed Red Sox baseballs, (Youkelis, Lowell, Varitek), gift baskets, framed original paintings, and many other Cape Cod items. Then we auctioned two more baseballs signed by Varitek, and they went for $300 each. Our publisher, Peter Meyer, awarded plaques and cash to emplyees celebrating many years at the paper. It was with mixed emotions because we have been sold, and the future is uncertain.

It was a very nice day but it doesn't compare to the two biggest days each year at the paper. Number one is Haloween, it's total chaos. Employees bring their children. There's a parade of costumes that goes out onto Main Street and through some of the local businesses, and of course, more food. The next best day is the Red Sox home opening game which is usually played at 1 PM on a weekday. We convert our large meeting room into "Fenway Park" with a large screen TV, hot dogs, peanuts, cold drinks - just like being at the park. New employees are stunned. Hopefully those traditions will continue for many more years.

Thought For The Day

Great spirits have always encountered violent oppostition from mediocre minds.
- Albert Einstein -

Three Days With Steve Jobs

This is the last of three days spent getting some background on Steve Jobs, and some great quotes. I'm sure you get the message; follow your heart, don't let negative people get in your way, and above all, persistence is the key.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other people's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
- Steve Jobs -

"Almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
- Steve Jobs -

Thought For The Day

A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
-Robert Browning -

More Steve Jobs

In 1985, Steve jobs had a disagreement with others at Apple Computer, the business he co-founded, and actually left the company. Before long he founded another business, NeXT Computer, Inc., and purchased a second company, The Graphics Group. He changed the name of The Graphics Group to Pixar Animation, partnered with Walt Disney Studios, and produced "Toy Story", "Finding Nemo", "The Incredibles", "A Bugs' Life", and other animated films. He then sold Pixar to Disney and he's now the largest Disney stockholder and sits on the Board of Directors. In the meantime, his new business, NeXT, was actually purchased by his old business, Apple, Inc. He returned to Apple, and was appointed CEO, a position he still holds today.

"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes....... the ones who see things differently; they're not fond of rules....... you can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things....... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."
- Steve Jobs -

Thought For The Day

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
- Robert Collier -

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is one of the co-founders of Apple Computer, and arguably, along with Bill Gates, one of the most influential Amercians of the past 50 years. He and some friends built their first computer in a garage in California when they were teenagers. Nobody was interested in their invention, so they started their own company and made millions. His friends lost interest and took the money and ran, but Steve Jobs has never lost the fire. The "i phone" is his latest invention. He's such an interesting person, I'll be using his quotes about business and life for the next few days.

"So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said no. So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you, you haven't got through college yet."

Thought For The Day

Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.
- Aristotle -

Growing Up In Simpler Times

While I was out Christmas shopping yesterday, I thought about what my father must have gone through when I was young. He died before I was married and had children and realized what an unbelievable job he did buying a house and raising four boys. Neglecting to thank him remains the biggest regret of my life. I was the oldest of the four boys growing up in Natick. My mother was sick most of the time, and my father had a very interesting but demanding job at the Navy Yard in Charlestown. He was a boilermaker in the days when most U.S. Navy ships were powered by steam. He and some other guys who lived nearby car pooled into Boston every day. It was a tough commute even back then and it made for some long days.

However, at Christmas we always had enough gifts under the tree. Of course things were much different then, no computers, no video games, no electronic gadgets, no cell phones, very little TV, etc. All we really needed was sporting goods because we played outside all year. Yes, kids actually played outside even in the winter. If it snowed we just shoveled off Billy Deans' driveway and played basketball from morning 'till night. His mom didn't even complain when we broke a window occasionally. When the pond froze over we skated and played hockey until one of the parents came to get us. Our equipment was usually held together with tape but we didn't care.

This is a great, exciting time to live, but things can get a little crazy at times so I enjoy thinking back to the simpler times. I'll be writing a lot more about growing up in Natick, joining the Navy, Vietnam, etc.

Thought For The Day

If the point is sharp, and the arrow is swift,
it can pierce through the dust no matter how thick.
- Bob Dylan -

Shawshank Deja Vu

At the Union County Jail in New Jersey, two inmates, Jose Espinosa and Otis Blunt, escaped by chipping away at the wall in their cell and covering up their work with pictures of Playboy centerfolds. When the hole was large enough, they crawled out, jumped over the wall, and they were gone. They also made dummies out of pillows to put in their beds so the guards would think they were still sleeping. Just to taunt the guards, they left notes wishing them a Merry Christmas.

I wonder if they saw the movie, "The Shawshank Redemption", while they were in jail.

Thought For The Day

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled,
and that has made all the difference.
- Robert Frost -

The Leader Of The Band

One of my favorite singers, Dan Fogelberg, passed away Sunday at his home in Maine. This is a tribute to him:


I thank you for the music and your stories of the road.
I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go.
I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough,
And, papa, I don't think I said 'I love you' near enough.

The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old,
but his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul.
My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man.
I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band.

- "Leader Of The Band" by Dan Fogelberg -

Thought For The Day

It's what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts.
- John Wooden -

Schaefer Stadium

Watching the crews clean off the seats in the nice, modern, Gillette Stadium in preparation for today's game against the Jets, reminds me of the first game I ever went to in Foxboro.

After many years of watching the Patriots play at BC, BU, Harvard Stadium, and even Fenway Park, they opened Schaefer Stadium, named after a beer company. Finally, on August 15, 1971, the Patriots played the hated New York Giants before over 60,000 fans. Nobody knew what to expect, and the traffic was a nightmare. We barely made it to the stadium in time for the kickoff but we had good seats. We had purchased season tickets the year before when they were still playing at Harvard Stadium. Our seats were on the 10 yard line at Harvard, but at the much larger Schaefer Stadium we were on the 40 yard line, Section 321, right in front of Reggie Smith, the right fielder for the Red Sox. Three of us had purchased two season tickets each, so we had a crew of six.

By halftime things began to go downhill. The concessions stands were beginning to run out of food, and even worse, running out of beer. Fans were buying as many beers as they could carry, and before long things were out of control. Just when we thought it couldn't get any worse, the rest rooms malfunctioned and backed up. It was total chaos, but the fun had just begun. The State Police were completely unprepared for the traffic on Route 1 near the stadium, so it was gridlock. We got home at 2 AM from an 8 PM game. Oh yeah, the Patriots won 20-14.

Thought For The Day

Do not go where the path may lead, go where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

Poem For The Day

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
- Robert Frost -

Saturday Stuff

We are digging out from our first snow of the season and preparing for a big Sunday storm. We only recieved about 5 inches on the Cape because of the still warm ocean water, and tomorrow will be messy but mostly rain. Inland (Manchester, NH) will get buried with 10-16 inches. It will be interesting to see how the weather affects the Patriots-Jets game in Foxboro. It could be much closer than people think. We'll do some Xmas shopping today. There's a shop in Chatham that has some nice things for the young ladies we know, so that will be our first stop. Then we need to work on something for Kenny.

Thought For The Day

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
- Benjamin Franklin -

Rupert Murdoch

This is a historic day at the Cape Cod Times. We are now owned by NewsCorp and Rupert Murdoch, the media tycoon. He purchased Dow Jones, Inc. and its' crown jewel, The Wall Street Journal. Part of the Dow Jones empire was Ottaway Newspapers, of which The Cape Cod Times is a part. We know Murdoch doesn't have much interest in community newspapers, so we expect to be sold again in the near future. Hopefully, we will be purchased by a newspaper company that is interested in good journalism and community involvement. However, we are a profitable business, so we might be purchased by a group of investors who only care about the bottom line. If so, there will probably be jobs lost, especially in the newsroom.

As for my future, I need to work four more years to be eligible for full social security, and that has been my plan all along. I was hoping to finish my four years at the Times, and I think my job is secure, but you never know. I'll keep my eyes and ears open. Financial planning is very challanging.

Thought For The Day

Character is even more important than reputation. Reputation is what other people think of you. Character is who you really are.

Mitchell Report

Today is a very bad day for baseball with the release of former Senator George Mitchell's steroid report. A quick read of the report shows some former Red Sox but no current active players. It also shows many Yankees. The former Sox are Clemens, Damon, Mo Vaughn, Eric Gagne, and Brendan Donnelly, so far. This report could cause some players their place in the Hall of Fame. Here on Cape Cod, we are also looking for former Cape League players on the list. So far we noticed Jerry Hairston and Paul LoDuca. Now we are waiting for another news conference with Mr. Useless, Commissioner Bud Selig.

Thought For The Day

If you want what you've never had, you need to do what you've never done.
- Pete Stringer -

50 Mile Run

This morning at 5 AM I drove my friend, Pete Stringer, to Provincetown so he could begin his annual 50 mile run to raise money for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Cape Cod. He will finish at Barnstable High School at around 8 PM tonight. Normally his time would be much faster, but his back has been acting up lately. Oh, did I mention Pete is 65 years old, and a former out of shape, homeless alcoholic in his younger days.

These days, however, Pete is an ultra marathoner who runs 100 mile races all over the country. He also coaches athletes of all shapes, sizes, ages, and abilities, from disabled people to world class runners. I first met him two years ago when I joined his "beginners" running class. Its a 12 week class. The first week we jog for 30 seconds and walk for 90 seconds, and repeat that 15 times for a half-hour workout. Each week we increase the jogging time and at the end of 12 weeks we are walking 1 minute and jogging 12 minutes, 3 times. He has turned many couch potatoes into runners. Now I'm out there running road races. Not bad for a 62 year old diabetic, quadruple-bypass survivor, and I owe it all to Pete Stringer.

Each year, Pete runs in the Western States 100 mile Ultra Marathon in Leadville, Colorado. He has been asking us to join his support crew, and we might do it next year.

Thought For The Day ( two for price of one)

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
- Mark Twain -

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
- Benjamin Franklin -

Elvis Lives

Two Elvis impersonators were stuck in an elevator in London recently. After they were freed, one of the firefighters said, "they were all shook up, but there were two of them so they weren't lonesome tonight".

Thought For The Day

Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.
- Charles Dickens - from David Copperfield, 1849

Look Out Mangini

No NFL team has ever scored 80 points in a game. This week we'll find out just how much the Patriots hate the Jets. If the Jets are smart, they will ban any of their players from speaking to the media. The last thing they want to do is provide the us with more motivation.

Then we have the Dolphins; Miami Dolphins, not the Dennis-Yarmouth Dolphins. Although D-Y might have a better chance. I'm sure the Miami players wish Don (I was misquoted) Shula never mentioned that there should be an asterisk next to the Pats record. Shula is a weasel and now the Dolphins will pay.

As John Madden said, "It's not the job of the offense to hold the score down".

Thought For The Day

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

Hyacinths For The Soul

If of thou mortal goods thou art bereft,
And two loaves alone to thee are left,
Sell one, and with the dole,
Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

Thought For The Day

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
- Benjamin Franklin -

Saturday Morning Stuff

I noticed recently that a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier was planning to stop in Hong Kong to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with some relatives who had flown there to meet some of the crew members. At the last minute our "friends", the Chinese government, didn't allow the ship to enter the port, and turned them away. With friends like that, who needs enemies.

They might still remember when my old ship, the U.S.S. Oxford, visited Hong Kong in 1969. After a few days they "asked" us to leave. I think the final straw was when a few of our guys rented motor scooters and drove them off the end of a pier.

They made us anchor out in the harbor and use a small boat to shuttle the sailors back and forth to the pier. One day I was on the ship, watching the shuttle boat approach the Oxford. I noticed that the boat kept circling back, coming toward the ship again, and then circling back. When I got some binoculars for a closer look, I saw that some guys were falling overboard or throwing their hats overboard and the boat had to keep circling back to pick them up. Ahh....the good old days.

Thought For The Day

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson -

In The Arena

This is my favorite piece of writing. It's part of a much longer speach delivered by Theodore Roosevelt, our 26th President, at the Sorbonne, Paris, France, on April 23, 1910. It can be applied to sports, business, or just life in general. It's particularly relevent to anyone who puts themselves "out there", in public, for others to see, praise, or criticize. Don't be one of those "cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat".

In The Arena

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Thought For The Day ( two for price of one)

"Forgive your enemies, but don't forget their names."
- John Kennedy -

"Some people feel the rain, others just get wet."
- Bob Dylan -

Election 2008

This is the first time in many years that a sitting President or Vice President is not running for election (and we're happy about that), so the races are wide open. Cheney's war is a major issue, of course, but there are no major scandals to influence the election - yet. Former President Teddy Roosevelt once said, "When Congress takes roll call, they don't know wether to answer present, or not guilty."

Here's a rundown of some of the candidates as I see it.

Republicans:

John McCain: If you want more wars, he's your man. You have to respect his war record, prisoner of war and all that, and he seems like a good guy, but his age is working against him and he's clearly on the wrong side of the war issue.

Rudy Guiliani: "America's Mayor". Ouch! He made his reputation on 9-11, but on 9-10 most New Yorkers hated him. I can't imagine true conservatives voting for someone who is pro choice, pro gun control, pro gay rights, and has had multiple wives. Sometimes even a wife and a girl friend, in public, at the same time.

Mitt Romney: Might be a little too slick, but he has raised, and spent, a lot of money and he's smart. If he wins in Iowa and Cow Hampshire he could be hard to stop. His big problem is his Mormon faith. Southern Christian conservatives won't vote for him. They think Mormons are a cult. I know one thing, if he had been President during hurricane Katrina, New Orleans would not still be a mess. He would have brought his business friends together and fixed it.

Mike Huckabee: Nice guy, former Governor of Arkansas, preacher, true conservative, lost 100 pounds, runs marathons, blah, blah, blah....... His campaign has caught fire but he has no national experience. He's still an underdog, but if he does well in Iowa, he could make a serious run at it.

Fred Thompson: Yawn...... He's the perfect cure for insomnia so far. His only chance is in South Carolina, but if he gets crushed in Iowa and Cow Hampshire, he'll have trouble raising money.

Tom Tancredo: Nut! He wants to build an 840 mile fence. Enough said.

Ron Paul: Another nut, but a likeable nut.


Democrats:

Hillary Clinton: The 800 pound gorilla in the room. Big bucks, well known, the front runner since day one. If you get her, you also get Big Bill. She's the most experienced, but you either love her or hate her. She's a good campaigner and she will be hard to beat.

Barack Obama: New ideas, new look, voted against the war, young people like him, etc. However, he has no experience in foreign affairs and that could hurt him. Nobody mentions race, but that could still be a factor. He needs a win in either Iowa or New Hampshire. If he wins both, Hillary will have her work cut out for her.

John Edwards: Familiar face, some good ideas, but no chance. He might make a good Vice President. His wife talks too much. His plan B is to go back to his 100 acre property in Chapel Hill and make millions in his law practice.

Dennis Kucinich: Who? The Democrats' version of Ron Paul.

Thought For The Day

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible and reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truely want, and all that is left is compromise.

Rockettes & Red Sox

The Rockettes Christmas show at Radio City was spectacular. Many thanks to Julie and Kenny for all of their hard work planning a great weekend. It was nice to spend some time with Julie's family again. I have always liked that part of New York. The Hudson River valley would be a great place to spend some time exploring. There is so much history in that area. We actually went online and found a beautiful house for sale in Katonah. The bad news is; it cost $1.8 million. So we might not be moving there any time soon.

It looks like the Red Sox are closing in on Johan Santana, but I still can't believe the Yankees would let that happen. If they make a better deal than the Sox, they will have to empty their farm system.

Today's Thought

"A goal without a plan is only a wish."

Monday Night Whiners

Wasn't it nice to hear someone else claim that an NFL game was fixed? There is no doubt in my mind that the New England-Indy game was fixed, but Tom Brady was so good, he was able to overcome it. It was also the first time that I have watched a nationally televised game where the announcer's were clearly rooting for one team. It got completely out of control when Don Shula entered the booth. Did I see Tony Kornheiser kiss him? I think I did.

Tony Kornheiser is so bad on Monday Night Football, he makes Dennis Miller look good. At least Miller was funny.