Baseball Awards

September 27, 2007 at 4:58 pm (Sports thoughts)

I want to use my soap box here in the blogosphere to sound off on all of the “award projections” that the internet throws out there.

We all know there is such thing as an east coast bias in that most of these writers have never seen a game played west of Saint Louis but if the awards go the way most people are projecting  I’ll be disgusted. Read the rest of this entry »

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I did not write this article

September 26, 2007 at 7:01 pm (Sports thoughts)

The following is an excerpt from Gregg Easterbrook’s weekly ESPN.com column, “Tuesday Morning Quarterback”.

None one else is writing this and I simply don’t know why. What he has to say is, in my opinion, as relevant as the steroid scandal in baseball.

Patriots fans, you probably won’t want to read this… Read the rest of this entry »

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A Gift To My Loyal (and local) Readers

September 12, 2007 at 5:16 pm (Random thoughts)

As a gift to my loyal readers I have decided to release to you some information of immeasurable value. Read the rest of this entry »

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We will never forget… 1993

September 11, 2007 at 4:32 pm (Politics thoughts, Pop thoughts)

Today, September 11th, 2007 marks the 6th anniversary of the worst attack of terrorism to ever strike the Untied States. Throughout the day you may read, hear or see a number or tributes, memorials and specials dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives that day. The phrase you will hear accompanying each media special is inevitably, “we will never forget.”

Will we really never forget?

Have we actually learned anything from those events that would qualify as worth a lifetime of remembrance?

Haven’t we already forgotten about 1993? Read the rest of this entry »

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