Continuing with our look back on the year ahead…
We closed yesterday’s post with June. The year is half over. It was a pretty interesting 5 months (No February, remember), but the next 6 were outrageous.
July

Shortly after the All Star game (American League 7, National League 3) the Mitchel commission decides they are tired of investigating baseball players on steroids. They announce that they will be looking into the ongoing rumors that several prominent American authors (as well as some of the hacks) have been using Alphabet Soup for some time. …

No, that’s not a typo. I thought about writing a 2007 Year in Review column, but I realized I was a little late. So, I decided to make a New Year’s resolution: be the first to do a 2008 Year in Review. Then, it occurred to me that the only way for me to be absolutely certain that I was first (and so I wouldn’t forget), I decided to write my Year in Review 361 days early. Granted, that means I’m going to have to “fill in the …

Every once in a while, you read a headline and think, “Please be kidding.” This is one of them. It seems that in India, there’s a problem with aggressive monkeys. So, in a public works project worthy of FDR, the government plans to hire the unemployed to sterilize them.  (the monkeys, not the unemployed)
According to the AP article,  “Indian authorities have struggled in recent years to deal with the tens of thousands of monkeys that live in and around cities. They are drawn to public places such as temples and …

2008 has too many zeros.  Okay, not the zeros in the year, but there will be too many zeros arrived at during the year.  I’m turning an age that ends in zero.  My friend Brian (podcast Brian) is turning an age that ends in zero. That’s too many zeros.  Way too many.
So, I’ve declared this The Year of Distraction. Best not to think about all those zeros.  I’m going to distract myself with another blog war with Elizabeth. (It begins today.)  I’m also going to write more articles on Helium.  …

Mediation, Not Confrontation. That is the company slogan of Progressive Financial Services. Apparently, nobody told the knucklehead who just hung up on me from PFS, Inc. He called me an idiot for not dialing the right department. Considering I dialed the number his company left on my machine AND their automated service sent me to his extension, I didn’t realize complying with PFS wishes would brand me an idiot. Who knew?
Progressive Financial Services is a collection agency. They hunt down people who default on their student loans. …

I have a new post over on the Red Shield Radio Blog. Check it out here.

Sadly, I must announce that I have lost Blog War I to Elizabeth.  I failed to post yesterday.  A shout out to Katie Jenkins for being the first to point it out publicly. I have to admit that Elizabeth was a gracious winner, she didn’t gloat or do an endzone dance. (At least not in front of me…)  Anyway, I will be buying her a new journal and publicly presenting it in November.  I will try to post a picture. In the meantime, I want a rematch…
Carry on, Citizens!

Tomorrow is Applefest!  Please visit Monument Circle in Indianapolis between 10:30 and 1:30 for lunch.  Applebee’s is selling sandwiches and  The Salvation Army will be serving hot apple cobbler with  ice cream.  All proceeds will go to help The Salvation Army fight homelessness.  Check out the website here for more info.
There will be music by the Fins, Led Zeppelin, and even the Beattles.  Okay, I made that up, but the Fins will be there.  You can also meet local celebrities like Apple Man, Bob Gregory, and your favorite radio hosts …

Welcome to post #232! It’s a casual post, lacking in pretension. Yet, it almost begs you to continue reading. (Insert begging here.) And now you press on, hoping for some bit of dry wit, scathing commentary, or even a good Katie Couric joke. However, this post has none of that stuff. You see, I’ve got nothing. I’m blank. You writers out there know what I’m talking about.

For Padres fans, tonight is bittersweet.  On the one hand, you get one more game this season and Jake Peavy is pitching. But San Diego is struggling. They lost their final two games of the season, forcing a one game playoff with the Rockies. Now, I could go into a myriad of reasons why the Rockies need to lose.  But, the most important one is: I hate their uniforms.
As I write this, the Padres are losing 3 – 0. But, I have my rally cap on. Anything could happen…
Carry on, …