Grill on Saturday Evening

Tampa Bay in First Place - World Ends Tomorrow

In what may be a short lived but stunning achievement the Tampa Bay Devil Rays moved into first place in the AL East by beating the Yankees last night. The Yankees are now last in the division. The Red Sox trail the Rays by a game. This must be the first time the Rays have achieved this. From this correspondent a hearty well done.

Spector and the Patriots

As much as I hate the Patriots I don't think it is a good idea for Congress to investigate them. I don't understand though why the NFL keeps letting Arlen Spector reveal things that they should have. First he was the one to say that the Patriots have been doing this since 2000. Now he explains how they actually used the tapes to their advantage. The NFL should be the one explaining these things, not a US Senator. Anyway read this for more.

John McCain Goes Off the Deep End

Some how I got on the RNC mailing list, maybe the NRA sold my name or something, but I get constant emails from John McCain. Todays takes the cake as it is for "eco friendly clothes". I think he is barking up the wrong tree or something, but it does show that he is trying for the whole global warming vote. Good luck there.

Cat on A Ladder

Arsenal Season Ends

Arsenal finished comfortably in third place as Man U won the title. Chelsea drew eliminating all hope of their winning. It is easy to criticize Arsenal but their season ended when Eduardo was knocked out. With Van Perse missing he provided the support for Adebayor that was winning pretty much everything but the Carling Cup. With him gone they quickly went downhill losing FA, Champions League and a stretch where they could not score in the Premiership. Considering where they were expected to finish third is no slouch and it allows Champions League play next year. Wenger will have to make some signings to bolster his side or expect Bendtner to pick up the pace. We will see. For more there is this.

Lunch at Banditos

The Patio



Smoked Chicken Burrito

All Eyes on Wigan

Man U plays Wigan on Mothers Day. All the rest of the league hope for a draw. If Chelsea wins then there will be even more pressure. Arsenal finishes with Sunderland. They are definitely going to finish third so another year of Champions League play is guaranteed.

British Historians Protest Forgeries

It turns out that someone was planting false documents about British policy in WW II in the UK's National Archives. See this for more. Now several prominent British historians are asking the person responsible be punished. Once the documents were found to be forgeries it turned out to be easy to find the culprit. For medical reasons no prosecution was attempted. Continued practices like this will only undermine the archives, whose reputation is based on the accuracy of their contents.

Institutional Investors Sue Yahoo

Well this was very predictable that some of the larger shareholders of Yahoo are suing for not accepting Microsoft's offer. See this for more. The article says they may have a hard time winning, but Yahoo's defense of MSFT not negotiating may not be that good as well.

Country Stereotypes

I have always wondered if songs like these reflect or reinforce the stereotype of the American country?

Anniversary

We celebrated our 16th Wedding Anniversary this weekend. We stayed at the Westin Hotel and ate at Conner's Steak and Seafood. If you can afford it the Westin is very nice. We especially liked the room decor. Picture of roses attached.

Corrupt Politicians Excuses

This is classic. South Carolina is moving to regulate payday lenders. Many of the State Senators involved are lawyers participating in a class action lawsuit against payday lenders. They claim there is no conflict!! See this for more. Key quote from the article is: "Hawkins and the other legislators representing former payday borrowers say there is no conflict of interest. They said their role as lawyers is to repair past damages by specific lenders, while their role as legislators is to consider new laws to solve future problems."

PBS on German Politics

Bill Moyers interviews another controversial figure in world history and politics. Transcript is here.

Gas Prices

Enough said.