Sunday reads ...

Ok folks. Admittedly some of these stories are dated. But with the holiday hangover and the chaos of the last couple weeks -- that's the way it goes. I've been meaning to share these for weeks and I can hardly stand them cluttering up my desktop anymore ...

First of all. This is just wrong and sad for all that is America ...

Moving on ...

a Revving Up an Old Relationship ... this story is getting a lot of play. If you haven't seen or heard about it, it's truly a classic ...

a A party place grows up: On the lake with two names, a boom brings many changes ... A story I dug up while searching the Internet archives for a related topic. But a good history-laden read about one of our neighboring cities nonetheless.

From Mark Patinkin ... a Providence Journal columnist I got hooked on when my newsgroup start running him. He's got life.

a At 53, the bills are higher, but you appreciate things more ... I can only imagine.
a Google growing on us ... I Google myself all the time too.

From baseball ...
a There's a Central theme within the NL ... Uh, yeah. I especially laughed out loud when Ringolsby referenced Jim Hendry dumping "Sammy Sosa's contract on Baltimore, and the Orioles so welcomed the distraction last year that this time the Cubs unloaded center fielder Corey Patterson on them." And we're all rejoicing because of it in Chi-town!

a Epstein rejoining Red Sox full-time
a It's the Red Sox who see the light ... and they're all rejoicing in Boston too!

a Vintage cards found in dead man's home

And in music...
a Looking forward to her love angel music baby ...Congrats Gwen.
a Soulful Blunt stirs listeners with ‘Beautiful’ ...And it truly is. I was hooked on James Blunt the moment I finished downloading one of his songs on iTunes last fall ...

In other entertainment...
a 'Housewives' Bree Even Shocks Marcia Cross
a Current season will be final one for ‘West Wing’ ... It was fun while it lasted, but I don't think any of us that still watch the show are surprised. For me, the long good-bye started when Rob Lowe left the show ...
a ABC defends head-spinning cancellation of Heather Graham's comedy ... Seriously!? The trailers were bad enough to make me not tune in and the two people that did watch the show confirmed it was one of the worst shows in the history of television.
a 'Why We Fight' ... and why I'd like to see it...

And finally ...
State quarter's extra leaf grew out of lunch break ... Great. And I just took a cannister to the bank full of like $60 worth in quarters ...