The Boys are Back in Town!!!!!!!!!

It is well worth the late night lack of sleep as we MAY steal one from the Halos tonite.

Rookies are the name of the game for the Sawx as Bay, Lowrie (despite his error), Masterson, Ellsbury and, of course Jon Lester rang the bell for the Old North Church.

Still have the bottom of the inning to play, but I HOPE even Pap can hold on with these insurance runs...that's 0-10 for the Halos against us in the post-season

"Sharaquita Banana"

As far as I know, Chrissie didn't do it, Martina and Steffi didn't need to, Monica Seles was smart enough not to, Capriati was too busy searching the stands for her dealers and Lindsay was too busy trying to get that monkey off her back until she won her first major.

Maria Sharapova makes a mockery of the "no coaching" rule every time she steps on to the court for a match. It was never more apparent than in her shaky quarterfinal match in the US Open this past week against Tatiana Golowin in which she eeked by in 2 tie breakers. In case you missed the incident, Sharapova's father, Yuri Sharapov, (who was strategically sitting in his "seat" so that Maria can always look for his signals) grabbed a cup, and Maria drank. Yuri held up a banana, and guess what - Maria ate a banana. Think if he held up toilet paper it would mean she would take a bathroom break?

“That man ain’t never eaten a banana in his life!” said Nick Bollettieri, Sharapova’s former coach and a long-time acquaintance of Mr. Sharapov. When questioned about "Bananagate" after the match, the #3 seed was a bit defensive: “Is it a coincidence? Probably, I don’t know.” Sharapova told reporters - “It’s up for you to decide,” she added. “You have the camera, I don’t.”

Reporter: “Did you see him grabbing the banana or water?”
“Do I see? Well, if I’m looking at him, I usually see. I’m not blind, as far as I know,” she said.

The question is, can this be considered coaching? Absolutely. Has it happened before? Absolutely. Will it happen again? Absolutely. People say coaching is in all other sports, collegiate tennis, high school tennis, Davis Cup. But purists like Roger Federer has argued the opposite: “We will be the only sport who doesn't have it and that's what’s good about it. We don't need to be like the other sports."

I agree. There's something about being out there alone and winning on your own devices. You still have the crowd backing you up, but when you win, what a feeling you know you did it on your own. And, on the flip, you now you have no one to blame but yourself, and, you haven't let anyone else down. But only a select type of person can play these type of sports like golf and tennis.

Every man for himself. Sometimes, one man IS an island.

All Paris, all the Time....

Please explain to me with OBL meeting with the next group of 9/11 attackers, the war in Iraq, starving people all over the world, hurricanes out in the Atlantic, hell, even day 1 of the NFL regular season starting today and a no-hitter last nite in Florida, you know what gets top billing in the news today? PARIS HILTON'S DUI!!!!!! I googled the topic this afternoon and got 26 hits about the incident from all over the world - 26! What has this world come to? Will someone in the press please get some perspective on life?

And get this folks, here's her explanation:

"I had one margarita, and I was starving 'cause I had not ate all day. I was on my way to In-N-Out, which is probably three blocks away, and I'm in my (Mercedes) SLR, which is a little fast, so maybe I was speeding a little bit and I got pulled over."

I guess that expensive high school diploma from private school doesn't necessarily guarantee proper grammar structure. And if you believe she only had one margarita you'll also believe Brittany Spears held out with Justin Timberlake until they moved in together. Paris has been partying since she was weaned from her mother's breast milk and she probably has the tolerance of a heavyweight boxer and could drink him under the table in the blink of an eye.

Shame on the news outlets today - they blew it. Rupert Murdoch, I am truly surprised. But I'll bet Ms. Couric bumps Rush tonite for an "exclusive" to see how Paris is holding up in the midst of the event and link it to how she's probably overworking herself and on the verge of anorexia and how Hollywood is too thin and putting pressure on their actresses, blah, blah, blah. In short, developing the story to the point where female eating disorders are creating a national crisis - it will be the opening segment in the "CBS Evening Magazine with Katie Couric".

..the big ___...

i am literally staring "a milestone" birthday in the face and medusa looks like miss america compared to her. in the last 3 weeks i think i have eaten just about everything that wasn't nailed down in sight out of stress for one reason or another, so, i have decided to put myself back on a strict schedule again of walking and watching what i am eating. (and that doesn't mean just watching it go into my mouth)

so...i'll keep a diary here to help keep myself honest, if you don't mind....perhaps you'll help with some feedback and support if you want...:)

You're not supposed to wear white after Labor Day north of the Mason Dixon line, are you?

it's September 6...1 day after Ms. Couric's arrival in CBS news....i actually kept my dinner down. But was it news, or a mini version of 60 minutes? If i want news, I'll go to the cable channels...can't believe CBS sold out...Lara and Katie hijacked that news last nite - it was all Katie, all of the time. Now, I wonder what she'll wear tonite....and pleas, will someone do something about the helmet head hair? It was awful....