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Nice date isn't it?  Lots to talk about.

The big story is Joe Paterno.  This is the classic, "Tell me it isn't so, Joe"  We put sports figures so high on the pedestal that we sometimes make them "Godlike".   I am as guilty as anyone.  I'm trying to reserve judgment on what happened, what he knew, what he did, etc.  I just refuse to believe that he knew that children were being victimized and he did nothing.  It just cannot be. The folks at Penn State wanted him out in 2004 when his team was 4-7 I believe, and now they are up in arms that he got fired.  I watched hours of ESPN last night and was just mesmerized as the different stories were released.  I still want to with hold judgement.  I cannot make my self believe it is all true.

The NBA has not started their season and I really don't care.  I still worry for the vendors, and others that earn because of the games.  I see they have a new offer and they are going to think about it.  No real hurry guys, have a good weekend and play a few rounds of golf, and just reject the offer next week. 

Tomorrow...today for many of you North Carolina and Michigan State are going to play their season opener in basketball on a battle ship.  I suppose that is a good idea, and I am sure the ship is huge, but somehow I want to see fall away jumpers, where the shooter is actually falling overboard, etc...where the ball ends up in the ocean and a referee is trying to retrieve it with a big fish net.  In all seriousness the Belmont Bruins open at Duke at 6pm.  Belmont is for real, and remember you read it here, ok?  I think they play Memphis next.

Many of you probably do not realize this, but on occasion I go to the pedestrian line to save a spot for a client.  Generally if a guy has a real issue, and we anticipate a long line I head to the border about an  hour before his date ends.  A couple of weeks ago, I did this and there was no line at all.  I thought there would be and I was shocked. So I am sitting on a park bench in front of the Thrifty Ice Cream stand and under a shade tree.  It was a big warm and as luck would have it a pigeon from the tree shits on me.  I go to the stand and ask for some napkins and clean myself up.  The people were nice so I ordered a cup with 2 scoops.  Then I go back to the bench and sit down.  I'm eating my ice cream when all of a sudden I think, "Hey asshole, you had a pigeon shit on you while sitting on this bench so now you are going to eat food with the birds above you".....yeah I am not the sharpest tool in the shed...but I did move and ate my ice cream without incident.

Now today I crossed and paid a couple of bills.  Then I got on the trolley and went up to Home Town Buffet on Palamar.  Got out and walked back to the trolley stop and there are only a handful of people waiting.  I am guessing I just missed a trolley, but of course another will be by soon.  I'm sitting on another bench and checking my messages, etc when a guy comes by and asks me if the trolley had already passed.   Now I am dumbfounded....How do you answer that?  I just told him I was pretty sure it passed some 30 times already, but also sure another would be by in 10 minutes.  I don't know, but I just wonder what the guy was thinking.

I stopped at the store and bought enough lunch meat, hot dogs, and microwaveable burritos and chimichangas to keep be going over the weekend.   When football is on all weekend I cannot be going out to dinner.  Hell there is a full schedule of college baskets tomorrow as well.  Should be a great weekend.

I always ask you to be safe, and have fun, and please do, but please take some time to pray for the victims at Penn State. It would not be a bad idea to look around your surroundings.  I would hope something like that could not be happening under my nose and I am going to try and stay sharp and keep my mind open.

Take care,  I will see you soon.