Michael Vick

Mike says he's sorry for being immature and helping to kill dogs. Give me a break would you please? Vick is just another entitled millionaire athlete who thinks he's above the law. Look around, they're all over the place. It's funny how things are starting to change. The people in charge of the professional sports seem to be getting it -- that we're tired of paying tons of money to watch spoiled, law-breaking thugs ruining our sports. I applaud the NFL and NBA. If Major League Baseball had the guts, they would have addressed the Bonds issue and gained the respect of fans around the world. Instead, they chose to ignore it and let him break the record held by Hank Aaron, a true hero. The NHL is next. C'mon folks, clean up the games and you'll get your fans back...Until then, keep locking them up, suspending them for life and take their millions away.

No lottery winnings

Well, no lottery jackpot for me. I didn't even get more than one number on any one of my seven tickets. So, even though I had my Monday planned already -- airline tickets to the islands, new cars -- it didn't happen. The one winning ticket for $329 million was in Indiana. If it's an 89-year-old retired farmer with no kids I think I might scream. Well, there's always the next giant jackpot. Then I will wager my five bucks or so on that 1 in 146 million chance I can take the millions home. Until then, it's back to the news business.

The Paper

This 1994 classic about the newspaper business was on again over the weekend. I watched with great interest and got some laughs out of it as I always do. It's a good story about trying to balance a family and a career and somewhat about the challenges of working in this business. Michael Keaton and Glenn Close are great and their fight scene (yes) is a classic. If you'd like to talk about the movie sometime, give a shout. And no, while my DLN publisher and I don't always agree, we're never seen slugging it out.

Cell phones, cigarettes and drivers

Yes, I have my cell phone in my car. Yes, on rare occasions I will drive and talk on the phone -- for about a minute. I am not a cell phone violator. I generally pull over to talk. No, I don't smoke. This morning while driving on Route 29 a woman driver stopped at a light had the perfect storm -- cell phone, cigarette and not paying attention. Before I knew what hit me, she hit me. She gets out of the car, asks if I am OK and then tells me nothing happened to my car. I got out and checked -- she was right. Luckily. Can someone please, please introduce a law that says you can't drive and talk on your cell phone? How many accidents do we need? Driving on Route 29, 322 and 202 along with 422 I can't count the numbers of cell phone violators. They drive too fast, or worse, they drive too slow. They drift in and out of their lanes and more. I can't stand it any more...