New Dancing Shoes, Great Space Coasters, etc.

So here we are again, a moment where I'm finally able to construct a regular post, catching up on different thoughts and happenings throughout the week. During the SportingNews days, I used to take writing for granted, but now that I've had a tough time getting either time to write something down or a grasp on my thoughts in order to put something coherent together, I have come to appreciate that time a little more.

So anyway, we get to go back around with this whole Red Sox - Yankee rivalry as the two clubs square off in Beantown this weekend. Adding fuel to the feud is the fact that once again, the Yankees have climbed back from the dead, somehow having wrung blood from a stone and put themselves into position to have a share of first place in either the AL East or the Wild Card standings if they manage to sweep this weekend. As much as I love the rivalry and it gets my blood boiling at times, I just wish they'd fall off the face of the Earth again like they did in the 80's and let the Red Sox fans enjoy their time. But hey, if we didn't have competition, it wouldn't be any fun to watch either.

Speaking of fun, do you want to hear something completely random. My wife and I were having some sort of conversation this afternoon where she made a comment about news. Out of the blue, I came out with, "no news is good news, with Gary Gnu." She chuckled , as like me, she remembered that from her childhood. The only problem was that neither of us could fathom where it came from. Well, after performing a quick Google search, we were rewarded with an answer. Our new found friend was a character from The Great Space Coaster, which ran from 1981-1986. After having pulled a pop culture reference like that out, I really have to question if Seth McFarlane and I were truly separated at birth.

So what else went down in the world this week?

- We had an incredible brawl at the minor league level last night. This one is worth watching:



- Brett Favre continues to make any true sports fan question just how many hits a man can self inflict to his own character. Truly Brett, just answer me this, what the hell are you really up to?

- The price of oil continues to drop and the market is scared that following usage by the U.S. will lead to issues with the extra supply they have built up. Still, I haven't seen more than $.05 relief at the pump so I don't want to hear any whining from the idiots whose pockets I've been lining over the last year and a half. Show me where this will help my home heating costs this winter and then maybe I'll lift my ear, but until then, go back to your multi-million dollar boys club masquerading as a board room and leave the real concerns to the people that are feeling it.

- And we finally have the return of the greatest show to ever grace the television when the second X-Files movies hits theaters today. Keep an eye out for the review sometime this weekend.

- One last note, thanks to my buddies at Google Adsense located at the top of this page, I stumbled upon this cool site. Check out their review of The Dark Knight.



Alright, that will about sum up today's wrap-up. Thanks for stopping in. Make sure to jump in on the first Caption This, and have yourselves a great weekend.