Tennessee

Some of you have asked (sorry for the late reply, see below) what I am doing back in Tennessee. Well... I am doing the same thing that I did in Mississippi/New Orleans, only now I do it for mostly uppoer-middle class white folk. I know, I'm pretty much a sell-out. Oh well... I guess other things could be worse. But... to be honest, people are actually nicer here, easier to talk to, and less cut-throat. Now, I know what you are thinking... I projected that attitude on the fine people on the gulf coast, and my behavior was probably not as welcoming there as it is here... Well... I would say... you are butt wrong! The fact is people ARE nicer here... they ARE more likely to engage in conversation... they ARE not as likely to steal, cheat and rob their insurance company blind NOR are they as likely to try to rape me and stick it to me (both figuratively and... in a certain sense, literally). So, there it is... thats what I'm doing, workin for THE MAN.

An Apology

As some of you may have noticed, your comments have not been appearing on my blog site until recently... recently being about two or three days ago. For this, I apologize. Unbeknownst to me, I had clicked on the comment moderation thing. However, I received no emails to inform me that there were comments, so I just thought that everyone reading the blog sucked and were not commenting. Sorry for the censorship, don't know what happened there. But... you can once again say what you want... and feel free to hijack this blog to server your own ranting purposes.

The Mystery of Cincy

Well, the first month of MLB '06 is in the books and, as many of my fellow Cincy fans are aware, the Big Red Machine is looking pretty hot. Now, before we get real excited... even with the wonderful free agent additions made during the offseason that seemed so uncharacteristic of the Reds of years past (namely that 25.5 million dollar deal to Milton) let me remind everyone that this is classic, beginning-of-the-season Reds activity. We nearly always start hot in April and sometimes on in to May, but by the time the All Star break comes, its back to normal in Red country. Keep in mind, the last time we finished with a winning record was 2000 (we were still 10 games back of St. Louis and 9 behind NY for the Wild Card) and 1999 (closer, only 1.5 behind Houston and 1 behind NY). You have to go back to 1995 to find the last postseason appearance, then to 1990 (aka THE YEAR!!!) then all the way back to 1979 (I know, we would have taken it all in that 1994 season, stupid strike!!!). So, before we go poppin the bubbly... keep in mind, its just now May... the All Star break is still on the way.

Just a dose of reality for a Monday afternoon.