Day 5

Another cold and gray day here in the 312/773...... Its strange, 2 years ago when the Cubs were in the NL Championship Series against the Marlins, this city was abuzz. Everyone was talking about the Cubs all over the city. Everyone was going out to watch the games and making plans around the games. I thought it was so good for the city, so I joined the bandwagon for a few weeks. Fast forward to yesterday - The White Sox just finished their sweep of the Red Sox to go to the ALCS. You'd think there would be some sort of buzz about it. There is none. Other than the small number of diehard Sox fans here in a city of 7 million people, nobody cares. We will see what happens next week when the next series begins.

A few tv and movie thoughts - Just got back from seeing the movie "A History of Violence" with Viggo Mortenson and Ed Harris. I love when I read 3-4 reviews saying how this movie is "Oscar worthy" and is "one of the best movies of the last 10 years." I even heard Robin Quivers say it was "one of the best movies I've ever seen." It was good, not great. I wouldn't tell anyone to rush out and see it. Wait until the DVD is released. While waiting for the movie to start, the song "werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon came on - one of may dad's alltime favorites. It made me smile.............. I don't get why Desperate Housewives get so much good publicity. For some reason, I have watched every episode (the reason is Leah) and each week, if find it weaker and weaker. I'm already sick of Eva Longoria, Teri Hatcher hit the wall after her Seinfeld appearance in 94, and Marcia Cross has always bothered me. The show that deserves on the credit is on right afterwards, Grey's Anatomy. Now that is a well written and well acted show, unlike the overrated desperate Housewives. This is Patrick Dempsey's best performance since he was the Ronnie Miller Express in Can't Buy Me Love..........As good as the last week's episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm was, the show has gone downhill every season. Larry has become a victim of his own success. Like anything else, the formula worked for a few years and predictably has gotten stale.............Laguna Beach is the whup............

Have there been two better inventions in the last 4 years or so than the Ipod and Tivo? I don't know how I lived without either before. Same thing goes for wireless internet access and the baseball package on my digital cable.....t-minus 7 days until Midnight Madness in Lawrence, Kansas.......

Song of the day: "She Said, She Said" by The Beatles. I don't know what it is, but this tune is too good. "She said.....I know what its like to be dead.....I know what it is to be sad."