Since I've been gone (fat, baseball, race, hookers, etc)...

...the world has turned all topsy turvy. Let's start with me. I'm still on the weight loss train and chugging along at a nice pace. I've had a few setbacks, and I've made some excuses as well, but i'm committed to this so I can't be a chump. I'm going to start ramping it up in April and May cause I want that dough. Plus I'll have a little time on my hands.

As faithful readers already know, my current position runs out on April 2, so what's a Brotha to do? I'm not going to tell you yet, but it'll be big.

My baseball team is getting better. Opening day is only 2 days away, assuming we're not in the middle of a blizzard on saturday morning. All of the pieces are in place, we just have to take it one game at a time (and every other cliche I can think of). Here is their current picture.

Nice looking bunch of guys, huh.

In other news, let's talk about Obama and his "fun" with his pastor. It's my opinion that he did what he's supposed to do. His speech was great and he decided to broach the subject of race in America. I've been reading a lot on both sides about this, and the thing that cracks me up is when those that oppose him say that he's been a part of a "racist" church and shouldn't be associated with a racist tend to forget that Bush took a endorsement from the guys that run Bob Jones U, who say that interracial relations are a sin against humanity; (that sounds pretty racist, right?), Bill Clinton is a Southern Baptist, a denomination that has 2 wings, one for Blacks and one for Whites since the Whites refused to let Blacks take part. no one talks about that. Or the fact that the Catholic Church segregated itself at every level until the early 1980s and in some cases still do by order of the local bishop! When I was in college, I went on a service trip to Mississippi to help build houses. I had to sleep on the floor of the rectory because the "Christian families" that were sponsoring the service project didn't allow black people into their houses unless they were the help. "If I were to let that colored boy live here (yours truly), i'd have to burn the sheets when he left." I'm not bitter, but I have an understanding of race that a lot of people don't. There's nothing like having your hand extended to shake your future father-in-law and it just sit there, and have to wonder if its because he doesn't like you (impossible, everyone likes me) or doesn't like your color. Luckily I didn't let that stop me and now we actually get along (even though he is a Repub)

Next up, How could Eliot Spitzer be so stupid??!!??WTF? if you made your bones busting prostitution rings, you have first hand knowledge on how they work. Why would you do that? go see an independent? set up a deal. do something, but not a escort service. and let's talk about her. Cute, dare I say hot, but 4K hot??? not really. Plus, if you know anything about that sort of thing (not that I do, I just have friends) she's only getting about 1K of that money. maybe 2. sad. Plus, don't make your wife do the equivalent of the perp walk - it's bad enough that you got caught, then you made her look even dumber than she already did by standing there.

That's all for now. I'll blog after Easter (fun with the family - that's going to be so much fun since my sister goes to Trinity UCC, and we're really political) and my first baseball game.

Marc

Most people have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.