Monday, April 11, 2005

El Tigre es en fuego.

Attention Golf World: You have been put on Alert Status.

Tiger Woods is back.

No more drought.

DiMarco folded better than a paper airplane. Mickelson, I can hear your knees banging together from over here. Singh, you officially have competition. Els, where have you beeen? Justin Leonard has been milk-cartoned.

Thursday, April 07, 2005

The Pope is dead.... finally

So the Pope passed away a few days ago. He had been in bad health for a few weeks - er, months. The world waited as he traveled from his Vatican apartment, to the hospital, back to the Vatican, back to the hospital. As his health grew worse, speculation buzzed about how he would handle his Easter responsibilities and regular duties.

I'm not sure how to start the next thought about this. If this were any other world leader, measures would be in place - along with public outcry - to have someone with their wits about them step in and take his/her place. I know this isn't a government, but rather a religious organization. Catholics waited on the edge of their seats to make sure their beloved would pull through his latest illness. The Catholics feelings for the Pope are borderline fanatacism.

Here was a man, that was selected to be the leader of the worlds largest church organization. He was selected, I assume, based on his leadership skills, piety, and other Christian values. He became a figurehead. He was still just a man.

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Friday, March 25, 2005

a new steroids policy

A couple of weeks ago, I started a new job. It's a national company, but not very prominent. Just a furniture company for the most part. Before I started, I had to take a drug test. No biggie. But if I didn't pass said drug test, I wouldn't have my current job.

Thats OK. I could still be a baseball player. I used to play, and if I trained hard for a few months, I'm sure I could land a job being Joe Torres bench coach. After all, the drug test isn't too important. I would just be suspended for a few games, if the players union didn't step in to alter the sentence on appeal. But I'd still be employed, so no big deal.

Thats the major problem I have with this so-called policy. Almost every job that I have had has required me to take a drug test, so I would have the privelege of making $10 per hour. If MLB wants to endear themselves to Joe Average, they need to seriously rework the current policy.

I believe any illegal drug, whether narcotics or steroids, gets you an automatic 1 year ban, with no pay. I'd like to think the contract can stay intact, that way, the team still gets the player when they get back from there hiatus. I think it's pretty fair.

I know I couldn't keep my job if I was busted 3 times for marijuana, much less 5.

Those are my thoughts and they belong to my brain.