Blown Away

I do like the products that Dyson produces, but a fan for $299.99 is
too much.

Dyson gets a huge......C'Mon Son!

Confederate History Month

I realize more and more why I never liked Virginia and this confirms those thoughts and feelings even more.

Stars & Bars: Ignorance or Pride

I always have mixed emotions when I see the confederate flag.

While watching the news about the coal miners that are trapped in the
mine in West Virginia, I noticed the "Stars & Bars" on one of the
trapped miner's sons shirt.

What do the "Stars & Bars" mean to you?

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Best Buy: Millbury Opening 04/23/10

Earlier today, while waiting for my car to be serviced, I was speaking with the cashier whom I asked if she was going to be able to get out early enough to enjoy this wonderful weather to which her response was, "I go from one job to the next one." (This just confirms what we already know about the jacked-up economy and the fact that people are working multiple jobs to put food on the table and keep a roof over their head.)

I inquired where her second job was, because I'm naturally curious where people work and what they do for a living, she commented that she's working at the new Best Buy at the Shoppes at Blackstone. Of course, I wanted to know when the store was planning to open, to which she said, "April 23rd."

Now knowing that the Millbury Best Buy is going to open on April 23rd, I wonder if this is going to have any impact on the Best Buy at the Greendale Mall? I don't think so, from the fact that they've updated their display cases and seem to be trying to "brighten" the place up.

Bill Randell, over at Worcester Blog, posted a picture of the Millbury store sign on Sunday (4th).

Stay tuned!

Waiting Game

My vehicle is being serviced and while I know it has to be done and
needs to be done, next to grocery shopping, this is one of the things
that I strongly dislike doing.

Luckily for me, I am able a "mobile team member" and I've been able to
get some things done while waiting.

Also, the coffee here isn't bad at all.

Cheers!

City Lights: Worcester is Beautiful

As I've driven at night in Worcester for many years, the City lights
stopped me and said, "Hey, I see you. Do you see me?".

Simply beautiful.

There's Money in Coaching

I was thinking about recently-fired College of the Holy Cross men's basketball coach Sean Kearney and his brother-from-another-mother colleague, Al Skinner, who, too, was fired from his post at Boston College.

I'm sure Sean Kearney didn't see the amount of dollars that Al made, but I'm sure he was well compensated in today's economy.

It appears that Boston College has found Al's replacement and he hails from Cornell University, and his name is Steve Donahue.

Not one to "hate on anyone's pockets", but I must say that Steve Donahue is no financial genius, but he knows a good deal when he sees one. He turns down Hofstra University's offer of $750k to sign a deal reported, at a minimum, as $900k at The Heights.

Maybe Steve can hook Sean up with the CliffsNotes, and Sean can make his way down 95-South to New York City?

Meanwhile, Al Skinner is still "job searching" and I hear that he may end up somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Healthcare Reform: Approval?

While there are millions of people that are happy about the approved
Healthcare Reform Act, there are probably just as many that disapprove
of the Act.

After reading the fine print, I'm still very unclear why any insurance
company would "sign-on" with the President's plan. It doesn't allow
them kick-backs that they've grown accustomed to.

While the signing has been polarizing, I don't advocate the threat of
violence or the number of Senators or State Representatives that have
received death threats or their office vandalized. I'm all for people
airing their thoughts and not agreeing on every point, but when human
beings forget to be HUMAN, that, I have a BIG issue with.

What we don't hear about on CNN or read in the Telegram & Gazette is
the fact that the Secret Service has added additional protection for
President Obama. Where is that news story?

Then there's Vice President Biden, who may drop an "F-bomb" from time
to time, he too is catching heat from a small group for his pushing
for more money for the war. (Cats know that Biden has some more choice
words in his arsenal, so they don't lash out at Joe similar to Number
44.)

As the economists and CNBC reports that the recession is over, we
really have to ask ourselves, are we truly better off now than we were
before?

There lies the million dollar question.

Opening Day: MAJOR League Baseball Pt. 2

Yesterday, I wrote about the opening day for Major League Baseball and I pledged my allegiance to the NY Yankees, whom I will always root for, even though they lost to the Red Sox yesterday by a score of 9 to 7.

I also posted some information about the new Beats by Dre headphones, which is a first partnership with a Major League Baseball team. Well, here are some pictures, courtesy of Boston.com of Dr. Dre "pressing the flesh" at Fenway Ballpark.

Dr. Dre with NESN's Heidi Watney

LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers & Dr. Dre

Opening Day: MAJOR League Baseball

What many of you may not know about me is that I'm a die-hard NY Yankees fan who has been a Yankees fan for over 30-years.

Yes, I'm the kind of fan that wears every piece of Yankees gear that I own, buys a bleacher-seat ticket at Fenway Ballpark and goes at it with the Red Sox fans throughout the game. (I do like living on the edge.)

Well, look who's teamed up for a MLB partnership deal? It appears that Beats by Dre. is teaming with the Boston Red Sox and are releasing some very expensive headphones--to the tune of $400.

Dr. Dre, of the famed group N.W.A. and the producer of beats provided to the likes of Emimem, Fifty Cent and The Game has been hawking his expensive headphones with Interscope Geffen A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine.

Iovine spoke about the partnership by saying, “The Red Sox are one of the most historic and respected franchises in all of professional sports,” Iovine said about why he decided to run with the Sox as the first and right now only set of Beats sports headphones.

Suffice it to say that the headphones are too expensive for my taste and even though I've heard nothing but great things about the headphones, I wouldn't be caught with a pair in Boston, much less New York City.

Crosswalk-Safety: District 4 Takes the Lead

District representatives are good to have and while some may be better at communicating with their constituents than others, I have to commend District 4 City Councilor, Barbara Haller, for her continued work with Main South residents on the Crosswalk-Safety Task Force.

On Monday, March 29, 2010, there was a Crosswalk-Safety Task Force gathering and en masse crossing at Clark University- 950 Main Street- to update folks regarding the previously held meeting and to encourage folks to pay more attention to crosswalks and pedestrians.

Councilor Haller mentioned that at the March 17th event at Marble and Main Streets, "More than 40 people participated in the March 17th event, including the Worcester Police Department's Traffic Division and the Department of Public Works & Parks. That same week, more than two dozen citations were issued to drivers within a 90-minute period- drivers who failed to stop for a pedestrian in the Marble Street crosswalk at Main Street."

Driving on Main Street, which I happen to do regularly, I have seen, on more than a few occasions, motorists speed up to drive by a pedestrian all-the-while the pedestrian has already stepped into the crosswalk.

Drivers that don't know what Chapter 89: Section 11. Marked crosswalks; yielding right of way to pedestrians; penalty is need to learn it immediately.

I commend Councilor Haller's dedication and I applaud the Crosswalk Safety Task Force.

King Day

While we celebrate Easter today on April 4th, it's amazing to think
about the many people that are celebrating Passover and Greek Orthodox
Easter, too.

I believe that "thoughts are prayers" and, I certainly don't consider
myself the overzealous religious type, but faith and believing in a
Higher Being is essential to who I am.

On this day while we celebrate Easter, my mind turns to this frightful
day in 1968, when Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot to death at the
Lorraine Motel in Memphis.

While I wasn't alive when Dr. King was assassinated, I do know that
many of the liberties that I and many others enjoy today are because
of what Dr. King started.

Peace!