Day: October 16, 2005

…is my favorite month of the year. The month of Halloween holds the day I was born that’s the same day as the Mick. Last year on that day, the Red Sox beat the Yankees in Game 7 of the ALCS. Sorry Mickey, but Happy Birthday anyway. I’ve fallen in love a few times in October and keep waiting for the next time… So this week I’m turning “37” (Well, that is if you agree with the premise 40 really is the new 30…), yet I don’t “feel” 47. I can still do everything I could when I was 37… Well, let me clarify that. I still exercise regularly, but I don’t run for cardio because it doesn’t seem to agree with one of my hips… Oh, and some things involving hips I haven’t done in a while, so I’m really not sure about that. So cardio is limited to the StairMaster and the elliptical thingy, but it’s all about elevating the heartrate, right? Anyway, what else… Oh, I still play golf at the same level of mediocrity that I did, hell, in my 20’s! See? I’m just as good! Uhhh, wait…another clarification… the mind is an entirely different story… What was I talking about again?

A recent caller to the Sean Hannity radio show made one of the best political points I’ve ever heard, but it seemed completely lost on Mr. Hannity and sadly, he did not engage the discussion. The caller said a fundamental problem in our country is that we were a nation “founded on principals and few laws,” but that due to the deluge of lawyers among us, those principals are drowning in a cesspool of laws and litigation.

In a related story, a new study indicates we Americans are ruder than ever. Go figure. One cited area was the increasingly bad behavior of our children and our reluctance to do anything about it. With so many lawyers looking for any and all areas to increase demand, it seems you’re risking “catching a case” if you correct your child, nevermind giving them a good kick in the ass, not that I’m advocating that…

Just this morning I discovered that one of the bast times to communicate with my daughter Megan is between 3:00am and 4:00am. We had one of the best conversations…EVER. She is so bright, beautiful and funny. She also has the ability to read people that seems way beyond her 16 years. Watching her growing is like watching a flower in springtime as it confronts the rain and glows in the sunshine. From my seat in the stands (a good one), there are many sunny days ahead.