Note from Saint Nick

"Always believe in Christmas because if you forget the baby and Rudolph and the elves and wishes, you will have lost your piece of that love that was designed to live in you alone forever. Continue to leave cookies out for me knowing that they will taste all the sweeter to those who eat them because you tell them that you recognize me in them. Most of all, keep me alive enough in your heart so that, when the day comes that you no longer read the notes but write them, you will still hear my voice in your heart to share with those young minds that you love too.
Merry Christmas every day of the year. I love you tonight and I will love you always."

Earl Weaver is not dead!

Earl Weaver insists he’s not dead

Earl Weaver is not dead. We know this because he says so.

This is contrary to a political column in the New York Times on Saturday, which referred to Weaver in the past tense. “Texas Democrats have become the Baltimore Orioles of politics,” wrote Ross Ramsey. “Somewhere in heaven, Earl Weaver and Ann Richards are comparing notes on what went wrong with the teams they left behind.”

Mike Klingaman of the Baltimore Sun called Weaver, 80, at his home in Florida to notify him of the bad news:

“I’ll be damned,” said the Hall of Famer, who managed the Orioles to four American League pennants and a World Series title. “All I can do is say, that’s false.

“I’m still here, although my knees have given out, so I don’t play golf anymore. I’ve always said that there were two places that I wouldn’t mind dying. One was Memorial Stadium; the other, the golf course.

“Now I’ve got to wait forever [to go], because both of those places are gone.”

Weekly Eat Out!

Week one.


Neighbor JD and I visited the Red Hot & Blue restaurant in Laurel MD.
I had catfish and JD had ribs.
Great environment.
Great service.
Good prices.

Thumb's up from Crazy Ray

http://www.redhotandblue.com/