test  •  can i edit a test post?  •  yes, but not the other text I want to post.  •  Is it because it is about Barry Bonds?

What a pleasant week it has been without the refer logs leading me to the reviews of the whacked complaining of rudeness and telling lies about lying, with strangers making unwelcome accusations against each other of no interest to anyone. How nice to have the conviviality of sport and group work …

What with colds of the head and stomach all around and sub-zero on either scale outside, what better than to read about baseball. The New York Times, as usual, has a great story this morning, today on the three Molina brothers who all catch:  •  “The three DiMaggio brothers had superb careers and …

Wow. My pals and server lords at silverorange just relocated the blogs to a super-duper server. Check out the speed this thing is moving at now. Go ahead - feel free to browse the archives and have a look at pages filled with photos.  •  Zoom.

How about this? How about on Mondays I post three choices of the Tuesday Group Project topic?  •  Consider the environment as a national issue. For me this just isn't a pull and, given the obvious rehashing of ideas, not one that should excite the imagination. Can a Federal election actually be …

Should you care to dip into the past, I moved the content of the soon to die blog Shadow Cabinet over to the articles section last night. You can now read the posts here. I won't name names but it was an attempt to create a political humour group blog around the last election. It joins the more …

This is my mulligan.  •  By the way, I know where the term mulligan comes from. If I didn't wake up at 7:45 for the best of reasons I would tell you why.  •  Only two rules on a free for Al day: good manners and not frikkin' Entertainment Tonight stuff.

Like you, I measure out the days in Friday chats now. If I can just make it to Friday chat without emptying another jar of ginger marmalade, I say to my self, I will be OK.  •  The first group project is going well. I think this one is a high level starter discussion. Next I am going to post one …

In an effort to obtain for each of you your "plays well with others" badges, please be advised that the anti-anti-Federalist v. anti-Federalist discussion should hopefully be something of an regular thing from now on. Not debates but projects.