Will Summer let us know when it has entered the building?

Well here we are at another week with no signs of summer. Officially on the calendar, summer begins on Monday but I for one will remain skeptical. Now I am wondering if we are going to have continued lousy weather into July and August or, as often happens in this wacky weather that is New England, will we have this blazing hot summer weather? I personally think the latter is going to happen. Not due to any cheeky optimism on my part, but rather due to the fact that the exact opposite of what you expect to happen in New England weather wise is usually what happens. Who would want to be a weather forecaster in New Mexico or San Diego where you know what the weather will be like on September 4 right now, because it is exactly the same each year on that date?

I do have to say that I am a bit disappointed in President Obama and the way he is handling this Iran mess. I think it's pretty obvious that the election for President there was far from a fair and free election. Never mind that the nut jobs who run the country pick the candidates anyway the fact that a man who has run the country into the ground while picking fights with any country who can help Iran won something close to 70 percent of the vote is unlikely to say the least. There is a line that I think came from the Woody Allen movie Banana's where he says "we don't want the people to think we stole the election, a simple landslide will suffice." Some force full words would be very appropriate I believe.

I just finished "Go Down With Me" a book about Bonnie and Clyde. It was very interesting, I gave it four stars on Amazon. The author basically makes the Barrow gang to be a bunch of people who were very violent and who were one step ahead of the law trying to catch them. Thanks to B&C law enforcement started to work much closer together and now we see international manhunts and Amber Alerts all of which seem to stem from this one case.

As for the Red Sox what can I say other than poor Dice K. I like you man but you can't walk 7 or 8 batters a game and expect to win!!! Oh and dinner last night was courtesy of the Red Wing Diner on Rte 1 in Walpole. The places at Patriot Place look much better but not a one can match the Red Wing when it comes to food! Well I hope my new shower rod is behaving itself and staying up today!

Moving Forward On Oh So Many Fronts

Well my wish that Monday would be outlawed has not come to pass gosh darn it. Once again our amazing string of luck held where the weather was great on the weekend and once Monday's comes the weather turns bad. Wish I could say the Red Sox had a better weekend but Dice K just didn't have his stuff, once again thank you World Baseball Classic! You have to blame the offense too who just did nothing to help out the pitching. It seems every time there was a runner on the inning ended with a 6-4-3 double play. The Sox can give you fits!

Once again my favorite local weirdo, Cuckoo Clark Rockefeller will be back on trial today. It's closing arguments and if this jury takes more than five seconds to convict this bonehead then that will be a travesty of justice. I am also fascinated by the business moves going on with Chrysler and GM. There are several great articles in this week's Business Week about the economy and as usual Jim Cooper had an insightful and interesting ad. Business Week has really been great the past several months and has provided some amazing articles on the state of the global economy. I would strongly suggest that if you are not reading their articles you should!

The weekend was filled with walking Max the Wonder Dog. He loves to go for walks and there is something great about the unabashed love you get from a dog. Max is always happy to see you and that is always such a wonderful thing to have happen. No matter what happens, Max is your friend and always wants to cheer you up.

Starting up a business is always a challenge and even more so in these difficult days. Fortunately, I do think my partner and I have a business model which could prove very successful if we can make it work! It is amazing how little the State and Federal Government offers individuals trying to build businesses. If you are trying to build your own business the advice from the SBA is so bad as to be almost worthless. Trust me you can check a book out of the library and read that and get more on how to write a business plan than some of the SBA geniuses can offer. One offers the pearl that there aren't new business ideas out there so dont' argue you are bringing anything new to the market. OK, thank God Microsoft and Intel didn't listen to that advice.

I can't help but notice all the people suffering from allergies and/or colds so to everyone who is suffering in any regard, get well soon! Oh my last Random Thought of the Day, great family guy last night. Yes that show destroys the line but it is oh so very funny!

The More Things Change,,,,Yada Yada

So was anyone really surprised to see speaker Sal indicted yesterday for corruption? I for one would love to see the job description for Speaker, Massachusetts House of Representatives. Does it say, Ensure House Runs Smoothly, Be House Counter to Governor's Power, Be Hopelessly and Blatantly Corrupt. To call Massachusetts politics a cesspool is to not even come close to the nature of the nature of the corruption at the fetid dump that passes for the Massachusetts State House. While we know there is a dire need for some type of reform we all saw how when this was attempted the legislature thought that the best way to improve ethics was to eliminate the ethics commission. I can't help but think of the child sticking their fingers in their ears saying loudly that they can't hear you and if they can't hear you it's not true!

The trial of Cuckoo Clark Rockefeller goes on and on. He's done a very good act of looking like he is crazy but the guy is just a sleazy operator who found not one, but two gullible women, who did exactly what he wanted. I don't know which one was more naive, the one who married him for his green card and who he left the day after, but then didn't divorce him until 10 years later, or the one who was making a million dollars a year while he wasn't working and let him manage the money. Is she still single???

Oh I heard a good story from a friend interviewing for a PR position. He met with a SVP who told him that their image was bad and they didn't have good relationships with their news media. When asked why he thought this was the SVP said that it probably had something to do with the fact they didn't tell the news media anything and communicated only via news release. But that was OK since that was how the news media want to communicate.

On more friendly front it is a good thing that with Dice K pitching the Sox have a deep bulletin. I mean the guy must have had two men on in each inning and got out of it each and every time. Big Papi is slowly wearing out what ever good will there was for him. I think the Sox need to put him on the DL and figure out what to do with him. Jason Bay continues to show he was more than just a throw in for Manny the Cheat. Add together Bay's stats subtract what Manny might have done over the same time and then add in the 20 homers and 75 RBI's you can add in when you take into account not having to deal with Manny's BS and you have what someone like Jason Bay who just does his job is worth.

The word is out that Rodney Harrison is going to retire. I will always remember in the Super Bowl against the Panthers when he broke his arm and did not come out for something like 3 plays. He was and is a warrior and helped the Pats win 2 Super Bowls. Appropo of nothing, some 93 year old guy crashed his car into the Wal Mart in Danvers, MA. I am amazed he was able to do it. I don't think that if you tried to do it you would be able to!