Hey gang.

Been away for awhile (see new sig), but I have been paying close attention and all I can say is this:

  I strongly dislike these other teams we are forced to watch, but I am a "Baseball" fan first and foremost. I am very excited that Boston has been eliminated, and I feel like a non-Bos/NYY ALCS will be not only a fresh breath of air, but a great movement towards a better health of the game.

  If the Yankees lose this series, or even the next for that matter, it will once again reinforce the message that "money cannot by you happiness".

  It has been a few years now since the Yanks have won a title, and it may take a few more, but "the game" will be stronger in the end.

A strange thing happened to me tonight.

 As I arrived home to my condo by the beach, I ran into a woman in the parking garage that I have crossed paths with before. Actually, I saw her just a few minutes before, at the grocery. I was a few people behind her in line. As I pulled into my spot she was unloading her cache of rice noodles and soy milk. I was lighthanded and offered her my services, as any gentlemen would.  She was fine, but did not recognize me from our previous encounters. An older woman, she had taken notice of my auto on another occasion, and I pointed it out and she made some recollection.

"You good looking guys look all the same" she said. A compliment I guess, thank you old friend.

 We exchanged small talk on the elevator ride up. It was as we exited and parted ways that she then blindsided me with a question of no immediate relevance:

"What is Kharma?" she asked.

  My reply came without hesitation. I have been thinking about it for awhile now, and I still find myself a bit perplexed by my own instant reaction.

I calmly answered, "It's the Lord's retribution"......and baseball was the farthest thing from my mind.

  Perhaps I subconsciously was reliving the moments before I left work, where my day was ruined by an unfortunate e-mail from my boss who inadvertantly crushed my spirits by CC'ing her criticisms of me to the whole company?

  Or perhaps I had just seen the Yankees come back to within 1 from down 5?

  Only time will tell, but I believe "Kharma" is on our side.