RIP Luciano.....

The great tenor, Luciano Pavarotti passed away yesterday morning after his battle with cancer. He was only 71, but he became a legend and icon in the world of opera. Probably one of the most easily identifiable people on the planet from the entire world of music. He was the guy that divorced his wife of 30 some years and married his secretary who was 30 years younger! He's also the big guy who sings the high C in the 3 Tenor concerts over the past 2 decades... waving his hankerchief the entire time. While most people probably are most familiar with his work in the 3 Tenor days, he actually was 100x better in his prime back in the 70s/80s and even earlier. If you can find some earlier DVDs with him performing (I believe I watched a DVD of Aida with him in it last year sometime), he really was amazing to listen to. Thanks for bringing Opera to the millions and millions of listeners around the world Luciano!!

After the first night of NFL, and Payton's wonderful showing, I'm winning 21-0 in Fantasy. Considering he didn't have anyone playing in last night's game, way too early to get excited... but I'll take the early lead any day! Which also means today is Friday.... SOOOOO....

PREDICTION DAY!!!

• Federer takes the US Open men's title on Sunday, Henin takes the women's title on Saturday. Sure, they're both the 1 seeds, but they're also that much better than the people they're playing. Good riddance to Serina and her bad attitude - what a sore loser!
• College Football: LSU over Virginia Tech (what a huge game for week #2), Michigan over whoever they're playing this week after getting national redicule all week long, Cyclones over UNI (31-20), Syracuse over Iowa... we can only hope!
• Pro Football: Minnesota over Vick-less Falcons, San Diego over Bears, Patriots over Jets (Moss has a huge game?), and Eagles over Packers.... Favre to retire mid-season
• Race at Richmond Saturday Night - Jr has to get a ton of help to make the "playoffs" that start after Saturday night..... look for a good showing by Jr, but probably another Stewart win. That guy's gonna win it all again I have a feeling.
• Baseball.... does anyone really care with NFL starting now? It's a typical season, Boston, Yankees, Mets, LA/Anaheim.... Cubs blow their chance late in the season yet again!

My roommate for next week arrives today. Mojo the cat will be living with me while his parents are away. My house is "cat proof" as best as I can estimate, we'll see how he likes living in the pad! Pictures next week of Mojo - I'm sure he'll be a lot quieter than my last roommate! He was obnoxiously loud! Especially on the weekends!

Haiku of the Day
For anyone who,
may or may not have tickets....
remember: RUSH SUCKS

Entertainment of the Day - Hoping to watch some movies this weekend to share next week. I'm WAY behind on my movie watching.

Weblink of the Day - Lemon smasher - pretty easy game for a Friday. 115 on my first try. Use the arrow keys and spacebar.