The NCAA just pulled back on some of the punishments it imposed on Penn St University resulting from the Jerry Sanduskey scandal.  Already, there are opinions forming on both sides.  Some say reducing the sanctions are wroong, others have gone so far as to say that the sanctions were overly inflicting and that the roll-back should actually come with an apology.  

I don’t even really understand it and I am convinced that the students in New York State who are being subjected to this new curriculum don’t either. Not to mention the teachers who by estimation are all kind of scratching their heads.

I remember a time before email; when our workdays ended when we left the office and, unless we ventured to the office, we did not work on weekends. Email has completely changed that. And I am not sure how I feel about that.    

Being allergic to pine nuts, and therefore having to stay away from pesto as well, Eve is always suspicious of any green sauce on her plate.  Last night at a lovely restaurant on Martha's Vineyard many of the entrees said they came with pesto.  So we told our server of her allergy.  No pesto please.

Here's some news you may like to hear...NASA will pay you $160 a day to lay in bed. I'm not kidding.   NASA is seeking volunteers for Spaceflight Simulation Studies by using long-term bed rest to simulate the effects of weghtlessness on the human body. It seems they are getting ready to send astronauts back into space...or maybe pillownauts.  

I admit that I always looked down my nose and barely tolerated the dog lovers who constantly peppered me with pet pictures and their related cooing.  Over the years we have had dogs, which i have tolerated, and one wonderful cat (Kitzel).  As many of you may know, this year, after many petless years, I submitted to my wife Joanne's request and we got a hyper allergenic puppy.  Her name is Charcoal and she is a Schnoodle (Schnauzer-poodle).

    I like it when we -- that is Flo, me and all of the children -- are in the same time zone. I can safely write about this because my daughter, Mea, and son-in-law, Charles, who live in Seattle, are in New York for the next few days. Everyone else lives in New York and, until Monday, we'll all be in the same time zone.

Every year coaching hockey we have a draft.  Each team is allowed to protect 5 kids from year-to-year, as they enter the division at 14 and leave at 17.  It is always a big challenge dealing with the kids that go back into the draft, particularly when we are not able to get them back on my team.  Last year, the last kid picked in the draft absolutely loved playing for us and was sincerely upset at the possibility of not getting back on our team (he did improve significantly).