Big Leather Couch

I have marked the day I added each thought and any addendum

Tuesday-
The Yankees pick up Ichiro from Seattle by giving up two minor league pitchers. PLUS Seattle pays most of his salary this year. WAIT???? Aren't these the kind of deals the Yankees used to make only being on the other side of the coin? Think he will be just fine and maybe get his first World Series ring before retiring...

Tuesday-
In response to a comment made about my Musing last Monday where I said: Nice Collapse Tiger...That had been written on Sunday BEFORE Adam Scott made Tiger's collapse look like a little slip...Scott totally blew up the last four holes and gave Ernie Els the chance to walk away with the Claret Jug and Ernie did just that! Congrats Ernie.

Wednesday-
Well folks, I presumed there would be a ton of A**HATS taking their place due to the penalties given to Penn State over the scandal they covered up...

Well, we have a winner already...no one will top this A**HAT... Say hello to Tom Price of Factoryville, Pa.

Asked by a WNEP reporter how he felt watching NCAA President Mark Emmert reveal the sanctions against the Penn State football program for its role in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, Price delivered an answer that even made some of his fellow alumni cringe. “I just can’t put my arms around it, it’s, to me, it was our 9/11 today. I just saw planes crashing into towers,” said Price, who told WNEP that he has gone to almost every home PSU football game, with his wife, since 1986.

Mr. Price...I actually DID see the planes hit the towers..I did see them fall...LIVE.

You Sir, watched an association hand down penalties to a program that allowed a child molester to walk amongst them for some 13 years...yeah, they are the same...

Mr. Price, were over 3,000 people killed by these penalties?

Did we lose a symbol of our nation?

Mr. Price you are a freakin A**HAT and you should be banned from ever going to another sporting event for the rest of your disgusting life.

I am so freakin tired of people looking at something bad and equating it to the attack and murders of 9/11

Sunday-
Congrats to Danny Boyle, the London Olympic Organizing Committee and especially the volunteers who put on a very well done Opening Ceremony...

I guess I am old...the music was all from my life! But in the end, the music that really impacted me was when Pink Floyd was played.

Think about it...Floyd at the Olympics...cool.

Though I have not caught "Olympic Fever" yet...well not totally...

I wonder if part of it is the explosion of  social media combined with the 24-hour news/sports networks...with the time differences, if you do not close yourself off from everything, you know the evening results while you watch the recorded morning events on the TV.

Sunday-
Seriously...if you have HBO and you have not checked out The Network, do so...and if you do not have HBO call one of your friends who does (you know you have at least one), and ask them to let you come over and watch. And as a final solution, as soon as the DVD comes out - buy it.

Aaron Sorkin is at his best reminding those of us who are old enough, what the news was like back in the day.  Cronkite, Brinkley, Huntley...real news, not dependent upon the whims of sponsors or editorial leanings of the parent network.

And Jeff Daniels is absolutely brilliant as anchor Will McAvoy...a reporter who slowly transitioned into a talking head and is now given the opportunity to do it right.

The soundtrack is reminiscent to The West Wing (a good thing IMHO), but it makes sense with Sorkin at the helm.

Sorkin's, dialog is witty while causing you to think...yes, you will be drawn to thinking about the issues raised both within the news room and the stories they are reporting and the show uses real news stories from the recent past as plot lines.

Peace Globes Galore this past Friday...So many I have not gotten to all but hope to complete the journey over the next couple of weeks.

Trying to keep up here as I get more and more involved with the International Blues Challenge shows coming up Jan 31-Feb 4 on Music On The Couch.

Every day I am in touch with another band or solo/duo act from around the world and they are showing a huge enthusiasm regarding the shows and the opportunity to speak to their fans who can not make the trip to Memphis.

Sorry state of affairs at Penn State. Really sad that Joe Paterno's career might come to an end because he went to the Athletic Director and not the police. Anyone who knew and said nothing need to be charged with an accessory crime in this horrid affair.

Does anyone care if the NBA does not have a season? Not me...

To steal Jayman's line...Houston Nutt went from being a Quarterback killer to a Program Killer...bye bye Nuttsy, glad we can move on without you...

Anyone else think the Patriots have seen better days and that the defensive genius, Bill Belichick has lost some of his powers? Their defense is a shambles and Mr. Brady seems to have lost his luster..

On his AFTERNOON TIME WASTERS yesterday, Brother Richard links to a site where they prove there are only 13 different movie poster themes ...ever! Kind of interesting when you see the list.

Hoping to see Tower heist this week. I liked the trailer and even though some say there are holes in the plot, I also need to support my Fraternity brother James (as he is listed), who was First Assistant Director on the flick. Have you seen it? Are you interested in seeing it?

OK, I hope you can watch this, because it is brilliant!

Enjoy your day....