Greetings from Oswego, NY

Just when I thought that The Yankees were not going to have Andy Pettite this year, news has arrived that he has been signed to a new contract for 2009! Now the pitching rotation is complete!

Now we hear that the switch to digital TV could be delayed, mainly because the government ran out of money to give people the $40 coupons to get their converter. Please see the following video for further explanation.....

Good Grief! you cannot turn on the TV these days without being bombarded with all these news people among others threatening you with no TV signal after 2/17/09 if you dont have the digital converter box. I think that the following video sums it up:




Happy viewing!

OK I don't normally do restaurant reviews in this column, but I did have the oppportunity to go to the new Tim Horton's in Oswego today. Tim Horton's is the Dunkin Donuts of Canada. You can't go down any street in Ontario without seeing one.

Hey, they serve their food in real dishes, and real coffee cups. No flimsy paper cups that when you pick them up, you burn your fingers like that other place. I like that, why waste paper. Also, they have friendly staff that don't try to rip you off at the register.

In addition to bagels, muffins and donuts, they offer soups and sandwiches. Check it out, all you hockey moms out there!

I write this as I watch the final game of the season. Sure the yanks have been on a hot streak lately, but it's too late. There will be no postseason in NY this year. Too many uncertainties are there for next year. Will Mussina retire? What about Pettite? Will the team want Giambi and Abreu back? Will they get CC Sabathia?

I am looking forward to the new stadium. The core players will be there - Jeter, A-Rod, Posada, Rivera. Maybe I will get there to see a game.

Until then, see ya in spring training!

Not a huge football fan, but the Syracuse football team is always on the local news, and the news is usually bad. This weekend is the final straw, losing to a team called the Akron Zips...a game that the Orange should have won handily. instead, the SU defense decided to again not show up for the game.

Greg Robinson is 7 and 30 in the last three years and two games. Daryl Gross' experiment has gone horribly bad. Watching the game on TV, you could see all the empty seats. Hey, at least with Pasqualoni, the team at least won half of their games. This is better?? I don't think so.

Gross and Robinson have to go.

We have had some bouts of crazy weather lately, it was capped off with a nice hailstorm. Here are some shots from my sister's house on the West Side:

For those of you who had the unfortunate opportunity to see the Brickyard 400 yesterday, my apologies. If NASCAR knew there were going to be problems with the tires on FRIDAY, then they should have gotten some new tires in time for the Sunday Race. Somebody's going to have some 'splainin to do.

The only reason I was watching this was that the Ball game didn't start until 8:00 pm! Looks like I will be curtailing my nascar viewing - Pocono is next week, who cares! 4 hours of snoring? Forget it. I will wait til Bristol in a few weeks.