Every once in a while, I make a decent prediction. I'm referring to Marques Colston. He's in the last year of his contract with the Saints and has performed well above expectations. He's played himself into some big money and I'm sure something will get done on that score soon. The Saints have been pretty good about that under Mickey Loomis. I'll admit I was very concerned about Mickey when he was promoted to replace Randy Mueller but he has earned my respect. He has done a sensational job. Speaking of the Saints, got an extra $8640 or $18,000 lying around? For a meaningless exhibition game?
Roger Goodell has it wrong. What's new? This squawking about how much money untested draft picks are getting is much ado about nothing. For one thing, we're only talking about first round draft picks and, really, only the upper half of the first round. Every other draft pick is scaled. It is ridiculous for anyone to say that performing veterans aren't getting their share of the pie. One such performer just got a $70 million extension. The owners and the players are both getting theirs. The only ones getting soaked are the fans and the taxpayers.
Patsy and I seem to get the same things at the same time. We had gallstone attacks and subsequent surgeries within four months of each other. Now, we both seem to be experiencing neuromas. Hers was much worse than mine. Hers required visits to the doctor, special shoes, steroid shots, and ultimately, surgery. At the time of the surgery, she also had a plate removed from a previous surgery to repair her broken ankle. The surgeon, who is also her doctor, gave her the plate as a keepsake but only after telling her what a great job the previous surgeon had done. So great, it required a hammer and chisel to remove. I'm not all that squeamish about most things but hearing that made me woozy.
A special thanks to Lana, who has correctly identified a spider I've been mis-identifying for years. What I had been calling an Argiope spider is actually a Golden silk orb-weaver. I was never comfortable with that identification but couldn't find a better one ... until now. We have these all over CrabAppleLane. We're a few miles north of Lana's place.
65 days until football season ...
Quote of the Day
The more Goodell talks, the less I think there will be an NFL season in 2011.
Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "Spider-Man is whipped."
