Theo, Hot Coffee and Colored Leaves

Fall, by far, is my most favorite time of year. The weather gets crisp. Baseball steams ahead towards the playoffs. Football is just getting underway. And all eyes are on New England as the leaves on the tree turn various shades of orange, red and yellow.

Today is one of those "it feels like fall days." Specifically, here's why:

Red Sox are in the hunt for a playoff run. They are one game out of first and have trailed the DRays most of the year. They had the opportunity last night, but just couldn't muster up one more run. Also, looks like Theo is going to get a raise. Good for him. The guy has been the mastermind behind all the moves the Red Sox have made since the 2004 season and his hard work has paid off in the form of two championship parades (and being in position to possibly go back to back this year).

I was feeling some hot coffee this morning so headed to D&D. I'm not a Starbucks kind of guy. I find the menu to be too intimidating. I can't pronounce venti without it sounding like something I caught while waiting in the doctors office. I typically would get an iced coffee, but because of the crispness in the air, I decided to go with hot. Good call on my part I think. It hit the spot. I hardly drink hot coffee when the weather is warm so by ordering a hot coffee today, I think we're moving into long pant weather vs. cargo shorts and T's.

I have a couple trees on my property and I can already see the transformation in color. It's not a ton of color change, but I can see on the fringe of some leaves that the process is starting.

Next thing you know, we'll be shoveling out cars from underneath two feet of snow. That's ok though, because at that point, we'll have already celebrated the Sox back to back championships, will be watching the Pats and the Sons of Cassel int he playoffs, hoisting banner #17 to the rafters (reference to the Celtics championship just in case any of you were sleeping at the wheel), and hoping that the Bruins step their game up and get with the Title Town program. Read more!

Morning ramblings

Just plowing through my second cup of coffee, courtesy of work. Here are some morning ramblings:

1. Patrick endorses Obama - yawning, not caring. what a "shocker."
2. Well, doesn't BU have a ton of dough. Must be nice.
3. Congrats to Niki...seems like a nice lady.
4. What the frig are they smokin' in Maine? Birth control pills for middle schoolers?
   
5. Want a good read? Check out Kevin Cullen weekly in the Globe. Helluva writer.
6. Screw sheisty mortgage brokers. What a pain in the ass they can be. Glad Mass. is tightening the screws on 'em.
   

What do you think Bush is saying to the Dahli Lahma?

"Dude, what's the spread of the Pats game on Sunday? They are gonna kick Miami's ass. You want in on the action? I'll give you the over for $50."

This is the type of story that goes unnoticed, but should be read:

Ezekiel W. Hodsdon was on the job for about 16 months when the Boston police officer went looking for suspicious persons on the streets of East Boston. It was Hodsdon's last shift. Around 5 a.m., as he wrestled with a burglary suspect near Maverick and Havre streets, a second man crept up behind him and shot Hodsdon in the head. Today at 10 a.m., 150 years to the hour after the New Hampshire native became the first Boston police officer to die in the line of duty for the nation's oldest police force, Hodsdon will be remembered with a new granite memorial where he died.

That's good stuff. Read more!