I don't know what the rest of you have found in your lives this year, but from my point of view, this is one that could approach the top of the scales for weather, general surprises, and all-round strangenesss.
F1
Alonso now finds himself in the cat bird seat with a near insurmountable lead after Japan, with only one race (Brazil) remaining. Schumacher's engine blows at the mid-point of the Suzuka race, and Alonso cruises to a first place and a 10 point lead ... the last time a Schumacher-driven Ferrari lost its' engine was in 2000! The only way Alonso can lose the title in Brazil is to DNF and Schumacher take first -- then it would only be a tie. And, looking at next year, Alonso goes to MacLaren (whose cars were not exactly on a par with the red & blue cars this year), Schumacher retires and Raikkonen takes his place. Alonso is going to be facing a real challenge unless the boys from Woking make major strides over the winter.
Baseball
The Braves sailed into the sunset after 14 straight playoffs, and the Tigers beat the Yankess to go the the ALCS. Detroit may face the Mets in the Series... strange.
Political Corruption
It looks as if John Q public has begun to see through the smoke and mirrors of Shrub and his cronies and are asking some questions about where this country finds itself, and if there is any reasonable plan for getting back on some kind of even keel. Bill Moyers had an excellent show on PBS last week: "Capitol Crimes" . This was an enlightening piece on just how monetarily corrupt Washington has become. Now comes the Foley debacle for the Republicans -- if the Dems can't pick up the flag and ram all this down our throats and regain control of the House (and Senate?), then they should give up and let some other organization carry the fight.
Sunday, October 8
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