These are the type of days that make all that bitching about winter worth it. Considering it snowed just 7 days ago, there was nary a cloud in the sky the last two days. So where was everyone today? At the Home Depot. Jeepers, it was really crowded there. And, of course, they only had one cashier at the nursery. But it was good to shed the last of my winter skin while waiting. Tomorrow looks like another gem.

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I think today's PD Business section was a perfect example of how cuts in newsrooms can affect local news coverage. I'm referring to the impending sale of Adelphia. Surely, with 350,000 local Adelphia subscribers, you would think the PD could assign someone to the story. Nope. Instead we get a wire story without any indication if Comcast or Time Warner would be the better choice for us. No offense, but the LA Times had their local angle, as did others.

The Sinn Fein election strategy in the upcoming UK vote.

The Smoking Gun has the latest backstage demands of Ashlee Simpson. They somehow spell "ubiquitous", but can't get "Jif" correct.

Exercise Yard

Golf, especially major tournaments, is so much better when Tiger Woods is involved. He is playing really well (Where's Phil?). But I must say, I've been watching the Masters since I was a wee lad and Chris DiMarco (Where's Phil?) has played the best two-and-a-half rounds that I've seen in many years. He's got a shot to go wire-to-wire. They always say the Masters starts at the 10th tee on Sunday. Unfortunately for the leaders (Where's Phil?), they have to play the back nine twice tomorrow. By the time CBS comes on the air, there could be some major changes. Looks like DiMarco, Bjorn and Woods (Where's Phil?) will duke it out right now, but the completion of Round 3 could determine the final combatants. As a sidebar, I'm curious to see how many times the phrase "Nicely done." is uttered.

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22 Across: ___-Man (3 letters) Answer: Pac