Note to all those who are attending the U2 concert. The date hasn't changed from December 10 at the Gund. Some of us may be on vacation at that time and plan to get away to a place like, I dunno, Key West and completely forget about the concert while booking away. This is a reminder to mark your calendars to avoid potential flight changes, delays in vacation starts, uttering expletives, etc.

Kudos to my best friend who whipped up a major Cajun dinner, including jambalaya, yesterday. The mango/pineapple/red pepper/tarragon/crab thingy was outstanding. May have been the best individual portion of a meal I've had this year. Until the cheesecake came out. All I can say is, "Tres bien, merci."

One more birthday note. My horoscope on Saturday said "You have unusual ideas that often encourage offbeat choices and actions. You walk to a different drummer." Ummm, okay. Sounds like piffle to me.

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I dragged my ass out of bed this a.m. to see "The Longest Yard" at the Middleburg Regal. Six of us in attendance, including heavy breathing popcorn-eating guy. Really an average movie. Sandler not believable, Courtney Cox now has breasts, Rock was not too funny. Rob Schneider appears with his "You can do it!" line and I admit, that was the biggest laugh for me. It's the second movie I've seen lately where non-actors seem to come off the best. Dan Patrick, Michael Irvin and Kevin Nash were funny. Jim Rome makes an appearance and guess who inserted himself into this movie, as he does all sporting events? Yes, Berman announces the game. He actually gives Paul "Wrecking" Crewe a new nickname, because he didn't come up with that one. Not hard to figure he would come up with "Motley". Ugh.

Paris Hilton is really mad about Paris. Look for this wedding to be televised with Rob and Amber as guests.

"Crazy Frog" beats Coldplay at the cash registers.

Exercise Yard

Obviously, we don't know if Mike Brown can coach. But I think only of missed opportunities at this point. We have an owner with deep pockets who seemed willing to engage in talks with some big names out there for the coaching spot. It comes as a bit of a letdown when you end up with what will be the youngest coach in the league. Maybe Mike Brown can coach, but we already know that Flip Saunders can coach.

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