Today is the first day of summer and aren't you glad you're not in Death Valley. One of the guilty pleasures of this time of year is checking out the summer movie schedule from Cinema at the Square.

Definitely some good ones at the Palace. I'd have to say I will definitely be at "The French Connection". A simply fantastic movie. Acted well, and the way it was filmed at the time with a documentary style and, of course, the chase. No conflict with "The Holy Grail", either. And "The Shining"! Not too bad overall, except for the "The Muppet Movie". Ugh!

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The BBC yanks "Tops of the Pops" from the schedule. Dick Clark nods knowingly.

Good God. If you haven't seen Connie Chung's farewell on MSNBC, you're missing something.

Tomorrow at the World Cup is the big day with the USA-Ghana match. Today: Ivory Coast continued Serbia's nightmare of a cup, 3-2. Argentina and Holland played to a predictable tie as both advanced. Both teams look good, with the Argentines the class of the field, thus far. Portugal beat Mexico and both advanced. It may be one more match and out for both of them. In a friends and family match, Iran drew with Angola.

BTW, Costa Rica returned home today. They were greeted by people booing and hurling insults at them. Sounds like an Indians game.

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"Si, estas nuevas tatas."

Exercise Yard

I will not bury the Indians just yet. But the shovel is ready. I saw two defensive plays tonight by Broussard and Belliard on consecutive batters that sum up the season. Awful. Even Sabathia couldn't stand to be on the mound much longer after those gems. We are in the process of already starting down the slippery slope.

And the Red Sox picked up Jason Johnson. Jeepers, they must think Manager/Pitching Coach Curt Schilling can turn him around. Or, they score runs by the boatload and can afford to have Johnson give up 6 or 7 a game.

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