I had to put my Tim Allen hat on today as I went out and bought a cordless Grasshog. I finally got tired of dragging that damn extension cord around to perform trimming and opted for a battery-charged one. I am charging the battery pack as we speak, and hope to put this baby to work tomorrow. I am following the new American tradition of extending the holiday as much as I can, so I have the day off.

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I always say during World Cup time that it's better when England wins. It's more fun, the bars are more crowded, the chance for rioting is always near its peak, etc. But it's a lot more fun for the press when they lose. Becks steps down his captaincy and Coach Eriksson leaves, but tells everyone to back off on Rooney, because England needs him. Headlines: "England and Beckham, Unplugged, Inglorious, As Usual", "England Fall Well Short of Greatness" "Timid England Can Have No Excuses", "Eriksson's Waste of Golden Generation", "Eriksson's Epitaph: He Lacked Courage". ITV actually played Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" for their match coverage. "I will let you down, I will make you hurt, I wear this crown of thorns upon my liar’s chair, full of broken thoughts, I cannot repair." Beautiful.

The government of New Jersey is shutting down. So, let's penalize the gamblers. No lottery ticket sales, race tracks close Tuesday night and the casinos close Wednesday morning.

Why pee on the parade of Warren Buffett? The dude just gave away $31 billion.

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Nice architecture.

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A disappointing boxing program on Shobox last night. It's the secondary boxing program on Showtime as the regulars were off. The card was from some Indian casino in Michigan and featured sons of former boxers.

The son of Thomas Hearns won the first fight. He showed he has some talent.

The second fight featured the son of one of today's best trainers, Buddy McGirt, against the son of Aaron Pryor. Stephan Pryor had the best line of the fight. After Round 7 of a scheduled 8, someone in Stephan's corner said, "Your career is on the line in this next round." He just glared at the guy and said, "No, it ain't." Uh, actually, it was. McGirt won easily, but was not impressive. Stephan left the ring after he muttered something about taking on Mayweather. Ha. I think he's legitimately crazy and would not want to meet him in a dark alley.

Third fight featured not a son, but a cousin of Tim Witherspoon. It was a heavyweight bout that spawned virtually no action, and was won easily by Chazz Witherspoon.

The best boxing I saw this weekend was a Mike Tyson marathon on ESPN Classic. Lots of bouts during the era when it appeared Mikey would kill someone in the ring. Of course, it culiminated with the Buster Douglas fight. Still a shocker to this day.

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None, a not too exciting Sunday.