My Uncle and Aunt have been visiting this week from Georgia. The state, not the old SSR. Anyhow, to revisit our ethnic roots, we all went out to Babushka's Kitchen on Saturday. My brother and Dad have been out there several times but that was my first visit.

I only ordered a potato pancake, so I could try things off of everyone's plate. I tell you, you have to add this to your places for comfort food. The stuffed cabbage is outstanding. The pork and sauerkraut is really, really good and the cheesecake is mighty nice. Look, this is no frills dining but it is definitely a place worth trying. It's a gem.

Meal of Links

Yeah, I'm a sucker for auto racing. Especially on this day. You start with Monaco, have Indy in the middle, and wind up with the Coke race at Charlotte, if it doesn't rain and then the Coke race runs today. However, I am still bullish on Indy.

From the Purdue marching band, to Jim Nabors singing "Back Home in Indiana", "Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines!", those weepy Firestone "Take me out to the Brickyard" commercials, the winner guzzling milk, I'm in the tank for all of that stuff. But the race presentation on ABC was a bit off this year. To miss a crucial restart with less than 20 laps to go, after they made a point to clear the deck with a bunch of commercials was inexcusable.

Anyhow, Helio Castroneves goes from the courtroom to victory lane.

Drop Day in the EPL. The three teams included: West Brom, Middlesbrough and Newcastle. The last two teams fairly big names.

I liked this look at the Geography of Personality. Ohio looks like it's introverted, agreeable, fairly neurotic, not too conscientious, and devoid of being open to experience. Yup, that about sums it up.

Billy Joel's former drummer really doesn't like Billy Joel. Hasn't got paid in the longest time.

Dress Like A Roman



Exercise Yard

The Cavs are in trouble. Not too difficult to pick the main culprit here. Mo Williams, I think, is gonna bear the brunt. I put the Iso-Lite on Mo playing defense for a while during last night's game and the issue I have with him is he is cheating way too much. He is constantly creeping around to help out and is losing his man a lot. With the Magic consistently screen-and-rolling and pick-and-rolling with their big men (and Z, you can help here, as well), he is drifting amid all of the switching. And his man is getting open because of it. Now last night many of those shots did not go in, but Mo is absolutely killing the Cavs on both ends. That was the Cavs chance last night as they played better defense, and Orlando did not shoot as well they have in the first two games.

Other factors. Bench play. Again nothing from the Cavs. I guess Sasha wasn't "in tune" last night. Who does LeBron suggest in Game 4? Boobie Gibson? I think they may risk the defensive liabilities of Wally World, because they need someone, anyone, to make a shot.

I am really puzzled as to where the Cavs can get some help. LeBron has been good (averaging 40 points a game), but even he is missing crucial foul shots down the stretch. Z can't hit anything, but keeps firing up the longer shots. Guard play has been spotty. Delonte West played defense last night, but his offense is inconsistent. Both West and Williams launched quick threes that were ill-advised.

However, the one ray of light is the Cavs were close even with how poorly they played. If someone else besides LeBron can provide some offense, they might steal Game 4. Maybe it's as simple as David Stern needing "to make the call".

Charley Rosen breaks it down.

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