The temperature was higher today than yesterday, but a stiff wind made it a lot colder. I sold the last four of the 20 Ed McBain thrillers Joanne donated months ago. A young man bought Dr. Spencer Johnson's best seller on adapting to change, Who Moved My Cheese? Another guy purchased Judge Judy's Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining, which is one of the worst book titles I've ever heard. It didn't matter - the Judge is a gold mine. Finally, Al came by using a wheeled walker and donated two Tom Clancys and a non-fiction on the Pacific Northwest. When he showed interest in a large atlas I'd put out for the first time today, I told him it was his, fair exchange. He said he realized his ex-wife no longer loved him when she lined her bird cage with his cherished Rand McNally Atlas, the first book he'd bought after cashing his initial check as a city employee. Ouch. Thanks, folks.
Another green energy company, Beacon Power Corporation out of Massachusetts, has gone belly up. This time the taxpayers' price tag was only 43 million. As Ralph Kramden would say: "a mere bag of shells" compared to Solyndra. Meanwhile, thousands of jobs in oil and gas exploration and extraction are blocked by environmentalists.
The only ones surprised at the Yankees re-signing of C.C. Sabathia are the New York sportswriters given to sensational speculation. What other team could afford such a contract? And why would the Skanks let a terrific pitcher still in his prime get away?
Kudos to Tony LaRussa for going out on top. I do not like him, but no one could argue with his success. Although he lost two World Series as an overwhelming favorite while managing the A's, he won two as an underdog with the Cardinals. And he is leaving a team that figures to make another serious run next year if their offensive prowess proves to have been more than a hot streak and stud pitcher Adam Wainwright is as sound following surgery as reports state.
And special kudos to golfer Erik Compton, who has had two heart transplants, for finishing in the top 25 of the Nationwide Tour, which qualifies him automatically for the next year's PGA tour. Wow!
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