Trois

-Subtlety is an artform. Sheer bluntness leaves no doubt, but cannot convey emotion as a subtle tone shift or a quick, somewhat ambiguous remark can.

-On the same day that Barry Bonds, both single season and all-time home run king, and a childhood hero of mine, was indicted by a grand jury for lying about steroid use, Ricky Williams, who has failed 5 drug tests and quit the Dolphins to focus on smoking weed, was reinstated as a Miami Dolphin, and will probably start next week. Different strokes, indeed.

-Speaking of, the veil of innocence that a child's eyes are behind is the sweetest state of all. My childhood heroes were all baseball players. Ken Caminiti, Gary Sheffield, Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds. All are now somehow tangled up in the BALCO mess. I still have a hard time realizing that Batman isn't real...

-I hate to blatantly steal someone's thoughts, but, boy, was Billy Corgan right. Today IS the greatest day I've ever known. My greatest flaw is that I lack the hindsight to see it that way. "Oh, I believe in yesterday."

-Day 11

-It's hot in Topeka. But, it's getting colder in Hialeah.