Question: What do you do with an elephant that has 3 balls?
Answer: Walk him and pitch to the giraffe.
Just a little baseball humor. But if the players go on strike today, the above game will be the only one that I would be interested in seeing for a while. I find it incredible that the owners and players are even thinking of killing the golden goose. They're going to lose a lot of their old fans while not making any new ones. Within a decade, soccer will become our national past time. If they strike, I probably won't go to another game until about 2008. That will be the 100 year anniversary since the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Now that I think of it, maybe I''ll be better off if they do strike. On the other hand, I've grown to like the St. Louis Cardinals. I'm beginning to understand why they were the favorite team of Dennis Calhoun, a friend of mine in Glenwood grade school. I used to impress Dennis with my Willie May's type basket catches when we played catch in the street by his house. He impressed me by becoming a star long distance runner on the track team. It will be a shame if the Cardinals miss the playoffs, if only for Denny's sake. I know. I remember how I felt when the White Sox missed their shot during the last player's strike.
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Going to Graceland for the Labor Day holiday. See you in the jungle room.

I just finished the book "The Case for Faith" by Lee Strobel. The book covers some of the more disturbing questions about Christianity. Such as, why does God allow so much suffering in the world, why would a loving God punish someone in hell for eternity, doesn't evolution and science discount the need for God, and why do people still occasionally have doubts after accepting Christ. Lee uses the same format that he used in "The Case for Christ", whereby he interviews experts on the subjects. The book has some very compelling aguments and does a good job of answering the questions. For those who need an intellectual inspection of Christianity, this book is a good start. Although, reading the Bible and praying would be a better one.

I finally watched a good movie last night. I was getting desperate after the two bad movies that I saw last weekend. I had to rent it from Blockbuster because there are no good movies playing at the moment. Late summer is a dead time for the movie industry. I watched "High Crimes" starring Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, and Amanda Peet. It's a suspense movie about a war crime that was committed in Central America. Ashley is a lawyer who defends her husband in a military court with the help of Morgan, an ex-alcoholic military lawyer. Amanda is Ashley's hot sister in a very believable role. The movie had a good plot and great acting. The ending was a little abrupt, however.
Rating: Three Stars
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I learned something new last night. New releases are always distributed on Tuesdays. That makes Tuesday a great night for renting a movie. I actually saw the first half of "High Crimes" a few months ago when travelling to St. Louis. We were unable to land and redirected to Kansas City to refuel before returning to St. Louis. They played a movie to calm the agitated passengers, but we landed in St. Louis before the ending. So, I waited weeks for the video release to find out the ending. It was worth the wait.

I saw two movies over the weekend. The first was "Undisputed" with Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames. It reaffirmed my belief that there has never been a good movie with a setting in prison. I didn't even like the Shawshank Redemption which was liked by a lot of people. I guess the thought of prison life just depresses me.
In this movie even the fight scenes bored me. Considering that the whole movie leads up to the big fight between the Heavyweight Champ and the inhouse boxing champ, a boring ending fight between two characters that are both unlikeable ruins the movie. This is definitely not "Rocky".
Rating: 1 Star.
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The second movie I saw was "Serving Sara" starring Elizabeth Hurley and the guy that plays Chandler on Friends. Number of Friends - Six. Number of good movies with actors from Friends - One. I did like Lisa Kudrow in "Romy & Michele's High School Reunion", although Mira Sorvino was better. The whole premise of "Serving Sara" was that Sara was trying to cheat the system by having her husband served with divorce papers even though she had already been served. She would get a better deal in New York than her husband would in Texas. I guess that is supposed to be ok, since she looks good in a short skirt.
Rating: 1/2 Star

Question for the day: What did Noah do with the woodpeckers? I saw this on a sign outside a church on Willow Road while riding to O'Hare airport. I don't know the answer, but it looks like the kind of church that I would like to attend. I'll have to investigate further.