Rumor has it, finally, that the NBA is almost over...not that I really care. Oh for the days, decades before, when Cousy, Russell, Heinsohn, Havlicek, and the Jones boys confirmed my love of basketball. --- In what will be his column in the Sunday L-E, Leonard "The" Pitts refocuses on Rodney King's oft cited rhetorical question, "Can we all get along?". It sure would be easier, to get along, that is, if writers like Pitts would stop pounding the nation on the head with the past, and focus on how far we actually have gotten along since. --- From an online quote service: ""A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road." - Henry Ward Beecher" -- It applies to the sense of civility, and recognition of progress, as well, and it's why political correctness has kept race issues burning on the front burners. --- The latest from barackobama.com: "Hal -- We've got a brand new app that you should check out. It's called Dashboard -- and it's going to be a game-changer in this election. It's our national online organizing platform, and if you're hoping to make an impact on this election, it's where you need to be." -- Sounds like the rebirth of ACORN is happening, but the real "game-changer" this nation needs is for potUS Arpege to be filing a change-of-address with the Post Office. --- More- The latest from barackobama.com...this time from Michelle: "For the first 10 years of our marriage, Barack and I lived in an apartment in my hometown of Chicago. The winters there can be pretty harsh, but no matter how snowy or icy it got, Barack would head out into the cold -- shovel in hand -- to dig my car out before I went to work. In all our years of marriage, he's always looked out for me. Now, I see that same commitment every day to you and to this country. -- Well, well... Maybe he shoveled 'snow' for Michelle, but what those who are now working have to shovel in order to get there is potUS Arpege's rather smelly political crap. --- The jury in the Sandusky case should be made up of children he abused who are now adults. --- potUS Arpege may have his face on the box of the holiday version of Monopoly. He's already given Holder a 'get out of jail free' card, and it seems he's trying to evict Congress from their house. --- The "Real Estate Transactions" feature of the L-E often show strange anomalies to logic. Last week, there was a transaction involving the Secretary of Veterans Affairs office buying a residential property in Harris County (still waiting for comment from some elected officials), and today, abutting properties have been given building permits: 7008 Mountain Laurel Court; $605,090; Jeff Lindsey Communities; erect single-family residence 7000 Mountain Laurel Court; $225,499; Jeff Lindsey Communities; erect single-family residence It seems rather odd that the same contractor would be erecting two residences of such varying values. Wonder if there are neighborhood covenants in play/question? --- Picture of the new Tesla in the L-E: How soon do you think Toyota will be suing for copywrite infringement on the "T" insignia? --- Have you noticed the new GA License Tags? When the new designs were offered for Georgians to vote on, I don't remember this one being an option, but it sure didn't get my vote. They are ugly. --- Why is it that politicians think consumers are going to take high speed trains to destinations within 5 hours of drive time? The cost alone for a family of 4 or more will be prohibitive as experienced by those who have thought of riding AMTRAK, but add on the cost of a rental car for destination transportation, and the costs skyrocket. In addition, there won't be any time saved by time you get to a departure station far enough ahead of time to pass the security frisk, and when retrieving luggage and renting a car at the destination station.