Thoughts while jetting west after a nice October stay in Massachusetts:

Looks like the heat man finally turned off the heat and Arizona winter can begin. It’s been a long time coming…

If you’re in the area and looking for a fun and challenging nine-hole track to play some bright October afternoon, you can’t do much better than the “Blue Course” at Pease G.C. in Portsmouth, NH.

What is it with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd? Her latest column is nothing more than a bitter, angry, and catty screed about Republican women candidates. It tells you a lot about the mindset of so-called feminists when women can write and (in the case of the Meg Whitman “whore” comment) say such awful things about other women.

But this kind of thing seems rampant with the Democrats these days. And you know why? For the first time, there’s no media to cover for them; between the Internet and alternative blogs, Democrats everywhere are under the microscope and there’s nowhere left to hide.

Sure, the New England Patriots’ defense came up big in the fourth quarter and beyond in their overtime win over the Baltimore Ravens, but Joe Flacco as a quarterback will never lead a team to the Super Bowl.

It’s been great watching the New York Yankees’ starting pitching get battered around by the Texas Rangers. Tomorrow’s a big game for Andy Petitte – someone’s going to have to give the Yankees bullpen a break – but it’s also a big game for Texas, as a win would give them a huge advantage for the rest of the series.

Congrats to Rocco Mediate and his victory in the Fry’s Open. He’s one of the honest-to-goodness good guys on the PGA Tour.

You can’t beat the roast lamb at the Aegean Restaurant in Watertown, Mass.

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Pool temp: 68 degrees