It’s been a crazy past few days – I have work under deadline that has me working 14-hour days and it leaves no time for feeling or being able to write anything creative. Bear with me and don’t desert me, folks! Some brief thoughts:

Laura Hillenbrand’s “Unbroken” is, like her previous “Seabiscuit”, an absolute page-turner. Hillenbrand really knows how to tell a story and suck you into the narrative. Just fabulous.

Just got the news of the Red Sox signing Rays free-agent outfielder Carl Crawford. What a game-changer this acquisition is!! Not just because the guy can flat-out hit and run, but the short left field at Fenway Park should save his legs some strain over the term of his seven-year contract. He’s always been one of my favorite players in baseball; to see him as a Red Sox will be a real treat. First Adrian Gonzalez, now Carl Crawford: wow, has GM Theo Epstein had some kind of off-season.

…still would like to see some attention paid to the bullpen. But I have an idea these deals set in place some trades down the line for that very purpose.

Bunny speed-dating update: we’ve entered phase 2 of the Geronimo / Butterscotch experiment. They spent a week in adjacent cages getting used to each other’s presence and scent, then yesterday we started giving them an afternoon with the separating fence taken away. A little bit of growling, but so far they’re mostly interested in keeping their distance. That’s a positive sign, but we’ll have to see what happens when one or the other decide to try and mount the other – that’s when courting really starts!

I love cruising for vacations, but I’d never do the Antarctic, for this very reason. I like the Caribbean, it’s just a big bathtub.

Thanks for y’all’s hanging in there. I promise to try and do better over the next few days – assuming, of course, work slows down.