We didn’t make it quite to freezing the last two nights but there’s quite the December chill in the air around here. Nothing like compared to what’s happening in the British Isles and Northern Europe. Be sure to click on the embedded video showing two planes aborting landings in Birmingham, England due to the strong wids and be thankful you weren’t a passenger on one of those flights!!

You want a feel-good story about what America is all about? Here it is.

Snowflakes are such cool things.

When you hear a minimum-wage worker spout ignorance like this, is it any wonder that restaurants are looking at high-tech solutions like this?

This is why I love Dustin Pedroia and why so many of Red Sox fans do.

…But I’ll say this: sure, it’s their money and they can do with it as they please, but the Mariners paying 31-year old Robinson Cano $240 mil on a 10-year contract is beyond absurd. For two reasons: 1) he’s a good player, no doubt, but Safeco Field is not a hitters park, and 2) he’s already 31 years old, playing a very athletic position. I know the Mariners wanted to make a big splash – and they have – but Cano in and of himself isn’t going to take them to the Promised Land.