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For some reason it was very difficult to get out of bed today. When I finally got into the shower, my head was still kind of cloudy with that first thing in the morning sleepiness. And then I got a very rude awakening. I heard the guy on the radio say something about Johnny Damon being a Yankee. This is the guy with the long hair that hit not 1, but 2 HUGE homeruns against us in Game 7 in 2004. Are you friggin’ serious?

I’m saying it now and I hope I’m wrong, but it is going to be very difficult for me to truly root for him. Wade Boggs was different. Roger Clemens was different. Those guys were classy and had my respect. This is Johnny Damon. I hate Johnny Damon. Learning to love him will be a tall order.

If you’ve ever been here before, you can see that I’ve made a major overhaul of the ol’ website. The big change is that I’ve moved to new blogging software to help me manage things. I’m still working out some of the kinks (like how to password protect pictures) but things are looking pretty good, if you ask me.

Regarding photos, I’ve got a great little plugin for displaying photos but I’ve disabled it until I can resolve the password issue. Stay tuned for updates.

“My most solemn responsibility is to protect our nation, and that requires me to make some tough decisions. I see the consequences of those decisions when I meet wounded servicemen and -women who cannot leave their hospital beds but summon the strength to look me in the eye and say they would do it all over again. I see the consequences when I talk to parents who miss a child so much but tell me he loved being a soldier, he believed in his mission, and Mr. President, finish the job. I know that some of my decisions have led to terrible loss, and not one of those decisions has been taken lightly. I know this war is controversial, yet being your president requires doing what I believe is right and accepting the consequences. And I have never been more certain that America’s actions in Iraq are essential to the security of our citizens and will lay the foundation of peace for our children and grandchildren,” President Bush said in his latest speech defending the war in Iraq.

I’m glad to see Bush beginning to acknowledge the opposition, yet stand his ground. He’s been too obstinate, even if he’s right. Small conciliatory actions will go a long way.