I passed on basketball yesterday.  Folks who know me know well I do not skip ball lightly -- even during summer play at the pool when the player no longer skwer predominantly my age with a few sons merged in.

What's on second. And a new Chinese restarant opened in Rochester named..."I Don't Know."   Owner Jessie Dong told the local news that she came up with the unusual name because whenever she would ask her three children what they wanted to eat, their response would be: "I don't know."   Dong said when it came time to name the new restaurant, her family didn't know that either, hence the name I Don't Know.   I wonder what they will be serving...

I am a lifetime athlete: who played Soccer in college, finished 33 (26.2 mile marathons), ran 3000 miles per year for over a decade, ran at least 2 miles for 620 straight days, completed triathlons, competed in countless road races, survived three 24 Hour Relay races, swam 170 straight days, recently planked for 10 minutes and continue to pitch for the Gotham Batmen softball team.   Lifetime, I have run for over 55,000 miles (over twice around the World) and like to say "If I was a car I would trade me in!"

Last Friday, as the Rangers faced the decisive game seven in their series with Tampa Bay, I read all the hype about the Rangers’ past successes in seventh games over the years -- they were unbeaten in the last seven decisive games. The hype upset me. Sports, as many things in life, are generally subject to the laws of averages. Over time, things balance out closer to the middle than either extreme. So, with seven wins in their last seven decisive games, the law of averages was bound to catch up with the Rangers.

Thirty-five years ago, I had a friend, maybe just a regular acquaintance, who decided to change her name fom Linda to Caitlin. Some "spiritual adviser" had told the new name had better "whatever" for her. I thought it was the stupidest thing I had heard. Anyway, her name wasn't unappealing before but she changed it.

I have been writing this blog since August 2006 – over 450 weeks.  You may even recall that last week in my blog I talked about my system of waiting until Monday evenings to write so that my thoughts are current.

In a follow-up to Fred’s Friday blog about Facebook, I have to ask the following question, if you are on Facebook, do you use it to network professionally? This was the topic of discussion at our Long Island Women’s meeting last week and it made for an interesting dialogue.

I have ignored professional basketball for the most part this season given the dismal showing of the Knicks, and don't really care who wins the NBA Finals.  But things as they are, I am pulling for Cleveland.