A few random thoughts...

A few things that have been rattling around in my head...

- CC Sabathia... great pitcher, but I don't get the sense that he REALLY wants to pitch for the Yankees. I think he REALLY wants to pitch for 160 million. Could work out ok for the Yanks, but will be brutal if he struggles early. I think the Yanks appears ready to bring in every high-priced free-agent pitcher this year. Well, Phil Hughes, thanks for the memories.

- I get too many things to read in the mail. Honestly, why can't BusinessWeek be published monthly? It would really simplify my life.

- Why is it that sometimes I write a word and it looks misspelled on the screen, but I know it is totally correct? Has that happened to you? Why does that happen? Is it because I'm getting old?

- Why were we told as kids not to sit close to the TV, yet I sit 1 foot from my computer monitor for 6 hours a day?

- I don't understand this "green" movement... Well, I actually understand the premise, but I keep seeing things like "cut down on paper use" and "go electronic, be green". Everything I see at work is related to reducing our printing and paper production and delivering information electronically. From a cost perspective it makes great sense, but environmentally? Isn't paper the most recyclable thing on the planet this side of water? How is building more computers and hand-held devices "green" but printing newspapers (with soy ink, of course) not "green"? I'm being facetious here (there's one of those words that doesn't look correct on the screen!) but I look at my closet full of CD-Roms and wonder what they heck I can do with those and people are worrying about paper...

- Why do I always misspell "great" (greta)?

- At what point do we all agree that every song has been written? We've been churning out "popular" music for 70 years now and at some point we MUST have exploited every chord progression and harmony, right? Case and point - Joe Satriani and Coldplay. Satriani is claiming that Coldplay stole his song "If I Could Fly" in their acclaimed "Viva La Vida". YouTube has the evidence, and it doesn't sound too good for Coldplay. I listen to it and can definitely see Satriani's point, but honestly, at this point in history I think we've exhausted all the musical combinations. Do any of you think about that? Everytime I hear a new song on the radio I think... wow, is that REALLY something I like that is NEW, or is it reminding me of another song that I like that was made 20 years ago? I dunno... maybe I shouldn't think so much...

- The Red Sox released new uniforms yesterday. They are fine to me, I don't really care one way or another, but you should see the negative responses by fans! You'd think the Sox were mandating a dress code for fans to gain entry into Fenway! Unreal. Check it out here.

- And lastly, I just read the Hartford Courant in 6 minutes. Really. I don't think it can even be classified as a "newspaper" anymore. It is more of a periodical, or maybe a thick pamphlet. It is so small now the classifieds are crammed together with the sports pages. I almost called up to buy a box score I thought was for sale.

Have a great weekend.