It's Tough to Get Up on a Wednesday

He's not wrapped too tightly and neither am I.

---Now that Rickey Henderson has been inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame, I am wondering what his plaque will say.

---"Leader in stolen bases, clubhouse card games, and talking incessantly about himself in the third person."

---"Rickey's gonna need a limousine to get to Cooperstown."

---Len thinks he's a moron.

---While the rest of the country is shivering under snow, Los Angeles hit 90 degrees yesterday.

---Len was driving with the car AC on.

---Hope and change has finally come to America. Jack Bauer is back with a new season of "24."

---The season wasn't more than 30 minutes old before Jack was ready to plunge a Bic pen into somebody's eye.

---Obama may want to close Gitmo but they can always replace it by using a Staples.

---American Idol auditions started again last night and, once again, we discover just how delusional Americans can be. And how easily Paula Abdul can be amused by string.

---Fact of life: Not everybody has talent. Most should be content with mail sorting and three square meals a day, topped off by the latest episode of "The Biggest Loser."

---Even some of those with talent don't have it. And, yes, I am thinking about Will Smith.

---I guess we have one more week of listening to the media report on the gloom and doom of the economy. As soon as we get past the inauguration, we will hear daily how everything is on the upswing.

---By the way, the celebratory theme of the inauguration will harken back to the days of Lincoln.

---Those two Obama kids will be handing in their homework on a shovel.

---And, in his speech, the President will remind us all that slavery needs to be abolished.

---Does that get the chains off me as well?

---Comedian Kevin James honored the Mets' old stadium by naming his new daughter Shea.

---And the name will be even more appropriate the first time she pees all over the bathroom floor.

---Shea's upper deck is almost demolished. The bullpen area was previously destroyed last July by Aaron Heilman.

Len says he's finished with today's entry.

Dinner last night: Sausage and peppers sandwich at Maria's Italian Kitchen.