Flotsam and Jetsam

Last year the two biggest weaknesses on the Patriots were the running game and punting - and they won the Super Bowl. This year they have Corey Dillion making the running game a huge plus and Josh Miller averaging better than 45 yards a punt. The increased ability of the Patriots to use up the clock and control field position should not be overlooked. This is a much better team than last year... Al Gore was born 9 months after aliens supposedly landed at Roswell, NM. That sounds like something directly out of a Simpson’s “Tree House of Terror” episode but it’s true.... Hey - what ever happened to Rod "Shooter" Beck?... Here’s what Theo Epstein’s father had to say when Epstein was named GM at the tender age of 28, ''It's a little dizzying, that's a good word,'' said Theo's father, ''but at Theo's age, Alexander the Great was already general manager of the world.'' I’m not sure if the father was kidding or just trying to keep Theo humble. I have to wonder if Theo’s dad goes around telling people who are 32 years old, “You know at your age Alexander the Great was dead.”... Martha Burk and the NWCO plan to protest outside of the offices of American Movie Classics because of AMC’s showing of the movie, “Twelve Angry Men”. Burk wants AMC to stop showing movies with exclusively male casts...