A Native American pastor spoke at our church today and he told a funny joke:

Why were the Native Americans the first people in America?

(see comments for answer)

There are several things that make this loss disappointing. The payroll differential, getting shut out, and dismal futures for my other teams, the NY Giants and the Knicks. Bring on spring training 2004.

Eric sent this to Norman who sent it to me.

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If you ever get an opportunity to see Shane Barnard and Shane Everett live, don’t pass it up! I think they’re so awesome because their music is sincere and powerful. I tried recording clips of their concert, but the mic on my digital camera couldn’t handle all the sound, so the audio quality isn’t good on these clips. To make it sound okay, turn the software volume down to 50% and just boost your speaker volume.

Shane using his guitar for percussion (a little blurry) - 10mb, .mov
Shane’s strumming in Psalm 118 - 10mb, .mov

The 8th inning rally, Rivera shutting down the Red Sox offense, and another unlikely hero emerging. GO YANKEES!