…… When Gold Dust’in Ackley went yard I scared the cat when I screamed HOMERUN! Mike Fox’s country hardball playin youngsters are Rosenblatt Bound AGAIN! Sooo very very COOOL! …… LOTS of interest in the local colleges lately. Alas, other than Mike’s Moochies it’s all pretty grim. John Q. Public is furious at the latest revealings in Mary Mess. BREAKING NEWS Disgraced NCSU Chancellor Oblinger Resigns Monday morning.! ….. And MUST SEE TV!

…… Monday The 8th was more like (Kindly Ol Bill) Friday The 13th. Jason was on the prowl. A body count update. Heads rolled, golden parachutes opened, mobs howled, disgraced bureaucrats were eulogized and once bright stars were lamented. No one admitted the slightest wrongdoings, yet we were told to “put IT all behind us”. Starring John Q …. Mr Chips and, my pal, Mr Peepers.

….. Jason Voorhees outdraws Jaime Pressley. Bloody Monday set a new “total views” record for columns about The Easleys. Today we meet “Ace” and we answer questions posed by BL Buddies & Babes over the past several weeks. …. We begin our climb up the Ivory Tower. A Tower soooo high that those at the top need 24k parachutes when they depart.

….. In Feb 1960, Jack Paar walked off his Tonight Show because NBC censors deleted a joke he had told involving “a WC”. WC was a euphemism for water closet or toilet. Have we come quite a ways in 49 years or what! The Letterman v Palin controversy is more than words. It’s America 2009.

….. The College World Series is The Last Truly Great American Sports Event. It is so wonderful that Hugo Chavis, watching on cable, cried when Corky Palmer hugged his wife. Every coach and player is connected within six degrees to Orel Hershiser’s cable guy. Gold Dust’in Ackley has twelve tattoos short of a dozen. Missus has given Kid the OK to bring any/every CWS player home for the holidays. …. What were you doing on June 17, 1994? …. and BobLee gets hold of a secret grand jury transcript.

….. I have become waaay too “mature” in my overall sports fan mindset. Because I preach from this cyber pulpit that some of you need to throttle back on your emotional over-commitment, I feel I must set the example. I do 98% of the time. Thursday night I strayed. “Hi, my name is BobLee and I let my sports’ fan emotions get the best of me.” …. “Hi, BobLee.”

….. There were three significant deaths all within 24 hours – Michael Jackson, Farrah and Mark Sanford’s political career. Let’s look at all three for their deep socio-cultural relevance. And speaking of “looking” – Yes, we have THAT Tami Hansbrough pic from Draft Night. Talk about a Thriller!

….. News is like Weather. Everyday there is some. Lately around here there’s been a LOT. The Easley Mess is in Stage 4 or 5 or 12 depending on how you count “updates”. Gov Sanford, like ALL hypocritical Christian Conservs is philandering like a Kennedy except Mark’s dates don’t drown. And over at Duke “it’s where oh where is The Gang of 88?” WARNING – WARNING -SCARY COLUMN!