Random Thoughts, Sights, and Sounds - A Potpourri of Knowledge

This is the Lightning Round edition of the Random Thoughts post.

• Yesterday, Thursday, May 22, was the 60th anniversary of the creation of The Jimmy Fund. Since that day in 1948, The Jimmy Fund has raised hundreds of millions and helped thousands of families in their battles against cancer. They are closing in on their goal of raising $500,000 in their latest fundrasing effort, Rally Against Cancer With Dustin Pedroia, but they still need your help. If you go to their website www.rallyagainstcancer.org, they are accepting contributions until June 15.
• Yes, the Boston Red Sox currently have the best record in baseball (31-19) and are on a seven-game winning streak, but the one thing about that team that scares the crap out of me and is a major area of concern is the bullpen. It's time for the Craig Hansen experiement to end. He's given up runs in five of his eight appearances and doesn't excude confidence when he enters a game. Mike Timlin isn't much better, allowing runs in 7 of his 15 appearances.
• Caught the last half of 'High Fidelity' on TV the other night and it still amazes me, even after the numerous times I've seen it, how much of that movie that I can point to and say 'I used to feel/think that way'. I'm talking specifically about relationships and what goes into making a great mix tape.
• Despite my best efforts over the past six weeks to screw it up, I found out today that my streak continues. Streak!!! - what streak you ask? Let's just say it has to do with Graduate School and a certain grade. Eight down and five to go.
• While surfing the web yesterday, I came across a rumor on the Internet, which I'm guessing to be 99.9% inaccurate, but I'll think of it every time I see these two people on the Fox 25 10 p.m. news. It has to do with Maria Stephanos and Kevin Lemanowicz spending some quality time together in a car behind a movie theater in Dedham. Let's just say Maria was spending some time at the (Lemanowicz') North Pole. Why can't they have flim of that at 11? Just the slight thought of that possibly being true brightened up my day.
• With Monday being Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, have a great holiday weekend everyone.