Hello this week. Under the “when it rains, it pours” category, my back went out again this past weekend. It happened three hours from Louisville just ten minutes into my cousin’s wedding reception and I had to just sit there in agony for over three hours while everyone else celebrated. I then had to sleep on the floor most of the next two nights until I could get back to my chiropractor to put me back in one piece. I am now on the mend again. Speaking of wedding receptions, I witnessed something I have never seen before and would hope to never see again. At the reception, the host announced following the initial dance that you could buy a few seconds dance for a dollar. This has got to be naked greed at its worst. It seems many people try to extract every dollar they can possibly get when they marry. Whatever happened to just celebrating with your family and friends?

Speaking of marriage, did anyone see the article in The Courier on Tuesday about staying out of welfare? They started by stating the old golden trio – graduate, marry, and get a job. They then went on to say that marriage before kids is the most important factor to avoiding poverty. So why are there no public campaigns advocating marriage. Why, because no government program or job is served by people getting married. There is no one to profit. That is the dirty little secret. Nothing good in this country ever gets promoted unless someone can profit by it.

Well, the baseball playoffs are starting. While I’m excited that my Reds are in it, my betting money would be on Tampa and San Francisco to meet in the World Series. It is very encouraging to see so many small payroll teams in the playoffs. Statistics show that while everyone thinks the home field advantage is important; the only stat that matters is who wins game one of the divisional series. The winner wins the series 82% of the time. Game 5 is meaningless. No divisional series has reached game 5 in the past four years.
Good luck Reds!

See you next week. Doc