Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there.

After a long trip around the world alla Rickey Willams(minus the pot smoking for me), I am back and refreshed. You can look for me to be spending a lot of time writing about the upcoming baseball season for the Sox and UCONN’s NCAA tournament experiences…..Other things in the works include a few audio blogs once i figure out how to make them, and more witty things from me….So sit back and enjoy the new updates that will be coming your way….

After a much needed vacation to parts unknown, I have returned to the world of blogging and will continue on with my thoughts. I originally started this blog as because I always have so much to say about sports especially UCONN and the Red Sox. Even though it is my take on sports, I will still continue to write about some adventures that I encounter. So stay tuned as new words of Ian come about.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year’s. I will be back in 2006 with lots more posts and some interesting new things…One thing I will be working on is an audio blog..

I have created a yahoo groups page that will send you a notification as to when the site has been updated. If you are not a member of yahoo, it is ok..

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when you receive the confirmation email, click on the link to the sign up page and it will give you an option to sign in as a yahoo member or for the mailing list. click on the mailing list link and you are all set. you will now begin to receive email updates to each new post that I make.

Well still no word on the Nomar front as to where he is going to sign. Rumors were that he was going to have a decision by Thursday. Stay tuned because if he does sign with the Yanks, everyone will be invited to my Nomar jersey burning ceremony.

In other news, the Doug Mientkiewicz-Red Sox ball saga is now heading to arbitration. The Red Sox dropped the lawsuit that they had in court and instead the commish’s office filed a grievance on behalf of the Sox for ownership of the ball.

A full schedule of college basketball returns on Saturday. Wooooooohooooooooo. About time our student athletes were done with their exams. I shouldn’t really be knockin the student athletes at all as we know it’s not their fault they can’t play during exams.

Feel free to check out the comments on the Apprentice post and as always leave your thoughts. Also, if there is anything that you would like to see or hear my opinion about in the world of sports or news of the weird, feel free to email me with any ideas or leads. Also coming shortly will be a sign up to receive an email stating when a new blog post has been posted.

I am going to stray from the sports and news of the weird posts tonight as I give my two cents on The Apprentice Finale tonight.

What a crock of shit Randall is? He had the chance to give Rebecca another chance and yet decided to steal the show tonight and say to a national tv audience that the show was about hiring one apprentice and not two.

To me this was the best Apprentice yet. The final two were both deserving and worthy candidates. Randall’s background was exceptional as was Rebecca’s. This season was entirely different then the others because Mr. Trump on more than one occasion fired more than one person at a time.

Anyways back to the ranting. I do believe that Randall was the better candidate for the job. But Rebecca proved herself strong overcoming a severely broken ankle at the beginning of the interview process. Randall also overcame adversity as his grandmother passed away during the first few weeks of the show. Randall’s academic acheivements are incredible. The freakin dude has 5 degrees and was a Rhodes Scholar. He also runs 5 successful companies. Rebecca on the other hand is a financial journalist. Her academic achievements are no where as strong as Randall’s. She has also founded a nonprofit to help disenfranchised children. At 23 yrs old, she has done more than most people will do in their lifetime’s.

What Randall did was selfish. This was not The Apprentice the “game” but rather The Apprentice the “job interview”. I know in most job interviews there is only one position available. But a man with Donald Trump’s extensive wealth, he has the ability to hire more than one apprentice. After he chose Randall, he brought him back to the table and asked him if he thought Rebecca was deserving as well. That is when Randall went into his rants and ravings. Instead of stepping up to the plate, Mr Trump sat back and said i agree but I could have been swayed. I dont fault Mr. Trump but rather Randall for being a selfish prick.

Mr. Trump, do the right thing and reward Rebecca for her hard work and efforts.

when are finals going to be over? i am going thru some serious withdrawl. there are only so many times i can watch “Codebreakers” on ESPN.

only 6 days til the bowl games start………

Wanted by this blog site. If you have seen this “person”, please contact us immediately. He is wanted to write his posts since he has gone incognito as you can see by the picture. He was last spotted in Newington, CT on Saturday afternoon before attending the UCONN-Louisville football game..He is not to be considered “armed and dangerous” but only dangerous. Please contact this site if you have any clues as to the whereabouts of Ian.

Also wanted is the corresponding editor’s rebuttal to the “who owns the ball post?”