JUST WRAP IT UP

Unless something highly newsworthy takes place Friday evening or early Saturday morning, I think I'll just use Saturday to review the week....and also include some personal "stuff."

Gathering by the coverage I would say the only people aware of the new world entered by Michael Phelps would be devout sports fans, who either read the sports section of their local paper or watch a lot of different sports shows in TV....and most likely NBC because every hour they fill the opening two minutes with recaps from, almost, all sporting events.

I'm not sure anybody has ever broken more than two world records at one meet....and most likely it's only been done in swimming.

And because the TV coverage is handled by FSNW....which on my set system is channel 23....HURRY, CALL JIM CARREY!......not very many people got to see it, which is ok because there will be a beautiful docudrama on the World Championships in Australia and the star of the show will be someone who's main nickname is .....SUPERMAN.

That's probably the ultimate compliment when it comes to a sports performance. Shaq doesn't count because I think he gave himself the name......

MICHAEL PHELPS IS A BRAND NEW CATEGORY

No more multiple Gold Medals to determine a great meet. Now it's always going to be...."well, he sure didn't come close to what happened in Australia."....what a freakin shame that somebody has to be so stubborn that they can't just be happy with one, many two world records......THEY HAVE TO SET THREE PERSONAL WORLD RECORDS AND HELP SET ANOTHER WORLD RECORD IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY! Oh by the way....there's still another day to go.

And the funny thing in this morning's paper; one of the other swimmers basically called Michael....funny looking.....or implied something even more derogatory by saying "He may not be the best looking, but he's so much better than us that it doesn't matter. I thought of it when I saw one of his Speedo commercials. When you look at someone, let's say, he's no Anna Kournikova. He doesn't have to be."

And if you think about it......doesn't SUPERMAN need to have a great disguise?

If I was one of the other swimmers I would be very careful about giving Michael Phelps anymore motivation....and if I was the other swimmers I would call the guy that made the remark and say.....shut the f..k up.....dolphin boy."

The swimmer, who made the remark, has one thing going for him......he went to Stanford. His name is Markus Rogan....and it will be a cold day in.....heaven......before he defeats SUPERMAN in a race....and if he's not careful, Michael just might steal Dr. Lois Lane from him. I've heard that she's teaching a class at The Farm. A journalism class.....for graduate students.

That's the kind of perk you get when deciding to attend Stanford.

Other things that happened this week

LAURA E. FAIRLY CONTINUED to get accepted at the colleges she applied for, and now it comes down to USC VS CAL.....

I'll spend more time on the choice of colleges in another column because it has deep ramifications and live long residual affects on one's legacy.

IT DOESN'T MATTER SO MUCH WHICH ONE YOU GO TO....IT MATTERS MORE ON WHICH ONE YOU WENT TO.

ONE OF THE CATCH 22'S INVOLVED IN CHOOSING A SCHOOL.

The fact that she gets to choose, and has a nice cross section to choose from....is the BEST PART OF THE STORY

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STARTS TOMORROW

I'VE HEARD SOME RUMORS ABOUT ROBERT MC SHANE GETTING ACCEPTED TO SOME COLLEGES OF RENOWN, BUT SINCE HE DOESN'T READ MY BLOG, HE WON'T SEE THIS AND HE THEREFORE WON'T LET US KNOW.

THIS IS AN OPEN INVITE FOR ROBERT TO LEAVE A COMMENT AND LET US ALL KNOW WHAT SCHOOLS SAID YES.....AND THE RUMOR MILL SAYS THERE A WHOLE BUNCH.

ON TO MORE WORLDLY THINGS

President says he will veto bill on funding the war, because he doesn't want pullout dates.

BACK TO PERSONAL STUFF

Lily played a prisoner yesterday and didn't enjoy filming at a real prison. Doubt very much whether she would have ever seen one if it wasn't for the film industry.

Don't think I have to worry about her robbing a Liquor store....or anything that might lead to that type of experience.

Well, actually there's always the chance that forty years from now she could be arrested for stock manipulation. That can happen to anybody....all it takes is the right person coming to you and saying...."I've got information that nobody else has, and there's a ton of cash to be made....do you want part of the action?"

THOSE MOMENTS THAT CHANGE LIVES.........BOY OH BOY....ARE THEY FUN......?

OR NOT!

Apparently one of Lily's relatives didn't visit prison enough when he was young...and has decided to re-visit. Not a good story and really....none of my business.

But it's Lily's business.

WORLDLY

THE HOT BOOK on the market is called...THE SECRET.

And yesterday I picked it up at the book store and flipped through it.

The first book store I was in said the DVD was selling better than the book. The second one didn't carry the DVD.

THE FIRST STORE WAS THE SIZE OF MY LIVING ROOM......THE SECOND STORE WAS BARNES & NOBLE.

I don't think I'm going to let them know......I bet they'll figure it out on their own.

My opinion on THE SECRET without revealing the secret.....

I HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH CERTAIN STATEMENTS IN THE BOOK AND I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES.

BUT

I'M ALSO A LITTLE JEALOUS

She, Rhonda Byrne, seems to have organized a whole bunch of people who are moving up the evolutionary ladder and after reading about her.....I'm not thinking she's one of them....just someone who could organize the team with types of players that she would become....if possible.

AND THAT TALENT OF ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO RESULT IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR HER.

PERSONAL

a little jealous but also aware that IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE....ANYTIME....ANYWHERE

and

I'm

someone

sometime

somewhere

so that has to make me eligible.

I guess I'll have to go back to the book store and read some more because I just found myself telling Lily that she should pick up the book and check it out. Her comment to me was..."yeah I think I'll take back the collection of Tennessee Williams....it seems depressing."

I really think it's good to read Mr. Williams, after you turn 30 and have had time to experience the world....and I also think it's ok if you don't read him. There are a huge amount of writers that would be rated above TW if you were asking me to recommend to young adults.

HUGE

In fact he might not make my top 100 when talking about recommendations for age groups between 16 and 30. And really.....there are some people that should never read him.

It's bad to give some people ideas how to behave, if they don't have a clue.

Enough rambling....off to read some more SECRETS. Of course one of the secrets is to read the book at the book store, or the library, so all the information is free.

MICHAEL TIMOTHY MC ALEVEY

If you were wondering....Reese's picture is shown above, because she's Reese.