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OK, so admittedly I have a thing for the Greek ladies. *ahem*.

This is Greece's representative in this year's Miss Universe pageant:

Sssssssss-mokin'!

Save Toby

The Good Doctor committed suicide yesterday at the age of 67. If you haven't read The Rum Diary or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas yet; or read his pieces on Page 2 at ESPN.com, I suggest you do so now. You'll see why he'll be so dearly missed.

A word to the wise: be aware of where your credit/debit/ATM cards are. Apparently, my debit card was taken over the weekend in Boston, and some scumbag wiped out my bank account to the tune of a few thousand dollars. They spent it all at wholesale store and gas station in Dorchester. Figures.

We had $11 left in the bank.

Thankfully, I have fraud protection, so I'm getting my money back, but having $11 with Christmas coming and Tina's birthday today (happy birthday sweetheart), things have sucked.

Thanks to mom and dad for swinging us some ducats so we can feed our kids until I get my cash back from MasterCard.

Well whaddya know? Seven Hill Psychos are back, at least for a night. On Friday March 12, the band reunites at Erick Godin's fine Sir Morgan's Co.... umm, Lucky Dog Music Hall. (Could there possibly be a more fitting venue?)

From all accounts, everyone who ever played in the band is going to make an appearance. Maybe it'll be like seeing .38 Special. Anyhoo, I've put the 7hp.com website back up too, and it's getting some traffic. Should be a fun time, get down early to heft a few and enjoy the reminiscing.

I have seen some screwed up stories in my time, but this one really takes the whole freaking bakery. According to this CNN story, a four year old boy (you read it right... four!) shot and killed his five year old sister with a .45, and also critically wounded his seven year old brother.

If you read the story, you'll notice:

1. The parents had a loaded firearm in the house.
2. The loaded firearm was kept where a four year old could get to it.
3. The kids were home alone. Ages 10, 5 and 4.
4. The boy obviously found shooting people to be a pretty 'normal' behavior.

According to the police, the child is in no danger from a prosecution standpoint. Makes sense... he's only four. They mention that the mother may face charges for leaving the gun within reach and/or leaving the children without supervision.

Am I the only one here who thinks these parents (why no mention of the father being held responsible?) should be strung up by their ears for a public execution? I understand that they are grieving over the loss of their child, and for the irreparable damage done to their son, but this is absolute lethal parental neglect if I ever saw it. What if the child killed was mine or yours?

No doubt that this will be turned into a situation where it's the "gun's fault", and not the poor grieving parents, and all guns should be banned. Bull$*!t!

Christ I am pissed off.