Rain - it makes the grass grow.

While the rain might be making my grass grow, it's also making the ground soft and mushy. That means that when the 80+ kids show up at my house tomorrow and start hanging around, my yard is going to turn into a muddy mess.

So much for me having a lawn this year...

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My son had a great time at the Ultimate Party last night. He was home and in bed by 7:00 this morning and for that, I am extremely grateful.

When I graduated from high school, it was very common for at least one or two kids to die in an alcohol-fueled car wreck. My class lost four or five over the course of the spring, the class before me lost four in one night and the class after me lost a few as well.

How our parents survived those times, I'll never know.

Now-a-days, us parents all Thank God for things like the Ultimate Party. My son may be exhausted but if that's the worst he has to deal with, I'm a happy guy.

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Time for an update on the Red Sox:

They are no longer in last place in the American League East!

This has been your update on the Red Sox.

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Here are some links to help you enjoy your day:

• Only in Pennsylvania.



• Whenever I see a picture of someone like this, I always wonder what bad decisions did they have to make in their lifetime to end up like this.



• Key phrase in this 'study' conducted by 'researchers': "...it doesn’t result in any detrimental affects to his genetic interests."



• Wait, are they saying they have "luxury sex shops" in Brazil?



• They need to make the kid who found the error the valedictorian of both classes. He's apparently the only smart kid around.



• Only in Florida.