I'm stuffed.

We went to the Eastern States Exposition today and ate our way through the place.

The Big E has become less of an agricultural fair and more of a craft fair. There are a lot of places to buy expensive crap you don't need and a lot of places to buy heavy, greasy food. There are still some farm animals and a few displays of farm equipment but for the most part, it's a place where people sell you crap.

We didn't get the Maine baked potato because they use cheese whiz. We got a Billies Baked Potato because they use shredded cheese.

We didn't get a Massachusetts lobster roll because they use shredded lobster meat. We got a Maine lobster roll because they use chunks of lobster meat.

We got some fried dough but not the stuff with the fruit on it. We got the good stuff with a big mess of powdered sugar all over it.

We saw the baby chicks, the clydesdales and the sheep. We watched the sheep shearing and we
checked out the cows & llamas. We also watched the pig racing which is far more entertaining than horse racing.

Then we wandered around the Better Living Center not buying any of the crap they were selling. And believe me, they were working hard to sell us that crap.

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The Red Sox and the Patriots both won last night.

With last night's win, the Red Sox are now five wins away from clinching the ALEast division title. Tonight they start a three-game series down in Tampa against the Rays. They have played the Rays sixteen times this season and they have won nine of those games.

Hopefully they win all three of the games but two out of three would be good. I'd also like to see the Yankees take all three of their games against the Blue Jays. If that happens, the Red Sox will clinch the division.

As for the Patriots, they are now 3-0 and I'm betting that Roger and his minions are still having a hissy fit.

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While I fall asleep watching the baseball game, you can do whatever you want.

If what you want to do is to click on links, here they are:

• Yes, alcohol was involved.



• Criminal Safety Tip: Never rob a guy in a running car.



• I can see this becoming a new diet fad.



• Key entry from our favorite police log: "5:43 p.m. A local boy lied to his parents about his homework."



• Key explanation in this story: "I had to explain that we are from the country, but we're not THAT country."



• Only in Florida.