The Boston Red $ox, the time of day, and Easter "Bunnies?"

This is a multiple rant post. If you aren't a sports person just skip ahead!

The Boston Red $ox:
But this time, it may not be about money! They are working on a deal with WBOS 92.9 FM to have their games broadcast on the FM dial. They claim that it's for the clearer, more reliable radio. Anyone ever have a problem getting WEEI AM 850 when they are anywhere other than a bomb shelter? Just asking.

How is it not about the money? Well, both stations are offering 14 million dollars ($14,000,000 for those who like to actually see the amount). So what's the difference? WBOS is offering a large stake in the station. What does that mean? The Red Sox would partially own the station broadcasting the games. Just like the Red Sox own the TV Station "broadcasting" the games (I use that term lightly as you must pay to see the games on TV), and they own a stake in the newspaper that is often the most flattering of the team (The Boston Globe). It is about control. And if the Red Sox front office once again proves that absolute power corrupts absolutely, they will have absolutely lost a fan. I will not listen to the Sox on any station other than WEEI (or any other station that is independent from the Red Sox front office)!

But really, the Red $ox need all the money they can get. I don't care what anyone tells you, you can't feed your family on the $671,000,000 that the $ox are worth.

Greetings
Has anyone else noticed that we greet each other simply by informing the other person of the time of day? You pass your coworker in the hall, "Morning." He responds, "Morning." You are holding the door for someone at the restaurant you are leaving, "Evening." They thank you, "Evening." You are strolling down the street with your child and pass a neighbor, "Afternoon." They wave from their yard, "Afternoon!" Apu wants to expand this to include "Dusk, Twilight, and Wicked Dahk." I'm going to start charging for this service.

Easter "Bunnies"
Baylor University is once again in the news. The largest Baptist University in the country sent an email to their students letting them know that any students who posed for Playboy magazine would be disciplined as that was clearly counter to their life and conduct statement. That's not a missprint, and you read it correctly. Playboy went to the college that nearly kicked Starbucks off of it's campus because of a quote on their cups to recruit college co-ed cuties! Let me think, if I'm part of this "gentleman's" magazine (Yeah, right!) and I'm in charge of which colleges to go to for new "talent" I'm gonna pick, Baylor, Oral Roberts, Gordon, and Bob Jones. What were they thinking?! Were they looking for trouble? I hope they found it!

Was this email really necessary? While we would hope that it wasn't, one source reported that "several students still showed up to meet photographers." They failed to mention that they were all male looking for how to 'break into the business.' The email only mentioned posing.