Loose Friday

 

I was doing what I normally do late in the evening-- listening to JT the Brick, a sports talk show on satellite radio.  Monday night, he was dipping in and out of the radio play by play of the NCAA basketball championship.  That last minute was exciting-- but it took ten minutes to play!  If basketball, pro and college, solves the "length of game" issue, I might become a fan.

Barrie Youngfellow died Monday.  75.  She played one of the waitresses on the forgettable 80's sitcom, "It's a Living."  Regular readers know I'm an enormous "Barney Miller" fan.  Youngfellow played a lady of the night in a two part episode, among the funniest ones in "Barney Miller's" long run.

We just came through a special election--just one legislative district, and they still couldn't get it right.  There was issue with more than 300 mail in ballots.  Luzerne County blames the state.  And, people wonder why so many have lost faith in our elections.

Tuesday's Scranton implosion anniversary touched off a debate over the Lackawanna Avenue mall.  A mistake?  Perhaps.  Remember the time.  Those developers who specialize in new uses for old buildings weren't around in 1992.  A mall was the best option, and the only option, at the time.  The devil was in the details.  The mall was a monolith and never an integrated part of the downtown.  Self contained.  There was no reason to venture outside its walls.  A better design would have helped the rest of the downtown, but malls were on their way out, anyway.

The Tiger Woods comeback is a fantastic story.  However, I'm suffering from Tiger overload.