It's Been a While

I'm back.
The last two weeks have been hectic with the first term of summer school ending, the second beginning, a death in the family. So what has been going on in the world?
LeBron James signed with the Miami Heat. Will this be a moment where, years from now, we will ask, "do you remember where you were when LeBron announced?" No. The reputation of ESPN as Sports Journalism is circling down the drain. They are now hucksters caught up in the moment. The day ESPN became a part of Disney was the beginning of the end. It is now LeBron, Tiger, Brett. Nothing else matters. No perspective, nothing. LeBron leaving Cleveland is supposed to be a great tragedy for the city by the lake. No. Tragedy is Pat Tillman leaving a high paying job in the NFL in order to serve his country only to be killed by friendly fire. Tragedy is so many things: "The Decision" is not one of them. What it is is Comedy. The old fashioned definition that points out the follies of our life. I do not believe that the textbook publishers began palns for new editions of their history textbooks because of "The Decision."
But I could be wrong.