Who let the blog out?!?

Lame excuse for a lame title but the only thing on my mind are these papers due this week.

Neil Young's new CD will be streaming online come Friday. Now comes the question of what time will it be streaming?

Just seven months after the release of Neil Young's laid-back country/rock record Prairie Wind comes it's complete antithesis: the hard-rocking, furiously politically charged Living With War. Cut in two frenzied weeks at a Los Angeles studio, the album will begin streaming for free on neilyoung.com this Friday, before its release through digital retailers on May 2nd. Rolling Stone got its hands on an early copy, and here are some first impressions.

It's really hard to believe that it was only cut in two weeks. Speaking of Neil Young, I've learned that he's reuniting for a summer tour with old pals David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash. There are two concerts that are within driving vicinity from me, it's a matter of getting a car, and getting tickets to the gig.

The Boston Red Sox beat the Indians 8-6 yesterday as Keith Foulke picked up his first win of the season. Jonathan Papelbon picked up his 9th save. Curt Schilling picked up a no-decision. Both David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez went yard.

Who said this quote?

"And if it does happen, the only number I care about is Babe Ruth's. Because as a left-handed hitter, I wiped him out. That's it. And in the baseball world, Babe Ruth's everything, right? I got his slugging percentage and I'll take his home runs and that's it. Don't talk about him no more."

If you guessed Barry Bonds, you are correct!

There is a new secretary in the White House.

Anyone in the sixth district of Indiana? Here's your reminder to vote next Tuesday for Barry Welsh!

This is very shocking! David Williams and Ernie Fletcher could learn something from this recent development.

Delivering the weekly convocation Wednesday at Liberty University, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, got a warm response when he said Reform Jews and evangelical Christians had much in common on Israel, on the "moral crisis in America" and on combating religious persecution abroad.

However, he pointed out differences on issues such as abortion and gay rights.

"Gay Americans pose no threat to their friends, neighbors or coworkers. When two people make a lifelong commitment to each other, we believe it is wrong to deny them the legal guarantees that protect them and their children and benefit the broader society," he said to murmurs, hisses and scattered boos among several thousands students in attendance at the Lynchburg, Va., university.

Falwell admonished the students afterward, saying, "Nobody ever booed me in a synagogue when I said things opposite to what they believed."

I am stunned at the boos that he had to endure but he sure had a lot of courage to say those things.

Some DLC members are hoping to bring the 2008 national convention to Denver.

Back to working on the final paper I have due this semester.