Practice tonight at the Fox, at half-past six. I got lots of stickers, so come on down.

In case you haven't heard, Leo has 2-3 extra tickets to next week's Patriots pre-season run around with the Eagles. 15 yard line, second row, third level, since you asked. Wot, no seat numbers? Like the stand-up guy that he is, he's only asking face value for these tickets, which is only $65. But wait...this also includes a ride down, but I'm guessing it will be in the Civic, not the Envoy.

Anyway, Leo loves to get lots of e-mail, so if you recon that face value is a little steep for these tickets, e-mail him here with your best offer. Or failing that you can just go round his house and watch the game on his 50" plasma set while he's not there.

August 3rd, on this day in history, about half an hour ago, I quit my craptacular job. So it's goodbye to that pride swallowing paycheck, and hopefully on to a better one. I feel a little bit guilty for all the time I spent in the bathroom playing Tetris on my phone. But they ought to be sorry for the eleven months of my life they stole. I'll never get those back.

In a similar vein, on this same day in 1914 Germany declared war on France, proving they're not all bad. But then they had to go and get everyone else involved and spoil it for the rest of us. 8.5 million deaths later and France was still there. Trust me, you're not alone in thinking it was all pretty pointless then. For the league table on other 20th century acts of human futility, click here. Dubya doesn't even make the Top 20.

In a completely different vein, August 3rd 1946 saw the foundation of the National Basketball Association by a bunch of short, white men. We all know how that ended up.

For a summary of the major issues in this year's political debate, check this out. Other than that, practice will be held again this Thursday at Fox Street. 6:30pm is the designated hour. There are just six weeks to our first game, so if you're not already doing something to get in shape, it's about time you started.