A TOUGH DAY

I have to say yesterday was a pretty tough day. My mouth is still a bit sore from my trip to the oral surgeon yesterday but no where near as bad as it was when I had my tooth removed and the socket graph put in. I know have to let the implant set for 3 or 4 months before my crown will be attached to it. Then at the baseball game we didn't play very well to say they least in losing to Thomas Dale 15-5, we just didn't show up the first 2 innings of the game. The Virginia baseball team pick up another win yesterday beating Richmond 11-3, the Cavs will face a very pesky George Mason team today. In the Stanley Cup Playoffs the Penguins won again last night and are now just 1 game away from moving on the 2nd round. Dad went to Andrew's LL game last night and he said Andrew had 1 hit but his team took it on the chin. Well it looks like we might gets some rain today, we sure could use some because we haven't had much the last few weeks. MICKEY

CD BASEBALL SCORES
THOMAS DALE 15 COLONIAL HEIGHTS 5
MATOACA 21 MEADOWBROOK 0
DINWIDDIE 12 HOPEWELL 1

Keep air conditioners until they die
With proper maintenance, including annual servicing, a room or central air conditioner can easily run for up to 15 years, especially if you don't operate it year-round, says Bill Harrison, president elect of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers. Check the filter at least every 6 weeks, particularly in humid weather. "If dirt covers the filter so you can't see the original material or view light through it, clean it or buy a new one," he says.

Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits. -Robert Puller

Today's Birthdays: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is 84. Actress-comedian-writer Elaine May is 78. Actor Charles Grodin is 75. Singer-musician Iggy Pop is 63. Actress Patti LuPone is 61. Actor Tony Danza is 59. Actress Andie MacDowell is 52. Rock singer Robert Smith (The Cure) is 51. Rock musician Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) is 51. Actor John Cameron Mitchell is 47. Rapper Michael Franti (Spearhead) is 44. Rock singer-musician Glen Hansard (The Frames) is 40. Comedian Nicole Sullivan is 40. Rock musician David Brenner (Theory of a Deadman) is 32. Actor James McAvoy is 31.