Numerous vacations is certainly one of the perks of being a teacher. A few years back I went away to California over February break. I decided that a trip to someplace warm is the perfect way to spend a week in nasty February. I have done it every year since; going to Texas, Phoenix, and now Fort Lauderdale. I leave tomorrow morning. Adios Sand Machine folks. See you on the other side.

I waited a day and a half to write this for you DVR folks.

I am a fan of Nadal. He is fun to watch and obviously works very, very hard for what he achieves and deserves his accolades. But I am a Federer man and have been for years.

I watched the Australian Open Final live from 3:30 to 8:00 or so on Sunday morning. It was an up and down match with Nadal playing high-level tennis despite a 5-hour match two days earlier. Federer struggled with his serve pretty much the whole match but still managed to win two sets, one of which was the fourth set.

I was at the Celtics game last night. It went into overtime and Paul Pierce scored 39 points, which was exciting, but...