Life is about balance.  That's why for every ridiculous and depressing story about a bunch of Congressmen convening to try and determine whether a professional athlete took steroids, there's another story that re-affirms your faith in the American people.  In this case, it's George Martin, former defensive end for the N.Y. Giants, who spent his entire fourteen year career (1975 - 1988) in New York.  Here's a picture of George:

George is walking across America - over 3,000 miles -  in an attempt to raise $10 million for the first responders to the 9/11 attacks who are now suffering from medical problems from their exposure to all the crap that was in the air that day.  He started on the George Washington Bridge in New York on September 16, 2007 and plans to finish in March on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. 
Here's a link to his website:  http://www.ajourneyfor911.info/
You can donate to the cause on the website.  You can even track George's daily progress if you're having a really slow day at work.

I was going to end today's entry right there, but I can't bring myself to end on such a high note.  Instead, allow me to ruin any positive vibe you may have developed by thinking about George Martin walking across America.  Here's a follow up to last Friday's entry about the Clemens congressional hearing!  More critical information has surfaced regarding the completely irrelevant Jose Canseco party that Clemens may or may not have attended.  According to the deposition testimony of Brian McNamee, Debbie Clemens and Jose's wife showed each other their breast augmentations at the Canseco party.  No information was provided in McNamee's deposition about whose surgery was deemed more impressive.  I'll let you judge for yourself:

Debbie Clemens was on steroids?  Impossible!


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