Quick Thinking: Slow & Steady

As I continue to make a concerted effort to heed the words of Brand Nubian -- both in the words I speak and the manner in which I speak them -- I've realized that Aesop was right on the money with The Tortoise and the Hare.

Slow and steady does, indeed, win the race.

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(Not So) Quick Thinking
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-- Nothing brings me back to my childhood in Idaho faster than the nostalgic smell of manure from state crews fertilizing highway medians.

-- Scrumptious!

-- After watching Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals between Cleveland and Boston it's clear LeBron's injury is both real and severe.

-- The Cavs have no chance of beating the Celtics without their healthy "King."

-- Speaking of kings, will someone please make Drama King Favre go away.

-- I don't watch too much hockey, but the playoff run by the Bruins suggests they played the greatest game of possum of all time during the regular season.

-- Regular, my ass.

-- Office life would be a little bit better if "Casual Fridays" were replaced with "Novelty Cowboy Hat Fridays."

-- Giddyup!

-- Quote of the Week comes from Dustin Pedroia while defending another slow start by teammate David Ortiz: "He's one of our teammates. It could have been me who hit into a double play. It happens to everybody. He's had 60 at-bats. A couple of years ago I had 60 at-bats and I was hitting .170 and everybody was ready to kill me, too. What happened? Laser show. Relax."

-- And with one media outburst, Petey just became my favorite baseball player of all time.

-- Despite the urge I have to put him on my shoulder and make him say, "God bless us, every one."

-- Tiny...TIMMAAAAAAHHHH!

-- Memo to All the People Who Have Ever Told Me I'm Full of Shit: The average person carries anywhere between 5 and 25 pounds of feces in their large intestine at any given point depending on the individual's diet and weight.

-- So it appears that you, too, are full of shit.

-- Yes. You.

-- Jackie MacMullan is money on WEEI's Dale & Holley show every Tuesday.

-- Be careful, Dale. "Jackie & Holley" has a nice ring to it.

-- I'm thinking I may need to reassess my love for sports if being tazed is fandom's new badge of honor.

-- Don't be an idiot by running onto the field, bro!

-- Lawrence Taylor's behavior is part of an alarming trend highlighting the worst qualities of today's former entitled athlete.

-- It was probably the 16-year-old girl's fault though, right E-Boog?

-- Where are Big Ben's corrupt body guard's when you need them?

-- Cautionary Tale of the Week is sponsored by embattled Central Falls Mayor Charles Moreau who's life seems to be trending from cooking "Shaw Dinners" at Magee's Diner to becoming the Mayor of Central Falls to, potentially, a line chef in a federal prison.

-- That silence you hear is the absence of your former friends and confidants.

-- Run, Governor hopeful Lynch. RUN!

-- Good luck with the investigation, Chuckie.