Thank You, Aaron Boone

I want to be excited about the prospect of ARod becoming a Yankee, but I'm trying to hold back until it’s a done deal. Something could yet go wrong—the deal still has to be approved by Selig and the Players Association. Hopefully soon. Still, it’s so perfect of the Yankees. “Hmm…We need a third baseman, let’s get the best player in baseball--second greatest shortstop of all time (anybody beside my wife know who’s the first?)--and switch him to third.” All for only $25 million a year. Beautiful.

In other (and in lots of ways, equally exciting) news, we “had church” in my living room today and I can’t imagine it could have been much better. A meal together, Patty Griffin and Indigo Girls on the stereo, time given to the Lectionary, a wonderfully honest conversation about why we do what we do… I want to do it again—soon. I can hear that ratchet snapping again.