Very happy to see the Cubbies get Soriano. This is a tonne of money and for 8 years - maybe too much - but when it has been 100+ years since your last World Series - you gotta pay for the talent.
I'm spending the weekend in Jacksonville, OR. It is in the south part of OR - about 10 miles off of I-5 and the Medford exits. We are staying at the Jacksonville Inn. Wifi is part of the deal here. Last night we enjoyed a winemakers dinner and the theme of it was mushrooms ie every course had some exotic types of mushrooms with it. They matched up local wines with each course....everyone in the room (about 50+) was smashed at the end of it. Kinda funny seeing all these oldies get into it - we were the youngest folks there.
In January 2007 they will be having Penfold's (yes - the Aussie one) winemakers dinner - wanna go Chris/Darcy?