Well, Happy Birthday to me! What a cool surprize; I opened up an envelope today and found that my brother had sent me down a bunch of stuff from the Free Press on Ernie Harwell - the grand voice of the Detroit Tigers from my childhood. Not to elaborate here, but I got to meet Ernie on his farewell tour some years ago and it was just a thrill of a life-time. I just love the man.

Oh, yes, lest I forget, also included in the envelope was a Detroit Red Wings jersey shirt with the #5 and Lidstrom on the back. My wife wears 40-Zetterberg and I wear 13-Datsyuk and we both have voiced that if we got another one it would be Lidstrom. Way to go Tim - great stuff!

Beer - you're right - stinking, stupid call. Cheers,.......mwh