- Fios TV was installed in the Russell household this past week. I love it. I can’t believe we waited this long to get it. I just like the option to do so much with it. I already did a mini-marathon of The Hills Season 4…yeah.

- For the last couple of months, I’ve been “secretly” trying to get myself into better shape. I don’t eat as well as I should but I make up for it by exercising daily. Usually I do about 150 situps/crunches. That seems to work decent. I’ve developed a 2 pack. I need to keep at it. More noticeable is the work that doing 75 pushups on almost a daily basis has done to my biceps and triceps. I’ve been cutting back slightly, doing them every other day since they take up so much energy. But my arms are a lot more defined than they’ve ever been. It’s a struggle, but you gotta keep with it.

- You know what the best thing about music is? The fact that you can find a song, maybe you’ve never heard it before or you have but not for a while, or you recently heard it but you’re fully prepared to listen this time…and it becomes your new “favorite” song. You play it non stop. You slowly learn the words. You sing along with it. You envision a music video to it. I do this all the time. For me, the newest song is “All Summer Long” by Kid Rock. I’m a Top 40 radio guy somewhat, so I listen to mainstream pop/rock. That song is the definition of a feel good summer song. Despite the fact that I wasn’t 18 in 1989, nor spending my summers on the lake in Northern Michigan, I feel like it captures everything great about being a teenager. I miss when I was 18.

- The White Sox magic number is just 6. It could be less, but whatevs.