Nine years ago when I moved from Heaven to Purgatory--yes, I'm the first to be so demoted--I posted: COULD 15 CRAIGSIDE BE PURGATORY? That photo is of both where I came from, on the right, and where I now live.  To quote from that article about why I thought I was in purgatory: The people here are all nice, but, perhaps not perfectly purified, especially me. We're located next door to 2101 Craigside, where   my apartment is close to Heaven . Except for my ocean view side, we are surrounded by graveyards (by the way, that tennis court and pool belongs to 2101 Craigside, where my penthouse apartment will soon be back on sale): Since then I've written about Purgatory on numerous occasions, always on Sundays.  To again quote from  one of these postings in 2016 : You ask, how do I know so much about the laws of Purgatory.  Simple, I just made them up.  However, if anyone out there in the ether can send me verifiable proof of any house rules associated with Purgatory, please let

  Today, sports.  In the past I've posted on   Tampa, Florida,  because this seems to be the city for sports champs.  Today, I'll expand the kudos to the entire state, for their excellence has been almost remarkable. To begin, the Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup.   Not sure who will oppose them , for the Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights will play game 5 tonight, with Vegas leading 3-1.  The Panthers, incidentally, are located in Sunrise.  Sunrise?  That's in Broward County, in the Miami metropolitan area.  Population, around 100,000. It hasn't been easy, for the Panthers had to come back from a 3-1 deficit to eliminate the Boston Bruins, who had set NHL records in wins (65) and points (135).  Earlier last month Florida was ranked #12 in the NHL, with the Bruins at #1.  The Florida star is a 25-year old American, Matthew Tkachuk Or maybe like Tampa, I need to focus on Miami, for their NBA Heat was at one time 3-0 against the Boston Celtics.  Now, 3-2, with g

Let me start with the National Football League.   First of all, a high school football player has one chance in 1250 to become a NFL player.  But if you make it, the median salary is $860,000/year.   The  top earners  are quarterbacks, ranging from Patrick Mahomes ($45 million) to #11 Ryan Tannehill ($29.5 million).   Super Bowl QBs Matt Stafford is at #15 with $27 million and Joe Burrow around $9 million.   But it's not as simple as that , for Matt Ryan has a cap hit of $48,662,500, Josh Allen will get this year $46,961,405 in cash. Mahomes has a 10-year contract worth $450,000,000. Tom Brady has so far earned $320,232,980 in all his professional years. Maybe it's  safest being a kicker , as the average playing time with the league is seven years, the average kicker makes $1.8 million/year, and the league has penalties if an opposing player just touches one. Also consider that players are free around half of the year. All that information to tell you that each Super Bowl play