So many people keep saying 2007 was a bad year for sports. They keep harping on Michael Vick and the Mitchell report and Pacman and Tank. Their negativity knows no bounds. They forget to celebrate the joys of sport, the limitless pursuit of excellence and the indefatigability of the human spirit.

Or, seriously, Kevin Everett. With the help of some of the best and most innovative medical care in the world, the Bills tight end recovered from a potentially paralyzing and life-threatening injury to walk again.

Solidarity rises above a whisker in writers strike

Regular readers of my column might know that I'm a fan of the beard. A beard booster, some might say. To me, a beard carries with it a certain degree of dignity, or a noble grace and confidence. Grow you a beard, and you are telling the world that you don't care about social graces; scruffy is how you are, and scruffy is how you will stay.A man's beard can mean any number of things about him.1. His face easily gets cold, and this bothers him.2. His razor is broken and in the shop.3. He's secretly the Cookie Monster.4. His home looks more like a cave.5. He's a Hollywood writer, on strike.Yes, the Hollywood writers strike is in its third month, and the situation looks grayer and more desolate every day. Most television shows are using up their last episodes taped before the strike shut down production.

Cis' blog roundup - Friday

Missing the kids, but not the job and all its ups and downs of the first semester.

Amy is started on her new project, with her co-workers family. She needs some help, so go read and see if the name is familiar...

Mommy Dearest is still trying to get in the groove of being back off vacation. Doing all the stuff, one has to straighten out as well as going back to work.