The rest of the world has certainly got past this. This kind of censorship no longer exists anywhere else in the free world.

The rest of the world is sweeping past us. The oil and gas of the Texas future is the well-educated mind. But we are still worried about whether Midland can beat Odessa at football.

It's been tiring, but you've got to get past that mental hump and know you can rest after the season. There's been a lot of fun and excitement. It's been a whirlwind, but you can't ask for anything better.

In years past if one guy didn't get it done the rest of the inning would get away. Now we have guys one through nine that can get it done, ... There are still some games left to do some damage and maybe get that wild card.

The market's taking a bit of a rest . . . after recording new highs for the year in the past few sessions. The Nikkei is also finding it hard to sustain gains given the lack of buying in the broader market.

It is a sad testament of the absurdity of the ratings code and the completely illogical moral criteria that provide the underpinning for it, where any form of violence is perfectly acceptable for kids but sexuality continues to be the ultimate taboo,