Sharapova vs. Serena

Maria Sharapova into the final of the Austrailian Open. She will face Serena Williams for the title early tomorrow. Win or lose she will be ranked #1 in the World.

Maria Sharapova at Australia Open

Maria Sharapova into the fourth round of the 2007 Australia Open. I am so glad tennis got away from the "all white" look in outfits. A little fashion doesn't hurt the sport at all.

Top Books 2006

1. The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel - Diane Setterfield

2. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky

3. The Road - Cormac McCarthy

4. At Canaan's Edge - Taylor Branch

5. Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Marisha Pessl

6. An Inconvenient Truth - Al Gore

7. Thunderstruck - Erik Larson

8. William Bennett - America The Last Best Hope

9. The Book of Fate - Brad Meltzer

10. Dispatches From the Edge - Anderson Cooper

11. Andrew Carnegie - David Nassaw

I Want an iPhone

OK, I admit it. I want one!!! Can't wait until June when the iPhone becomes available. Steve Jobs is a genius - it's not that he is so "technologically creative", but he knows how to "market existing technology".

Sunny and 73 in January?

So what happened to winter? Here it is January and it feels like June. I took advantage of the beautiful sunny and warm day to take down our outside Christmas decorations and to play some tennis.

The 73 degrees at Reagan National Airport broke a record dating to 1950. (The highest January temperature ever recorded in Washington is 79, on Jan. 26, 1950.)

Massanutten Resort

A year ago at Massanutten Resort, a small ski and golf center near Harrisonburg, Va., they opened a water park to keep the guests coming during those warm, snowless months. Who knew that would quickly come to include December and January?

Now, during the endless summer that is the current winter, business is booming at the indoor water park as only a handful of downhillers make do on the sad ribbons of man-made skiing on the mountain above.

"This is a textbook example of what to do when Mother Nature throws us a curveball with the weather," said Joe Grandstaff, Massanutten's director of marketing. "We've had families this week who have gone to the water park, played golf and skied all in one day."

The water park -- a 42,000-square-foot, $30 million collection of fanciful slides, artificial rivers and mighty waves -- has also pushed Massanutten into the upper tiers of mid-Atlantic resorts, at least in terms of size.

From a small ski and golf resort in the early 1970s, Massanutten has become a sprawling 7,000-acre town of condominiums and fairways in a neat tuck of the Blue Ridge Mountains about two hours from the Capital Beltway.

The place boasts twin 18-hole golf courses, 14 ski runs, two recreation centers (each with indoor pool), a six-building hotel, a half-dozen eating places and a whopping 1,700 timeshare condominiums (it's the largest timeshare site in Virginia). ...Read more here...

Happy New Year!!!

Turtles Wax Purdue in Champs Bowl

Maryland's eight regular-season wins weren't always pretty. The Terps were outgained by all 11 of their I-A opponents. Maryland's Champs Sports Bowl win was different. The Terps dominated the action, stats and scoreboard in a 24-7 victory over Purdue. Maryland finishes 2006 with 9-4 record. ...Read more here...