Rain Rain Rain. It’s been raining all day with no signs of letting up. But hey, it’s better than the ice storm we had earlier this morning. Despite the bad weather, I spent the morning at Coney Island for our first meeting of the year to discuss the Beach Opening! Nothing like a little bad weather to put you in the mood for some good weather.

The Krusty the Clown “Don’t Blame Me. I didn’t do it” game continues in Washington as CIA Director George Tenet denies ever saying that Iraq posed an imminent threat. OK, but isn’t that what the White House told us? No! Word from the White House is that they never used the word “imminent” either. Now I don’t know if they ever used that specific word but, if not, they sure used a hell of a lot of synonyms. Let the fallout continue!

In sports news, Lennox Lewis, boxing’s heavyweight champion of the world, announced his retirement today. This creates a vacancy in the heavyweight division that will surely be filled with exciting fighters like... um... uh... nope, none come to mind. Tyson and Holyfield are washed up. Roy Jones has gone back down to light heavy. James Toney is out for the year with an injury. Chris Byrd and John Ruiz are the most boring “champions” in recent memory. Corrie Sanders has only one big upset win to his credit. The only promising fighters on the horizon are the Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir. The Ukranians just might be the second coming of Ivan Drago! “If he dies, he dies...” Nah, they’re not really that good. But you can bet that HBO will market them that way.

And on “Survivor” last night, I’m sad to say that 75-year old, NAVY SEAL Rudy Boesch was voted out. Can’t blame them for doing it since he was a huge liability during the challenges but it was still sad to see him go.

Have a great weekend!