Tuesday was another milestone for Adele.  She won 2 Brit Awards, equal to our Grammys across the pond.  To add to her 6 Grammys won last week, in Britain she was recognized for best album and being the best female solo perfomer. Hope she has a big trophy case.  Adele also broke Whitney Houston's record of 20 consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard album chart with the ironically named album 21.  It sold over 730,000 LPs since her Grammy wins last week.  And her debut album 19 showed up at number 4 on the chart. To top it all off, Adele flipped her middle finger on british TV Tues. when her acceptance speech was cut short by the host. She later apologized. And the TV network ITV apologized to her for cutting her off!  Hey, she's on top of the world. She can be forgiven for a little slip up. She's only 23..wouldn't you like to be in her heels today?  

You've got to hand it to Soccer Sam, his partners Luis and Dominic and GM Rich over at the Lancers soccer office. They know how to promote a new product.  Future NBA Hall of Famer Allen Iverson is having financial problems and is trying to find a basketball team to hook onto and come out of retirement.  So, sensing a golden chance to grab some free publicity, the Lancers have offered A.I. a contract to pay him $20,000 per game for the final 2 home games during the playoff push, plus $5000 per goal scored.  Now, we're not sure if A.I. even knows what soccer is or has any idea where Rochester is on the map. But the Lancers are now on the national sports map as the offer was mentioned on ESPN's Sportscenter Monday, along with their flagship talk show Pardon The Interruption. Genius!  And worth every penny even if Iverson somehow takes the team up on the offer, which is highly doubtful. Kudos to the soccer boys and best of luck on the final kick to the playoffs.

Such a tragic wknd. in the city for the Rochester Fire Dept. and 4 young children who died early Sat. morning @ 82 Grape St., off Broad near Sahlens soccer stadium.  Imagine the guilt those poor firefighters are feeling who were trying to save the kids, only to be fought back by the raging flames and ordered out of the house by the commanding officers.  I can't even fathom what terror was going on inside that small house,  nor what thoughts were going through the minds of the helpless firefighters who could hear the screams.  Now, after knowing that 4 kids ages 5-13 died, the RFD is left to not only investigate the cause of the blaze, but also deal with grieving firefighters who have feelings running from hopelessness to guilt.  All I know is, they saved others in the burning house and tried everything they could to help the kids. I pray for not only the victims, but those who are left to deal with the aftermath. God bless the RFD and RPD members who were on scene, the EMS ambulance folks who were assisting and God bless our troops.