Travel and Thread Advisory

Howdy, Tribe. I know you're getting all pumped for the upcoming broadcasts from Down Under, but before I leave you to talk amongst yourselves, here are a few things. My latest post is up at ESPN (or it should be, soon). In it, I touch on a subject that we'll delve into a little more deeply after I get back from Down Under - court surface speed.

I'll be traveling to Melbourne on Saturday, Jan. 20th, arriving Monday, to cover the second week of the Australian Open. Meanwhile, you can use this thread for match-calling, player-bashing, Lucy-and-Annabelle loving, venting, Federer-or-Nadal worshiping, or alleviating boredom. I'll be working on a post about the Aussie seedings and may have it up tonight, or first thing in the morning.

Special thanks to Steggy for negotiating the labyrinth of the Typepad cache to retrieve most of the lost portion of my previous post on Gloria Connors. Over.