Watercooler: 10.12

Mornin', Tribe. I left early this morning on a three-day trip. It's the opening of bow-hunting season in New York tomorrow, and I will be afield on a farm in western New York state with Thomas Aquinas Daly. Tom is a traditional archer, or "Bowyer", who hunts with bows and arrows he makes entirely by hand. I, by contrast, use of those high-tech, weird-looking (but highly efficient) compound bows.

Rosangel will be posting Crisis Center threads for your weekend pleasure; I can't tell you what a great asset she has been to TennisWorld. Thanks, Rosia! BTW, she is working on something like a Rafa Euro Spectator Slam, which means she has plans to visit every European tournament in which Nadal plays next year. Man, I hope she has plenty of frequent flyer miles built up.

I filed a post for ESPN yesterday on Elena Dementieva, who was busy serving her way (yes, you read right) through the field at the Kremlin Cup. That post should go live sometime today. Have a great weekend, everyone  - I'll be back Monday.