Surviving winter in New England a person is confronted with a host of problems associated with snowfall, deadly icicles and houses that explode due to faulty gas connections. (Every other week it seems a house is exploding in flames around here.)

After Monday's foot of snow, a few days afterward I witnessed an elderly woman in Medford, Massachusetts, use a kitchen broom to meticulously sweep the snow from the end of her driveway to the street at five o'clock in the morning. Dealing with a host of OCD issues, this somnambulist snow street sweeper made me seriously question why I live in New England. It's not enough that jackasses in New England have to start wearing wool hats on 60 degree days in September to provoke my ire, but when did shoveling the driveway become a way to practice curling? 

Sheridan is not surprised that ARod tore his labia and is suffering from an ovarian cyst.

When Manny Ramirez first joined the Boston Red Sox, there were more than a few stories in the Boston papers describing how Manny was indifferent to the huge sum of money he was earning in Boston. After Manny and Scott Boras's drive for cash, do you still believe Manny is a Trotskyite?

Manny is selling his Boston condo at the Ritz-Carlton for over eight million large. The value of the condo is inflated because the next owner can state, "Manny lived here." Do you think Barack Obama tells visitors to the White House that George Bush used to sit right here?

T.O. and Pacman getting released from the Dallas Cowboys finally proves that Jerry Jones has finally found his brain, which was firmly stuck where the sun doesn't shine. I'm surprised Jones hasn't blamed the T.O. signing on Bill Parcells, but everyone knows Parcells never wanted T.O. on his football team.

When the the Boston Celtics crushed Kobe's Lakers in Game Six of the 2008 NBA Finals, Boston comedian Lenny Clarke shared this pearl of wisdom with Michael Felger, "I guess this proves God doesn't like rapists."

ARod, Manny and T.O. are not rapists, but you get point. If you noticed, Pacman is not absolved from the above statement.

Jimmy Fallon's late night talk show needs a lot of work. He's had how long to prepare?

Across America tonight, comic book stores and Dungeon & Dragons websites are going to be deserted with the release of "The Watchmen."

The Gaslight Anthem's "The '59 Sound" reminds me in a lot of ways of The Replacements, which is alright with me. Hailing from New Brunswick, N.J., this proves that New Jersey really must be God's Country.

You Make The Call: Neither one of these fair-haired men is the Octomom's child, but which tattooed bad boy is Chris "The Bird Man" Anderson from the Denver Nuggets or The Real World's Puck?  

Birdman or Puck?

Are Ray J and Bret Michaels related and where do they find the demure women to go on their shows? How can you watch Bret Michaels swap spit with a herpes Hazmat site and want to tongue him down as well?

Speaking of sloppy seconds, the prodigal hockey player, Sean Avery, returned to the New York Rangers Thursday night and the Broadway Blueshirts got a W. Todd Bertuzzi nearly killed a guy on the ice and Avery is treated like a leper in today's NHL for his "sloppy seconds" comment. When did we all lose our sense of humor?

Chris Paul is the best point guard in the NBA. The man has more moves than Rush Limbaugh has pills in his medicine cabinet.

The World Baseball Classic is an absolute joke. When you get a moment, take a look at the roster for the United States. The United States is supposedly putting forth a team of elite baseball players, and its roster includes such notables as: 

P John Grabow Pittsburgh Pirates

P Ted Lilly Chicago Cubs (Okay, Ted Lilly did go 17-9 last year for the Cubbies, but he wouldn't make Team Sheridan's five-man rotation for the World Baseball Classic.)

P LaTroy Hawkins Houston Astros

I watched Taipei China take on South Korea this morning at 4:30. The fans at the Tokyo Dome must have been psyched to see the players' uniforms, with the team name and player name written in English, which truly symbolizes the global spirit of this competition.

If your kid plays Little League baseball or is on a travel team, Six Good Innings by Mark Kreidler is a must read. Kreidler documents the phenomenon that is Little League baseball in Toms River, NJ. After reading this, I asked myself when did the U.S. start to resemble a Soviet-era sports camp?

Charles Barkley doesn't need alcohol to have a good time. All he needs is The Jet and Ernie.

The Obama administration, via federal mandate, should force the Octomom and her brood of children to move in with Bernie Madoff.