Coyne's Clippings

Celtics open their season tonite, and Bob Ryan is all over it with an article on P-Squared (Paul Pierce). Its an interesting article in that the athlete has a negative attitude and the columnist tells him to be more positive. A 360 from the typical Boston sports columnist relationship.

In more important news, our thoughts turn to the midwest and settle upon our new hotspot of interest. No its not Ohio, Fort Leonard Wood military base somewhere outside of St. Louis, Missouri. Home to our boy Chuckie! Come home safe!

Complete with a map and good editorial from their local newspaper.

And this description is from the .pdf of a phone directory I found online...



Fort Leonard Wood, in the beautiful south central Missouri Ozarks, covers more than 61,000 acres. The fort is located in Pulaski County, which has a population of nearly 38,320. Bordering the installation to the north are the towns of Waynesville
and St. Robert, with an estimated combined population of 4,937. The post is two miles south of Interstate 44. St. Louis is a 2-hour drive to the east along I-44 and Springfield, MO, is a little more than an hour’s drive to the west.