Ah, and so begins a new pre-season with a "A New Beginning" junk drawer. It all seems so poetical (ha!): A new season, new faces, Martell Webster seems to be doing well on a suddenly (potentially) much better T-Wolves team, and on a personal note, I'm eating a little crow, going back to former employers I thought I'd left long behind, and asking for work again. Ah, the spring of autumn.

Speaking of new beginnings, did you know the Death card in the Tarot signifies new life (generally)? It's the idea of letting go, whereas The Devil card (often) means clinging to things unnecessarily. Perhaps the most shaking card is that of the Blasted Tower, which carries the strong implication that foundations were not built on solid ground. Oh, let us hope, BlazerManiacs, that our feet are on solid bedrock and if not, that we realize the sand for what it is before it's too late. Then again, the old must drop away for the new. I don't know where I'm going with this … Here's the Junk: