It's the last day before Christmas vacation and those who didn't leave Belron class to go hang out elsewhere are sitting here talking about life and eating Boston cream cake. I traded a dozen candy canes for it. I'm not sure I got a good deal in that trade. I was just reading an article by David Jones in the Patriot Sports Page. In it he talks about Joe Paterno and his recent three year contract extension. It's weird because I came to this conclusion a few months ago while watching Glen Beck. The discussion was about retirement, and the subject basically was this. Why do we feel we need to retire earlier and earlier? We live longer, so why retire earlier? If we like what we do, why stop doing it? David Jones loves his job. He gets to write about sports, he gets to rub elbows with famous sport's figures, and he gets to do it from home. As he says, why would he stop doing it. I understand if you physically couldn't perform your job any more, you'd retire, but that isn't the case with many people. If you examine history, you will find stories galore of people over the age of 50, 60 and even 70 who have achieved amazing things. So Joe, go for it. If you can coach until you are 85, great.