i always have a puzzled look on my face after reading ur posts
Make sure your monitor button has a green light on it.
Why is that?
You don't understand the sackcloth and ashes interview comment?
In the old days penance was a big thing, before postmodern arrogance. In those days people went out of their way to do penance, noting their view that all of mankind was imperfect and destine to live in a state of sin, without divine intervention. So some wore sackcloth undergarments, which were shirts and pants made of something like horse or camel hair woven. As you may imagine, it was quite uncomfortable. To add to it, many horse hair wearers would smear themselves with something, to make themselves even more uncomfortable, and less visually appealing. I don't want to get into the options available, but ashes were one, nor should we address where the ashes came from. Therefore sackcloth and ashes, denotes the penitent attitude both Tommy and Carlo, but more Carlo, had during what I saw of their media encounters.
In fact I was most impressed with Carlo, A) he had a really emotional welling up during the interview; and, B) he never reached out and smacked down the uncouth interviewers, with their illconstructed questions.
Another big thing about the Class of '12 is that it will be a KILLER SPECIAL TEAMS CLASS!