.... It's hot and dry in the dog days of summer in New Jersey. Our dog looked outside and said, "I have nothing to do with this" and went back to licking himself. ... There's a new opera "Star Trek" in which the crew of the enterprise sing their story of expeditions to where no man has gone before. In a particular poignant moment,  Spock sings the moving "Nobody Knows the Tribbles I've Seen." Bones performs the comic "Damnit, Jim, I'm a doctor not a lyric baritone" while in preparation for a massive battle, Worf, from the Star Trek, the Next Generation, leads members from his planet in "Rip 'em up, tear 'em up, give 'em hell, Klingons. ... After being criticized for its slow response to the issue of player concussions, the National Football League pointed to its suspension of time Brady for four games for inflating footballs last year as demonstrating its ability to immediately respond to critical issues.