April 14, 1865 — Lincoln shot in Ford’s Theater April 14, 1912 — Titanic hits an iceburg; sinks April 14, 1970 — Tank explodes aboard Apollo 13 Just sayin’……
Oh, Hi!
Haven’t blogged for a while. Just a stready stream of hits are keeping me busy these days. Too bad really. I would have liked to chimed in on Imus (who cares), Schilling’s pitching (yay, it’s back), various machinations going on in our nation’s capital (shorter version: Republicans suck)… But mostly, I would have liked to have written a timely kudos … Read More
A Post That Probably Only I And My Brother Might Find (Slightly) Interesting
The picture below is causing a bit of a stir, because it shows Karl Rove at a company called Coptix, a Chattanooga computer outfit which — speculation goes — may have something to do with "privatizing" White House emails so that they cannot be discovered through pesky things like subpoena and FOIA requests. But it is the picture on the … Read More
Opening Day Red Sox Recap
Kansas City 7 – Bosox 1. Ugh. Well, the bad news is we lost. The good news is that we’re tied for second in the AL East. Schilling blogs about his performance yesterday on his blog: Not sure where to even start. Two words sum it up best, no command. Can’t remember a game where I couldn’t make adjustments but … Read More
Opening Day!
Schilling’s pitching. My suggestion: Let’s rack up a 12 game lead in the next few months, so we’re in a good position when everyone on the roster gets injured in July.
The (Boring and Incomplete) Origin Of April Fool’s Day
Because you wanted to know: The origin of April Fool’s Day remains clouded in obscurity. Basically no one knows exactly where, when, or why the celebration began. What we do know is that references to ‘All Fool’s Day’ (what April Fool’s Day was first called) began to appear in Europe during the late Middle Ages. All Fool’s Day was a … Read More
Well, Okay. But Don’t We All?
Michael Jackson wants a 50-foot statue of himself that shoots lasers from the eyes.
Book-A-Minute
Yesterday was Movie-A-Minute; today is Book-A-Minute. Some examples: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Ebenezer Scrooge Bah, humbug. You’ll work thirty-eight hours on Christmas Day, keep the heat at five degrees, and like it. Ghost of Jacob Marley Ebenezer Scrooge, three ghosts of Christmas will come and tell you you’re mean. Three Ghosts of Christmas You’re mean. Ebenezer Scrooge At last, I have … Read More
Google Maps Tells Me To Jump In The Ocean
So, check it out. I asked directions from Google Maps — how to get from Winston-Salem, NC to London, England. I’m told to drive up the East Coast and take the Mass Turnpike into Boston. Then: 23. Take exit 24 A-B-C on the left toward I-93 N/Concord NH/S Station/I-93 S/Quuncy [0.4 mi] 24. Merge onto Atlantic Ave. [0.8 mi] 25. … Read More
The Arrow Of Time
A photograph of family members, every June 17th, since 1976. P.S.: I might add, this isn’t exactly the happiest looking family I’ve seen.
Not Buying It
It’s a great story…. [Debbie Parkhurst, 45] said she was home alone with the dogs Friday afternoon when she decided to snack on an apple. Suddenly, she said, a chunk of the fruit became wedged in her windpipe. "It was lodged pretty tight because I couldn’t breathe," she said. "I tried to do the thing where you lean over a … Read More
Cna Yuo Raed Tihs?
Max saepk, you lositn: fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres … Read More
That’ll Teach Them A Lesson!
Supermodel Vida Guerra (who I never heard of, but never mind) was upset that nude photos of her were making their way around the Internet. She insisted that they weren’t real. And to prove her point, she’s agreed to pose nude in Playboy. Smaaaaaaart.