Briefly.
Flight attendant: “Y’all want something to eat?” Me: “What are my choices?” Flight attendant: “Yes or no”
Trivia #1: What Red Sox had a (Red Sox) career R ≥ 700, RBI ≥ 700, BA ≥.290, OPS ≥ .800 besides Ted Williams, David Ortiz, Jim Rice, Manny Ramirez & Jimmie Foxx?
Trivia #2: The last time a European won golf’s US Open was in what year? – 1965, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982
I feel bad for parents nowadays. They have to explain the birds and the bees, the bees and the birds, the birds and the birds, the birds that used to be bees, the bees that used to be birds, plus the bees that look like birds but still got a stinger.
Go away: Jay Monahan
Speaking of Jay Monahan, there are just no words. The PGA/LIV merger is so difficult to understand. What a gutless, puke Monahan is. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden is seeking information from the PGA Tour’s leadership from details about the framework of the deal to an assessment of the merger’s implications for national security. Wyden wrote that the merger “raises significant questions about whether organizations that tie themselves to an authoritarian regime that has continually undermined the rule of law should continue to enjoy tax-exempt status” in the U.S.
Go away, part deux: Conor McGregor
Speaking of Conor McGregor, that punk, after punching the Miami Heat’s mascot during Game 4 of the NBA Finals (OK, publicity stunt, I get it), but he then allegedly raped a woman in a rest room after that same game.
This week’s sign of the apocalypse: Authorities in Texas made a strange discovery when they were called to a residence in Harris County after a “body” was discovered on the premises. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office responded as a “deceased female was discovered.” However, “upon closer inspection” the officials determined it was a sex doll.
On this day: June 16, 1902, The Wizard of OZ premiered in Chicago, Illinois.
June 16, 1972. RCA releases David Bowie’s “The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust”, considered his artistic breakthrough.
June 16, 1977, Oracle Corporation is launched in Redwood Shores, CA. by Larry Ellison and two others. Just recently, Ellison moved into third place in terms of the world’s richest person, thanks largely to the exponential growth of AI applications.
Useless information supposed to fire my imagination: Larry Ellison is the third richest man in the world.
To each their own. Duane Owen, convicted in the 1984 killing of a babysitter, a woman in a separate murder and rapes, was executed Thursday in Florida via lethal injection. Owen’s last meal consisted of a bacon cheeseburger with no bun, onion rings, strawberries, a vanilla milkshake, cherry ice cream and coffee. No bun? Really?
Article I’ll skip: Pat Sajak’s rumored successor was prepped for success by broadcasting legend
Nikola Jokic, what a stud! The first player in NBA history to lead the playoffs in points, rebounds and assists, and he even won the title!
They said it: “Life is so much easier when you’re dead.” – Alfie Solomons (Peaky Blinders)
Good news: I read something earlier this week and it should be written here… but I forgot what it was. Trust me, there is/was some good out there!
Ronald Acuna Jr., Atlanta Braves. Not only is he having a great season, .331 BA with 15 dingers, 45 RBI and 29 stolen bases, but did you see him the other night go from 1st to 3rd… on a walk! Now that’s hustle!
“Nippy.” That’s a funny word… when you think about it.
Trivia #1 answer: What Red Sox had was a (Red Sox) career R ≥ 700, RBI ≥ 700, BA ≥.290, OPS ≥ .800 besides Ted Williams, David Ortiz, Jim Rice, Manny Ramirez & Jimmie Foxx? – Dustin Pedroia
Trivia #2 answer: The last time a European won golf’s US Open was in what year? – 1965, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982 – 1970 (Tony Jacklin)
Turns out an at-home DNA test is not a good baby shower gift.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy World Sea Turtle Day! Happy Father’s Day also to you Dads out there.
“Now Ziggy played guitar
Jamming good with Weird and Gilly
And The Spiders from Mars
He played it left hand
But made it too far
Became a special man
Then we were Ziggy’s Band”
– David Bowie
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