Briefly.
It’s so hot outside the crackheads are putting the copper back in the A.C. units.
Trivia #1: Why is WD-40 called WD-40?
Trivia #2: I was watching the D1 Lacrosse championship game a couple of weeks ago. Unbeknownst to me, it was played back in May! Who won? – Notre Dame, Duke, North Carolina, Virginia, UMass, Northern Essex
Trivia #3: Who was Shuhada` Sadaqat?
Trivia #4: How many times was Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver ejected from a game? – 54, 77, 89, 91, 98, 110
If you don’t understand what a loan is, perhaps college isn’t for you after all.
Are you feeling it yet? Football is just around the corner!
Oh, what a day/night? Shohei Ohtani (yes, in this column again) pitched a complete game, one-hit shutout in game one of a doubleheader against the Tigers, and followed that with 2 homeruns in game 2! Unfortunately, he left after the second homerun from “cramping.”
On this day: July 28, 1588 – English set alight eight fireships with pitch, brimstone, gunpowder and tar, and cast them downwind towards the closely anchored vessels of the Spanish Armada, scattering the armada
July 28, 2016 – Earliest evidence of cancer found in 1.7 million-year-old toe fossil from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa, published in “South African Journal of Science”
Don’t even start! The CDC warns life-threatening food allergy is impacting thousands.
Headline of the week: Sheriff warns hikers of naked sexual predator targeting women along trails
You know I don’t get into politics here, but poor Mitch McConnell.
Our Boston Red Sox are 14-5 in the month of July and are being mentioned in Wild Card conversations. Whoddu thunk?
Roughly one million earths could fit inside the sun. Chew on that for a second.
Time heals all, apparently. Paris Hilton is now a spokesperson for Taco Bell. Wow, remember that video?
#99 – Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider wears #99 because that was the number worn by “Major League” legend, Rick Vaughn. The other night, Strider fielded a groundball and tagged the runner out himself. The batter was the Red Sox’ Alex Verdugo, who wears #99! (I know, whoooooa!)
This week’s sign of the apocalypse: Though it is only July 28, scientists have already calculated that this month will “likely be the warmest human civilization has ever seen.”
Stop complaining. Ya, you!
WTF! Wind capsized a Philippine ferry when passengers crowded to one side of the wooden vessel i panic of the fierce winds. 26 people died and 40 others rescued. The ferry was supposed to carry a maximum 42 passengers and crew members.
Article I’ll skip: Top 5 moments from Hunter Biden hearing
R.I.P. Randy Meisner (77) – Founding member of The Eagles. Once referred to as “the sweetest man in the music business.” He left the band after 6 years sighting exhaustion from touring.
Trivia #1 answer: Why is WD-40 called WD-40? – It stands for Water Displacement, 40th formula (attempt)
Trivia #2 answer: I was watching the D1 Lacrosse championship game a couple of weeks ago. Unbeknownst to me, it was played back in May! Who won? – Notre Dame, Duke, North Carolina, Virginia, UMass, Northern Essex – Notre Dame
Trivia #3 answer: Who was Shuhada` Sadaqat? – Irish singer, songwriter and musician Sinead O’Connor, who passed away the other day at 56.
Trivia #4 answer: How many times was Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver ejected from a game? – 54, 77, 89, 91, 98, 110 – 91 (He was once ejected from both games of a doubleheader!)
Interviewer: “Your salary won’t be very good starting out. Is that OK?
Interviewee: “My performance won’t be very good until it is. Is that OK?”
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy National Milk Chocolate Day!
I don’t know whether to take it easy or take it to the limit.
“And when your looking for you freedom
(Nobody seems to care)
And you can’t find the door
(Can’t find it anywhere)
When there’s nothing to believe in
Still you’re coming back, you running back
You’re coming back for more”
– Eagles
-A little bonus from Jerry Lee Lewis, who debuted on the Steve Allen Show on this day in 1957
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