Briefly.
Monday: salad, Tuesday: salad, Wednesday: salad, Thursday: salad, Friday: salad, Saturday: 7 cinnamon rolls, 2 donuts, 2 pizzas, tacos, grilled cheese, 2 cheeseburgers, 7 beers, 3 bottles of wine,… Sunday: salad
Trivia #1: Michael Jordan won 6 NBA titles. How many did he win after he unretired in 1995?
Trivia #2: Of the top 5 in career Hat Tricks in the NHL (Gretzky (50), Lemieux (40), Bossy (39), Brett Hull (33), Esposito (32)), who played in the most seasons, who played in the fewest?
Trivia #3: What team was tight end Russ Francis traded to in 1982?
Trivia #4: What team drafted Tim Wakefield?
Trivia #5: Names the three Red Sox players who played more seasons with the team than Tim Wakefield.
Trivia #6: Who holds the longest streak in NFL history with 11 straight games with 2 or more passing touchdowns?
Go away: Taylor Swift (you didn’t hear me the first time)
On this day: October 6, 1893, Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat
WTF: A feud between Wyoming neighbors allegedly boiled over to the point where a father and son now face felony charges for bleaching penis shapes on cows belonging to their neighbor.
This week’s sign of the apocalypse: The historic Italian city of Florence has banned platforms such as Airbnb from its historic city center in an effort to create more housing for locals after “disappointing” efforts to regulate short-term residential leasing. The 40,000 Florentines who live in the center are complaining about finding themselves, all of a sudden, living in apartment hotels. In 2016, the city had just under 6,000 apartments listed on Airbnb. Today, there are almost 14,378.
For the fifth straight time at the Ryder Cup, the home team won by five points or more. Unfortunately for Team USA, this year’s tournament wasn’t played in the states.
And I ain’t got no worries, cuz I ain’t in no hurry, at all.
Useless information, supposed to fire my imagination: Mega-brand, Charmin has announced a new design in its toilet paper for the first time in 100 years. The Ultra Soft rolls of toilet paper will have a new perforation line. The easy-tear paper will have scalloped edges in an effort to give consumers a simpler and smoother tear. Really? Do you any of you have difficulty tearing toilet paper???
Some things are better left unsaid, which what I realize right after I have said them.
Article I’ll skip: ‘Blind Side’ author points to new reason behind Michael Oher lawsuit
The Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays had fewer than 20,000 “fans” at their first playoff game of the season on Tuesday night, the fewest at a postseason game since 1919.
Having a beer, you’re doing it wrong: Sheriff’s deputies responding to reports of a California second-grade teacher who allegedly drove to school drunk said they saw her visibly impaired while teaching students Monday morning. Wendy Munson, 57, was charged with driving with a blood alcohol content of over .08 percent, drunk driving with alcohol, and child abuse with the possibility of great bodily injury. Munson was in the middle of teaching students when confronted her.
R.I.P. Russ Francis (70) – Former New England Patriots tight end died in a plane crash Sunday in Lake Placid, New York. Francis, 70, played 13 NFL seasons, including two stints in New England from 1975-80 and 1987-88. Francis made two All-Pro teams and three Pro Bowls during his career. In 1976, Howard Cosell referred to Francis as an “All-World” tight end.
R.I.P. Tim “Wake” Wakefield (57) – One of baseball’s greatest and last true knuckleball pitchers, “Wake” spent the last 17 seasons of his 19-year MLB career with the Red Sox. He was a member of nine postseason teams, and won rings with the club in 2004 and 2007. At 42 years old, he became a first-time All-Star in 2009, just two years before his final season. At the time of his retirement, he was the oldest active Major Leaguer. (I have read countless articles about what a great, stand-up guy Wake was.) From the Red Sox Foundation website: Tim Wakefield returned to the organization in 2013 as Honorary Chairman of the Red Sox Foundation and as a Special Assignment Instructor in the club’s baseball operations. His continuous efforts and commitment to the Red Sox Foundation have enhanced the success of the programs he is involved in.
R.I.P. Dick Butkus (80) – legendary Chicago Bears middlelinebacker and Chicago native. Voted to the Pro Bowl in his first 8 seasons and All-Pro in 7 of his 9 seasons. He was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year twice and elected into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility (79). NFL All Decade Team of the 60’s and 70’s, also named to the NFL’s 100th and 75th Anniversary Teams. His foundation supports the Butkus Award, The Dick Butkus Center for Cardiovascular Wellness and the “I Play Clean Campaign” helping high school students train and eat well without illegal steroids or performance-enhancing drugs.
Tastes great, less filling!
Good news: Talks have already begun about changing the name of Jersey St (next to Fenway Park) to Wakefield Way.
Trivia #1 answer: Michael Jordan won 6 NBA titles. How many did he win after he unretired in 1995? – 3
Trivia #2 answer: Of the top 5 in career Hat Tricks in the NHL (Gretzky (50), Lemieux (40), Bossy (39), Brett Hull (33), Esposito (32)), who played in the most seasons, who played in the fewest? – Gretzky, most (20), Bossy, fewest (10)
Trivia #3 answer: What team was tight end Russ Francis traded to in 1982? – San Francisco 49ers
Trivia #4 answer: What team drafted Tim Wakefield? – The Pittsburgh Pirates
Trivia #5 answer: Names the three Red Sox players who played more seasons with the team than Tim Wakefield. – Carl Yastrzemski, Dwight Evans, Ted Williams
Trivia #6 answer: Who holds the longest streak in NFL history with 11 straight games with 2 or more passing touchdowns? – Josh Allen (current with 11)
I ate a pot brownie last night and cooked a pizza at 15 degrees for 400 minutes.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy National Noodle Day!
“And there’s a girl in this harbor town
And she works layin’ whiskey down
They say “Brandy, fetch another round”
She serves them whiskey and wine”
– Looking Glass
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