Briefly. I gotta go climb a mountain with my wife.
I’m getting to the age where it’s rude to pull out a bottle of ibuprofen if I don’t have enough for everyone.
Trivia #1: What is the average weight of a hummingbird? – .04-.06 oz, 0.9-.11 oz, .14-.16 oz, .17-.19 oz, .2-.22 oz, 11-13 lbs
Trivia #2: What was the first trophy given to the British Open champion? – A championship belt, a claret jug, a silver sword, a plaque, a trophy, a life-long membership to St. Andrews Golf Club
Trivia #3: Who is the player with the most runner-up finishes at the British Open? – Harry Vardon, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Tom Morris, Greg Norman, Dane Hubbard
On this date: June 18, 64, Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero
June 18, 1768, Boston Gazette publishes “Liberty Song,” America’s first patriotic song
June 18, 1896, George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket (Wait… what?)
June 18, 1913, MLB New York Giants pitcher Christy Matthewson gives up a walk for the first time in 69 innings
June 18, 1938, Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan arrives in Ireland after a 28-hour flight, supposedly leaving New York flying for California
June 18, 1953, Elvis Presley pays $3.98 to make his first demo at Sun Studio in Memphis, recording “My Happiness” and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin” and reportedly gives the record to his mother as a belated birthday present.
June 18, 1966, Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old (Hey, I read it on the internet)
June 18, 1976, Nadia Comaneci (14) becomes the first gymnast in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 score (doing so 7 times) at Montreal Games
June 18, 1980, Billy Joel’s “Glass Houses” album tops US charts, featuring “It’s Still Rock ‘n’ Roll to Me”
June 18, 2008, Billy Joel performs last of two concerts dubbed “The Last Play at Shea”; the final concert event before demolition of the 1964 baseball stadium in Flushing Meadows, Queens, NYC; featured guests include Roger Daltrey, Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, and Paul McCartney
June 18, 2013, Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy, becoming the largest US municipal bankruptcy ever at $18.5 billion
Go away: Stephen Colbert. Well, at least he’s been told to go away.
I watched some of the homerun derby the other night. It is just not the same without Chris Berman.
Article I’ll skip: Former Epstein attorney reveals what he knows about sealed ‘client’ names
This week’s sign of the apocalypse: A surging wildfire ripping through eastern Utah wilderness over the weekend triggered a rare “firenado”, unleashing a terrifying mix of wind and flames that left one home and several other outbuildings severely damaged.
We should start referring to ‘age’ as ‘levels’. So when you are ‘level 80’ it sounds more badass than just begin an old person.
Just when I went on trashing on my Red Sox, they’ve won 10 games in a row. Pennant Fever, baby!
Flying, you’re doing it wrong. Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian skydiver best known for his record-setting dive from space, died in a paragliding accident in Italy Thursday. He was 56. Baumgartner was reportedly flying a motorized paraglider in the coastal town of Porto Sant’Elpidio in the Marche region of Italy, where he was said to have crashed into a hotel pool.
Useless information supposed to fire my imagination: Charles Schwab said that Americans now view $2.3 million as the benchmark for counting as wealthy, pointing to what they see as a worsening economy. That marked a $200,000 decrease from 2024.
Good news: The Open Championship is live, now!
Sad news: A decorated former police officer and ex-Baltimore Orioles minor league player tragically died while rescuing swimmers from a rip current off the coast of South Carolina. Chase Childers, 38, is being called a hero after he drowned while trying to help several swimmers in distress near Pawleys Island in South Carolina on July 13. The former police officer was not the only one to go help the swimmers, but unlike the others, Childers did not return to shore. During his time as an officer in Cobb County, GA., Childers received a lifetime achievement award.
Trivia #1 answer: What is the average weight of a hummingbird? – .04-.06 oz, 0.9-.11 oz, .14-.16 oz, .17-.19 oz, .2-.22 oz, 11-13 lbs – The average weight of a hummingbird is .14.-.16 oz.
Trivia #2 answer: What was the first trophy given to the British Open champion? – A championship belt, A claret jug, A silver sword, A plaque, A trophy, A life-long membership to St. Andrews Golf Club – A championship belt
Trivia #3 answer: Who is the player with the most runner-up finishes at the British Open? – Harry Vardon, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Sam Snead, Tom Morris, Greg Norman, Dane Hubbard – Jack Nicklaus
Just another tricky, just another tricky day for you… you’ll get through.
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy National Tropical Fruit Day!
I wasn’t making any progress with my Bucket List so I just changed the “B” to an “F” and I feel a whole lot better about it.
“We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No, we didn’t light it
But we tried to fight it”
– Billy Joel (We Didn’t Start the Fire)
After a weekend wedding in VT, I’m tucked into the White Mountains of NH and this is where my head is really at…
Ed's Head On Friday 