Briefly.
Some people think they are champagne in a glass, when in actual fact they are luke warm piss in a plastic cup.
Trivia #1: Who was Gutzon Borglum?
Trivia #2: Cheez-Its were invented in what year? – 1918, 1921, 1925, 1930, 1932, 1941
Trivia #3: I was talking about this on Monday so this is a layup for several of you. What is a Sports Equinox?
Trivia #4: Sandy Koufax is one of just two pitchers in MLB history to win multiple World Series championships, two Cy Young Awards, throw multiple no-hitters and be elected to multiple All-Star games. Who is the other?
On this date: October 31, 1541, Michelangelo finishes painting “The Last Judgment” on the altar wall of the Sistine Chape in Vatican City
October 31, 1799, Francisco Goya is appointed first court painter at the Spanish court in Madrid, the highest honor for a Spanish painter
October 31, 1868, Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers
October 31, 1918, The Spanish flu kills 21,000 people in the US in a single week
October 31, 1923, 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees F begin at Marble Bar, Australia
October 31, 1941, Mount Rushmore Monument is completed in South Dakota, designed by Gutzon Borglum
October 31, 1970, Jim Morrison is sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine for indecent exposure and open profanity, though remains free on a $50,000 bond pending appeal
October 31, 1981, “The War of the Worlds,” the first live American radio drama in 25 years, is broadcast on NBC on Halloween
October 31, 1988, First Monday Night NFL game played in Indianapolis; Colts beat Denver Broncos, 55-23
October 31, 1992, Roman Catholic church apologizes for its treatment of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei after 359 years, acknowledging he had been right about the Earth revolving around the Sun
October 31, 2017, A judge on Maui, Hawaii, orders a man to write 144 compliments to his ex-girlfriend after violating a protection order by sending her 144 malicious text messages and calls – Really!
October 31, 2022, Taylor Swift becomes the first artist in history to claim all top 10 slots on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with 10 tracks from her album “Midnights” – Swifty!
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Opportunity, and I don’t knock twice!
Great World Series so far. Records galore are being broken. And not for nothing, but Dodgers Stadium is gorgeous.
In the 8th inning Tuesday night, the camera panned over Dodger Stadium and showed 6, I assume “celebrities.” I recognized two of them. I’m getting older I guess…
Go away: Jason Kelce
Article I’ll skip: Jasn Kelce criticizes NFL fines for players who speak out on officiating decisions. (Who listens to this buffoon?)
Good news: The U.S. has only “scratched the surface” of its oil potential, with new technologies and untapped resources emerging that could help cement America’s energy dominance for years to come.
Not good news: The death toll in the wake of Hurricane Melissa continues to rise after the catastrophic and historic hurricane tore paths of destruction across the Caribbean, making destructive landfalls in both Jamaica and Cuba over the past few days. Communications remain unreliable across many areas after the storm damaged critical infrastructure, but reports of fatalities are starting to climb.
DYK, other than the one-point game between the Jets and Bengals (39-38) last week, all 12 other NFL games were decided by 10 or more points!
Useless information supposed to fire my imagination: See the answer to trivia question #2.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Broccoli.
Broccoli who?
Broccoli doesn’t have a last name, you big silly!
Chris Berman is still The Man!
This week’s sign of the apocalypse: A massive online leak has exposed more than 183 million stolen email passwords gathered from years of malware infections, phishing campaigns and older data breaches. Cybersecurity experts say it is one of the largest compilations of stolen credentials ever discovered.
I just bought a sweet car online. It was previously owned by Neil Diamond.
Trivia #1 answer: Who was Gutzon Borglum? – See “On this date” above.
Trivia #2 answer: Cheez-Its were invented in what year? – 1918, 1921, 1925, 1930, 1932, 1941 – Initially marketed as “baked rarebit”, the Green & Green Company filed for the Cheez-It logo with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 23, 1921.
Trivia #3 answer: I was talking about this on Monday so this is a layup for several of you. What is a Sports Equinox? – It is a day when all four major sports leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL) all hold games on the same day. There have only been 32 such days in history with the first occurring in 1971. This past Monday was one such day.
Trivia #4: Sandy Koufax is one of just two pitchers in MLB history to win multiple World Series championships, two Cy Young Awards, throw multiple no-hitters and be elected to multiple All-Star games. Who is the other? – The Giants’ Tim Lincecum
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Will you remember me in a minute?
Yes.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
You forgot me already!?
Happy National Knock Knock Joke Day! (See what I did there?)
And a big “Happy Birthday” to my mother!
Not everyone gets a chance to grow old, so appreciate every single day of your life.
Come on downtown this afternoon. It would be my privilege to serve you a beverage.
“Where it began
I can’t begin to knowin’
But then I know it’s growin’ strong
Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who’d have believed you’d come along”
Neil Diamond (Sweet Caroline)
Bonus!
Ed's Head On Friday 