Briefly.
I accidently drank a bottle of invisible ink last night. Now I’m at the hospital… waiting to be seen.
Trivia #1: What was the first college football team to use numerals on their uniforms (1908)? – University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Harvard, Yale, University of Chicago
Trivia #2: Who became the first former major league player to commit full-time to Banan Ball? – Jackie Bradley Jr., Johnny Damon, Kevn Pillar, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Matt Carpenter, Daniel Bard
So, you knew last Friday was Black Friday. Did you know it was also Brown Friday? The busiest day for plumbers in terms of emergency calls. Last year, emergency calls to plumbers were up 27%. We won’t get into the reasons…
On this date: December 5, 63 BC, Roman consul Cicero delivers the last of his famous Catiline Orations before the Senate on the fate of the Cataline conspirators
December 5, 1349, 500 Jews of the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg are massacred during Black Death riots, part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
December 5, 1792, George Washington re-elected as US President
December 5, 1848, US President James K. Polk triggers the Gold Rush of 1849 by confirming a gold discovery in California
December 5, 1933, Prohibition ends in the US at 5:32 PM EST when the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment
December 5, 1971, Ian Drury performs his first gig with Kilburn and the High Roads at Croydon School of Art
December 5, 1974, Final episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus airs on BBC TV
December 5, 2008, Former NFL star OJ Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery
December 5, 2024, Mathematicians solve a 122-year-old puzzle known as “Dudeney’s dissection” on how to dissect an equilateral triangle into a square using the smallest number of pieces
Who doesn’t root for Peyton Pritchard?
Stop complaining… Unless you have tickets to an NFL game at the end of this season. 5 of the 32 games in week #17 have not yet been scheduled for either the specific day or time, and zero of the games for week #18 have been scheduled. Pack your bags? Not yet!
Don’t be that guy. Clear the snow off your vehicle. Not half-assed, clear it off!
Article I’ll skip: Could Schwarber go to another NL East team?
A mysterious vomiting disorder tied to long-term marijuana use is now formally recognized by global health officials, a move experts say could help save lives as cases surge nationwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally added cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) to its diagnostic manual, giving the mysterious disorder a dedicated code for the first time. CHS is a dangerous and sometimes deadly syndrome that affects chronic cannabis users, causing severe nausea, repeated vomiting, abdominal pain, dehydration, weight loss and, in rare cases, heart rhythm problems, seizures, kidney failure and death.
Lesser-known Knights of the Round Table. The undercover knight: Sir Veillance
Good news: None. It’s f’n cold out!
The Patriots have recorded 10 straight games with 23 or more points scored and 23 or fewer points allowed, the longest such streak in NFL history. The previous two teams to achieve such a streak for eight or more games went on to win the Super Bowl (1984 San Francisco 49ers) or an AFL/NFL Championship (1961 Houston Oilers). Just sayin’.
A contest was held to choose the best neckwear. It was a tie.
Trivia #1 answer: What was the first college football team to use numerals on their uniforms (1908)? – University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Harvard, Yale, University of Chicago – The University of Pittsburgh
Trivia #2 answer: Who became the first former major league baseball player to commit full-time to Banana Ball? – Jackie Bradley Jr., Johnny Damon, Kevn Pillar, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Matt Carpenter, Daniel Bard – Jackie Bradley Jr. (The evolution of Banana Ball has been rapid since 2022 and is only growing, with the Banana Ball Championship League set to play in front of 3.2 million fans next year)
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy National Bartender Day! (No, I am not serving today, but next Friday.)
Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience, worst days give you lessons and the best days give you memories.
There is a ghost in your home and it loves you. It gazes longingly from the doorway, yearning to know what you’re thinking. When walk through it, the ghost tastes your freshest thoughts. This is why you don’t remember why you walked into the kitchen.
Are you living or are you just alive?
“In the deserts of Sudan
And the gardens of Japan
From Milan to Yucatán
Every woman, every man
Hit me with your rhythm stick
Hit me! Hit me!”
Ian Dury (Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick)
Bonus!
Jimmy Cliff died several days ago. For him…
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