Briefly.
I tripped over a box of Kleenex the other night. I thought I was really hurt but it turns out that it was just tissue damage.
Trivia #1: Derrick Henry became the fourth player in NFL history to have 1,000-plus rushing yards and 10-plus rushing touchdowns in at least seven seasons. Pick the other three. – LaDainian Tomlinson, Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith, Adrian Peterson, Tony Dorsett, Eric Dickerson, Edgerrin James
Trivia #2: The soft drink Dr. Pepper has how many flavors? – 1, 4, 9, 12, 18, 23, 30
Keep your expectations low and they’re easier to meet.
On this date: December 12, 627, Battle of Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius defeats Sassanid forces during the Byzantine-Sassanid War
December 12, 1858, 1st Canadian coins circulated (1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent & 20 cent)
December 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi receives the first wireless signal, the Morse code letter “S,” from England at a receiver on Signal Hill in Newfoundland
December 12, 1930, Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book; a ball bouncing into the stands is now a ground-rule double, not a home run
December 12, 1968, Rolling Stones film TV show “Rock and Roll Circus”- guest performers include The Who, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono; the program never airs
December 12, 1980, Apple makes its initial public offering on the US stock market; 38 years later, it becomes the first US company valued at over $1 trillion, first over $2 trillion two years after that, and first over $3 trillion three years after that
December 12, 1997, Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract. (How’d that work out?!)
December 12, 2024, Six-time Super Bowl winning coach Bill Belichick is introduced as next head coach at the University of North Carolina. (How’s that working out?)
Last season, Detroit’s James Wood led the National League by striking out 221 times and Washington’s Riley Greene led the AL with 201. During the entire decade of the 1990’s, San Diego’s Tony Gwynn struck out 188 times.
Stop complaining… Super Bowl champion running back Kevin Faulk suffered a tragic death in his family for the second time. The former New England Patriots and LSU star’s 30-year-old daughter, Tanasha Faulk, has died. She is the second daughter of the former football player who has died. Kevione Faulk died in 2021 at the age of 19. Sad.
Go away (again!): The NBA Cup (A useless ploy to attempt to get more viewers)
Don’t be that guy. Don’t order red wine in an Irish pub.
Useless information supposed to fire my imagination: The Seattle Seahawks’ kick returner Rashid Shaheed covered 121.81 yards of total distance on his 100-yard kickoff-return touchdown on Sunday, hitting a max speed of 20.80 mph.
Article I’ll skip: Food and drinks that you should skip when you’re sick, according to doctors.
Lesser-known Knights of the Round Table. The knight no one believed – Sir Real
Playing pickleball, you’re doing it wrong. CCTV footage (in Malaysia) shows a 32-year-old player leaping over a safety rail at a Kuala Lumpur pickleball facility to retrieve a ball. The video then shows him jumping onto mesh netting that covered an open gap, but it tore under his weight and he plunged three stories to his death.
Your Boston Bruins have won 6 of 7 and are tied for the top spot in the Atlantic Division, while your Boston Celtics have won 5 of 6 and are tied for 3rd in the Eastern Conference. And let’s not even mention the storming Patriots who have a humungous game on Sunday against the Bills.
Good news: Legislation was introduced last week to require airlines to provide passengers with cash compensation and free rebooking for hours long flight delays. Under the bill, dubbed the Flight Delay and Cancellation Compensation Act, airlines would need to pay passengers $300 if their flight is delayed by more than three hours and $600 if their flight is delayed by at least six hours.
Incorrectly is the only word, when spelled correctly, is still spelled incorrectly.
Trivia #1 answer: Derrick Henry became the fourth player in NFL history to have 1,000-plus rushing yards and 10-plus rushing touchdowns in at least seven seasons. Pick the other three. – LaDainian Tomlinson, Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith, Adrian Peterson, Tony Dorsett, Eric Dickerson, Edgerrin James – LaDainian Tomlinson (8), Emmitt Smith (7) and Adrian Peterson (7)
Trivia #2: The soft drink Dr. Pepper has how many flavors? – 1, 4, 9, 12, 18, 23, 30 – There are 23 flavors
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy National Ding-a-Ling Day!
Come on down this afternoon and let me pour a drink or open a beer for you. It would be my pleasure. If you can’t make it, tomorrow morning I’ll be ringing the bell next to the Salvation Army bucket in front of Market Basket in Riverside Plaza. Come on by and say “hello” and make a donation… you cheap prick.
Life’s too short to be miserable.
“I get off on ’57 Chevys
I get off on screaming guitar
Like the way it gets me every time it hits me
I’ve got a rock and roll, I’ve got a rock and roll heart”
Eric Clapton (I’ve Got a Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart)
Bonus! Come on now, get in the spirit!
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