Briefly.
I saw a guy going up a hill pushing a cart full of four-leaf clovers, horseshoes and rabbits’ feet and thought to myself; “Wow, that guy’s really pushing his luck.”
Trivia #1: On January 9, 1977, the Oakland Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings 32-14 in Super Bowl XI. Who was the MVP? – Kenny Stabler, Cliff Branch, Fred Biletnikoff, Dave Casper, Mark van Eeghen, Phil Villipiano, Ted Hendricks
Trivia #2: How many NFL quarterbacks have had a regular season with >=4,200 passing yards, >=30 passing TD’s, >=400 rushing yards, >=4 rushing TD’s and a passer rating of 110 or greater? Name them
Trivia #3: What is the only NFL team with a left-facing logo? No hint!
Trivia #4: On the Periodic Table, what chemical element is represented by ‘V’?
Did you catch the ending to the Georgia/Ole Miss game on New Year’s Day? Sorry Scamp…
On this date: January 9, 475, Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople
January 9, 1349, Black Death Massacre: 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, are burnt to death in a specially constructed building on suspicion of poisoning the community during the Bubonic Plague; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
January 9, 1493, Christopher Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids, describing them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted”
January 9, 1861, A Union merchant ship, the Star of the West, is fired upon by cadets from the South Carolina Military Academy as it tries to deliver supplies to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina; considered to be the first shots fired in US Civil War
January 9, 1880, The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow (6 feet of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days)
January 9, 1958, In basketball, Cincinnati’s Oscar Robertson scores 56 points, Seton Hall team scores 54
January 9, 1984, Rock band Van Halen release their most successful album “1984” (I don’t know, I still like their older stuff better)
Useless information supposed to fire my imagination: A NASA team using the Hubble Space Telescope found an object in space never recorded before, nicknamed “Cloud-9.” Cloud-9 is a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud considered a “relic” or remnant of early galaxy formation.
Stop complaining. Unless you live in Juneau, Alaska. A record-snowy December in Juneau, Alaska, wreaked havoc across the city with the unusually-deep snow sinking boats and causing roofs to collapse. Residents say there’s nowhere to put the cleared snow. This week, snow is starting to pile up again, with rain on the way making the situation even more dire.
“I’ll show you!”… You’re doing it wrong. Crystal D. Randall was charged in connection with a fire that tore through an apartment complex after she allegedly burned her boyfriend’s clothing in a barbecue pit. The flames “heavily and irreparably damaged” 13 apartment units.
Don’t be that guy. Don’t cut me off and then wave like I did you a favor. Don’t do that!
Article I’ll skip: Woman faces multiple charges after ‘mermaid’ skinny-dipping incident turns violent.
Lesser-known Knights of the Round Table. The knight who was never killed in battle: Sir Vivor
The Celtics have been playing remarkably well lately and are currently 3rd in the East. The Bruins? Not so much.
But enough of that, it’s Wild Card Weekend! (With a CFP appetizer!)
Good news: Of the more than 50 types of robots developed by RobotLAB, there are some that are manufactured to enter burning buildings to protect firefighters.
Trivia #1 answer: On January 9, 1977, the Oakland Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings 32-14 in Super Bowl XI. Who was the MVP? – Kenny Stabler, Cliff Branch, Fred Biletnikoff, Dave Casper, Mark van Eeghen, Phil Villipiano, Ted Hendricks – The MVP was Fred Biletnikoff
Trivia #2 answer: How many NFL quarterbacks have had a regular season with >=4,200 passing yards, >=30 passing TD’s, >=400 rushing yards, >=4 rushing TD’s and a passer rating of 110 or greater? Name them – There’s been just one – New England’s Drake Maye this past season
Trivia #3 answer: What is the only NFL team with a left-facing logo? No hint! – The Philadelphia Eagles
Trivia #4 answer: On the Periodic Table, what chemical element is represented by ‘V’? – Vanadium – It is a hard, silvery-grey, malleable transition metal. Wait… what?
Until they invented the other side of Velcro, it never really caught on.
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day!
It’s a wonderful life.
“I live my life like there’s no tomorrow
And all I’ve got I had to steal
Least I don’t need to beg or borrow
Yes, I’m living at a pace that kills
Runnin’ with the devil
Runnin’ with the devil”
OK, let’s slow it down a little, shall we?
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