Briefly.
Me: I’ll have the sloppy Joe.
My wife: This is a fancy restaurant, you idiot.
Me: Apologies. I’ll have the uncouth Joseph.
Waiter: Excellent choice, sir.
Trivia #1: Which U.S. President was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree from Harvard, though he did not attend the university?
Trivia #2: Who’s newborn baby was featured on the first-ever cover of TV Guide in 1953? – Lucille Ball, Betty White, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Tylor, Doris Day
Trivia #3: In the 1969-70 regular season, the Boston Bruins had 4 players in the top 13 scorers in the league. Name them.
Trivia #4: After the Red Sox broke the 86-year curse and won the World Series in 2004, the 2005 home opener featured the raising of the championship banner. Which two players raised the banner? – Johnny Pesky, Carlton Fisk, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice, Fred Lynn, Louis Tiant, Jerry Remy, Bob Montgomery
Trivia #5: What is the nickname for Illinois State University?
Trivia #6: Artemis was the Greek goddess of what? – Marriage, Hunt, Agriculture, Hearth, Wisdom, Love, Earth
How is it that female NFL line judge Robin DeLorenzo can be fired “following three seasons of documented underperformance,” but MLB umpire CB Buckner still has a job?
On this date: April 3, 419, Antipope Eulalius loses to Pope Boniface I after both were elected in a dual election and becomes bishop of Napete
April 3, 1860, Start of the Pony Express, mail is delivered by horse and rider relay teams between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California
April 3, 1882, Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks
April 3, 1933, Then longest North American hockey game requires a 1:44:46 overtime as Maple Leaf Ken Doraty scores to beat Canadiens 1-0 (Would you rather that than a shootout?)
April 3, 1968, Science fiction film “Planet of the Apes”, starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowell, opens nationally in the United States
April 3, 1988, Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky’s 7 year streak
April 3, 2007, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards denies saying he smoked his father’s ashes in an interview with NME
Useless information supposed to fire my imagination: Tiger Woods leaving US for overseas treatment after DUI arrest
Good news: The Red Sox didn’t lose yesterday.
Article I’ll skip: 20 Facts About the Dark Side of Popeye That Most Fans Never Figured Out
This week’s sign of the apocalypse: The rapid rise of weight-loss injections is reshaping the quantity of food people eat — leaving farmers in some areas with a growing surplus of unsold potatoes. Farmers across the United Kingdom, for example, say they’re facing the prospect of discarding thousands of tons of stored potatoes as their sales continue to fall.
Hey, Red Sox Nation, calm the f*k down!
Trivia #1 answer: Which U.S. President was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree from Harvard, though he did not attend the university? – George Washington (in 1776)
Trivia #2 answer: Who’s newborn baby was featured on the first-ever cover of TV Guide in 1953? – Lucille Ball, Betty White, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Tylor, Doris Day – Lucille Ball (Desi Arnaz Jr.)
Trivia #3 answer: In the 1969-70 regular season, the Boston Bruins had 4 players in the top 13 scorers in the league. Name them. – Bobby Orr (1st with 120 pts), Phil Esposito (2nd with 99 pts), John “Pie” McKenzie (12th with 70 pts) and Johnny Bucyk (13th with 69 pts)
Trivia #4 answer: After the Red Sox broke the 86-year curse and won the World Series in 2004, the 2005 home opener featured the raising of the championship banner. Which two players raised the banner? – Johnny Pesky, Carlton Fisk, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice, Fred Lynn, Louis Tiant, Jerry Remy, Bob Montgomery – Johnny Pesky and Carl Yastrzemski
Trivia #5 answer: What is the nickname for Illinois State University? – The Redbirds
Trivia #6 answer: Artemis was the Greek goddess of what? – Marriage, Hunt, Agriculture, Hearth, Wisdom, Love, Earth – She was the Greek goddess of (the) hunt
Fear not, there is still a place to get gas for under $2… Taco Bell
Enjoy the Final Four. I’ll be on a long flight enjoying nothing but uninterrupted (I hope!) basketball.
I can’t complain, but sometimes I still do…
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy National Tweed Day!
Some people call it “boxwine.” I call it “cardboardeaux.” It feels fancier that way.
Give me a little credit for getting this out on the morning of the Red Sox Home Opener, before I board the train to Boston. Also, I will be taking next Friday off as I travel to Seattle to celebrate my birthday, as well as my son’s wedding, in that order…
If you were subscribed at the time, and paying attention, you would have realized that last week’s song (I’m Your Captain by Grand Funk Railroad) was featured here on August 12, 2022, same video. My first repeat of a video.
“Saturday summers, when I was a kid
We’d run to the schoolyard and here’s what we did
We’d pick out the captains and we’d choose up the teams
It was always a measure of my self-esteem
Cuz the fastest, the strongest, played shortstop and first
The last ones they picked were the worst
I never needed to ask, it was sealed,
I just took up my place in right field.
Playing…
Right field, it’s easy, you know.
You can be awkward and you can be slow
That’s why I’m here in right field
Just watching the dandelions grow”
Peter, Paul and Mary – (Right Field)
Go Sox!
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