Briefly. (Yes, I slept in this morning.)
If you feel depressed, go for a run. You’ll find out that your physical health is far worse than your mental health.
Trivia #1: Who was the lead guitarist for the Amboy Dukes (1964-1975)? – Eric Clapton, Tud Nugent, Dave Palmer, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Ricky Nelson
Trivia #2: What does “J.J” stand for in the PGA’s J.J. Spaun’s name?
On this date: June 19, 1179, The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil war
June 19, 1464, French King Louis XI forms postal service
June 19, 1846, First officially recognized baseball game (played by Cartwright Rules) – NY Nine defeats the NY Knickerbockers 23-1 in Hoboken, New Jersey
June 19, 1910, Father’s Day is celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, Washington
June 19, 1941, Soviet anthropologist Mikhail Gerasimov opens the tomb of Timurid Empire founder Timur and allegedly finds an inscription stating that whoever opens the tomb shall “unleash an invader more terrible than I.” Three days later, Germany invades the Soviet Union.
June 19, 1970, Jim Bouton’s controversial baseball diary “Ball Four” is published
June 19, 1977, MLB Boston Red Sox set 3-game record of 16 home runs, all against New York Yankees (Yours truly was in attendance for one of those games)
June 19, 2018, England smash the highest score (481/6) in one day international cricket history in a 242 run defeat of Australia (239) at Trent Bridge (Wait… what?)
Go away: Nil-Nil
The Red Sox really do suck.
Before the internet, most people thought villages only had one idiot. Wow, we didn’t have that right!
Article I’ll skip: Jelly Roll files for divorce from Bunnie Xo after nine years of marriage (I would imagine it was because they couldn’t agree on what to name their kids.)
Useless information supposed to fire my imagination: Bettors are flooding the over (2.5) in today’s USA/Australia soccer match.
I may possibly watch the World Cup match today and root for the locals. I still don’t like soccer but, U.S.A., U.S.A., U.S.A.!!!!
This week’s sign of the apocalypse: A professional baseball team in Pennsylvania forfeited a game Thursday that was scheduled to be the team’s Pride Night after players refused to wear LGBTQ-themed jerseys. The York Revolution of the Atlantic League, said the decision “was not reached lightly” in announcing the forfeit against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Wednesday. The team was not afraid to throw its players under the bus, saying it was “deeply troubled and profoundly disappointed by the decisions of these few players.” (What is going on??)
Don’t skip the after-work beer. Those 4 beers will be the best 16 beers you ever have.
Don’t be that guy! Don’t call yourself a soccer fan because you use the word ‘nil.’
Trivia #1 answer: Who was the lead guitarist for the Amboy Dukes (1964-1975)? – Eric Clapton, Tud Nugent, Dave Palmer, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Ricky Nelson – “Terrible” Ted Nugent
Trivia #2: What does “J.J” stand for in the PGA’s J.J. Spaun’s name? – John Michael
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy National Watch Day!
Happy Father’s Day this weekend, if appropriate!
“Leave your cares behind,
Come with us and find
The pleasures of a journey to the center of the mind
Come along if you care
Come along if you dare
Take a ride to the land inside of your mind”
The Amboy Dukes – (Journey to the Center of the Mind)
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