Briefly. (Ya, very. For those hoping for an early post… what, you didn’t stay up watching the Patriots/Bears last night?)
Which superhero swings through apple orchards catching criminals with webs? – Cider Man!
Trivia #1: Who is Behren Morton?
Trivia #2: Who is Bear Bachmeier?
Trivia #3: Who holds the record for the highest altitude field goal in history?
On this date: October 23, 42 BC, Second Battle of Philippi: Brutus’s army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian during the Roman Republican civil wars causing Brutus to fall on his sword
October 23, 1694, American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec
October 23, 1814, One of the first modern plastic surgeries in the West is performed by Joseph Carpue on a soldier’s nose in England using Indian techniques
October 23, 1915, First national horseshoe throwing championship in Kellerton, Iowa
October 23, 1923, A US patent (No. 1471465) is issued to American inventor Sebastian Hinton for a playground climbing structure popularly known as “monkey bars”
October 23, 1958, The Springhill Mine Bump – underground earthquake traps 174 miners in No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, deepest coal mine in North America. By 1st November rescuers had dug out 100 victims, with death toll at 74.
October 23, 1972, “I’m Still in Love with You” 5th studio album by Al Green is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1973)
October 23, 1978, Punk rock singer Sid Vicious attempts suicide while at Riker’s Detention Center in NYC
October 23,2018, Freddie Mercury bio film “Bohemian Rhapsody” directed by Bryan Singer, starring Rami Malek (Best Actor Academy Awards 2019) premieres in London – what a great flick!
So, the World Series begins tonight with two teams that have never won a Championship. I don’t know about you, but I don’t give two hoots about who wins. I guess I’ll root against the Red Sox’ division rival. Yawn.
Article I’ll skip: Enes Kanter unloads on LeBron James and the NBA following WNBA confrontation (I have zero patience for such crap)
Useless fact: “Burger” backwards is Scooby-Doo offering to give you a leg massage
This week’s sign of the apocalypse: A change of cities did not bring a change in the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries’ national anthem routine. Both teams were off the court during the anthem before Game 3 of the WNBA Finals on Wednesday night at State Farm Arena, marking their third straight absence despite a provision in the league’s own rulebook calling for players to stand and line up during the performance.
Not only did the WNBS playoffs begin, the finals are underway!
How many school field trips actually end up in a field?
Speaking of basketball, the Celtics opened the other day. A Tuesday afternoon (3pm, EST). Huh? It’s a good thing that I don’t work and could watch it. Conclusion: Both teams took a lot of 3-point shots.
Trivia #1 answer: Who is Behren Morton? – He is the New England Patriots’ emergency third string quarterback.
Trivia #2 answer: Who is Bear Bachmeier? – He is the starting quarterback for BYU. What a great football name!
Trivia #3 answer: Who holds the record for the highest altitude field goal in history? – Adam Vinatieri made a field goal from a height of 11,332 feet above sea level in the Swiss Alps a few weeks ago. (This easily could have been filed under “Useless Information”)
Are you the umbrella or the rain?
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy National Mole Day!
“I got a certain little girl, she’s on my mind
No doubt about it, she looks so fine
She’s the best girl that I ever had
Sometimes she’s gonna make me feel so bad”
Deep Purple (Hush)
