Briefly.
I got a new stick deodorant. The instructions said: Remove cap and push up bottom. I can barely walk but when I fart, the room smells lovely.
Jeez Ed, grow up!
Trivia #1: What US President gave the first presidential address on radio. – Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Trivia #2: Seven major “Negro Leagues” (baseball) competed between 1920-1948. Which was of the following was NOT one of those leagues: Negro American League, Negro National League I, Negro National League II, American Negro League, East-West League, North-South League, Eastern Colored League, Negro Southern League.
Fun fact: The average prison meal is more nutritious than the average school lunch.
On this date: December 6, 1735, first recorded appendectomy performed by Claudius Amyand at St George’s Hospital in London
December 6, 1957, 1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails – Vanguard rocket blows up
December 6, 1964, “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” 1st aired on TV
December 6, 1969, 300,000 attend free concert featuring The Rolling Stones in Altamont, California; the event is marred by violence and four deaths
December 6, 2017, “Supermassive” most distant black hole discovery announced by astronomers in journal “Nature”, 13 billion light-years away, 800x bigger than the Sun (who’s going to question that!?)
Do you get the Omaha Steaks offers? $89.99 for steaks, chicken breasts, jumbo franks, scalloped potatoes, caramel apple tartlets and now they throw in 8 steak burgers. I tell you what, Omaha Steaks, take a little off the price and keep the freakin’ caramel apple tartlets. Yuke!
The Bruins have scored 20 goals in the past 5 games!
Useless information supposed to fire my imagination: The Celtics won another regular season game.
Go away: Weekly CFP rankings. Actually, these are kinda fun You know, listening to people bitch about how their team got screwed one way or another. It’s what helps make talk radio.
I bitch about the snow/cold now and again but I’ll admit, I can’t wait to use my snowblower in 12+ inches of snow and then walk around the block with a beer and watch everyone else do the same. It’s even better if someone doesn’t have a snowblower!
They said it: “I’d rather leave a couple of years too early than a couple of years too late.” – Pat Sajak
I prefer 4-5 practice beers before my actual first beer.
Good news: Cleveland Browns quarterback Jameis Winston threw for 497 yards on Monday night, a MNF record, though the Browns lost the game.
Bad news: Winston also through 171 yards worth of interceptions yards (2 pick-6’s) which, combined with his passing yards, set an NFL record of 668 combined yards. Yikes!
NFW: Bill Belichick could be headed to parts unknown to him. The legendary coach has interviewed for the head coaching job at the University of North Carolina. (No way this happens)
The later the Thanksgiving NFL game, the less I remember of it…
Cleansing, you’re doing it wrong. Marcela Alcazar Rodriguez, a Mexican actress, is dead after voluntarily participating in a spiritual cleansing ritual during which she reportedly consumed poisonous Amazonian frog venom.
Article I’ll skip: People are learning degrading practices from the porn industry.
In case you forgot, it’s Christmas movie season on AMC!
Local Dave McGillivray, race director of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon and longtime endurance athlete, completed the Ironman World Championship triathlon in Hawaii back in October. Keep in mind that McGillivray, who’s 60 and hadn’t competed in the event in 25 years, is a member of the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame, completed eight Ironman Triathlons in Hawaii in the 1980s, finishing 14th overall in 1980. McGillivray was diagnosed with severe coronary heart disease a year ago.
Trivia #1 answer: What US President gave the first presidential address on radio. – Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt – Calvin Coolidge, on December 6, 1923
Trivia #2: Seven major “Negro Leagues” (baseball) competed between 1920-1948. Which was of the following was NOT one of those leagues: Negro American League, Negro National League I, Negro National League II, American Negro League, East-West League, North-South League, Eastern Colored League, Negro Southern League. – Tough one. There was no North-South League
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Do what you have to do so that you can do what you want to do.
Happy National Bartender Day! (Speaking of which, maybe I’ll see you on Sunday afternoon?)
Also, Happy Microwave Oven Day!
“Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game”
The Rolling Stones (Sympathy For The Devil)
Ed's Head On Friday 