Briefly.
Old age is a thing… last night I was in bed for 10 minutes when I heard the pizza guy cough. Then I remembered I came to my room to get my wallet.
Trivia #1: What are pyroclasts?
Trivia #2: From 1987 through 1993, the San Francisco 49ers had 5 Offensive Players of the Year (4 different players). Name them and, which one won it twice?
Trivia #3: Following Washington’s 38-9 loss to the Raiders in Super Bowl XVIII, the NFC won how many consecutive Super Bowls? – 1, 7, 11. 13. 15. 19, 34
The word “queue” is ironic. It’s just a ‘Q’ with a bunch of silent letters waiting in line.
On this date: January 30, 1018, The Holy Roman Empire and Poland conclude the Peace of Bautzen
January 30, 1487, Bell chimes invented
January 30, 1698, English pirate William Kidd takes his greatest prize, the Indian merchant ship Quedagh Merchant, upsetting English trade and causing a global manhunt
January 30, 1835, Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C. in 1st attempted assassination of a US President (A real marksman, that Lawrence!)
January 30, 1933, “Lone Ranger” begins a 21-year run on ABC radio
January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in the garden of the New Delhi home he is visiting by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse
January 30, 1952, American mathematician D.H. Lehmer and computer programmer R. M. Robinson verify 2^521-1 and 2^607-1 as Mersenne-prime numbers, using U.S. National Bureau of Standards Western Automatic Computer (SWAC) at the Institute for Numerical Analysis at the University of California, Los Angeles – Wait… what?
January 30, 1962, 2 members of Flying Wallendas’ high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit – DOH!
January 30, 1962, Laughter epidemic begins at a girls’ mission school in Kashasha, Tanganyika, goes on to affect 14 schools and over 1000 people
January 30, 1972, Bloody Sunday: 27 unarmed civilians are shot (14 are killed) by the British Army during a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland; the highest death toll from a single shooting incident during ‘The Troubles’
January 30, 1975, Erno Rubik applies for a patent for his “Magic Cube” invention, later to be known as a Rubik’s cube
Busy day January 30, I know. I got carried away.
Colorectal cancer is now officially the leading cause of cancer-related death among men and women 50 and younger, a significant increase from the 1990’s, when it was the fifth deadliest. As a friend of mine, and some of yours, once preached, “Get your butt checked!”
Go away: Tony Romo, NFL color analyst. Your time has passed.
Stop complaining: Just stop. We live in New England… You know who you are.
Headline of the week: PETA proposes a “reveal cake” for Groundhog Day in place of Punxsutawney Phil.
Don’t be that guy. Don’t live in New England and complain about the cold weather all winter long.
Useless information supposed to fire my imagination: Drake Maye has a sore shoulder 11 days before the Super Bowl.
Article I’ll skip: Timberwolves players release statement addressing ‘recent tragic events’ involving ICE in Minneapolis – Ya, with everything going on out there I want to know what NBA players have to say.
They said it: Jack Nicklaus turned 86 on January 21. Gary Player penned a short but emotional note to honor his rival and friend. “The gift of friendship with your greatest rival, Happy Birthday Jack. The greatest gentleman the game has ever known.”
Speaking of golf, since its creation in 2021, LIV Golf Ltd. has accumulated losses exceeding $1.1 billion. However, LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil says they’ve added half a billion dollars in sponsorship in the last 10 months, and that’s nowhere near where they’ll be in a year from now. My thought, with players jumping ship and returning to the PGA, will LIV continue to get those massive sponsorships???
Speaking of golf (in January… with temperatures up north continually in the teens and twenties), PGA tour pros log roughly 90 airborne hours and 37,000 miles versus LIV’s 218.5 hours and 102,105 miles every season.
Winning the lottery, you’re doing it wrong. John Eric Spiby, 80, who used his 2010 lottery winnings to run a drug empire from his cottage alongside his son and two accomplices, was sentenced to 16 years in prison in England after an investigation uncovered counterfeit pills worth up to $400 million. His son, John Colin Spiby, 37, was sentenced to nine years.
Lesser-known Knights of the Round Table. The knight who overcame obstacles: Sir Mount
This week’s sign of the apocalypse: Lake-effect snow will be less robust as some lakes are freezing over, such as Lake Erie, and cutting off the moisture supply for the snow bands heavier snow squalls. (How’s that global warming going?)
You’re not a parent until you’ve secretly wished your child’s sports team does bad in a tournament so you can go home early.
Trivia #1 answer: What are pyroclasts? – Rock fragments, crystals, or volcanic glass ejected during explosive volcanic eruptions.
Trivia #2 answer: From 1987 through 1993, the San Francisco 49ers had 5 Offensive Players of the Year (4 different players). Name them and, which one won it twice? – Jerry Rice (1987, 1993), Roger Craig (1988), Joe Montana (1989), Steve Young (1992)
Trivia #3 answer: Following Washington’s 38-9 loss to the Raiders in Super Bowl XVIII, the NFC won how many consecutive Super Bowls? – 1, 7, 11, 13, 15, 19, 34 – They then won 13 consecutive Super Bowls
There are no atheists in foxholes.
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy National Fun at Work Day! – (Unless, of course, your job sucks)
I wonder if my recorded call has ever been used for training or quality purposes.
Come on downtown this afternoon as I’ll be serving ‘em up! It’s not too early to talk too much about the Super Bowl.
Less than 8 weeks until St. Patrick’s Day. Cheers!
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