T: Hey J, another year went by and Betty White is still here. And she still looks better than Ann Coulter. J: Everybody looks better than Ann Coulter. T: Well ... J: Everything old is new again. Even Betty White. But Paul Junger Witt didn’t make it. T: Who? J: Paul Junger … Continue reading Slack Chat: The not-so-grateful dead of 2018
T: Hey J, if I’m to believe the mainstream news feeds, the impeachment proceedings are a swirling vortex of angry lunacy. J: Well, they are not wrong. T: What in hell is the GOP doing? J: Um, lying. T: I know that — we all know that, I think — but when did they stop … Continue reading Slack Chat: Laughter in the Drain
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The theme of the 2019 fantasy football season has been a rash of multiple-touchdown games, often by players nobody expected to have big days. Week six continued the trend: Tom Brady, who ran for 20 touchdowns in his first 274 career games (one per 13.7 games) scored twice. The Patriots defense scored twice, the second … Continue reading 2019 Fantasy Football Notes – week six
T: Hey J, did you see this yet? It just came up on MSN. I think Flake is right, but good luck proving it. J: Most GOP Senators are afraid of getting primaried. If they could just vote their consciences, Trump would be history. T: Why doesn’t Trump call him Jeff "Snow" Flake? Trump doesn't … Continue reading Slack Chat — Maybe having Caller ID was a bad idea
I have been working on a formula for rating baseball players. One of the players I was interested in was Catfish Hunter, a pitcher from my childhood. When we were voting in the Gallery of Renown elections (our own baseball hall of fame), Bob Gregory, the founder and organizer of the Gallery, was a lot … Continue reading Catfish Hunter and the Hall of Fame
T: Hey J, we've been pretty mum about politics lately, haven’t we? Since the Mueller Report, there hasn't been much for guys like us to hash over; Trump-bashing has become boring and pointless, and it's too early to get serious about the 2020 election cycle. But this might be worth a look: J: Isn't that … Continue reading Slack Chat: Rallying the … well, somebody
T: Hey J, I'm reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, and his take on how we evolved jibes with my take on what I think of as backward thinking. I don’t mean thinking in a backwards way, so much as people who look forward to the end of all this … Continue reading Slack Chat: you say you wanna evolution
We are all the enemy now. We are all out to get Donald Trump. Trump has become something akin to Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, corrupted by the power of the White House. The White House has become his One Ring. If anyone who even looks at the Presidency -- at the White … Continue reading A Precious Tale
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