- A girl who was one or two grades behind me in high school reached out to me on a dating app. She’s a grandmother now, which is just hard for me to accept and process. But honestly, it was nice to know someone remembered me.
- Yesterday, I mistakenly wrote that Mike “Fernando” Fernandez of The TICKET died when, in fact, Mark ‘Friedo’ Friedman died 11 months ago.
- He may be the greatest baseball player in my lifetime, and that’s not even taking in his ability to pitch. Shohei Ohtani just had one of the greatest performances in MLB history yesterday:6-for-6
3 Home runs
2 Doubles
1 Single
10 Runs Batted In
4 Runs Scored
2 Stolen BasesHe became the first player in MLB history to reach the 50/50 (and now 51/51) club. The 10 RBIs are the most by a Dodgers player in a game since RBIs became official in 1920, according to ESPN Research. His 51 homers also set a Dodgers record for the most in a single season. On a personal note, as someone who was bullied for having Asian heritage, it’s nice to see one be considered one of the greatest athletes of all time.
- The Oklahoma Sooners had some trouble taking the field last Saturday.
- I saw Vince Young trending on Twitter last night. The best I could find was a response to a popular account asking, “Name a player who didn’t win the Heisman but would die on the hill telling everyone they deserved it.” I see that argument, and I would have preferred VY to have won it, but Reggie Bush was deserving of that trophy. But undoubtedly, the greatest heist in Heisman history is when Andrew Luck lost it to a slightly above-average QB who padded his stats against cupcake teams and was on a hot streak when voting started. In this highlight reel, you see the man pass, run over tacklers, one-hand catch, and tackle. The only thing he didn’t do was special teams and catch an interception.
- An interactive Sundown Town Map of the U.S.
- A sundown town is not just a place where something racist happened. It is an entire community (or even county) that for decades was “all white” on purpose. “All white” is in quotes because some towns allowed one black family to remain when they drove out the rest. Also, institutionalized persons (in prisons, hospitals, colleges, etc.), live-in servants (in white households), and black or interracial children (in white households) do not violate the taboo.
- A sundown town is not just a place where something racist happened. It is an entire community (or even county) that for decades was “all white” on purpose. “All white” is in quotes because some towns allowed one black family to remain when they drove out the rest. Also, institutionalized persons (in prisons, hospitals, colleges, etc.), live-in servants (in white households), and black or interracial children (in white households) do not violate the taboo.
- Since my major life change several years ago, I’ve been rethinking my purpose in life, what I really want, and if nihilism is the way to go. Recently, I came across this in a book I’m reading, and I think there’s something to it. I’ve been chewing on it for a while. The author takes a bit of a back-door approach to finding an answer to that question.
