I was surprised to learn of the death of NFL writer Don Banks yesterday morning when I read Peter King’s column. I read of a Banks’ stuff when he was at SI, he was only 56-years-old. Later yesterday morning, I found out one of my coworkers lost his son, who I think was about ten years of age but suffering from a long illness.
Peter King has an interesting nugget in his column. Oakland quarterback Derek Carr is building a home in Las Vegas next to the home of his head coach, Jon Gruden. I doubt any NFL coach and quarterback ever lived next door to each other, which Gruden and Carr will do when the Raiders move to Nevada in 2020. Talk about living under a microscope.
I attended too many Baptist weddings in my lifetime, no drinking or dancing. While listening to The TICKET, Donovan was explaining how at some weddings, to raise a little extra cash for the couple, attendees are “charged” to dance with the bride. That sounds like a cute idea.
Keanu Reeves as Forest Gump Deepfake – Other than his face on Jenny, I’m impressed and scared to death when people start using this on politicians and world leaders.
I had no idea Yogi Berra spent time as a Met and an Astro as a coach.
While eating an apple, the wire on DaughterGeeding’s snapped apart. I told her if she stuck to eating junk food that never would have happened.
I caught the second half of The Shining yesterday afternoon. DaughterGeeding was in the room and I thought she’d leave since she’s not into scary stuff, but it sucked her right in and any time I attempted to change the channel she asked that I not.
With all the mass shootings as of late, I reflected upon the first I could remember, the Luby’s shooting in Killeen. It happened back in October 1991, the gunman killed 23 people. and wounded 27 others. At the time, I thought nothing like that would ever happen again.
Our new pastor knows how to capture my attention.
“Gravity always wins.” – Alfonso Ribeiro, America’s Funniest Videos
The most straightforward answer to have a captain with 35-plus years of service is for the captain to have previous enlisted experience. In the case of Maverick, this scenario doesn’t fit with the movie’s timeline.
Another possible scenario occurs if there’s a break in service. Maverick left active duty and did some time in the Navy Reserve. Then later, he returned to active duty. With more than five years in the reserves, Maverick could be pushing 37 years in uniform.
The final scenario for Maverick would be if he were retired but retained in service, a scenario that keeps individuals in uniform after reaching their statutory retirement. Generally speaking, cases of individuals being retired but retained are rare, but not unheard of, according to Naval Personnel Command.
I first watched Marlon Brando’s Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) during my teenage years with my father. It was airing on TMC on Saturday and I rewatched most of it and then got stuck researching stuff about the film, the historical event, and Brando.
Brando loved Tahita so much he bought one of their islands, actually a twelve-island atoll.
In real life, Brando married one of his costars, a woman who played the character Maimiti, a daughter of the Tahitian king. She was his third wife. Brando’s second wife actually played the same character in the 1935 version of the film with Clark Gable.
The story really happened, it’s a historical event, though the film isn’t historically accurate. The ship was burned and destroyed by mutineers in 1790, but remnants of the ship were found in 1957.
For the film, MGM had a replica of the original ship built and it was launched in Nova Scotia in 1960, sailed via the Panama Canal, and to Tahiti for filming. MGM originally planned to burn the ship and film it for part of the movie, but Brando protested. The ship then went on a promotional tour, even sailing down the River Thames in London. At one point, Ted Turner owned the ship and later it appeared in other films such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Due to Hurrican Sandy, it sunk in 2012. Two of the crew members died, the captain and a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian, the character Brando portrayed. For whatever it’s worth, she was a former USC Song Girl.
…simply that the direct-view periscope, which had to penetrate into the body of the submarine itself through the hull, has been replaced by optronic masts equipped with cameras. The new optronic masts no longer penetrate the hull. They’re stored snugly inside the sail when not in use, but can extend upwards out of it to take a look when needed.
I saw him fall while trying to walk on stage at a campaign event earlier this year. Maybe it’s simply a part of being 77-years-old, but I can’t help but wonder if something else is going on, that this little falling trend is part of some undiscovered or undisclosed medical condition. But then again, I tend to be entertained with potential conspiracy theories.
Yes, that is indeed the legendary Joe DiMaggio in an Oakland A’s uniform. Odd sight, isn’t it? DiMaggio retired as a Yankee in 1951 but lacked two years to qualify for the league’s maximum pension allowance. The A’s owner had just moved his the last-place Kansas City franchise to Oakland and was looking to make some PR and eventually convinced DiMaggio to sign a two-year contract as the A’s Executive Vice President and Consultant. It seems like the Rangers took a page from the A’s playbook when they moved to Texas and hired Ted Williams.
Here’s an odd story out of Abilene. The police chief wrote on Facebook that the man at the intersection of Highway 83/84 and FM 707 is not homeless, not wheelchair-bound and makes $1,000 panhandling on the weekend. That man contacted a television news station to contradict those claims and stated, “I think the chief should walk a mile in my shoes.”
Everyone remembers The Golden Girls on NBC, but many don’t remember the spinoff show with all the girls except for Dorothy. The spinoff show lasted one season on CBS and was named The Golden Palace, which I think sounds like a Chinese restaurant I once ate at in Oklahoma. Worth noting, the show also starred a young Don Cheadle as a hotel manager and Cheech Marin as a cook. Dorothy did make an appearance in two episodes. Oh, and the same theme song was used but wasn’t the beloved version you are used to.
I don’t think this still images adequately captures Morgan Freeman’s facial expression during this scene as the camera pans. I always thought it was a remarkable bit of acting without a bit of dialog.
I saw someone on Twitter suggest Scott Bakula play the part of Jeffrey Epstein in a movie. That’s a good casting choice, but I feel kinda bad for Bakula if he was offered it.
This is actually a bit of local news as the minister’s church is in Dallas, and the minister is a she. I’m not trying to make light of gun violence or start a theological debate about a woman’s role in the church. However, I’m slightly entertained by the thought of how some of my friends who are deeply ingrained in the Southern Baptist Church and are passionate Second Amendment supporters are going to react.
When I looked up the church, I thought the first photo Google associated with it was interesting.
