I wonder why the automatic seat belt is no longer in cars, I always thought they were kinda neat.
The State Fair of Texas had a good bit going on yesterday with doctors from Childrens’ Medical performing a checkup on Big Tex with Texas sized medical instruments. Related: The Cheap Bastard’s Guide to the 2014 State Fair of Texas
The point was made about a thousand times last night, but it sure is interesting that there won’t be another Yankee to wear a single digit jersey number.
Any idea what’s up with that necklace Jeter was wearing last night? It was great being able to watch his last at bat live, a game winning one at that, but that crowd didn’t seem all that electrified or the audio was bad.
A tweet about last night’s game that caught my attention: @darrenrovell – Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph made about $390K this season. That ball could be worth more than that. Did he hold on to it?
Jeter played his last game at Yankee Stadium yesterday, and 80 years ago to the day, so did Babe Ruth. That link also shows several pictures of Ruth and Lou Gehrig hanging out away from baseball, I had no idea they were that close. I also found this picture of Ruth with Ted Williams in his Navy uniform a bit interesting.
The NFL tries to force Thursday night football on us (and incorrigible Phil Simms) and for the third week in a row it’s a blowout. Speaking of Thursday night football, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State played last night and both were competing for the ugliest jersey award.
I had no idea that Bill Bates’ first game was the Howard Cosell – Alvin Garrett snafu. Small little fact, Garrett is from my hometown of Mineral Wells.
I mentioned earlier that my high school class was going to have their 20-year reunion this weekend and that I didn’t have plans on attending, but I’ve since changed my mind. Ever since my parents died and my childhood home was sold, I couldn’t find the strength to go back, until now.
The one song from the new U2 album that has really stuck with me is “Song for Someone”, which a lot of people think makes for a great first dance wedding song.
A woman was walking her dogs when she ran into U2 doing a photo shoot for Rolling Stone and Bono asked her if the dogs could be part of the shoot.
I get a kick out of when a new song or album comes out and I search YouTube for the video, seeing the amount of covers available in such a short time.
Politico has given the Wendy Davis campaign the moniker of Fastest Flameout.
The LiberallyLean.com guy has a good bit of posting stories of female teachers accused of sexually assaulting male students, but everytime I see one, I get the feeling I’m about to a picture of someone I went to school with.
Here’s the South Park version of Jerry Jones, which may be based off this picture. I watched the episode late night, which was crude and vile, but hilarious.
Letterman is sporting a new pair of thick rimmed reddish glasses and I’ve noticed the director is experimenting with different camera angles. An unshaven Seinfeld did stand up last night and it was the worst I’ve seen him, but he was hilarious in his sit down with Dave. He acknowledge he just turned 60 and when Dave asked about his bucket list (that saying is like nails on a chalkboard to me) Jerry just said he turned the B to an F. Both men highly complimented Kevin Hart which surprised me.
If you are an SNL fan, here’s a good article on how much the writers lean on Kenan Thompson.
In this article about the final days of LBJ, it mentions that he couldn’t attend Truman’s funeral because: …on the day before, New Year’s day, he yelled too much at the University of Texas football game, and as a result, had to summon doctors because “I had heart pains all night.” Reproaching himself, Nixon says, “I called you at the wrong time!”
I’ve given up carrying my wallet and instead use a CardNinja sleeve attached to my phone. It’s been about three weeks since I started using it and it’s great, but with so many news stories about cards being hacked I almost want to use cash entirely.
Man, those ‘Modern Family’ kids sure are growing (especially the boy), and the adopted Vietnamese girl has only marginally improved on her acting.
Last night’s ‘Survivor’ had a local 20-year-old woman named Baylor. That’s an odd name for a girl, and from my very limited research, I couldn’t figure out how she got her name. Her mother attended Alabama and Texas A&M Commerce. Baylor is currently a college student in Nashville. John Rocker was also on the show, and he’s much bigger than I’d thought. WifeGeeding is convinced contestants are told what color clothing to bring because she spots a pattern every season.
The NY Times has a pretty cool tool that helps you to visualize language usage in news coverage throughout its history. For example, here’s prohibition.
Here’s an article about the outside fence of the White House which was only put up 49-years ago. The “openness” of the White House started to changed in the 1890’s when a group of strangers found First Daughter Ruth and started to coddle, kiss, and pass her around which freaked out the First Lady.
While reading an article about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I came across an interesting plan by Gov Rick Perry to amend the Constitution regarding Justices and terms, and I think it’s great. Here’s the gist – 18-year terms staggered every 2 years, so that each of the nine Justices would be replaced in order of seniority every other year.
‘The X-Files’ filmed in Vancouver the majority of time, and a kid once threw a message in a bottle which happened to be found by the crew who replied. Man, I loved that show, and I still have a crush on Dana Scully, not Gillian Anderson, but Scully.
Bill Cosby was on Colbert last night, and I’ve seen him interviewed by a few others over the last year, and the legendary comic just doesn’t quite seem all there.
I always had an idea of how the Big Bird suit works, but this GIF helps me understand how the hand movement works.
An article about what it would mean for our economy, politics, and healthcare systems when people start living close to 100 years of age.
I’ve noticed Letterman has been running from the opposite direction from across the stage before being introduced. His musical guest was Paloma Faith who looked just like the vampire in that AT&T commercial.
This Bill Simmons and ESPN battle is going to be fun to watch, I feel like something is brewing.
