JSS-- Just Some Stuff-- Stuff From the Newspapers.
1. HAPPIER ON THE WEEKENDS-- The Jan. 20th Chicago Tribune reported that new research showed people are happier in the weekends. Who could have figured that?
2. DON'T CHANGE IT-- The April 7th Chicago Tribune had an editorial requesting that the NCAA not "mess with March madness. You have a good thing now." It currently is nearly a perfect mix of traditional programs like Duke and upstarts like Butler. "It creates tremendous interest in fans" and those incessant tournament brackets. Proof that expansion isn't good is Academy Awards Best Pictures from 5 to 10. I sure agree here.
3. OBAMA THE SOX FAN?-- John Kass in the April 7th Chicago Tribune about President Barack Obama, America's #1 White Sox fan. He threw out the first pitch at the Washington National's baseball game last Monday, wearing a Nationals sweatshirt, but that great old battered Sox cap.
Warm feelings here, but the problem came afterwards when he talked with announcer Rob Dibble in the booth afterwards. Dibble asked him "Who was one of your favorite White Sox players growing up?" Obama couldn't give an answer. Oh, oh. As a Sox fan, you should have some favorites. Makes you wonder, but in his defense, he grew up in Hawaii and probably wasn't a fan back then. But, he should have said so.
By the way, my favorites are Harold Baines and Tommy Agee.
4. ASTEROIDS 41,335,740-- A short article in the April 7th Tribune was about the unofficial record score on the game just set by John McAllister of Portland, Oregon. This would break the old record of 41,336,440 set by the late Scott Safran of New Jersey in 1982. Since McAllister played it at a friend's house, it will have to be verified by Twin Galaxies.
Sadly, the blurb ended with the old record being "set at a place called an 'arcade'."
I didn't play many games in arcades, but I did really like this one, but, unfortunately, didn't play very well. It is sad that the reporter thinks people won't remember what an arcade was.
Shoot That Asteroid to Pieces, But Watch Out for Fragments. --RoadDog
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Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
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