1/20/2025
Good luck, DT. Does Melania have style or what? Photo from Google Images:
Remember when Schmuck Schumer and Adam Schiffless condemned pre-emptive pardons as an abuse of power? What do they have to say now?
Kudos to Carrie Underwood, who sang acapella when the musical track to America the Beautiful failed to work. What a pro!
I love when liberals attack their own and especially in this case because of the literary reference. Headline from nypost.com: “Pelosi’s daughter rips ‘Lady McBiden,’ tells Jill Biden to put on ‘big girl pants’ with Joe.” “… sound and fury signifying nothing.” Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Act V, Scene V.
I’ll be very surprised if this idea takes off. From NYP: “Progresso launches limited edition soup-flavored hard candy: ‘Nasty as hell’.” Photo rom GI:
RIP MLB mainstay Jeff Torborg, 83. Born in Jersey, he was an All-American at Rutgers. A catcher, he was drafted by the Dodgers in 1963 and made the roster in ’64. He was with L.A. until ’70, then finished his career with the Angels ‘71-’73. He caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game on 9/9/’65, Bill Singer’s no-hitter on 7/20/’70, and Nolan Ryan’s first no-hitter on 5/15/’73. He was a member of the World Champion Dodgers in ’65. Serving largely as a reserve, he batted .214 and socked eight homers in ten seasons. After his playing days ended, he served as a bullpen coach with the Indians and ascended to the throne when manager Frank Robinson was fired. He had no success and was let go in ’79. He then served as a coach with the Yankees until ’88. He had his most successful stint, his only two winning seasons, with the White Sox, named Manager of the Year in ’90. He jumped to the Mets in ’92, a move that proved disastrous, ending early in his second year. He managed the Expos in ’01 and Marlins for one-plus seasons until early ’03, without success. In between those stints and afterward, he did a lot of TV. He was married from ’63 until his passing. He was a dad of one. A baseball lifer. Photo from GI:
To my surprise, I quickly added numbers to the pages of the By the Numbers file in Google Docs, which uses PDF format. It usually takes me hours to figure out in Word. I hope I’ll be able to use it for the print version of the collection. I made several changes to 23 and Counting this morning, so I’ll have to read it again tomorrow. The book is approximately 27,500 words, a 90-minute read, I’d guess.
Day one of the polar vortex hiatus went well. A woman invited me to check out the possessions of a 91-year-old friend who passed away. The books selection was a bit disappointing, many in Hebrew. Still, I took about 20. The other stuff was stellar: jewelry, a globe, cameras, adult diapers, cleaning agents, a chess set, a never-opened jigsaw puzzle, a shopping cart, a lovely piano music box, and two items I’ll keep for myself — a small digital clock with large red numbers and an electric shaver. I was tempted to take a lot of nice knickknacks but passed. By the time I got home and sorted and cleaned everything, more than two hours had passed. I was hoping for a laptop but can’t complain, it’s a great haul. There will be a lot of happy campers getting stuff on the cheap once the Anti-Inflation Book Shop returns. I am blessed.
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