Guns & Stuff
Let’s start with a laugh, courtesy of the Weird But True column in today’s NY Post. Two Arkansas men have come up with a novel alcohol-fueled game. They donned bullet proof vests and took shots at each other with a .22. They were busted when one suffered a minor injury and was taken to a hospital. As anyone who watches crime shows knows, by law doctors must report gunshot wounds.
Here’s an item that will surprise only those out to get President Trump. A recent poll by CNN asked voters to select the most important issues of the 2020 election. The question was open-ended, allowing respondents to cite as many issues as desired. Not even one chose the Russia collusion story. And this was taken before Mueller’s report was finalized. It flies in the face of the station’s constant coverage of the issue. Does that qualify if for being out of touch?
I’m not much of a sports fan anymore, but I still marvel at the oddities that occur when 30 MLB teams play 162 games each. Last night Arizona’s Zach Grienke struck out ten in a win in San Diego. He also hit two home runs — in a park unfriendly to round-trippers. He matched the Giants’ Madison Baumgarner, who did the same in 2017 against the Dodgers. Kudos.
Gregg Popovich, 70, has been the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs for a long time, guiding them to multiple championships. A few days ago he was ejected from a game against the Sacramento Kings. Last night he topped that, getting the boot just a minute into the game against the Denver Nuggets. Yahoo Sports ran this clever headline, hearkening to a popular film: “Gone In 63 Seconds.” My guess is Popovich was making a general statement about his displeasure with officiating in the NBA. In my experience coaching and watching games, basketball was always the most dissatisfying in terms of officiating, although the NFL has been gaining on it steadily.
No luck selling books on this beautiful day. My thanks to Nell, who gave me a marshmallow Easter bunny covered in chocolate, which I devoured, and to retired NYPD officer Marty for stopping to chat. We got to discussing a certain author who, Marty claims, obviously knows little about the civil servants he writes about in his novels. I said it must have been obvious to him in Killing, which he read about a year ago, that I knew little about police work. He’d held back an error he’d caught because he felt it would be nitpicking about a book that was great overall. In it, I mentioned that the protagonist engaged the safety on a snub nosed .38 - which doesn’t have one. Most revolvers don’t. I was surprised, having thought that all guns had one. Thank you, sir. I’m not changing it, though.
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