I watched the awarding of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Conan O’Brien, on Netflix. In his acceptance speech Conan gave a long and moving tribute to Twain. Conan remarked how when he was just starting out 40 years ago with nothing, he was turned down for his dream job to be a writer on Late Night With David Letterman - only now to now be presented the award by Letterman himself. Conan’s parents both passed away only 3 months ago.
After Conan's acceptance speech, he had a conversation with Mark Twain himself, Then Adam Sandler and Conan rocked out on guitar, accompanied by bandleader Max Weinberg on drums, the stage filled with several dancing Mark Twains. See my earlier blog post about the Mark Twain Prize.
Winnie doesn’t like going out in the rain, or walking on wet grass. When I went to bed at 1045 on Wednesday night it was sprinkling, and Winnie seemed more interested in playing and going upstairs than going outside. Then at 145 she woke me up and acted like she needed to go outside, which is rare. So I got up and took her outside. Very quiet. She didn’t do anything. After she looked around a bit she was ready to go back inside and upstairs.
Urgent nationwide recall for 1.8 million eye drops that could cause permanent blindness.
A secret government unit is planning to dim the sun. What could go wrong? Supposed to help with climate change. Pretty sure Bill Gates is behind this. If all the people wanting something done about climate change would just quit burning so much dang gas by not being such a lead foot on the roads, and the air wouldn't be so polluted. Ya think?
STAN HACK [SABR Bio] early in his career, his convivial nature & positive attitude sometimes went too far. He was often carried home drunk by teammate & drinking buddy Pat Malone. Ii was said, “He has more friends than Leo Durocher has enemies!” Hack was never a serious contender for a league MVP, but the respect he had in the games showed when he placed 7th, 15th, 8th, 12th, 20th, 19th, 26th, and 11th from 1938 through 1945. In an era not known for stolen bases, Hack led the NL with 16 and 17 in 1938 - ’39. He almost killed the importance of the stolen base single-handedly when he was thrown out 18, 19, 15, 18, & 22 times from 1936-40, leading the league each year.
Braves win again this afternoon.
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