All in Whimsy
Bad acting may not just happen in the betting universe. Fox announcer Joe Buck, who is not doing the Super Bowl play-by-play said on “The Opening Drive,” co-hosted by Randy Karraker and Brooke Grimsley on 101 ESPN in St. Louis that he would not be coming to town. “There’s gonna be a big something that happens. I don’t know what it is. I have no idea. That is going to be a mess, in my mind.”
The late Peter Gent wrote of a pay-per-view Super Bowl in his deeply cynical novel The Franchise published in 1983.
The common thread of the four stories, three from the speech plus the Falwells, is as the movement becomes a racket each and every time power turns to money turns to sexual exploits.
The author describes the last seat occupant as “a strong character,” women celebrities “with an offbeat imagination whose function on the panel [was] to conclude with an original remark.” Betty White was perfect for the role, being “game show royalty” having appeared in numerous Mark Goodson-Bill Todman shows over the years.
When I asked the phlebotomist why the TV in my oncologist’s office was always tuned to HGTV, he seemed amused while he drained a half-pint of blood from my arm for immediate disposal in the bright red waste can next to me. “Oh, I think it has something to do with them wanting programing with no violence, or sex, or cussing,” he said in Philipino-accented English, followed by a shrug and smile.
That magic DJIA number is 28,052. So, as of today Trump has nearly 400 Dow points of cushion. But, keep an eye on the Dow, 400 points can be lost overnight, in a morning, or an afternoon. Now you know why Mr. Trump pays so much attention to the stock market. That’s the only poll he trusts or cares about.
I will always remember Whitman as Monsieur Paul Regret--or "Mon-sooor," as Texas Ranger Jake Cutter (John Wayne) insisted on calling him.
“Hustlers” cost $20 million to make and is closing in on $100 million in box office receipts world-wide after only a couple weeks of showings. There was a healthy Friday night crowd at a local theater when I saw the film, with the audience 80-90 percent female. It was a girls' night out to see JLo and company drain the credit cards of Wall Street A-holes--pre and post 2008 financial meltdown.
Golf is game that is dying with the Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers. Golf peaked even before 2009 when Woods wrapped his SUV around a tree, escaped then wife Elin’s attempt to take a divot out of the 14-time major champion.
With Royal Caribbean's business plan evidently to make sure its passengers have every opportunity to remain intoxicated for the duration of the entire voyage, it was the rare out-of-step, teetotaling cruiser who is up by 7:00 am to walk the narrow, cobblestone streets of Old San Juan.
Keillor writes, "The Pledge of Allegiance is a mystery to me, promising fealty to a piece of cloth — and 'to the republic for which it stands' — what does that mean?"
This Saturday he’s been suspended for texting pictures of his Anthony Weiner to female colleagues. The New York Times reports, Bolling “sent an unsolicited photo of male genitalia via text message to at least two colleagues at Fox Business and one colleague at Fox News.”
Bacharach told the crowd that it was great being back in Las Vegas and said the Smith Center is one of the finest places he’s ever played. He reminisced about his work with Vic Damone and Marlene Dietrich. “I saw the world, but the [German] music sucked.”
“ravens anticipate the nature, time, and location of a future event based on previous experiences. The ravens' behavior is not merely prospective, anticipating future states; rather, they flexibly apply future planning in behaviors not typically seen in the wild.”
While Clooney and Co. cash in, Salon reports, “The legal weed market appears to be impacting booze’s bottom line.” Significant numbers of Millennials, Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers are switching from liquor to weed as it becomes legal.
The American dream of paying on a big fat, paycheck sucking and mobility stifling mortgage is just waiting for you. Take the plunge. Make America great.
Jimmy Webb, writes in his new book The Cake and the Rain, “My imagination soared under the influence of these Beatles (and “world class LSD”). Sgt. Pepper was nothing less than a heroic album. It was as important as any music ever written.”
The Vegas convention sweet spot on the calendar has come and gone and I figured that would be his explanation for the tepid market in rides. No, he said it's a supply problem. Too many drivers. He told me,
“They’re a hard demographic to represent,” lawyer Leon Greenberg told Allie Conti of vice.com. “The girls who are into it are making a lot of money, so it’s easy to say, ‘Oh, we’re getting $500 or $1,000 or a couple of thousand dollars for a day or night’s work.’
The grandmother of eight sang an eclectic mix of tunes she said had meaning in her life. She’s still out to prove she can sing more than the ooo’s and ah’s she did backing up Diana Ross.
