Monthly Archives: October 2017
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 8
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 8 By Gaylon Kent America’s Funniest Guy It’s not easy to go winless in the NFL, at least not as easy as Cleveland and San Francisco are making it look. Witness the New York Giants stunning … Continue reading
October 17, 2017
Today’s Menu The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 8 As we talk about from time to time in The Thought for the Day, you’ve got to trust your instincts. Last night our instincts started making noises about it being time for a … Continue reading
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 8
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 8 By Gaylon Kent America’s Funniest Guy Talk about taking advantage of an opportunity. With UMess not playing again thanks to hurricane-inspired scheduling changes, Charlotte remains on top and now has the nation’s longest losing streak … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Mahalia Jackson
It’s easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing- that is the Lord’s test. – Mahalia Jackson Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel singer and civil right activist. Talented and … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 16, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… HERE WE GO AGAIN: As it does from time to time, term limits is rearing its head again. Not only did we have a conversation about it with a fellow citizen this past week, … Continue reading
October 15, 2017
The key to any endeavor is to be open to what circumstances present. So when we were spurred to find out the average age of the men who have set world records in the 100-meter dash, we went and found out. … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – An Old Saying
Fortune favors the brave. – An old saying. Today is the 14th anniversary of China sending its first astronaut into space. Ten years later, in 2013, China was able to send an unmanned rover to the moon. China is the … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 15, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… YEAH, WE WERE ALL WONDERING ABOUT THIS, GUYS: In our last column, an On This Date tidbit featured Jim Hines running the first sub-10 second 100-meter time under automatic timing at the 1968 Summer … Continue reading
October 14, 2017
Today’s Menu: The Daily Dose The Thought for the Day Click on the links or scroll down to read today’s crap! October 13 and 14 are dates we associate with death. A kitten we had died on October 13 six … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Schopenhauer
What is modesty but hypocritical humility…by means of which, in a world swelling with envy, a man seeks to obtain pardon for excellences and merits from those who have none?…No doubt when modesty was made a virtue it was a … Continue reading