Bling me up, Scotty!

Yes, it’s true, I’ve (conservatively) “pimped out” my Mustang, and forgive me if adding the parenthetical aside to that statement makes it read like a total oxymoron. I’ve been easing myself into the bling thing for a couple years now,...

They say it’s your Birthday!

Yogi Berra, George Carlin, Burt Bacharach, Steve Winwood, Bruce Boxleitner, Eldon Hardin, Kevin Dodson, and Rick Newton were all born on this date. Kevin is undeniably the youngest, but in my humble opinion, Rick is definitely the cutest, so I posted his picture here...

Mother’s Day

It was our tradition to attend baseball games on both Mother’s Day in May, and Mother’s Birthday in August. We always ate garlic fries and Kidd Valley burgers before taking our seats, and often shared a “one-size-fits-all” pepperoni pizza by the fourth inning. Mom...

The four-minute mile

“They said” it couldn’t be done. “They said” the human body was simply incapable of achieving it. Nevertheless, on this date in 1954, Roger Bannister, a medical student running for the Amateur Athletic Association of Britain, ran a mile in three minutes, fifty-nine...

Derby Day

California Chrome, Hoppertunity, Wicked Strong, and Danza. Top four, in that order. And yes, I am well-aware that California Chrome is the odds-on favorite, which usually dissuades me from predicting a horse will win the Kentucky Derby, but this time I can’t help it....