Jan Bono’s Blog
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....
“Owner will maintain”
Yes, this picture is a selfie I took last week, of me wearing my high school letter sweater, circa 1972. And yes, you’ve already seen it if you read my last blog post, which I happened to end with that very same photo. Today, though, I’m reflecting on a different...
Class of ‘72
Time marches on. Although 42 years since graduation is not a year we traditionally gather to rally ‘round the Meadowdale light blue and dark blue (yes, those really were our school colors), it is most certainly a year of extreme significance. This year is significant...