I got thoughts. Nothing but thoughts. Here are…
Some Thoughts:
- Dear News Media, The Reds manager rant is not a story. Seriously. Calm the f**k down. He has good reason to be mad. I’d love to see a sportswriter try to reveal the Bengals playbook and player tendencies to a waiting audience and try to defend that… through the newly broken teeth he gets from his editor and fan base. I say he because women are clearly smarter sports writers than to do this crap.
- There is no way I would ever let a car insurance company put a digital monitoring device in my car. That’s asking for all sorts of trouble.
- Turns out the unarmed suspect killed by the 73 yr old reserve deputy was black. It didn’t seem to pertain to the case but one of the news stations felt the need to point it out. I feel the need to point out that anyone who doesn’t realize the difference between his firearm and his taser likely does not qualify for active duty–regardless of the color of the man he winds up shooting. Mr. Bates, you are benched… forever. Or not. This is Oklahoma. You might get to stay on. You won’t go to jail, that’s for sure. Wild West, yo. Mistakes happen and can be forgiven in the Wild West.
- Unto 1811 where a fledgling Missouri was (literally) rocked by a trio of 7.5+ richter earthquakes only a few weeks apart. The mainland hasn’t been hit like that again since 1857… Now this is also the year we started allowing women’s golf tournaments–an oft overlooked step in the women’s rights movement. This was less tremulous than, well, a trio of earthquakes, but deeply important nonetheless.
- Yes, I often r e a c h with this history stuff, but I like it.
- Football anchors have absolutely nothing to say right now. A full day’s coverage of the 2015 schedule? That’s really sad. Still, Jets v. Giants? Whaaaaaat?