Thoughts for the Day, April 7, 2021: Let the fun (umpiring) begin
For the remainder of April, I will be busier than a one-armed wallpaper hanger. Umpiring starts for me on Friday with a double header. On Sunday, I along with four …
Thoughts for the Day, April 6, 2021: Remember this name, Akil Baddoo
In all the hoopla about the men’s NCAA basketball tournament, the women’s championship lost out on some great press and exposure. On Sunday night Stanford beat Arizona 54-53 as a …
Thoughts for the Day, April 5, 2021: Almost a normal Easter.
Compared to Easter 2020, Easter 2021 was outstanding. Instead of delivering Easter baskets by social distancing, Chris’ and Katy’s families came to our house to get their Easter baskets and …
Thoughts for the Day, April 2, 2021: The pushback continues
Georgia’s new voting law is facing pushback and rightfully so. Today Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the 2021 All Star game and the MLB draft will no longer …
Thoughts for the Day, April 1, 2021: Opening Day and April Fools Day
It is Opening Day today, much to my surprise. It is also April Fools Day. Today’s weather is mother nature’s way of playing an April Fool’s joke on us. Game …
Thoughts for the Day, March 31, 2021: A year later and I am still enjoying it.
It was one year ago today that I posted my first blog on this website. At the time I had no idea what I was doing or whether I would …
Thoughts for the Day, March 30, 2021: Go Blue
Inspite of great progress on the vaccination, we are not out of the woods yet. The number of Michigan residents in hospitals with confirmed cases of COVID-19 is now increasing …
Thoughts for the Day, March 29, 2021: This pandemic is far from ending. Wear your mask in public.
Per the NY Times, President Biden on Monday called on governors and mayors to maintain or reinstate mask-wearing orders, saying that because of “reckless behavior,” the coronavirus was again spreading …
Thoughts for the Day, March 26, 2021: It was bound to happen.
Michigan’s mens hockey team has been forced out of the NCAA hockey tournament because of recent positive Covid-19 tests within the program. The Wolverines were forced to withdraw from the NCAA …
Thoughts for the Day, March 25, 2021: U of M must be shaking in their boots.
Per the NY Times, the University of Southern California on Thursday announced that it will pay more than $1.1 billion to the former patients of a campus gynecologist accused of preying …