Song/Video of the Day: In Honor of Meatloaf, “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”
Meat Loaf, the larger-than-life singer and actor, has died at the age of 74. His “Bat Out of Hell” is one of the best-selling albums of all time. He was also part of the cast of the cult like movie, “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” is one of his iconic songs. See my video of the day.
The Washington Generals had nothing on me. Their record against the Harlem Globe Trotters was 3 wins against over 16,000 loses. Their last win occurred in 1971 when Curly Neal was out of the Globe Trotter line-up. In my Scrabble game with Leah tonight, I kept it close for a while but then she scored back-to-back 42 and 40 to put me away at the mid-way of th
Meat Loaf, the larger-than-life singer and actor, has died at the age of 74. His “Bat Out of Hell” was one of the best-selling albums of all time. He was also part of the cast of the cult like movie, “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” is one of his iconic songs. See my video of the day.
The Washington Generals had nothing on me. Their record against the Harlem Globe Trotters was 3 wins against over 16,000 loses. Their last win occurred in 1971 when Curly Neal was out of the Globe Trotter line-up. In my Scrabble game with Leah tonight, I kept it close for a while but then she scored back-to-back 42 and 40 to put me away at the mid-way point of the game. After that, I was just trying to keep it within 100. The final score was 258 to 346. To the best of my memory, I have one victory since the covid-19 pandemic started in March of 2020.
I love this story about Michigan sophomore QB J.J. McCarthy that appeared in the Detroit News today: Here are excerpts from the story.
`Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy had just endured his first loss as quarterback for La Grange Park (Illinois) Nazareth Academy during his sophomore season, but patiently signed autographs. A little girl offered her newspaper to be signed. “She was like, ‘Hey, why did you look so mad out there? Why weren’t you having fun?’” McCarthy said this week. McCarthy explained he hadn’t played well, and he was taking the team’s loss hard. “And she said, ‘What does that matter? You’re playing football, shouldn’t you be having fun?’” he said. The little girl, whose identity McCarthy doesn’t know, took the Sharpie he was using to sign autographs from his hand. She drew a smiley face on the back of his hand.
I kept it on there for the rest of the season and we went undefeated,” McCarthy said. “I realized the deep meaning behind it is, no matter what you’re doing, as long as you’re having fun and you’re enjoying it and you’re present, that’s the path you need to be on. That’s what’s going to make you pretty much fulfilled in what you’re doing in life. “As long as you’re having fun, that’s all that matters.”
McCarthy this week launched his JJ For the Kids Foundation, and that smiley face now adorns apparel, buttons and a rubber bracelet among other items. All proceeds from sales and donations will be distributed to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor and Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, near McCarthy’s hometown. This has been part of McCarthy’s vision for the future, but it came earlier than expected. With the allowance beginning last July for college athletes to profit off their “name, image and likeness,” or NIL as it’s referred, McCarthy already has donated nearly $11,000 to the Mott and Lurie hospitals. That total also includes donations to the Oxford fund for victims of the school shootings last year, as well as children’s hospitals in the cities where Michigan played games last fall.
It is a good thing I don’t look at my retirement accounts every day. If I did, I would be putting Leah on a tighter budget. The stock market suffered its worst week in nearly two years. In January the S&P 500 is off to its worst start since 2016. Technology stocks have been hit especially hard, with the Nasdaq Composite Index dropping more than 10 percent from its most recent high, which qualifies as a correction in Wall Street talk.
What are you doing today to stop violence? What are you doing today to expand mental health services for those in need? What are you doing today to make sure your guns are not are accessible to minors in your household?
Stay Safe. Social Distance. Wear your mask when indoors in public places. Schedule your vaccine and booster.
Orchid of the Day: To the unknown little girl who unknowingly impacted J.J McCarthy’s life. Due to that single moment in her young life, she is going to be impacting other kid’s lives for years to come. See above story about J.J. McCarthy
Onion of the Day: Gulf Shores weather. It was below freezing this morning and it stayed close to freezing during the all day rain.
Quote of the Day: “There ain’t no Coop De Ville hiding on the bottom of a Cracker Jacks box.”. Meatloaf from his song “Two Out of Three, ain’t Bad”
e game. After that, I was just trying to not lose by 100. The final score was 258 to 346. To the best of my memory, I have one victory since the covid-19 pandemic started in March of 2020.
I love this story about Michigan sophomore QB J.J. McCarthy that appeared in the Detroit News today: Here are excerpts from the story.
Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy had just endured his first loss as quarterback for La Grange Park (Illinois) Nazareth Academy during his sophomore season, but patiently signed autographs. A little girl offered her newspaper to be signed. “She was like, ‘Hey, why did you look so mad out there? Why weren’t you having fun?’” McCarthy said this week. McCarthy explained he hadn’t played well, and he was taking the team’s loss hard. “And she said, ‘What does that matter? You’re playing football, shouldn’t you be having fun?’” he said. The little girl, whose identity McCarthy doesn’t know, took the Sharpie he was using to sign autographs from his hand. She drew a smiley face on the back of his hand.
I kept it on there for the rest of the season and we went undefeated,” McCarthy said. “I realized the deep meaning behind it is, no matter what you’re doing, as long as you’re having fun and you’re enjoying it and you’re present, that’s the path you need to be on. That’s what’s going to make you pretty much fulfilled in what you’re doing in life. “As long as you’re having fun, that’s all that matters.”
McCarthy this week launched his JJ For the Kids Foundation, and that smiley face now adorns apparel, buttons and a rubber bracelet among other items. All proceeds from sales and donations will be distributed to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor and Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, near McCarthy’s hometown. This has been part of McCarthy’s vision for the future, but it came earlier than expected. With the allowance beginning last July for college athletes to profit off their “name, image and likeness,” or NIL as it’s referred, McCarthy already has donated nearly $11,000 to the Mott and Lurie hospitals. That total also includes donations to the Oxford fund for victims of the school shootings last year, as well as children’s hospitals in the cities where Michigan played games last fall.
It is a good thing I don’t look at my retirement accounts every day. If I did, I would be putting Leah on a tighter budget. The stock market suffered its worst week in nearly two years, and so far in January the S&P 500 is off to its worst start since 2016. Technology stocks have been hit especially hard, with the Nasdaq Composite Index dropping more than 10 percent from its most recent high, which qualifies as a correction in Wall Street talk.
What are you doing today to stop violence? What are you doing today to expand mental health services for those in need? What are you doing today to make sure your guns are not are accessible to minors in your household?
Stay Safe. Social Distance. Wear your mask when indoors in public places. Schedule your vaccine and booster.
Orchid of the Day: To the unknown little girl who unknowingly impacted J.J McCarthy’s life. Due to that single moment in her young life, she is going to be impacting other kid’s lives for years to come. See above story about J.J. McCarthy
Onion of the Day: Gulf Shores weather. It was below freezing this morning and it stayed close to freezing during the all day rain.
Quote of the Day: “There ain’t no Coop De Ville hiding on the bottom of a Cracker Jacks box.”. Meatloaf from his song “Two Out of Three, ain’t Bad”