123rd edition of My Random Thoughts: Sports, TV, music, food, life.....
Remember, it's always advisable to enjoy wins. You never know when the next one is coming.
I look at lawn mowing as me vs the yard. I keep score. If I get to it in time for an easy mow/good conditions....I win. This week, I lost, badly. Long, thick. It felt like a four game sweep.
We are in the Burrow and Elly windows. I wish both franchises would act accordingly.
My granny lived in West Liberty, KY. Visiting the Sorghum Festival as a kid was big time. I remember the mules walking in circles and grinding the sugarcane.
Song I cranked up on the radio this week: 'Use Somebody' by Kings of Leon.
Loved hearing Bob Trumpy's surprise on-air call to congratulate Thom Brennaman on his new morning show this week.
If you are into the NFL Draft, the single best guide is 'The Beast' from Dane Brugler of The Athletic.
As a kid, I had great anticipation going to the mailbox after guessing who would be on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Really cool that Brent Musburger will be inducted into the Pro Football HOF as winner of the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. His voice to open a broadcast set the stage better than anyone. "You are looking live!"
I misplaced my phone for about seven minutes this week. Very unnerving. And that's even more unnerving.
I paused in the soft drink section at Kroger this week and stared at the RC Cola. Man, the memories of collecting the baseball player edition of those cans in the 70's. I say bring 'em back!
Denny Crane!
I believe my streak of lottery failure for passes to The Masters sits at 32 years.
I've always thought sports would be a lot more enjoyable for fans if they didn't know how much athletes made.
Old song I just heard for the first time, and I love: "Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw. It sounds like/reminds me of 'Watching Airplanes" by Gary Allan.
More and more I value time and experiences. I don't like wasting time. I'd rather do something than buy something.
Ever play a handheld baseball game that was shaped like a stadium and the pitch decisions were on a corded controller that pulled out?
As a disc jockey at Carmel High School's WHJE, I played a lot of .38 Special and Hall & Oates. Many times, whether the format call for it or not.
Reset your life every now and then: Cut your homemade sandwich into triangles.
Was there a better/cheap pizza in high school than Little Caesars?
Imagine being Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant and having so much money that after you are warned not to do a mimicking a gun gesture after a basket, you decide to do it again the next game and get fined $75,000.
As a teenager, I wrote a letter to the editor of The Sporting News complaining about people comparing the '84 Tigers to the Big Red Machine. I also wrote a letter to the Indianapolis Star complaining about Herb and Mel Simon, the owners of the Pacers.
If there was ever a podcast in-waiting, it would be the 'The Lunch Bunch'. That's what Bob Trumpy calls his weekly lunch with Marty Brennaman, Dennis Janson and friends. Imagine plopping a mic down for those unfiltered conversations.
I've always found the Bruce Lee story fascinating. He died at age 32.
There are not many things dumber than an NFL Mock Draft......one thing would be a mock draft trade. Just. Stop.
Don't worry about things you don't care about.