Gah…

I missed this yesterday…

I used to be a dyed in the wool baseball fan, until the strike in 1994. I’ve watched ONE game since then.

This was a piece of history I got to watch on TV back in the day. If I remember correctly, we watched this at the EM Club at Barbers Point. My grandfather followed Milwaukee for years, then Atlanta when Aaron moved over there, which got me started following them. He had been a Dodgers fan until they left Brooklyn, and never watched/listened to another Dodgers game after that…

As the crowd gathered at Fulton County Stadium 50 years ago tonight, the fans anticipated that history would take place. For one night, Atlanta was the center of the baseball universe, and Atlanta Braves star Henry “Hank” Aaron didn’t disappoint.

The media anticipated the night’s excitement, too. NBC covered the game live, and entertainer Pearl Bailey sang the national anthem. Aaron’s parents were there, as were luminaries like Sammy Davis Jr.

The fateful moment came in the bottom of the fourth inning as Aaron faced off against Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing. The first pitch was a ball, but Aaron smashed the second pitch into the bullpen in left-center field, where Braves pitcher Tom House caught it.

Full article, HERE from PJ Media.

Here is the video from Atlanta last night.

He and his family were threatened a lot, but they preserved, and he did break the record, as noted. It also prompted him to become a proponent of civil rights for the rest of his life.

May he rest in peace.

 

It’s MONDAY…

Sigh…

Go enjoy the eclipse if you’re in the area, otherwise, enjoy the jokes…

Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard when he lives in the jungle without a razor?

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are dead?

Why do banks charge a fee on ‘insufficient funds’ when they know we obviously don’t have the money to pay them?

Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Whose idea was it to put an ‘S’ in the word ‘lisp’?

What is the speed of darkness?

Why is it that people say they ‘slept like a baby’ when babies wake up every two hours?

If the temperature is zero outside today and it’s going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?

Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

Did you ever stop and wonder…….

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, ‘I think I’ll squeeze these pink dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?’

Who was the first person to say, ‘See that chicken there… I’m gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it’s ass.’

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don’t point to their ass when they ask where the bathroom is?

Why does your Gynecologist leave the room when you get undressed when they know they are going to look up there anyway?

Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They’re both dogs !

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

Stop singing and read on……

Do illiterate people really get to enjoy Alphabet Soup?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?

Do you ever wonder why you gave me your e-mail address in the first place?

Book promo…

First up is the book that John Ringo previewed on our YouTube on Thursday- Beyond the Ranges

As always, click on the cover for the Amazon link!

The blurb-

For Jason Graham, the world ends not with a bang, not even with much of a whimper.

One second, he’s sitting in a restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, chatting with a server, the next he finds himself in a strange room, rescued by mysterious alien benefactors. Seems the world did end, though how and why are something of a mystery.

Now, Jason—and five hundred million other humans—are in orbit around an Earthlike world that is abundant in natural resources and totally untamed. For the newly awakened humans, this is a chance to start society with a clean slate and a bright future. For Jason, who has knocked about aimlessly in several different careers in his Earth life, it’s an opportunity to unleash his creativity and ambition and see what he can really do.

Next up is the newest anthology from Raconteur Press- What! You Again?

The blurb-

The final episode of the Spurgle Chronicles as told by ten authors. Stories of malicious incompetence and how Spurgle gets his comeuppance. You’ll be laughing at each account of how the most hated man in fiction gets his. Heroics, humor, and how on earth did he manage to do that?

“So we bid au revoir to Andrew J. Spurgle—maybe to visit him again in the future, but ever eager to see what the literary world at large does with him.

Use him (albeit carefully, and seek medical attention if things start burning)! Abuse him—he is resilient!

He is our gift to the literary world. Have fun with him!”

Peter Nealen has a new book out in his Brannigan’s Blackhearts series- Legacy of Terror

The blurb-

A Military Junta Turns to Piracy

And the Blackhearts Get Called In for a Rescue

But There Are Other Threats Just Out of Sight…

When the repressive military government of the tiny country of Costa de las Joyas seizes a US-flagged cargo ship, a response is inevitable. However, given the small nation’s proximity to Venezuela and Colombia, the US government has decided that a subtle approach is called for.

Brannigan’s Blackhearts are called in, but not to retake the ship.

Regime change is the mission, but it will be regime change by proxy. The Blackhearts are hired to break out an imprisoned dissident, to act as a rallying point for the country’s rebels.

However, the enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend…

As the picture becomes clearer, the Blackhearts must decide between the lesser of two evils.

Or neither.

You’ll love this thriller because the twists are as rapid as the gunfire!

Get it today.

Last but certainly not least, Kelly Grayson with a collection of his novellas and shorts- Random Synapses: Book 1 of Short Attention Span Theatre

 

The Blurb-

“Denny’s and IHOP are Waffle Houses for people who can’t fight.” ~ Kelly Grayson

Welcome to Random Synapses: Book 1 of Short Attention Span Theatre. This compilation of short stories and novellas is a gift to my loyal readers who have faithfully read everything I publish online, and for those few diehards who spurn e-readers and faithfully wait for publication of the print version.

In it, you’ll find the exploits of Sergeant Cecil Dundee the combat wombat and his comrades-in-arms, Aloysius Q. Fortenberry the Waffle Haus Sheriff and his fellow W.H.I.S.S.C. operatives, loving odes to Generation X in the cane fields of Cajun country, a few backstories in the Sumdood universe, and more. I hope you giggle as much in reading them as I did writing them.

Enjoy.

Also, John has a substack where he’s publishing a serial of a new set of writing, https://johnringoauthor.substack.com/

Go read it, it’s GOOD stuff!!!

Not something…

One sees every day!

1930 Model A Ford pickup!!!

Obviously still a work in progress, but it’s ALL METAL! There isn’t a single piece of plastic on this one!

The body is a ‘little rough’, but what do you expect for almost 100 years old? It looks like he’s got the first primer coat on, and just wanted to ‘enjoy’ driving it on one of the few nice days we’ve had lately!

I would have loved to see what motor he had in it, but…I couldn’t wait around to see who it belonged to.

Sigh…

Bubblewrap anyone???

Beth Widner is a mother who lives in Canton, a middle-class suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. She has four kids, whom she homeschools while her husband, Glenn, telecommutes.

In August of 2018, the Widner kids—then ages 13, 11, nine, and seven—were members of a swim team at their local YMCA, which was about two blocks from their house. One day, after swim practice, the 7-year-old, Jackson, lagged behind while the rest of his siblings walked home, and stopped by the grocery for a free cookie.

Full article, HERE from Reason.com

This…just pisses me off. I know I’m old, but dammit, when I was little, we expected to be able to go see our friends by ourselves, in addition to walking to school, and/or riding our bikes everywhere. It was 8 blocks to elementary school, and 10 blocks to one of my best friend’s houses.

And we were doing that in the third grade! Because we were expected to do what we were told, and had the ‘responsibility’ to be allowed to do those things on our own. Was it perfect?

Hell no! I got hit by a car one morning walking to school (it was actually snowing, but I ‘thought’ I was far enough off the road to be okay). I got knocked into the ditch, bell got rung, and I got taken to the doctor, but no serious injuries. One of my friends got hit on his bike by a teenager who ran a stop sign, and he DID end up in the hospital. Another friend ended up shooting himself in the thigh with his .22 while crossing a fence.

And yes, we had .22s, used to strap them to our handlebars and ride down the creek to shoot in the woods. Because we were responsible for ourselves!

All our parents knew each other, and if we did something wrong, we got our butts whipped by whatever parent caught us, the got whipped when we got home, and lost privileges!

Today? If your kids are ‘out of sight’, you are in trouble… CPS, nosy neighbors, etc. will get you hauled off or your kids taken away. Two years ago, I was out helping youngest daughter when she got operated on and it snowed. So the grands were playing in the snow and some of their friends from the cul-de-sac came over to slide down the yard and in the street (it was snowing heavily and NOBODY was driving). Even though we were watching the kids, because ‘I’ wasn’t known to the mother, she came out and sat with us because I ‘might’ be a bad guy.

All I could do was shake my head at her comment…

But I will admit I can see the paranoia now being generated by the left, the MSM, and .gov as they do their damnest to throttle any initiative, responsibility, or adventure for the young kids. And a benefit is forcing the families to ‘watch’ the kids every minute.

But the kids don’t get a chance to play, eat mud, have ‘adventures’ with their friends, play cowboys and indians, or king of the hill, or anything else we did… And the other downside is the kids have many more vulnerabilities/allergies than we did, because they don’t get dirty, or play with animals, etc…

Sigh…

Another EV article…

Some good links in this article!

Not only do today’s car buyers have to pick what brand, color and features they want, they must now also choose among a dizzying array of propulsion systems.

  • Gas? Hybrid? Plug-in hybrid? Electric? Hydrogen? The options are confounding to the average consumer.

Why it matters: This is what car-buying will be like for the foreseeable future amid the messy, multi-decade transition from gasoline to electric vehicles (EVs).

Full article, with embedded links, HERE from Axios.com

As usual, one of the biggest issues is charging, or lack thereof…

And I personally don’t believe 20% of rural vehicles are EVs! That I know of in our little town of 6500, there are a total of TWO EVs. Two…

And as discussed before, the average subdivisions don’t have enough power coming to them to actually charge an EV in every home. And older homes by and large don’t have 200A service to them, which is a requirement.

Much less the horror stories about actual towing mileage on EV pickups… Snort…

A little humor…

What is it they say, if you can’t say anything good…

I was wondering

  1. If a mute swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?
  2. If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
  3. Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled a them would they still grow, only to be troubled and insecure?
  4. What’s another word for synonym?
  5. Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do “practice”?
  6. When sign makers go on strike, is anything written on their signs?
  7. When you open a bag of cotton balls, is the top one meant to be thrown away?
  8. Where do forest rangers go to “get away from it all”?
  9. Why isn’t there mouse-flavored cat food?
  10. Why do they report power outages on TV?
  11. What should you do when you see an endangered animal that is eating an endangered plant?
  12. Is it possible to be totally partial?
  13. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
  14. Would a fly that loses its wings be called a walk?
  15. Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?  Are they afraid someone will clean them?
  16. If the funeral procession is at night, do folks drive with their headlights off?
  17. If a stealth bomber crashes in a forest, will it make a sound?
  18. If a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?
  19. If a turtle loses his shell, is it naked or homeless?
  20. Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?
  21. Should vegetarians eat animal crackers?
  22. If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
  23. Why do people who know the least know it the loudest?
  24. If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat?

Reality…

Smacks SFO in the face…

People are not satisfied with the San Francisco city government’s progress in providing reparations to descendants of African Americans who have suffered historical discrimination, according to a new report.

Although a city government panel proposed monetary reparations for eligible Black residents last year – with some potentially receiving $5 million, “So far, all they’ve received is an apology,”

Full article HERE.

I’m guessing that $68 Billion shortfall in California budget, and apparently SFO’s ‘reallocation’ of $75 Million in their city budget doesn’t leave anything for reparations…

Of course the left is in a high hover over this, and blaming anybody they can.

But the truth is, there isn’t any money to actually pay what these people are demanding, much less a way to actually verify eligibility, that I know of.

Shareholder revolt???

Another report on the Disney debacle…

The Walt Disney Company is facing accusations that the company has misled shareholders by promoting a “woke political and social agenda” at the expense of profits.

America First Legal (AFL), a group aligned with former President Trump, sent Disney a letter Wednesday alleging that the company has engaged in unlawful discrimination and pushed political causes that have caused “damage to Disney’s brand, properties, and commercial reputation by management’s manufactured misalignment between its woke political and social agenda and the vast majority of the Company’s customers.”

Full article, HERE from Fox. h/t Stretch

$100 BILLION hit is pretty significant, and yes, if ‘I’ were a shareholder, I’d be worried about my dividends.

Of course all this will be blamed on the conservatives and Trump, because Disney is toeing the line for the left and their ‘agenda’.

I miss the Disney of old, and the toons we used to be able to watch on Saturday morning. Mighty Mouse, Wile E. Coyote (and Acme!), Tom & Jerry, Foghorn Leghorn, Bugs Bunny, Moose and Squirrel, etc.

And as far as I know, none of us turned into child killers, or malcontents because of the ‘aggression’ in those toons… Or the old Disney movies, Fantasia, Bambi, Cinderella, Song of the South, etc.

Oh yeah, good luck finding any of them today…

Sigh…

Happy Easter!!!

It is Easter Sunday, and all that entails for Christians around the world.

Take the day and remember, spend the time with your loved ones if you can, and say a prayer for those who have the duty wherever they may be.