12.14.2022

LOL

 Caption from a sports photo appearing on the UPI web site:

"Chicago Bears wide receiver Chris Finke (L) attempts to catch a pass…"

Bears fans learn to just live with it.

On playing by the rules

California girl licensed to own unicorn — if she finds one

The first-of-its-kind permit came with strings attached, however: The mythical creature must be provided ample exposure to sunlight, moonbeams and rainbows and have its horn polished at least once a month with a soft cloth.

12.13.2022

Send not to know who got their bell rung here

From a story in Fortune magazine about the FTX-Crypto collapse…

John Ray III called FTX’s collapse one of the worst business failures he has seen — a “paperless bankruptcy,” fueled by an “unprecedented lack of documentation.”…

Ray, a long-time corporate restructuring expert, said the situation at FTX was worse that what he found at Enron two decades ago. Enron was one of the biggest corporate frauds in U.S. history

And from an AP story on the same subject…

U.S. Attorney Williams said Tuesday that Bankman-Fried made “tens of millions of dollars” in illegal campaign donations.

 [Emphasis mine.]

12.12.2022

Please let this be true

Could walking backwards be the secret to physical and cognitive health?

“Doing something like challenging the body to walk backwards requires actually quite a lot of coordination, quite a lot of effort, and it’s asking your brain to do something it’s not as used to doing,” McNamara said.
This could be the greatest health fad ever! Really…just imagine everybody walking backward all around town. In the grocery store (see the article for cart, dragging behind). Up and down stairs.

Maybe we could all play backward sports!

12.11.2022

Every single one?

Thousands of party animals attend Midwest FurFest, world’s largest furry convention

The Midwest FurFest welcomed thousands of participants from over 50 countries spanning every continent except Alaska, the convention said.

 I thought Army winning the Army-Navy football game yesterday was big, but that was before I heard about Alaska becoming a continent.