ALL IN , OR OUT ?
The President said new rules for College Athletics would be done “,,,early next week.” That was March 13. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4312/text#:~:text=A%20BILL,to%20unfair%20methods%20of%20competition. Head knockin starts this week. The NCAA Rulebook is about reliable as the above mentioned promise. Nevertheless some semblance of control is needed urgently. Since no one has a clue, here is an interim proposal :…
ALMOST 100 YEARS!
THE GREAT DEPRESSION–1929– A Ferrol Sam’s character, providing a bed in his home to a destitute acquaintence, offered ” …IF YOU NEED ANYTHING CALL ME, AND I WILL TALK YOU OUT OF NEEDING IT.”
The Big Alligator
Last spring small alligators appeared in a few of our community’s 10 ponds. The Wildlife’s Alligator Man spoke to our group. For an hour he tried to sell two points: 1. The small ones we had spotted can’t hurt us and 2. When they grow to a dangerous size Wildlife would relocate them. The problem…
ANTIQUE JUKEBOX FOR SALE
1954 AMI HOLDS FORTY 45’S. WORKS FINE. * (SEE BELOW ) This is it AMI Make/Model: AMI Model F40 F80 F120Year: 1954Selections: F40 – 40 78 RPM / F80 – 80 45 RPM / F120 – 120 45 RPMAmplifier: R145Stepper: 40 Select uses S40 Stepper, 80 select used S80 Stepper for W80 wallbox, 120 select used the S120 for the…
Dorm Life
Today’s interesting news includes two Cornell University students who quartered a 200 pound Black Bear in their University dorm room. Legit hunting by the two. This reminded me of a late coaching friend in ihe 1960’s. Unnamed, a college linebacker of note, duct taped his dorm room and turned on all water sources. Once the…
HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?
BELOW ARE SOME EXCERPTS AND ARTICLES FROM MY BLOG, THAT SHOW A PATTERN OF DEVELOPING BELIEF IN THE DROP SHOT , AND AN AMERICAN TENNIS NEED ( WWW.TOMPARHAM.WORDPRESS.COM): (2016) In pro tennis both men and women have learned the virtues of the drop-shot. One–it tires opponents quickly.Secondly, it has a subtle psychological effect that discourages…
VOTE FOR RON
FROM NYT Insults, Expletives and Fat-Shaming: Vance Trolls Critics on the Right and Left. CLIPS It was hardly the first time that someone on social media called someone else fat. But it may have been the first time that a vice president of the United States did so. Mr. Vance also appears to have a…
RECKONING
More institutions are dipping into their endowments — and alienating donors at the worst possible moment. Higher Education taping Endowments to “survive”? A LINKEDIN article today sites this as a real problem. Is money being siphoned off to pay new Athletics demands?
PRO VS CON
Back when people could talk to each other, I heard this rationale frequently : ” I voted for Trump because he is a business man!” Now, summer 2026, that has mitigated to: ” I don’t like some of his behavior, but he has done a lot of good things!” Here is a new game to…
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