- So Duke Snider died Sunday The Dodgers left Brooklyn so long ago and Duke lived to be 84, so very few people in this area cared very much. And Newsday published a picture of the Duke, batting right handed for God’s sake!
- How has baseball changed? Duke was #8 on the all-time homerun list when he retired, with 407. He would have hit for more, but when the Dodgers moved to LA they played in the Coliseum which was 425 to center and 440 to right center. The Duke wasn’t a dead pull hitter, but even down the line in right, it was 395.
- Tuesday, March 1, is National Pancake Day, in honor of which IHOP is giving away a free short stack between 7 and 10 AM at participating restaurants. But they are asking people to contribute some money to a worthy charity they’ve designated. Check a local IHOP for details.
- #1 son has arrived safely in Shanghai China, found the studio apartment he rented, and started work on Monday morning. He reports that the car horn is the official noise of the city. Shanghai is ten hours ahead of where he lives, so he’s pretty jet lagged right now. I understand that plum blossoms are considered very pretty in China in the spring; prune blossoms, not so much.
- Prunes, by the way, are among my very favorite foods. This can be either a blessing or a curse, but never both at the same time.
- In the news recently, there was a heart-warming story of an 82-year-old woman from Memphis TN, Jean Wilson, who had a pizza delivered to her home every day. Ms. Wilson lived alone; she fell in her home, and couldn’t help herself for three days. She was rescued by a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver, because she ordered from Domino’s every day for three years, and the driver became concerned when she stopped. My daughter works in a government office. One of the clients there is an elderly woman who goes to church every day. If that lady doesn’t show up at church for any reason, the pastor goes to visit her. So you could eat a more varied, and balanced diet than Ms. Wilson has, yet still have someone watching your back.
- I doubt that anyone influential in US military policy or foreign policy on the east coast of Africa reads this blog. However, in case someone does, please Google the following phrase: “Stephen Decatur, Jr.” That should be all the guidance American foreign policy requires with regard to Somali pirates.
- They had a mullet toss over the weekend in Matlacha Fl. The fish, not the haircut.
