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Former NHL Goon Turns Catholic . . . After Winning All-Star MVP Honors

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Tuesday Miscellany

Software's Incessant Change Debate at 9:00 (EDT) tonight. The topics of the debate selected by moderator Chris Wallace: the coronavirus pandemic, racial unrest, the Supreme Court, the economy, and the integrity of the election. Biden has been preparing hard, presumably taking large amounts of memory supplements. Trump

Miscellany

Barrett, Prison Rape Bonanza, Lions I gotta admit: I'm proud to be an alumnus of Notre Dame Law School. I was in my third year of law school when Mrs. Barrett was a freshman in the undergrad so our paths would've never crossed, but I'

BYCU

Bachelor Party Drinking weekend. Alpena, on the shores of Lake Huron, eldest son Alex's bachelor party. I stocked the car last night with cornhole, frisbees, Can Jam, Spike Ball, dice, cards, and beer. Now I just need to make room for two passengers and our underwear. I'

News App

I've been looking to replace Drudge with something, so I'm auditioning a few news apps. The first one featured a story yesterday, to the effect that Jimmy Kimmel had a great insight earlier this week: Trump must be concerned he's going to lose in

Where Did Everyone Go?

The Shortage Where did all the people go? In our community, we have a lawyer shortage, a computer technician shortage, a construction contractor shortage, a doctor shortage, a substitute teacher shortage. And those are just ones I can think of without trying. Everyone is crazy busy; nobody has time to

Flash Fiction

Fiction for the Digital Age and Sowell There's Always Something New Under the Sun Department: Microfiction. It's a short story in 300 or fewer words. Or, according to Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_fiction], 100 or fewer words. If you're wordy, you

BYCU

The Waiting Calm before the drinking storm. Free, sober weekend now. Liver Armeggedon starts next weekend. Next Thursday, I'm taking a virtual tour of a Bardstown bourbon distillery, complete with a gift box of bourbon delivered ahead of time, courtesy of my firm's library vendor. The

Sports Down

"Monday Night Football Ratings Crash," ratings "way down," "NFL ratings take a huge hit." It sounds like, if it weren't for Tom Brady's inaugural game with Tampa Bay, it would've been a catastrophic opening weekend for the NFL.