For over fifty years, St Louis was a two-team town, the Browns in the American League–they were to become the Orioles in the early fifties–and the Cardinals in the National League.
We all know about the ‘trolley car’ series ‘44. Gas was rationed, a sizeable number of talented players in the major leagues were in the Pacific or European theaters… (more…)
11-1-07
At this moment, Congress is in session and they, particularly the House is wrangling over just how to deal with this cat-already-out-of-the-bag situation. Proposed, but nowhere near wrapped up, is that military personnel have control over the forays of Blackwell guys and the numerous ’security’ guys under employ of other firms (of which Haliburton launched the trend in 2003). (more…)
It’s hard to count (recount) the number of ‘The Best Of’ collections of the Stones. Out of memory, I’ll name a few here, in no particular order: ‘Made in the Shade’, ‘Hot Rocks’, ‘Hot Rocks vol. 2′, ‘Time Waits for Noone’ (a ripoff if you ask me), ‘Forty Licks’, and the most obscure of them all, ‘Flowers’. (more…)
Illinois has it down. They’re matching up fishing and hunting license applicants with delinquent obligators of back child support.
The article’s writer (The Alton Telegraph, 10/28/07) described the dads as ‘delinquet parents’. If they’re beyond $1000 past due (a low tolerance level, actually), they’ll be nailed. (more…)
This young man is all over the place, recording records all over the place, with a brain that’s supercharged-style all over the place…
…and he seems like he’d be a cool guy to hang around with. (more…)
I was a wee bit young at college, both starting and ending. Basically (and totally) I was a freshman there when I should have been a young-ish senior somewhere else (in high school).
Whatever, though. It worked out, and its ‘working out’, I need to be clear, had nothing to do with the event I describe herein. (more…)