Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Today is September 11th. This is a touchstone date for Americans for obvious reasons - even though the pain and the memory and the anger seem to subside a little each year.  The same is not true for many in the Muslim world. From last year's attack in Benghazi (a filmmaker? you have to be frigging kidding me as an excuse) to the fact that today marks the 330th anniversary of the end of the siege of  Vienna which basically ended Muslim attempts to conquer Europe by land... Interesting interview of the writers of Rounders - a sequel may just happen... Confession - I am 100% Irish but am much more likely to get drunk the first Sunday of NFL football than I am on Saint Patrick's Day. This year was no exception... Doug Gottlieb has an interesting and personal take on the Johnny Manziel situation... How the owners of all 32 NFL teams made their money...