Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

People forget but the Patriots beating the Rams for their first Super Bowl win in 2001 was considered by many at the time to be as big an upset as Buster Douglas beating Mike Tyson. It was only later when people realized Tom Brady wasn't a fluke and how great a coach Bill Belichick is that it became just another victory... One of the big sports stories of the weekend was the revelation that star pitcher Madison Bumgarner has been secretly competing in pro rodeo roping contests under the alias Mason Saunders. Kind of feel bad that his cover has been blown... Victor Davis Hanson had a good point on a recent podcast. He noted that China targeted their retaliatory tariffs on products produced in States that could effect the electoral college in the next Presidential election. For instance soy beans were targeted but almonds (produced mainly in California) were not. This is clearly trying to influence the 2020 election much more than anything the Russians are trying to pull off with Facebook ads... The other big sports story over the weekend was the incredible story of 42-year old zamboni driver David Ayres winning a game vs Toronto as the Carolina Hurricanes emergency goalie. Incredible!... "Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do)." - Stephen Covey... If you find yourself being annoyed by a Canadian just remind them that Alex Trebek became a US citizen back in 1998...

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- How to keep marketers and others from tracking you via your smart phone. Basic stuff but it doesn't hurt to check every once and a while.

- Heh heh - he did warn them

- My bucket list of places to go keeps getting longer and longer

- Interesting - Amazon picks up rights to UFC PPV events via Amazon Prime Video

- So very sad

- My guess is that Obama didn't want his speech recorded for the same reason comedians don't want people filming their act - he planned on giving the same speech over and over raking in the speaking fees. Now that it's been leaked he has to come up with new "bits"