Keep Me in You Heart

Keep Me in Your Heart

On This Day 20-years Ago

Twenty years ago tonight Warren Zevon went on the Late Show with David Letterman in one of the most poignant moments in TV history.  

Zevon was dying of terminal lung cancer and he sat down with his longtime friend Letterman to discuss life and play some songs. Letterman devoted the entire episode to his friend.

Memento mori. "You're reminded to enjoy every sandwich and every minute playing with the guys, and being with the kids."

I still miss Warren Zevon.

Retirement

Three articles on retirement - two from former pro athletes and one on David Letterman. Interesting perspectives:

- Joey Harrington looks back on his NFL career.

- Shane Battier is trying to transition from his NBA career to the next challenge

- David Letterman makes me want to move to Whitefish, Montana

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Modern Americans don't know the horror of either grisly ax murders or pay toilets. I'm not sure which was worse... Norm MacDonald's very sweet tribute to David Letterman... Not sure how I feel when some gives me a gift and says, "its a top shelf item" but then follows up with "at Family Dollar"... I agree 100%... The JAWS character Captain Quint's last name means "fifth" in Latin. In the movie he's the fifth person killed by the shark... This is just awful. I hope the people responsible spend the rest of their lives in jail... Is it me or throughout history have all ax murders been described as "grisly"? As if there might be some sort of "delightful" ax murder...

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

The David Ortiz controversy with the official scorer at Fenway Park reminded me of the story of when Jim Rice was the team's hitting coach and he called the scorer to get an error changed to a hit for one of the guys. The scorer changed it immediately and Rice asked him if he wanted to know Rice's argument for the change. The scorer said no because when Rice was playing he never once complained about the scorer's decisions and if he thought enough to call about this one then Rice must be right... Cool - Joe DiMaggio once had to wear a Red Sox road uniform when his Yankees road uniform showed up late at Fenway Park... Idea for a movie - Zombie Inventory Takers. The undead converge on a popular mall to take inventory... I would love to see these changes made to the IRS... I'm not ashamed to say that I miss Zima. Especially Orange Zima. I'm comfortable enough in my manhood to admit this... Vegetarian Water. Seriously...  If there were a DVD of just the David Letterman Top 10 Lists over the years - I'd buy that DVD in a heartbeat... Holy crap - the ferocious bug that that sucks prey dry and wears their corpses...

Linky Links

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

- 12 Harry Potter revelations from JK Rowling

- The Air Force's mysterious X-37B space plane - the replacement for the space shuttle?

- The Ballad of Leno and Letterman - told by Jerry Seinfeld (I wonder if Leno will be a guest on Letterman now?)

- REAL anti-masturbation video from BYU - Wounded on the Battlefield (in this particular war I have millions of Purple Hearts)

- I want a print of this - Salvador Dalek

- Heh heh

David Letterman

David Letterman is taking lots of flack for his "joke" about Sarah Palin and her daughter at a Yankees game. People are calling Letterman classless, misogynistic, ignorant and much worse. I'm sort of surprised at the backlash at Letterman. I mean what else did you expect? Letterman is a Yankees' fan so being classless, misogynistic, ignorant and much worse is par for the course. [/rimshot]

Heh Heh



John McCain and David Letterman exchanging insults.

HT Liberal Values