Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations

Novak Djokavic should issue a $10 million winner take all challenge to whoever wins the Australian Open. They could hold it in Florida or Texas and ESPN would pay big bucks to broadcast the event. With the Cowboys out of the playoffs Jerry Jones should do everything possible to hold the event at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington... Recently Dick's Sporting Goods CEO came out and said that their decision to stop selling guns was a mistake and harmed shareholder value. I predict that a year from now Carhartt's CEO will make a similar admission about the company's employee vaccine mandates (prediction not valid if Carhartt walks back their decision after they gauge how poorly it's being received)... As some Democrats propose federalizing elections remember that neither elections nor the Constitution were changed or suspended even during the Civil War. Of course many of the people suggesting these changes to the way elections are held today also want you to believe that January 6, 2020 was worse than the Civil War... Saw Mel Gibson was trending on Twitter and I couldn't resist seeing "so what did he say/do now?" Turns out he's starring in a new movie called Last Looks and I have to admit the movie looks pretty good... So can we all agree that we're all at the point where NOBODY cares if George RR Martin ever finishes the last Game of Thrones book? No interest whatsoever... "Hey how do I watch CNN+" said no one ever... So the media made a big deal about 270 people (not 270 medical doctors) signing a letter to Spotify about Joe Rogan but over 46,000 medical practitioners along with over 15,000 medical and public health scientists signed the Great Barrington Declaration but guess which story got memory holed... How incredible is what Tom Brady is doing at age 44 in the NFL? This weekend he will be older than all the remaining NFC opposing head coaches in the playoffs: Packers coach Matt LaFleur is 42, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan is 42, and Rams coach Sean McVay is 35 years old. Incredible!... In the last one hundred years we have seen the rise of the automobile, the airplane, the TV, the PC, the Internet, and the smartphone. What mankind may accomplish in the next hundred years boggles the mind... As always if this column has made you smile or think - don't be afraid to hit the like button. Also please subscribe (it's FREE) and share with your friends. Thanks in advance..