Gleanings from the desktop:
February 26th
Today's Birthdays:
Grover Clevland Alexandeer (1887)
Adrian Dantley (1956)
Rolando Blackman (1959)
Marshall Faulk (1973)
1933: NFL Clubs owners decide to move the goalposts from the back of the end zone to the goal lines. They say they want to encourage more field goals.
posted by Bob Rempel 7:24 AM
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Got this from the folks at BetterGolf.net. Doesn't say where they got it from.
20 Golfing Laws
LAW 1: No matter how bad your last shot was, the worst is yet to come. This law does not expire on the 18th hole, since it has the supernatural tendency to extend over the course of a tournament, a summer and, eventually, a lifetime.
LAW 2: Your best round of golf will be followed almost immediately by your worst round ever. The probability of the latter increases with the number of people you tell about the former.
LAW 3: Brand new golf balls are water-magnetic. Though this cannot be proven in the lab, it is a known fact that the more expensive the golf ball, the greater its attraction to water.
LAW 4: Golf balls never bounce off of trees back into play. If one does, the tree is breaking a law of the universe and should be cut down.
LAW 5: No matter what causes a golfer to muff a shot, all his playing partners must solemnly chant "You looked up," or invoke the wrath of the universe.
LAW 6: The higher a golfer's handicap, the more qualified he deems himself as an instructor.
LAW 7: Every par-three hole in the world has a secret desire to humiliate golfers. The shorter the hole, the greater its desire.
LAW 8: Topping a 3-iron is the most painful torture known to man.
LAW 9: Palm trees eat golf balls.
LAW 10: Sand is alive. If it isn't, how do you explain the way it works against you?
LAW 11: Golf carts always run out of juice at the farthest point from the clubhouse.
LAW 12: A golfer hitting into your group will always be bigger than anyone in your group. Likewise, a group you accidentally hit into will consist of a football player, a professional wrestler, a convicted murderer and a tax agent -- or some similar combination.
LAW 13: All 3-woods are demon-possessed.
LAW 14: Golf balls from the same "sleeve" tend to follow one another, particularly out of bounds or into the water (see Law three)
LAW 15: A severe slice is a thing of awesome power and beauty.
LAW 16: "Nice lag" can usually be translated to "lousy putt." Similarly, "tough break" can usually be translated "way to miss an easy one, sucker."
LAW 17: The person you would most hate to lose to will always be the one who beats you.
LAW 18: The last three holes of a round will automatically adjust your score to what it really should be.
LAW 19: Golf should be given up at least twice per month.
LAW 20: All vows taken on a golf course shall be valid only until the sunset of the same day
posted by Bob Rempel 3:19 PM
Birthdays:
Bobby Riggs (1918)
Monte Irvin (1919)
Herb Elliott (1938)
Kurt Rambis (1958)
Paul 0'Neill (1963)
Don Jajkowski (1964)
Events:
1924:
Marie Boyd makes only two foul shots for Lonaconing (Maryland) Central High against Cumberland and Ursuline Academy, but gets 77 field goals for a high school girls record of 156 points. Total game score: 162-3!
1971:
Boston Bruins set an NHL record with three goals in just 20 seconds against Vancouver Canucks. Scorers: John Bucyk, Ed Westfall and Ted Green. (Check up on Billy Mosienko, Winnipeg's own, for one person scoring record)
posted by Bob Rempel 4:45 AM
Monday, February 24, 2003
Info From My Desktop:
Today:
Born:
Honus Wagner (1874)
Alain Prost (1955)
Eddie Murphy (1956)
February 24, 1990:
Tony Conigliaro, forrmer Boston Red Sox baseball player dies of kidney failure at age 45. He was the youngest player to win a homer title and to hit 100 home runs. A near-fatal, vision-damaging beaning by the Angels' Jack Hamilton in 1967 that hurt his Hall of Fame chances, he hit 36 homers in 1970, his last productive season. In 1982, he suffered a heart attack which left him incapacitated.
February 24, 1982:
Edmonton's 21 year old center Wayne Gretzky breaks Phil Esposito's single-season NHL scoring record against the Buffalo Sabres in Buffalo. Espositio scrored 76 goals in 78 games for Boston in 1970-71. Gretzky scores three goals in the game, all in the final seven minutes. He ends the season with an awesome total of 92 goals. Experts call this the equivalent to a 70 home run season.
posted by Bob Rempel 1:44 PM
Friday, February 21, 2003
Showtime HDTV Plans Showtime will have Tyson-Etienne on HDTV on the 22nd plus more movies and shows, they say.
posted by Bob Rempel 3:18 PM
Easy way to compare TIVO, Replay, Dish Dishplayer and others plus some hidden Tivo menus and tricks. PVR card with great software or standalone PVR high on my personal list.
http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-6342366-8-20837589-5.html
posted by Bob Rempel 4:34 AM
