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Big Brown did it again. He whipped up on the eleven other horses in the Preakness on Saturday. His jockey, Kent Desormeaux, had to hold him back until the last eighth of a mile and then he just let him go. Big Brown never felt the whip once and absolutely smoked the rest of the field.
Senator John McCain appeared on Saturday Night Live this weekend and helped the show post its highest ratings of the season. McCain joked about his age saying "I ask you: what should we be looking for in our next president? Certainly, someone who is very, very, very old."
China has announced three days of national mourning for the victims of the massive quake that killed an estimated 50,000 people last Monday. The Olympic torch relay has been suspended during the mourning period as well as all online entertainment and game websites, which will direct visitors to sites commemorating earthquake victims. Hope for survivors is drawing slim as one week passes since the quake.
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Last night was the 2008 Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. For whatever reason, Jason Alexander was in attendance. Along with some other not-so-country looking folk. Much to my dismay, there were no pictures of Sweet Daddy George.Word of the Day:
salad days: A time of youthful inexperience, innocence, or indiscretion
Ah, back in my salad days I could fit into these jeans.
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The John McCain skit was pretty clever.
Salad days... I would love to know the origin of that one. That, and "pipe dream." Who came up with this stuff?
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