19.32 = jack straw from wichita

I recall hanging with the boys on Crescent Street intent on an evening on the town sure to be chock full of debauchery and whatnot on the evening of August 1, 1996 but having to wait for the mens 200 meter final race. You see, a certain Michael Johnson had much larger plans for his evening in Atlanta. We stood and watched in anticipation of the race. What we witnessed was "Beamonesque". (Johnson would say later: "I knew I had a shot at the record coming off the turn,'' he said. ''You can always tell coming off the turn and I felt at that point that I was running faster than I ever have in my life.")
Unforgettable.
Slack jawed and speechless, we made our way to the bars and, much like mister Johnson, made book on our evening...

enjoy... you may want to throw a sweater on as it gets a little chilly...
(apparently there's no licensed video in the vastness of the internet of this race which is shame on you nbc for your shortsightedness and so on; ergo, the grainy video. )

step brothers

it's utterly ridiculous. I can only imagine...

hitchens your wagon to a (godless) star...

A provocative talk between Christopher Hitchens and Charlie Rose as they discuss the Iraq War, religion, and Hitchins' book "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything"...

bo baseball -- lest we forget his legend

On the day Bo signed [with the KC Royals], he asked whether he could take batting practice. Bo had not swung a bat in months. He hit the first pitch he saw off the base of the crown scoreboard in center field. It had to fly 450 feet. Avron Fogelman, who co-owned the Royals, shouted: "Get me that baseball." Bo promptly hit the second ball he saw to almost the exact same spot, off the base of the scoreboard.

"Get me that ball, too," Fogelman said.

and there's plenty more Bo baseball legends courtesy of Joe Posnanski here...

reviewing the 3rd round loop around torrey pines

I can honestly say I've never played a round as good as this...

I don't parlez french but...

it's ultimately irrelavent.
the blues are multicultural tones which speak to the soul says me. enjoy the bluesman from Dartford Kent as he tickles Robert Johnson's "3220 Blues. I can play it but I ain't gonna sing it 'cuz I've shot my voice"

who's fooling who

give it up for Dave Grohl (with a special shout out to RLS for the inspiration...)
remember to call and contribute to Jerry's EGR Basement Relief Fund!