First Post: Friday, May 18, 2012

Erasmus, Gretchen Rubin, what’s the difference? At any rate, the latter dredges up the former’s “seven tips for good behaviour” — from the 16th century.

No surprise that Fr. Desiderius would find most of the modern society in flagrant disregard of his advice. He admonishes: No gossip, no unkind stories involving others, no boasting, no indulging in self-display, no seeking to defeat others in an argument, no interrupting of people as they try to tell a story, no overt inquisitiveness. Sounds rather good!

There goes E!, Bravo, Twitbook, Marcus Zuckerstein, attorneys-at-law, all that sort of stuff. Maybe certain segments of this here Weblog, too.

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 2, 5, 9
Calder 3, 6, 9
The BFH 5, 7, 8

Pay-side: Today…

Churchill 2, 8, 10
Woodbine 2, 5, 6, 7
Pimlico 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12
Arlington 3, 6, 7
Louisiana 3, 5, 9
Lone Star 6, 7, 9

WMF Report:

Speed
Arlington 6f
Belmont 6f, 1m
Churchill 6f
Calder 6f, 1m
Emerald 6f
Mountain 5f, 6f
PennNat 6f
Prairie 5½f
River 6f
Thistle 5f

Nocturnal Submission: Opelousas (track abbrev. ‘EvD’), Race 5 (8:20 p.m. EDT / 5:20 p.m. PDT), for #8 Sleet’s April Rose, #12 Alabama Wildcat and #11 Ruff N Witty. …Next race there (8:45 / 5:45), and #4 Royalee Bred and #11 Red River Mt. are the potential upsetters. …Indiana now, the third (7:45 / 4:45), where #9 Cowboy Christmas can ride into the winner’s circle. …Race 5 at the Lincoln (9:29 / 6:29) finds #10 Stevie’s Squeeze and #8 Silverlake Patty in the frame. …Northlands, Race 8 (11:30 / 8:30), #8 Youhadyourchance has another one now. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Bye-bye.