First Post: Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Everything’s better when you read off the Autocue (read: TelePrompTer). Still, we have no hesitation calling the current leader by the nickname ‘Pres. Very-Optional Adverb-Adjective.’ He likes the word ‘very’ very much. He also likes adverbs and adjectives after that. This is counter to the sturdy advice of Strunk & White, who remind us that, paraphrasing here, ‘nouns and verbs do the heavy lifting’. We’ll see. However, this speech was good since it was mainly recited off the Autocue/TelePrompTer. Thank you. Good work. Autocue/TelePrompTer is your friend if you have trouble with nouns and verbs doing the heavy lifting. Oblahblah: master of reading off the Autocue/TelePrompTer. Also, some say he was born in Kenya. How are those private investigators in Hawaii doing these days? Did they come up with the dirt? Or did they move on to the Central Park Five now? Inquiring minds want to know! However, if the current leader by the nickname ‘Pres. Very-Optional Adverb-Adjective’ wants to do more recitation off the Autocue/TelePrompTer, we should all be grateful to him and all those private investigators doing the heavy lifting in Hawaii and in Central Park. Good work.

Free ones: Rundown…

Chas. Town 5
Delta 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
PennNat 6

Pay-side (Weekday/Weekend): Today…

Mahoning 4, 6, 7, 8
Tampa 1, 2, 5, 8
Turf Paradise 6, 8

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: None today, but March is coming in like a lion for your Big-League Ice-Hockey tonight when perennial juggernauts Pgh. & Chicagoland hook-up inside UNITEd Centre. The puck drops at 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST.

Yesterday’s Activity:

Fair Grounds (2/2) — Race 4 was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads had an 81 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis to work with on Purgenality, who was pretty much gate-to-wire to win by 1½ at $76-even. The finale was contentious, too, and this time players of all stripes hitched a ride on Dual Qualifier Bermuda Star (85, 81), Fair Odds of 3½-1; she was a stalking-horse throughout, winning by 3½ at $29-straight.

Sam Houston (1/0) — Gunman gets away after Subway store robbery in N. Harris Co.

Mahoning (0/0) — Youngstown man pleads guilty to selling heroin in fatal overdose.

Keystone (2/0) — Host Flyers blank Colo., 4-nil; Steve Mason recorded his 2nd shutout of the season.

Sunland (1/1) — Race 5 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads were in-the-black via Red Spring’s 83 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; she went gate-to-wire anyway to win by 1 at $29.80. Good work.

WMF Report:

Early
Chas. Town 4½f, 6½f
PennNat 6f
Turf Paradise 6f

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Alex Trebek, all his introductory remarks are extemporaneous, no Autocue/TelePrompTer needed. On the other hoof, Chuck Australian Emu Woolery and Benjamin J. Stein always needed Autocue/TelePrompTer. Trebek = completely off the top of his head yet still was able to deliver a coherent message.