First Post: Monday, May 6, 2019

Good morning from Studio City, where the current temperature is 63°F and the cloud cover is an uncharacteristic 76pc, as in 76 percentage points out of 100 — ‘May Gray’, as they say here. The humidity is 58pc, and winds are out of the south-southwest at 4 mph. Today’s high at 2 p.m. PDT, 66°F. From the cool and cloudy Golden West, good morning now. Good morning this time! Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, May 5, 2019

Here’s a line you don’t read every day: ‘ ‘[Redacted] disqualified and placed 17th.’ Hoo-boy. Continue reading →

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First Post: Saturday, May 4, 2019

OK, Sports Fans! Number of races on the North American Thoroughbred docket today: 324. Number that will be replayed 30 yrs. from today: 1. Continue reading →

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First Post: Friday, May 3, 2019

After three straight league defeats, your No. London Arse returned to winning ways last night with a 3-1 home result over Valencia in the first leg of their Europa League semifinal tie. Adding gloss to the scoreline was — who else? — Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with a goal right at the death. Scrub on over to the 3:49 mark. Thanks, Aubemayang! Thanks, Obama! Continue reading →

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First Post: Thursday, May 2, 2019

Nat’l. Day of Prayer this time. Let’s bow our heads for Omaha Beach.

Come join us in a prayer
We’ll be waiting waiting where
Everything’s ending here…

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First Post: Wednesday, May 1, 2019

May now…already! So here’s The Darling Buds… Continue reading →

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First Post: Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Int’l. Jazz Day now, and it has to be ‘International’, because, as Dr. Marc Raymer used to say, paraphrasing, they don’t appreciate jazz in the United States. Here’s Brubeck, Desmond et al. Listen up! Continue reading →

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First Post: Monday, April 29, 2019

Class is permanent, form is temporary…and this is class at the height of its form! Ladies & gentlemen, Mistah Cody Bellinger…BELLINGER! Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, April 28, 2019

Tosh, pants, rubbish, all those Britishisms apply to the effort, loosely speaking, today from the No. London Arse. Shambolic! The most noteworthy thing they did on the afternoon was have a player sent off! Continue reading →

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First Post: Saturday, April 27, 2019

When you listen to a baseball game, do you prefer hearing ‘swing’ or do you prefer hearing ‘swung-on’? Either way, the result here was majestic. Continue reading →

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