Mid-May observations
According to Gallup polling records, 75% of Americans disapproved of interracial marriage in 1968. The percentage of Americans that supported the Chicago police after the '68 Democratic National Convention was 56%. The following year, 42% of parents told the pollster they would turn in their own child to the authorities for using drugs. "Greatest Generation," my ass. The Boomers are currently the team to beat.---
Do viewers want Mad Men to end with Don Draper returning in triumph to the advertising game and reinventing himself one more time? Because I don't. I think the entire series has been about his escape from an unholy business.
---
Mad Men made small moments expansive, said someone anonymously online. The show has been an absolute treasure.
---
Jorge Posada thinks Alex Rodriguez is unworthy of the Hall of Fame, which he says is for players "that played with no controversy." He says that guys who used PEDs took titles away from others. He's referring to the American League MVP "title" he might have won over A-Rod in 2003. He's not referring to the four World Series titles won by Posada and the Yankees between 1996 and 2000. Twelve players on those Yankees teams were named as steroid cheats in the Mitchell Report in 2007. I've listed them below for reference. Andy Pettitte will have his uniform number retired by the Yankees this summer, along with Posada..
Ricky Bones
Jose Canseco
Roger Clemens
Jason Grimsley
Glenallen Hill
Darren Holmes
David Justice
Chuck Knoblauch
Dan Naulty
Denny Neagle
Andy Pettitte
Mike Stanton
---
Only eight NBA franchises have won championships since 1983. Since that year, 18 different Major League Baseball franchises have won the World Series.
---
Former Cardinals All-Star Jim Edmonds and his wife Meghan have been officially cast on the new season of Bravo's Real Housewives of Orange County. The show is produced by St. Louisan Andy Cohen and the new season begins June 8th. My source tells me that the Edmondses married in October so I must be remembering a different wife.
posted by CM @ 8:37 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home