116th edition of My Random Thoughts: Sports, TV, music, food, life.....
This Bengals offseason is not a case of 'will they be able to pay guys and upgrade the roster?'.....They certainly can. It's a matter of are they smart enough to execute that ...and.....do they want to?
Nothing like the range of emotions when your daughter sends a text at 1:11am.........to express frustration with the Wi-Fi being out in her apartment.
Our box of Cherry Thing-Alings arrived this week from Schmidt Bakery in Batesville. Did they live up to the hype? They sure did.
Among the great inventions of this century: The Vicks VapoStick.
You know who was great, but doesn't get in enough conversations? Eddie Murray...3,000+ hits, 500+ 2B, 500+ HR, 1,900+ RBI.
Me finding a specific spice in our Lazy Susan is a frustrating random trial and error search. Kelly, on the other hand, has some weird spice locator Spidey sense.
If you screwed up the opening of your school lunch milk carton, you had to scrape at the cardboard to open it...then drink out of it.
Has any coach ever insisted he doesn't hear the outside criticism from fans/media, yet talk about the outside criticism as much as Wes Miller? Maybe Mick?
We tried Aglamesis Bro's ice cream for the very first time. Mocha Chocolate Chip. Yep. That's really, really good.
We are watching two shows with former ER (NBC) doctors. Noah Wyle in The Pitt and Eriq La Salle in On Call. Both good.
I'm yet to ever play Pickleball.
I'm confused. How did Spencer Steer have shoulder soreness late last season, and have shoulder soreness when he showed up to camp?
Pillsbury has a new donut flavored Toaster Strudel!
The movie Vision Quest debuted 40 years ago Saturday. One of my all-time favorites. What a soundtrack. I had Matthew Modine on Sports Talk a couple of years ago. I really dorked out talking with him.
31 years ago this week I was covering the arrival of Michael Jordan in spring training with the White Sox for CLTV in Chicago. The wildest, craziest and coolest assignment I've had in my career.
Will Benson is 26 years old. He was really good two years ago. He's not expensive. If he makes the team, he will have earned it in the eyes of Terry Francona. If he starts at Triple-A, he can continue working. What's the downside to finding out?
Peyton decided to place a DraftKings bet for the first time. It was a parlay of Super Bowl TDs by Jalen Hurts, Xavier Worthy and AJ Brown. She won $325. Of course she did.
The United States Postal Service website shows a package from my dad arrived at the Cincinnati Distribution Center on December 27. The website indicates that the package is still 'Moving Through The Network" and will arrive late. Define late?
If I had a sports time machine, I'd go back and watch Pistol Pete Maravich. Hey, that should be a topic on Sports Talk.
I'll miss watching Lucho Acosta. He was magical with the ball on his foot. I will always appreciate him coming on the show and wanting to do the interview in English.
Anyone remember these callers over the years: Mike from Fairfield, Mike from Kentucky, Randall from Colerain and Herb in Mt. Healthy?
Luka Doncic's career points (28.6) and assists (8.3) per game total of 36.9 is the HIGHEST of ANY player in NBA history. Higher than Oscar, MJ, LeBron, Magic, Bird....ANYONE. ANY. ONE. Amazing.
One of my favorite secondary characters on a TV show is Tim Bradford on The Rookie.
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