I included this image with an article on my prior blog about the NFL’s March hype madness. Seems fitting to revisit the Bears after their Week 1 disaster against the Green Bay Packers. It may have been hard to imagine, back in March, when the Bears were on cloud 9 hype, that their opening performance would make them look like a worse team than the 2022 Bears.
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A Lesson from the PGA-LIV Golf “Merger” Fiasco
Nobody really knows anything about what this ‘merger’ means for the future of worldwide professional golf, but still there may be something of merit to say on the matter.
The Greatest Lesson of History
They say those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. But is that really true? No matter how much history I know, there isn’t much I can do about it. There is a more pertinent lesson.
How Time Travel Can Save Star Wars
An epic explanation for how to fix the ridiculousness of everyone’s favorite space franchise.
Crumbled Foundation: Thoughts After Viewing Season 1 of the Apple TV+ Series
There are good reasons why Asimov’s Foundation series is rarely transcribed to screen. Apple TV+ affirms the dilemmas.
The Most Important Christian Day
Easter Sunday is not the most important Christian day. In today’s brief, I explain which one is.
Picking Rahm for The Masters
As the past several years have seen one of the top three from Day 1 be the winner, I like Jon Rahm as my Thursday pick. Plus other thoughts on Day 1 of The Masters in today’s brief.
LIV Golf Descends into the Unwatchable
I watched both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf this weekend. I grew tired of the on-TV social media posts featuring people’s pets watching LIV Golf as well.
Is Instant Replay Really Necessary?
What was once cherished live American drama has been reduced to embarrassing procedural impotence.
Impressions of “The Mandalorian” Chapter 18 – R5-D4 should have been the sidekick!
The droid whose bad motivator changed the course of the galaxy was so promising in this episode. I want to see more of R5-D4 and less of Baby Yoda!