5/28/26
From Random Photos of Anything to Keep You On Your Toes by Nicolás Tempra, msm.com. Lunch date creativity. ©Image Provided by Cracked:
Bring it on. Headline from newsmax.com: “Researchers Say Nasal Spray Fixes Brain Problems for Months.”
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RIP hockey great Claude Lemieux, 60, who committed suicide. Born in Quebec, he won a Stanley Cup with the team that drafted him, The Montreal Canadiens, in 1986, then another with the Devils in ’95, one with the Avalanche in ’96, and a fourth with the Devils in 2000. He was awarded the 1995 Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the postseason. He was considered a dirty player, an agitator, polarizing, his style rough and tumble, which made him a hated, marked man. In 21 seasons he had 379 goals, 407 assists and 1777 penalty minutes in 1215 games. He had 158 points, 78 goals, 80 assists, and an astonishing 19 game-winning goals in 234 playoff games. His team failed to qualify for the postseason only once in his final 19 NHL seasons. He was dubbed “King of Spring.” On Monday he was given a champion’s welcome in Montreal by a raucous Bell Centre crowd when he emerged into the arena bowl with the Canadiens’ famous flaming torch held aloft. Post-retirement, he became an agent. Perhaps his playing style, which made many enemies, is the reason he is not in the Hockey Hall of Fame. He is survived by his wife and four children. Photo from Google Images:
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A beautiful breezy day at the Anti-Inflation Book Shop until a ten-minute shower hit as I was packing up. I wiped down everything that got wet and it doesn’t look like any of it suffered damage. My thanks to The Quiet Man, who bought the soundtrack to Frozen, a Celine Dion CD and Goonies (1985) on DVD; and to the woman who overcompensated me for America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie and Mrs. Lincoln’s Sisters by Jennifer Chiaverini; and to Sophie, who purchased a Ricky Martin CD; and to the woman who donated a hardcover thriller; and to the one who donated two Bibles as I was about to wheel away.
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