Michael Jordan’s restaurant yesterday, Harry Caray’s restaurant, (one of them), today. I hope we have finally grown out of the celebrity restaurant phase we have been going through for thirty or more years. What does Michael Jordan have to do with restaurants other than he eats? Same question for Harry Caray. These people should be embarrassed for bilking the public out of their money just to eat in a restaurant they make money from and whose only connection is they sell the use of their name. Of course the worst thing about it is it is them and not me. The House has decided to Censure Charlie Rangel. That means he has to stand at the front of the class and get scolded by another crook whom just hasn’t been caught yet. It is rather convenient for the House to get this ordeal out of the way before the Republican’s take control of the House. With the current atmosphere in Congress, Censure probably would not be as friendly and just seek a Censure. Tiger Woods has started to Twitter. He has had the Twitter account for over a year but has never actually used it. An hour after he posted on Twitter, he had over 90,000 followers. He now has over 100,000 followers. Tiger has also written a short “editorial” for Newsweek. In the editorial, he says he is not the same man he was a year ago. He sure isn’t as wealthy or as marketable. Maybe he should stay out of the restaurant business. My daughter is coming home from the University of Illinois for Thanksgiving today. I have to pick her up. Her mother and I miss her. We will enjoy her visit. Her dog will get more attention over the next week than he has gotten in the last two months. So a man grabbed something to eat at a Sacramento Burger King. The receipt, like most receipts these days, had a message printed on it. It was designed to read “Thank You” instead, it said “F__ k You”. It was printed on the receipt twice. Burger King says they will fire the store manager and the person liable for this. Sounds like a password to change the script on the cash box receipt is in the near future for Burger King. I bet the customer sues and wins something, probably by way of settlement. Burger King does not want this in the news for the length of the trial. Sounds funny to me but my Whopper is going to go up in price because of it.
Notable births on this date: 1752 George Rogers Clark frontier military leader in Revolutionary War 1831 James A Garfield 20th President (March 4-Sept 19, 1881 19-- Matt Sorum rock drummer (Guns 'n' Roses-Sweet Child of Mine) How old is this guy? 1921 Roy Campanella Brooklyn Dodger catcher (NL MVP 1951/53/55)
1926 Jeane J Kirkpatrick US ambassador to UN (R)
1933 Larry King radio talk show host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show)
1935 John F Welch Jr Salem MA, CEO (GE)
1936 Dick Cavett Kearney NB, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show)
1938 Ted Turner broadcasting mogul/owns (Atlanta Braves)/won America's Cup
1939 Garrick Utley Chicago IL, newscaster (1st Tuesday, NBC Weekend)
1941 Dan Haggerty Hollywood CA, actor (Grizzly Adams) 1961 Meg Ryan Bethel CT, actress (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns)
1962 Jodie Foster Bronx NYC, actress (Taxi Driver, Accused)
1963 Justine Greiner Boston MA, playmate (February, 1984) Notable deaths on this date: 1915 Joe Hill Labor leader, executed for murder
1971 Bill Stern sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights), dies at 64
1983 Peter Coffield Illinois, actor (Kevin-W.E.B.), dies at 37
1985 Stepin Fetchit 1st black star, dies of pneumonia at 83
1988 Christine Onassis heiress, dies of heart failure at 37 Notable events on this date: 461 St Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope
498 Anastasius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage 1863 Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; "4 score & 7 years..."
1874 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (NYC) convicted of defrauding the city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment
1879 National Assoc of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter 1947 200" mirror arrives at Mt Palomar 1959 Ford cancels the Edsel 1979 Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion 1988 LA Law's Corbin Bernsen marries actress Amanda Pays
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