Fanboy Noun: A male fan. For example: “Bill is a big fanboy of Zelensky.” or Verb: A male being overly enthusiastic. For example: “Bill has a tendency to fanboy about the UCLA of the last century.” This is a new word, the meaning is evolving. It is also a portmanteau. I am a fanboy of Zelensky.
WWIT: What Was I Thinking About Transgender Athletes In our diverse and tolerant society we should be willing to accept that for some people sex is not a binary thing. We can accommodate and celebrate them with very little difficulty. But there is one exception: Because people born with a Y Chromosome* tend to be larger, stronger and have higher levels of testosterone. It seems to me that is unfair in athletics for people with a Y chromosome to compete against people who have two… Read More »WWIT About Transgender Issues
It is the beginning of the NFL playoffs so here is an idea to make it a little bit safer: Quarterbacks should wear a different color since there are different rules for tackling them. This is how they saved the goalies in Soccer. Last year BC (Before Covid) I predicted that football would have at best another ten years before it became indefensible as a blood sport. Covid might move up that schedule. I like football and I think that sports generally are a net… Read More »Football
In the next decade a major university with a big time college football program will stop playing football. Probably as a result of a law suit regarding a head injury. The plaintiff will argue, that in the same way that tobacco companies knew about the health risks of smoking, colleges know about the concussion risk of playing football and therefore are liable. The defense will collapse and the university will fold. After this event football will fairly rapidly vanish like bear baiting, cock fighting,dog racing… Read More »Football Prediction
A Golfers Dreamby Larry Berle
If you need your spirits lifted read this book. I am not a golfer even though I live in the golf capital of America, Phoenix, Arizona. I read A Golfer’s Dream because I met Larry and he pitched it to me. It is a wonderful story, well told, of a man on a quest.Read More »Book Read: A Golfers Dream
The impetus for our trip to France was the Women’s World Cup finals in Lyon. Rebecca called last November and asked if we wanted to go and I said sure. We tacked on a few days Paris and a walking tour with Country Walkers to amortize the tickets and we were off. But what about the soccer? It was great here are some photos:Read More »Football is Soccer
A website that I have touted before is Bridge Hunter. It is a user developed guide to the historic and interesting bridges in the United States. Kind of a Wikipedia for bridges, it is very popular with engineers and others that like to see great engineering. Recently I was asked by someone for advise on where to snorkel in Hawaii and by someone else for advise on where to snorkel in Belize. I did a search for a Bridge Hunter equivalent for snorkeling and didn’t… Read More »Snorkel Hunter
I went with Lillian, Barbara and Gordon to watch the Amgen Tour of California bicycle race a few weeks ago and had a terrific time. It took all day but it was great fun to be up in the mountains at Mt Baldy Village with thousands of people who shared a strange enthusiasm for bicycle racing. We were at a spot where we could see the racers go by twice and we did but the actual part where you watch the race is perhaps five… Read More »Tour of California
The LA Dodgers were sold for 2.1 billion dollars this week. A billion dollars more than was expected and twice what a sports franchise has ever sold for. I’m calling it the DVR premium. Follow me on this for a minute and then I show you the next place where values are going to increase. A DVR (Digital Video Recorder) allows a viewer to fast forward through commercials. So if your okay with watching CSI later you can watch it in 40 minutes by fast… Read More »$2.1 Billion Baseball Sign
Most holidays have parades. People like parades. They like to be in parades. But Superbowl Sunday doesn’t have a parade even though it is close to being our countries biggest holiday. This oversight seems like a big opportunity for a sunbelt city like San Diego, Albuquerque, El Paso or Tucson. How would it work. Bands, Floats and Sponsors followed by a chance for all the participants to watch the game on the Jumbotron in the local enclosed stadium. I imagine a Rose Parade type event… Read More »Super Parade Opportunity