My favorite Obama quote is not about politics. It's about baseball. Who would he root for in a Cubs - White Sox World Series?
Oh, that's easy. White Sox. I'm not one of these fair-weather fans. You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer; beautiful people up there. People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball. South Side.
He's a fan. Most politicians go to great lengths to NOT take sides. I guess the thinking is that votes could be lost. That may even be so. To those, I say Go Sox. Good Morning, Mr President.
With apologies to Monty Python ... and, now, for something completely different: Wing suits. Insane, but it looks like the coolest thing ever. I love what one of the Norwegians said. "and now it's getting boring so we play around." Yeah, that's the word I was looking for. Boring.
wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.
Quote of the Day
We are stewards of the revolutionary impulse toward what Washington called "the sacred fire of liberty," but freedom is not a buy-and-hold proposition. When we have been at our best, we have redefined and rethought what freedom means, and what it signifies to say something--or someone--is American.
Jon Meacham, Newsweek
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "A colon is not just something that precedes a list."
Never thought about it until now, but as someone who's been to both Wrigley and Comiskey (the old one), I can attest that that is so true. Plus, there's nothing better than the music at Comiskey.
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I did not know that Comiskey is where that tradition started, Marie. I like that one a whole lot better than the wave, which wore out its welcome. The Saints used Ray Charles' Hit The Road, Jack, which I like a lot, when they beat the 49ers a few years ago but it never caught on.
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