Monday, December 12, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Lion Scorned
The Curse of Bobby Layne
In 1958, the Lions traded Layne to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Layne responded to the trade by supposedly saying that the Lions would "not win for 50 years".[3] This story has been disputed as being a hoax, particularly because the quote was never published at the time.[4]
Still, for the next 50 years after the trade, the Lions accumulated the worst winning percentage of any team in the NFL. They are still one of only two franchises that have been in the NFL since 1970 that have not played in a Super Bowl (the other team is the Cleveland Browns). The Lions only made the playoffs nine times in those last 50 seasons, have one post-season win (1991), and three Division titles (1983, 1991, and 1993). The 1st time the Detroit Lions returned to the playoffs after the Layne era was in 1970. This ended a 13-year drought, but the team lost to the Dallas Cowboys, 5-0, in what is still the lowest scoring playoff game of all time. The 2008 season, the supposed final year of the curse, saw Detroit finish with a winless 0-16 record, the worst in NFL history.
Coincidentally, in the 2009 NFL Draft, right after the curse supposedly expired, the Detroit Lions drafted University of Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford first-overall. He came from Highland Park High School, the same high school as Layne. Stafford also lived in a house on the same street as Layne's.[5]
In 1958, the Lions traded Layne to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Layne responded to the trade by supposedly saying that the Lions would "not win for 50 years".[3] This story has been disputed as being a hoax, particularly because the quote was never published at the time.[4]
Still, for the next 50 years after the trade, the Lions accumulated the worst winning percentage of any team in the NFL. They are still one of only two franchises that have been in the NFL since 1970 that have not played in a Super Bowl (the other team is the Cleveland Browns). The Lions only made the playoffs nine times in those last 50 seasons, have one post-season win (1991), and three Division titles (1983, 1991, and 1993). The 1st time the Detroit Lions returned to the playoffs after the Layne era was in 1970. This ended a 13-year drought, but the team lost to the Dallas Cowboys, 5-0, in what is still the lowest scoring playoff game of all time. The 2008 season, the supposed final year of the curse, saw Detroit finish with a winless 0-16 record, the worst in NFL history.
Coincidentally, in the 2009 NFL Draft, right after the curse supposedly expired, the Detroit Lions drafted University of Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford first-overall. He came from Highland Park High School, the same high school as Layne. Stafford also lived in a house on the same street as Layne's.[5]
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Yahoo! Personal Finance: Calculators, Money Advice, Guides, & More
Check out the second picture describing Seattle. I should have known that a good thing couldn't be kept under the table too long.
Yahoo! Personal Finance: Calculators, Money Advice, Guides, & More
Yahoo! Personal Finance: Calculators, Money Advice, Guides, & More
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Ho Ho Ho!..........(Chi Minh)
I just had the strangest dream.
I dreamt that I was standing at a busy intersection in Beijing holding up a sign that read, "American Boat Person.....Please Help".
I think it had something to do with American armed forces fighting China's war in Viet Nam along with post Memorial Day decompression.
I dreamt that I was standing at a busy intersection in Beijing holding up a sign that read, "American Boat Person.....Please Help".
I think it had something to do with American armed forces fighting China's war in Viet Nam along with post Memorial Day decompression.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Continued Contemplation
Thus began the 1950’s era of the "eternal virgin" and "dizzy blonde bombshell," in which popular culture reinscribed the ideal female as desirable either for her asexuality and domestic potential or for her naïve, yet overt, sexuality. As such, the postwar U.S. constructed "the ideal American woman as [either] a dependent and happy homemaker . . .[or] sex object, kept childlike by a permanently arrested development."
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Contemplating a lady friend's nude photo
Modern consumers are like children doing spin art: we pour our favorite colors all over a
fast-spinning lifestyle, fling pigment in all directions, and hope that some will stick to
observers long enough for them to notice our composition. -Geoffrey Miller
fast-spinning lifestyle, fling pigment in all directions, and hope that some will stick to
observers long enough for them to notice our composition. -Geoffrey Miller
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
New Blog
It looks like I have to start a second blog to post links or cut and paste other documents. I was using Facebook to keep track of interesting sites and other things that are worth a second look. The only thing wrong with that is they seem to disappear without a trace.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Winter Soldier
After standing out in the cold for two hours, it became apparent that bus service had been terminated due to the winter storm. I had to bite the bullet and get a room at the Hampton Inn a mere pistol shot away from the bus stop before frostbite set in.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Been falling down on the job.
I have to admit that I've been getting to fucking lazy to blog lately. I never wanted to cut and paste or post links however, it does gets across an idea to readers what has been on my mind.
It has been about twenty years since I've had to build a car from the ground up and I no longer have the tools or facilities to start such a project. In short, I was robbed blind at my old house and the pilferage still continues. I know that if I stay in the inner city I'll only get cleaned out again and the chances of finding a way to replace what has already been lost are nil.
There has been a lot of talk about a reinvention of the city recently.....hmmm, forty square miles of vacant land. Does the term landfill sound familiar to anybody?
It has been about twenty years since I've had to build a car from the ground up and I no longer have the tools or facilities to start such a project. In short, I was robbed blind at my old house and the pilferage still continues. I know that if I stay in the inner city I'll only get cleaned out again and the chances of finding a way to replace what has already been lost are nil.
There has been a lot of talk about a reinvention of the city recently.....hmmm, forty square miles of vacant land. Does the term landfill sound familiar to anybody?
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