“Becoming Catholic in the Age of Scandal” from the NYT.
“You attacked reason. It’s bad theology.”
Peter Mayhew, noted actor. (“Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.” He was in some other stuff, too, including “The Star Wars Holiday Special”.)
Variety. THR. Home on the Range at Borepatch, who notes that he was active in Rhodesian Ridgeback rescue. I find that kind of touching: I really liked Ridgebacks when I was younger, and kind of wanted one. (Now that I’m older, I feel like they need more room to run than I can provide.)
In great haste, because this is breaking and I have seven minutes left on my coffee break:
Baltimore mayor Catherine E. Pugh resigned today.
The mayor has been on leave since April 1st, dealing with health issues.
ESPN: The Magazine. (As TMQ always used to add, “Published on Earth: The Planet”.)
Gino Marchetti, defensive end for the Baltimore Colts.
He was also an 11-time Pro Bowl selection and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
In the waning moments of the 1958 championship game against the Giants, he pulled down Frank Gifford inches from a first down, forcing the Giants to give the ball back to the Colts for one last-ditch drive. Quarterback Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore offense took advantage of the opportunity, driving 70 yards for a tying field goal.
Marchetti, who broke his leg making the game-saving tackle, watched Unitas’s heroics from a stretcher on the sidelines, then looked on as the running back Alan Ameche scored eight minutes into overtime to give the Colts the victory in what many still refer to as the greatest game ever played.
They keep predicting apocalyptic rain for the Austin area. And they keep pushing back the start time of said rain. Now it’s a 40% chance of rain starting at 6 PM Austin time.
So, here. Enjoy two clips that happened to pop up while I was looking at YouTube. Both of these are from “Stormy Weather”, the movie. The resolution on this first one isn’t great, but you should really go buy the DVD or blu-ray from Amazon. (I recommend the blu-ray, but that’s just my opinion.) There’s just something I find haunting and wonderful in Horne’s rendition here.
This is at a much better resolution, and just pure darn fun.
You can see what Gregory Hines was talking about, can’t you?