A little of this, a little of thwack!!!

Here's a cool link about medical myths. Even I thought that turkey led to sleepiness. Not true, at least relative to beef or chicken.

On Thursday, a fairly significant event happened in sports that probably went unnoticed by most folks, unless you were watching ESPN. Marian Gaborik of the Minnesota Wild in the NHL, scored 5 goals in one game (two of them he knocked out of mid-air). In the NHL, that has happened 55 times (the last time in 1996). Similar events in other sports: a player scoring 60 pts. in an NBA game has happened 59 times, a quarterback throwing for 450 yards has happened 44 times, and a MLB player has hit two home runs in one inning 52 times. However, these stats don't incorporate how many games have been played in each of the leagues to obtain these marks. There have been far fewer football games for sure and many more baseball games as well. The number of NBA games could be comparable though.

Today the high in Chicago, that I heard at least, was 47 degrees! Awesome for late December. Unfortunately, overnight tonight, the cold is-a-coming. Tomorrow's HIGH is going to be 27 with super high winds. Spectacular. I'm going to the noon Bears game with my buddy, Sausage. We're going to meet one or two people too, but mostly it will just be the two of us. If it gets too cold to tailgate, even with Mr. Heater, we might head in early. In preparation though, I have my patented two meat-three pepper chili and we'll have Nathan's hot dogs too. Because of the winds, I've bought some four foot pieces of duct to provide a barrier and possible a way to retain some of the heat from Mr. Heater. The wind can blow out the flame, so hopefully this metal box idea will work. I see a serious burn in my future though.

T-Rex struck again last night in Basra!!! Due to the warmer weather this week, I decided to set him out on Friday night. He provided an early Christmas present for me and the neighbors. Kill #6 in his latest trip to Basra. It's been almost a month since his last kill, but I haven't been setting him out because of the snow and ice. Oh, the bait dujour is.......cheddar cheese. Too funny.