Sunday Serendipity

17 thoughts on “Sunday Serendipity”

1. 

   thanks, Jack

2. congrats, Jamie. 20 bucks bet you say?

   Preakness Stakes payouts 2024: Betting results as Seize the Grey wins (jsonline.com)

   The purse for this year’s race was $2 million, the highest in Preakness history. As a result, the owners of Seize the Grey − MyRacehorse, which sells public shares of the horse − will get $1.2 million. Those who bet on Seize the Grey to win the race could also cash in, and even more for getting the finalists of the race correct.
   Here is a full breakdown of all the winning payouts for the 2024 Preakness Stakes, including what the owners of the top five finishers will receive:
   Seize the Grey payout
   Odds: 9-1
   Win: $21.60
   Place: $8.40
   Show: $4.40
   Mystik Dan payout
   Odds: 5/2
   Place: $4.20
   Show: $2.80
   Catching Freedom payout
   Odds: 7/2
   Show: $3.20

3. snl last night
   
   Weekend Update: Trump vs. Biden Debate, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jasmine Crockett Trade Insults

   click here for snl season finale cold open
   Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) holds a press conference outside of the Manhattan courthouse and introduces some of his supporters (Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow).

4. pun-iness from the guardian of all places

    Master of litters: cat named Max given honorary degree by US university | Vermont | The Guardian

   […]
   A cat in the US named Max now joins those lofty ranks, having earned a doctorate in “litter-ature” when Vermont State University bestowed an honorary degree on the campus-dwelling tabby in recognition of his friendliness, a gesture which quickly achieved virality in corners of the internet dedicated to spotlighting light-hearted news.
   The cat – full name Max Dow – has proved himself to be a skilled napper and hunter of mice, and he “has been an affectionate member of the [campus] family for years”, the school in Casleton, Vermont, said in a pun-laden Facebook post recently announcing the unusual degree conferral.
   “With a resounding purr of approval from the faculty, the board of trustees of … Vermont State … has bestowed upon Max Dow the prestigious title of doctor of litter-ature, complete with all the catnip perks, scratching-post privileges and litter-box responsibilities that come with it.
   “Congratulations Dr Max Dow!”
   […]
   The local news website Vermont Public seized on the honorary degree announcement to delve into Max Dow’s life story.
   He once was a feral kitten in the Vermont town of Fair Haven but for the last five years has lived with his human, Ashley Dow, in Castleton.
   Max Dow has been trekking out to Vermont State’s Castleton campus for pretty much the entire time he has lived with Ashley. There, students scoop him up and give him rides in their backpacks, snap pictures of him for their photography classes and otherwise draw emotional support from him, Vermont Public reported.
   The Associated Press added that Max Dow accompanies prospective Vermont State students on tours that embark from a building across his family’s house.
   Not every creature has been as pleased with Max Dow’s presence. Feral cats in the neighborhood have attacked him. But once that became known, members of the campus community sought to protect him. And they have honored requests from Ashley Dow, contained in signs she put up around the school, to bring Max home if he is ever seen out and about after 5pm.
   “Students did actually bring him home,” Ashley Dow said to Vermont Public. “Or … they have my number, and I’ll get text messages from random students [saying] like, ‘He’s OK, he’s up by the greenhouse,’ and all of that.”
   Dow recounted how one extended absence from campus for Max led students to erect a shrine commemorating him.
   “It had candles and everything – and the picture of Max that they had printed out and put in a frame,” Dow recalled to Vermont Public.
   “So yeah, it’s been pretty interesting to be Max’s mom.”

   

5. Maybe I misunderstand horse race betting, but i thought post odds for Grey were 18-1 but the post above says payout was 9-1. Now I failed calculus in college but something in that math seems off. Regardless, congrats Jamie. 

6. Loved the SNL cold open. I’d love to see JAJ do one using only quotes from dumbass. Might be even funnier. 

7. Pogo

   The morning line odds change throughout the day as people bet.  At race time, it was 9 to 1.  

8. Jack

   The Bach was beautiful.  Thank you.

    

9. Odds change right up to the bell.

10. No that’s a smoking piano lady, very nice Jack.

    I kinda lose interest once the Derby winner has no shot at the Triple Crown, but still fun to watch. My “Catching Freedom” move up a notch from 4th to 3d place.

11. Switched On Bach from the Moog time
     
    
     
     

12. Liz Cheney
    You have become the face of moral compromise, Marc. I’ll never do what you and so many elected Rs have: abandon all our principles and try to put an unstable, depraved, and profoundly dangerous man back in power. And, by the way, you know that Johnson blocked Ukraine aid for months. His inexcusable delay gave Putin time to reconstitute his forces and launch a new offensive. That’s not heroic.

13. Hey, ,
    @ByronDonalds
    , maybe you should try to get some of these imaginary “injections,” you gutless asswipe bastard. Might make YOU coherent

14. just had to share…
     
     

15. Progs need to rise above the negativity cuz ain’t no one voting for that

16. Cohen finishes up today and then within 48 hours and summation the jury should get the final instructions and be sent to deliberate.  I hope no ghost juror made it to the jury box as a Trump stooge/ally.
    Now this gets as tense as Watergate , 51 years ago.  I was glued to my 12 inch black & white TV then and I will be glued to my TV today and all week , even though all I get will be reports back to the studio.  
    Night Watchman out.

17. NEW THREAD

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