Covered this week; The top 25 news photos of 2016… 10 things to consider before cutting the cord on cable… 5 years, $86 million is a deal the Yankees may regret for Aroldis Chapman… Greg Lake, dead at 69… American flight pioneer John Glenn, dies at 95… the 100 greatest innovations of 2016… President Trump’s Cabinet of horrors…
December 5, 2016
The top 25 news photos of 2016 as presented by The Atlantic. Take your time, soak ’em in…
December 6, 2016
I gotta admit… I’ve toyed with the idea of cutting the cord on cable many times over the past couple years… what’s stopped me in my tracks has always been losing most all of my Cubs and Bulls games… but there’s several other things to consider… a nice break down from c|net…
December 7, 2016
“Here is another thing that might worry you if you are a Yankees fan: The Cubs’ Theo Epstein is arguably the best baseball executive in the game, manning a team poised to be a dynasty. Epstein never even tried to re-sign Chapman. What does that tell you?”
December 8, 2016
“While on tour with King Crimson, Lake befriended Emerson, then a keyboardist of their tourmates the Nice. The two musicians had similar musical aesthetics and formed a new group, recruiting Palmer, who had played with the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Atomic Rooster, to join them. The trio considered bringing a full-time guitarist into the fold – Lake was pulling double duty on bass and guitar – but, according to the book Legends of Rock Guitar, the only musician they all agreed could keep up with them was Jimi Hendrix and their acrynomic name would then become “HELP.” Greg Lake, dead at 69.
December 9, 2016
John Glenn was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, completing three orbits in 1962. He also served as a U.S senator from Ohio. He died yesterday at the age of 95.
December 10, 2016
Spent WAY too much time checking this expansive list out… From Popular Science, the 100 greatest innovations of 2016…
December 11, 2016
“At last count, Trump’s proposed cabinet had a combined wealth of more than $14.5 billion, included three generals (an unprecedented concentration) and at least one nominee who has twice sued the agency he’s now poised to run.”
