C'mon, admit it...you knew with all the hoopla and talk about Smarty Jones today that he was going to choke. And, aside from the actual race days of the Derby, Preakness and Belmont, I don't think I've heard really much of anything about horse racing, except on sports talk radio.

And does the death of Ronald Reagan really need 24-hour continuing coverage? I mean, sure, it's important to remember the passing of a president...I just don't think it needs THAT much. And I just thought of something now: 80's - Reagan years. 90's - Clinton years. In-between bridge years - sucky Bush years.
It seems a little funny to me to think of Reagan of anything other than president. I know he was an actor and all, but it's still funny. Especially seeing the old clips about "winning one for the Gipper" (so that's where that came from!). And even as president, it's weird for me to think of him as anything but a bit of a feeb, since, being too young to understand, a lot of my perception of him is the "political cartoon" caricatures, like Rich Little's impersonations or the creepy puppets from Genesis' "Land of Confusion" video. (Speaking of which, does anyone else remember the TV show "D.C. Follies"?)
posted by Tim at 1:26 AM