Things ain’t what they used to be and never were.
Will Rogers
Garden and Gun – Jimmy Carter – Jimmy Carter’s Boyhood Fishing Memories
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Citizen Bull Among Leading Juveniles to Breeze Dec. 28
Front Office Sports – Daniel Roberts – 5 Takeaways From Netflix’s NFL Christmas Debut
Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.
Doug Larson
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Phil has a question:
Does Mike Johnson remind you of Dave.
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Editing cannot be taught. Developing your own taste cannot be taught.
Ellen Datlow
Phil has a question:
Has Mike Johnson read Rayburn.
It is a wise man who realizes that the church is bigger than its pastor.
Sam Rayburn
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
Ray Bradbury
Phil has a question:
Does Donald Trump need to take his shoes off to count the number of books he’s read in his lifetime.
Everything in moderation, including moderation.
Oscar Wilde
TDN – King of Gosford Gives Flavien Prat The Single Season Graded Stakes Record In Mathis Mile
Bloodhorse – Bob Kieckhefer – King of Gosford Gives Prat Record Graded Stakes Win
Brisnet – Kelly Reilly – Prat sets graded stakes record with King of Gosford’s Mathis Mile wire job
Most people don’t know that wrestling came out of the circus.
Billy Corgan
The Athletic – Jayson Jenks – Wait, NFL players eat how many Uncrustables?
Phil has a question:
How far ahead of the times was Bill Belichick.
Has our society become so useless that people can’t even make their own PBJ sandwiches anymore.
All his life, he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For, after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog.
Snoopy
TDN – Bill Finley – “I Am Going to Dominate the Turf”- John Stewart Goes on Christmas Buying Spree
The Takeout – Kendra Mahaffey – What Flavor Is Original Mountain Dew, Anyway?
Phil has an answer:
Mountain Dew
The Guardian – Nicola Davis – Nasa probe successfully completes closest-ever approach to sun
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso
Bloodhorse – Santa Anita Notes Strong Attendance, Handle for Opener
TDN – Opening-Day Attendance, All-Sources Handle Up at Santa Anita
Food is celebratory. People who don’t cook don’t know how much fun they’re missing.
Leo Buscaglia
Epicurios – Adina Steiman – 16 Things Marcella Hazan Taught Us About Cooking
Garden and Gun – The Poole’s Diner Mac and Cheese Recipe
Southern Living – Kimberley Holland – Best Homemade Macaroni And Cheese
Nothing spoils the taste of peanut butter like unrequited love.
Charlie Brown
Southern Living – Alana Al-Hatlani – Do You Have To Soak Dry Beans? We Asked Camellia Beans
Phil has a question:
When will March Madness expand to 96 teams.
BBC – Anna Bressanin – How 17 wild New York turkeys took over Vermont
Bloodhorse – O’Neill Savors First Malibu Win With Raging Torrent
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Raging Torrent Tames Malibu Rivals, Earns Grade 1 Win
Brisnet – James Scully – Raging Torrent too much for Malibu foes; Mystik Dan last of six
You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do the right thing.
Dean Smith
Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Bon Appetit – Belle Bakst – 37 New Year’s Eve Party Ideas to Ring in 2025
Bloodhorse – Jockey Club – The Jockey Club Denies Privileges to 12 Individuals
We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds to do.
Margaret MacMillan
Canadian Thoroughbred – Jennifer – Morrison – Ivan Dalos-bred Filly Kopion, With KK, Wins La Brea
TDN – Omaha Beach’s Kopion Romps in La Brea
Bloodhorse – Molly Rollins – Kopion Delivers 37-1 Stunner in La Brea Stakes
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
We’re not playing for the goddamn politicians here, alright? We’re not playing for the goddamn politicians. We’re playing the Red Army, we’re playing for our way of life.
Frank Mahovlich
TDN – Alan Carasso – She Feels Pretty A Towering Winner of the American Oaks
I knew it was gonna go out. It was just a question of it being fair or foul. The wind must have carried it 15 feet toward the foul pole. I just stood there and watched. I didn’t want to miss seeing it go out.
Carlton Fisk
ESPN – Bill Barnwell – Ranking NFL head coach openings for 2025 season: Best, worst jobs
Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.
Day after day, day after day,
we stuck nor breath nor motion
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
Water, water everywhere and
all the boards did shrink
Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink.”
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – FTC Approves Change to Per-Start Assessment for HISA
TDN – Alan Carasso – Johannes Far Too Classy in the San Gabriel
ESPN – Marcel Louis-Jacques – Dolphins to waive Shaquil Barrett; LB can play if unclaimed
Phil has a question:
Will one of the playoff contenders step up and claim him off the waiver wire to keep him off another teams roster.
In a world full of lions and tigers entertaining the masses, have you ever seen a wolf performing in a circus?
Akilnathan Logeswaran
TDN – J B Strikes Back Upsets Inaugural Laffit Pincay, Jr. Stakes
Bloodhorse – Byron King – J B Strikes Back Upsets Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes
Paulick Report – J B Strikes Back Registers $34.80 Surprise In Newly Named Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
T.S. Eliot
Phil has a suggestion:
Flush most of those games down the Toilet Bowl.
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
TDN – Gunmetal Outduels Prime Power In Juvenile Showdown At Fair Grounds
Bloodhorse – Molly Rollins – Windy Walk Upsets Big Favorites in Rampart Stakes
They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.
John Selden
TDN – Grade I Winner Didia Retired
Bloodhorse – Didia Sidelined, to Miss Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf
TDN – Stewart: ‘Didia Not Retired’ But Will Miss Defense of Pegasus F/M Turf
ESPN – Netflix smashes records with NFL doubleheader on Christmas Day
In our everyday lives, if we intentionally set out to learn new things or do familiar things in new ways (such as commuting to work via a new route or taking the bus instead of a car), we effectively rewire our brains and improve them. A physical workout builds muscle; a mental workout creates new synapses to strengthen the neural network.
Deepak Chopra
Southern Living – Melissa Locker – Why Plastic Doesn’t Dry In The Dishwasher
SportsNet – AP – Red Wings fire head coach Derek Lalonde, Todd McLellan takes over
Paulick Report – Sam Houston Expected To Cut Purses Starting With Second Week Of Meet Jan. 10
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
Leo Buscaglia
Canadian Thoroughbred – Ivan Biggs – The Naughty List: Canadian Racing Infractions and Fines
Canadian Thoroughbred – Jennifer Morrison – Canadians Elsewhere: Father Ted, Owens and Neigle
The Takeout – Matt Bruce – The Best Microwave Power Setting To Warm Up Bread So It Stays Fluffy
Southern Living – This Is The Secret To Making Even Better Chicken Soup
Phil has a question:
Do you have to get that dolled up to play the piano.
Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.
Charles Bukowski
The Ringer – The Ringer’s 55 Favorite Sports Moments of 2024
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