This picture of Debbie Harry and Sinead O’Connor made me feel old, though not as old as them.
Daily Archives: October 28, 2011
Actually, I don’t hate to say I told ya so
A new biography on the life of Walter Payton alleges that the NFL Hall of Famer numbed his maladies by robotically ingesting the painkiller Darvon during his playing days, was involved in extramarital dalliances and fell into a depressed state that included heavy self-medication after his NFL career ended in 1987.
I interviewed Payton in either ’88 or ’89 and found him to be anything but sweet:
After he kept me waiting for an hour, I was finally summoned. Ascending the steps of his customized trailer, I was shaken by the sound of crushing glass, or, in this case, sunglasses. Payton informed me they cost him $275. He sounded as if he expected to be reimbursed.
The interview went even worse. No matter how benign the query, Payton responded with, “Yes, no or I don’t want to talk about that.”
I tried to engage him on some training camp controversy involving ex-teammate Jim McMahon, but that just made him more agitated. “What the hell do you think I’ve got to say about that?” or words to that effect.
As if it wasn’t obvious enough how little regard he held for me, “Sweetness” lifted his leg to emit a loud stream of flatulence. He repeated, twice.
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- Walter Payton: New Book Uncovers Troubling Details About One of NFL’s Best Ever (bleacherreport.com)
Mitt was for everything before he was against it
The latest example: Climate change. Interesting to note this reversal occurred within just four months (via Andrew Sullivan):
“I believe based on what I read that the world is getting warmer. And number two, I believe that humans contribute to that. I don’t know how much our contribution is to that, because I know that there have been periods of greater heat and warmth in the past but I believe we contribute to that. And so I think it’s important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant contributors to the climate change and the global warming that you’re seeing,” – Mitt Romney, June 3, 2011.
“My view is that we don’t know what’s causing climate change on this planet. And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us,” – Mitt Romney, October 27.
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Cliches of the occupancy (cont’d)
Screaming in agony when arrested.
I’ve been handcuffed before and, while not pleasant, it’s not particularly painful. The histrionics are a bit much.
