R.U Kidding?

A pair of giants have left us.  Cloris Leachman at 94  who won eight Emmy Awards on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Phyllis,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Raising Hope,” and in the movies “Young Frankenstein,” “Prancer,” “The Beverly Hillbillies,” Her role in “The Last Picture Show” brought her an Oscar. Truly a gem.

Literally a physical giant, standing at  7ft 5in on his hind legs, Freddy the Great Dane was the world’s tallest dog .From Essex, England, he just died at the age of 8 1/2 years old,. Freddy was measured for the Guinness World Records in 2016 and crowned the world’s tallest living dog.

Quote of the week from the now Trump unshackled Dr. Anthony Fauci, ““It’s really tough to get into his head, but I think what was going on with him is he was not interested in the outbreak,” He described Trump as a “pretty macho guy” who considered the pandemic an “inconvenient truth that he didn’t accept as a truth” and thought wearing face masks was a sign of weakness — a belief that many Americans unfortunately took on[C1]  as well”.

Surrounded by snow and sub-freezing temps, I’m reminded emphatically once again why I detest winter .The white stuff only appears attractive on The Weather Channel.

Ho hum, here we go again, another day devoted to the non-doings of Punxatawney Phil, the infamous rodent ground hog, who, as usual, did not discover his shadow and claimed there will be six more weeks of winter

The Red Sox great 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia has announced his inevitable retirement since suffering a severe knee injury which has kept him on the bench for past couple of seasons. Bet he’d make a fine coach or manager one day.

Yet another retirement....the Trump helipad at his Mar a Lago resort. The area doesn’t usually allow heliports but because of the office he held an exception was made. Now that he’s been booted from the Oval Office, get lost chopper landing.

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