ANKLE MUCH BETTER

Well the good news is my ankle is feeling much better but both my hamstrings are very sore. I think they are sore because the way I had to walk for two days when my ankle was hurting so bad. I also have a bit of a sore throat from some of the allergens in the air hear at the beach. The air temp may not have been as high as it was in CH here yesterday but it was very humid. In BIB action last night the CH Optimist defeated the Matoaca Indians 15-3, they will play Staunton on Wednesday night in the quarterfinals, Staunton beat the Prince George Nationals 11-0. Kevin Harvick won yesterdays Busch race in Montreal in a race Robby Gordon probably should have won, Gordon's problems started win the caution came out in last few laps and it appears he had a pretty good argument. Even though he may have been right his actions after the final restart may cost him dearly, his actions can't be tolerated by NASCAR and I think they should park him for todays race. We went to Black Pelican for supper last night and I got classic pepperoni pizza. We are going to The Dunes for lunch today and The Dunes has quickly become my favorite restaurant on the OBX since a fire destroyed the Lone Cedar earlier this year. Speaking of the Lone Cedar they are now taking applications so it shouldn't be to long before they are back open. Yesterday sure was a slow day on the blog only 26 visitors. We have another blogger with a birthday tomorrow, guess who it is? MICKEY

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.
Henry Miller

1914 - Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio became the first intersection in the U.S. to be equipped with an electric traffic light. The lighting ceremony occurred on this day.
1921 - KDKA radio in Pittsburgh, PA did the first play-by-play broadcast of a baseball game. Harold Arlin described the action as the Pirates beat Philadelphia 8-5.
1924 - The comic strip Little Orphan Annie debuted in the New York Daily News. Annie and her little dog, Sandy, were creations of cartoonist Harold Gray. His work would come to life in the Broadway and film adaptations of Annie a half-century later -- to great success.
1960 - In an unprecedented move, two major-league baseball clubs traded managers. Jimmy Dykes of the Detroit Tigers moved to manage the Cleveland Indians while Joe Gordon left the Indians to take over the managerial reins of the Tigers.
1962 - Actress Marilyn Monroe died from a drug overdose in Los Angeles, in a case that is still unsolved and involves a lot of speculation. She was 36 years old.


Former astronaut Neil A. Armstrong is 77
Country singer Vern Gosdin is 73
Actress Cammie King ("Gone with the Wind") is 73
Country songwriter Bobby Braddock is 67
Football player, former NFL QB Roman Gabriel is 67
Actress Loni Anderson is 61
Actress Holly Palance is 57
Actress-singer Maureen McCormick is 51 (Marcia Brady)
Actress Tawney Kitaen is 46
Country musician Mark O'Connor is 46
Actor Jonathan Silverman is 41
Country singer Terri Clark is 39
Actor Brendon Ryan Barrett is 21

Paul Brown, Innovative NFL football coach and Hall of Famer, he was the first coach of the Cleveland Browns (who were named after him) and later a co-founder and coach of the Cincinnati Bengals died 16 years ago today, at the age of 82.
Darrell Porter, Baseball player, catcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, and other teams, he was the MVP of the 1982 World Series (as a Cardinal) died 5 years ago today, at the age of 50.