What do you think you're doing, Dave?

I'm thinking about starting a newsletter on topics that I find interesting. 

There's work to be done with stylizing it and having a little more of my thinking. But here's volume 1, number 1. 

A bi-weekly newsletter about topics that I find fun, interesting, or relevant

June 1, 2023

Talk of the town

South Florida is *THE* hotbed for sports.  Live it up 305 and beyond!

Man, what a season for South Florida sports! Well, except for the 20th century perennial powerhouse football teams (the Dolphins and Hurricanes).

You had Nova Southeastern (or whatever they call it these days) win the D2 college basketball championship.  Both FAU and UM went to the final 4 in the NCAA tournament.

Now the Panthers are playing for the Stanley Cup in hockey.  By the way, this is their second trip to the finals, maybe this time they can win it all?

And the Heat, led by Jimmy Buckets and Bam are in the NBA finals.  This collection of who dat's and undrafted players is remarkable.  They just squeaked into the playoffs and have been very good....but they've been streaky all year.  What happens next?  Who knows!

Weird / Funny News

Miami often celebrates notable events by banging pots and pans.  But...why?

CBS Local has you covered.

https://youtu.be/K1g6p8CjS0c

In other news

There was an interesting story coming from the world of college football. LSU is partnering with a company which developed, essentially, a portable air conditioner for football helmets?  Whaaaa? That's crazy but, ahem, cool.

https://www.si.com/college/2023/06/01/lsu-tigers-air-conditioned-helmets-2023-season

Science News

Sometimes I'm simply amazed by how little we actually know about our world, and nearby space. There was an article about an object that has been in orbit around Earth for a very long time, and yet we didn't actually know about it.  How does that happen?

https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/new-quasi-moon-discovered-near-earth-has-been-travelling-alongside-our-planet-since-100-bc

Don't miss this

Maybe its just me, but the story about Walt Disney World shuttering the Galactic Star Cruiser hotel/immersive experience after a little over a year is just odd.

The idea for the experience mostly came from the previous CEO, and it was (a) expensive and (b) met with some early negative reviews.  So maybe its not a surprise.  Or then again, maybe its simply another political piece in the ongoing feud between Disney and the Florida governor.

And finally...One little spark, for your imagination....

For some reason, we seem to be all about banning books because they are deemed "inappropriate" by someone, somewhere.  Its rising in the level of absurdity...

But I am reminded distinctly of "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury, which was published in 1953.  In this fictional work, Bradbury talked about a futuristic dystopian society where books were banned, and firefighters were used to burn books.

Who would have guessed that he was actually predicting a future 70 years out?

This book is recommended reading, and you don't even have to go to a library to get a copy.  Just go here:

https://www.ccsoh.us/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=16792&dataid=23409&FileName=Fahrenheit%20451.pdf