Monday, October 3, 2022

Monday Musings - October 3, 2022

 


1. Here we go. Autumn is definitely arrived as this is the first Monday in October. Four weeks from today in Halloween and there are only 12 Mondays remaining in the year.

2. Family NFL Report. It was a rough week for 3 of the 4 family teams.

    Ravens (2-2) lose to Bills (3-1), 20-23

    Cowboys (3-1) defeat Commanders (1-3), 25-10

    Steelers (1-3) lose to Jets (2-2), 20-24

Tortoise Along the Road During my Ride
Tequesta, FL
October 2, 2022


3. My BikeMap app indicated that yesterday I completed my longest ride ever. It was 20.3 miles! I did not realize that it was a new PR.

4. I am getting a number of small projects completed that fall into that final 5 percent. The small ones that are not critical but yet improve the quality of life. Yesterday, for instance, I installed the sound bar and sub woofer on our main TV. I did most of the work wile watching the Ravens turn in another dismal second-half performance.

5. Today in History. October 3, 1995. At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson’s “dream team” of lawyers employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors that Simpson’s guilt had not been proved “beyond a reasonable doubt,” thus surmounting what the prosecution called a “mountain of evidence” implicating him as the murderer.

Orenthal James Simpson—a Heisman Trophy winner, star running back with the Buffalo Bills, and popular television personality—married Nicole Brown in 1985. He reportedly regularly abused his wife and in 1989 pleaded no contest to a charge of spousal battery. In 1992, she left him and filed for divorce. On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were stabbed and slashed to death in the front yard of Mrs. Simpson’s condominium in Brentwood, Los Angeles. By June 17, police had gathered enough evidence to charge O.J. Simpson with the murders.




'We lost everything': Floridians attempt to rebuild after Ian - CNN

Ukrainian forces advance into the Luhansk region, pro-Russian officials say - CNN

A plane crashed into a Minnesota home, killing three people - CNN

Stocks Rise, Yields Retreat to Kick Off Fourth Quarter - The Wall Street Journal

Florida’s Strengthened Electric Grid Mostly Withstood Hurricane Ian - The Wall Street Journal

Strong New-Car Demand Collides With Rising Rates - The Wall Street Journal

General Motors third-quarter U.S. auto sales jump 24% - Reuters

Iran's Khamenei backs police over Mahsa Amini protests, may signal tougher crackdown - Reuters

Russia sacks commander of Western military district - reports - Reuters

North Korea fires fourth missile in a week as South flexes military muscle - Reuters



-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL

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