Happy Christmas Eve Eve
1. Don't look now, but this is the penultimate Monday of 2024.
2. Family NFL Report. Family teams went 5-1 during the weekend. The Ravens with the win tied the Steelers in the divisional race and clinched a playoff spot. All of the family teams except the Cowboys, are still in play for the post-season with the Chiefs, Steelers, and Ravens having clinched a post-season spot.
Cowboys (7-8) outlasted Buccaneers (8-7), 26-24
Commanders, (10-5) overcame Eagles (12-3), 36-33
Ravens (10-5) doubled-up Steelers (10-5), 34-17
Dolphins (7-8) drowned 49ers (6-9), 29-17
Chiefs (14-1) overcame Texans (9-6), 27-19
3. Chris and I had a surprise yesterday. Thinking we would be flying on a too crowded aircraft, we were greeted by the Southwest flight crew advising us that the flight was not full and we could spread out. That made the flight almost enjoyable.
4. It is 18 degrees outside this morning. I felt bad for Finn when I put him outside to take care of his morning needs. He was very efficient in getting everything accomplished.
5. Today in History. On December 23, 1888, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from severe depression, cuts off the lower part of his left ear with a razor while staying in Arles, France. He later documented the event in a painting titled Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear. Today, Van Gogh is regarded as an artistic genius and his masterpieces sell for record-breaking prices; however, during his lifetime, he was a poster boy for tortured starving artists and sold only one painting.
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in the Netherlands. He had a difficult, nervous personality and worked unsuccessfully at an art gallery and then as a preacher among poor miners in Belgium. In 1880, he decided to become an artist. His work from this period—the most famous of which is The Potato Eaters (1885)—is dark and somber and reflective of the experiences he had among peasants and impoverished miners.
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-- Bob Doan, Odenton, MD
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