The LuLac Edition #2579, January 4th, 2014

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MAYBE I’M AMAZED……….that with all the plaudits awarded to Bill O’Brien for his remarkable job at Penn State, let me throw this one in for the O’Brien haters. In the 63-14 loss to Ohio State in 2013, it was the first time in 114 years since Penn State gave up that many points. Loved O’Brien but if a Paterno die hard  needs a comeback against O’Brien's tenure, as flimsy as it is  there ya go.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED….that if you accrue 1376 days in the Major Leagues, roughly eight seasons, you can get a Golden Pass shaped like a credit card to get you in any major league ballpark in any regular season game. The card reads “In appreciation of long and meritorious service”. Kind of cool, that player  will always belong to that baseball family.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……..speaking of baseball, in the 1952 season Virgil Trucks who died in 2013 was 5-19 for the Chicago White Sox. However, two of his wins were no hitters and he pitched an additional one hitter.He had an ERA of .397 that season.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…..that the bumblebee bat is the smallest mammal on earth. The bat weighs less than a penny.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……that there are ads running now against Democrat incumbents who voted for the Affordable Care Act saying the Act was responsible for health insurance policies being  cancelled. Here’s the deal: the Act didn’t cancel the insurance policies, the insurance companies did. Remember that.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……that Cheerios touted the fact that they are getting rid of Genetically Modified ingredients. Now genetically modified ingredients are safe according to the FDA but a big hue and cry began by people who started to complain. However Cheerios is only taking the modified ingredients out of their main brand and not out of the the Honey Wheat or other varieties. Hedging their bets? In for a penny, in for a pound I’d say.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….that a bolt of lightning can reach temperatures hotter than 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Five times hotter than the sun.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…..that certain people in Scranton are making a big deal out of the fact that incoming Mayor Bill Courtright is having a big Inaugural Ball ceremony even though the city is distressed. Ceremony is important and this is what politicians do to thank their supporters. Tom Leighton had a big deal in 2004 when he took over in Wilkes Barre. There is no need for a incoming office holder to wear a sack cloth and ashes to try to get the administration going. Party on and then get down to real business.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….at the stones on the guy in Hazleton who broke into an apartment to have sex with a woman while his girlfriend was hanging out on another floor in the same apartment building. So another  woman with the apartment getting broken into finds the guy coming out of her  bathroom and the guy asks her not to say anything because he doesn’t want to get in trouble with his girlfriend! I think I’m going to write a script for Vivid Video and send it to Chatsworth, California and see what happens!
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……..that I had to look twice to see who the new District Justice sworn into Pittston was. Seems like Alexandra Kokura Kravitz took the oath. Never saw the name Kravitz prominently displayed on those campaign posters. Just saying. So I guess the front runner for the Democratic nomination in 2016 is Hillary Rodham, right?
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…that in Colorado the price for an ounce of marijuana goes for $400.00. In New York City, it’s $120.00 and in Philly as low as $115 depending on the neighborhood. Like tobacco, I tried it once but the thing took too much work and wasn’t worth the effort. But isn’t that a wide disparity of price for legal vs. illegal?
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…..that August has the highest amount of births.