Site meta
Blogroll
Socials
Articles
IF YOU THINK I DIDN’T BOOKMARK THIS FOR LATER REFERENCE, I’VE GOT A BRIDGE TO SELL YOU: The Top 24 Gen Alpha Slang Terms of 2026.
What can I say — I’m old. Kids these days, get off my lawn, and all that.
(Hat tip: 1440)
14 GOES TO ORBIT: SpaceX announces Starship Flight 14 scheduled to launch NET Sept 28, to become the first Starship to reach Earth orbit. The hour-ish suborbital flight tests prior will be succeeded by a 10-hour mission, completing 6 orbits before splashing down in the Indian Ocean.
A HOCKEY GENERATION FADING AWAY: San Jose Sharks enforcer Ryan Reaves retires from the NHL, leaving just three players who played before 2013 — Nashville’s Ryan O’Reilly, Dallas’ Jamie Benn and Minnesota’s Zach Bogosian — still grandfathered in under league rules allowing them to skate without visors on their helmets; everyone joining the league after has been required to wear them.
SCOTT PITONIAK: Former Buffalo Bills player experienced a 9/11 miracle. Reserve fullback Doug Goodwin very nearly became an indirect casualty of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, scheduled for heart transplant surgery that Tuesday morning in New York City.