The Writer's Life 12/5 - High Flyers

Pro sports has always been ruthless in terms of business. Previous success buys a little time for many successful managers and coaches, but the good will is finite. Mike McCarthy was the head man for 13 seasons in Green Bay. His record was 125-77-2 in the regular season, 10-8 in the playoffs. His team won the Super Bowl in 2010. It was expected to be a contender in 2018, but things have gone wrong and McCarthy has gotten the ax. There were rumors of a rift with future Hall of Fame QB Aaron Rodgers, who makes a lot more money than any coach. I have no idea what that may have been about, certainly not about the offense not being aggressive enough. If he wants, I'm sure McCarthy will find a job soon. I wouldn't be surprised if he were hired by the Jets.

Ripping a page from Al Gore's playbook on environmental hypocrisy, Bernie Sanders spent nearly $300,000 on private air travel to election battleground states in October.

The NY Post reports that former nanny-NYC-mayor Michael Bloomberg's first foray into a possible 2020 presidential run did not go well. He visited Iowa, where he was booed by Democrats who oppose the stop and frisk police tactic that helped reduce gun violence dramatically in the Big Apple, and was denounced for past comments about women. LOL. Even Bloomie's not liberal enough for leftists. I wonder if he too used a private plane. If he ran as a third party candidate ala Ross Perot, would it siphon votes from Democrats or Trump?

RIP Tommy Billington, aka the Dynamite Kid, whose high-flying moves as part of the British Bulldogs tag-team thrilled pro-wrestling fans. He began at 13 and was touring at 16. The rigors wore his body out. He was in ill-health for more than a decade. His wife started a gofundme campaign to help pay his medical bills. He was only 60 and died on his birthday. The outcomes of matches are pre-determined, but injuries often occur. It's not easy work. Thank you, sir. Here he is delivering a drop-kick to an opponent:

There was only sparse sunshine today, but it was enough to get me through a full session of the floating book shop. My thanks to the young woman who bought two sci-fi paperbacks, and to the middle aged one who purchased Past Perfect by Susan Isaacs and Peace Like a River by Leif Enger; and to the woman who selected a novel in Russian; and to young Bek, who asked for something on creativity and chose The Borzoi Handbook by Frederick Crews and Sandra Schor, a writer's manual.

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