Have you ever wondered about the most popular Halloween candy in the state of Utah?
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I try to outdo each other with some weird but true Halloween facts.
I’d listen, because you never know when these things are going to come in handy.
In many ways October is my favorite month of the year. In sports alone you’ve got baseball playoffs, football in full swing, and hockey and basketball getting underway.
There are various holidays and other days off, then the big one at the end: Halloween. Cue the outrageous candy purchases.
This year I have three extra reasons to be excited. One, my local NFL team (that would be the Washington Commanders) sit alone atop the NFC East. Two, the MLB team of my youth (that would be the New York Yankees) is in its best position in years to reach the World Series.
Three?
Pineapple frosty. Duh.
My hometown NFL team (that would be the Washington Commanders) were absolutely commanding yesterday and are now in sole possession of first place in the NFC East.
In baseball, the National League has an interesting two-games-in-one-day “playoff” this afternoon before the actual playoffs begin later this week. Delicious.
But the real story today is from Dublin, Ohio, home of The Wendy’s Company, makers of the iconic Frosty dessert.
According to wild Internet rumors, Wendy’s soon may have another in its arsenal of chilled perfection.
Pineapple, anyone?
Like anything on the Internet, these things aren’t always a guarantee, but I’m already the guy checking the Wendy’s app every day to see whether Pineapple Frosty has been added to the menu.
Supposedly a collaboration with the folks at SpongeBob SquarePants (now 25 years old), it sounds more like a Dole Whip knockoff, but hey, Wendy’s is seven for seven on Frosties so far and I’m willing to bet eight will be great.
I’ve already got my heart set on it.
Several years ago my son introduced to me to the concept of “shower thoughts.”
Well, not really introduced me to, but rather gave a name to a concept I’d pondered for decades.
Sometimes it’s an oxy moron or borderline oxy moron. Sometimes it’s a bit of wordplay or wordplay you wish were true.
Sometimes it’s just a brilliant insight, perhaps occurring to you while in the shower.
Today on Math and Musings my son and I discuss a few of these idle notions, complete with overanalysis as we often do.
Enjoying while showering is optional.
No more mikeoconnelljr.com curse, no more primetime curse, no more curses cast by those deeming their name offensive… my hometown NFL team (that would be the Washington Commanders) have won two straight and are tied atop the NFL East.
Pardon my jumping the gun on this excitement, but D.C. sports fans haven’t had much to cheer about recently and I’m willing to hang onto anything I can.
And enjoy it while it lasts.
Tonight all eyes are on my local NFL team–that would be the Washington Commanders–as they take on the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football.
Well, half of Monday Night Football, so half of all eyes. Bills-Jaguars on the undercard, followed by the real primetime event in Cincinnati.
Plan to stay up late tonight.
The Bengals are 0-2 while my local team is .500 and could move into a tie for first with a win.
Yup.
Love getting excited about these things way too early.
No news or entertainment these days is going to trump anything involving Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani, newly crowned member of baseball’s 50-50 club.
Make that only member.
Ohtani put on quite a Sho yesterday, getting his 50th home run and 50th steal in a game in which he went six for six with three home runs and 10 RBI. (I know I always knock RBIs as a stat but 10? Come on!)
So beyond that it’s hardly worth mentioning that Franklin and I do have a new episode of Math and Musings out today but I’ll do so anyway. The boy and I discuss great questions of the universe and ponder the vagaries of life and the human existence, among other things.
It’s not a 50-50 season or even a 6-6 day at the plate but it’s what we got. Enjoy.
The MLB team of my youth (that would be the New York Yankees) now owns the best record in the American League, poised to have homefield advantage in the upcoming playoffs.
It’s a bit disappointing, seeing as though the Bronx Bombers this year have actually played better on the road, doing their bombing away from the Bronx as it were.
No other playoff contender can boast this odd discrepancy, an anomaly that may bode well in series to come.
With its thrilling win over the New York Giants yesterday my hometown NFL team (that would be the Washington Commanders) are now undefeated in divisional games this year. I know it’s early, but their current winning streak has me excited for things to come.
If the Commanders win the Super Bowl this year you heard it here first.
Today’s episode of Math and Musings gives a more detailed version of last month’s brief review of Tennessee. The state I went to because, eh, it was kinda close by.
For me that was state number 39… not sure where to go for 40. But you can be pretty sure I’ll bring my tape recorder.
Tape recorder. Ha. What a quaint 20th century notion.