West Seattle Dude

Aretha Franklin was notorious for stiffing creditors.

Weir was a longtime fitness buff who would go for runs while touring. I also read that he stopped taking acid in the late 60s during the 710 Ashbury St. days.

Marciano knew that if he stayed active he would eventually have to deal with Liston. Not in ‘56 or ‘57, but down the line. The era of the sub-200lb heavyweight champions was over after Patterson. I saw Sonny Liston sign a contract to fight Eddie Machen at a televised Seattle Rainier baseball game around 1961. Liston won and the rest is history. Liston was not just a big puncher, but also a clever boxer.

I remember seeing Ali win the gold medal in the 60 Olympics.

Ali and Marciano became good friends and were planning a goodwill tour in America to create racial harmony.

Williams put up big numbers against weaker teams. Did not shine against top teams.

Dr. Jerry Mixon of the longevity clinic in the Seattle area is a proponent of creatine. However, he has said those over 50 should take no more than 3-4 grams per serving. Too much creatine can raise creatinine levels.

The 50s were great, but so were the 60s and 70s, despite the sensational events-Manson and assorted other devils.

I lived in the Bay Area from the late 70s to 2005. Even the 80s, Los Angeles was still in peak form and more affordable. Benign neglect ruined California. It has never worked as a policy.

SEC fans are easily triggered by the mere mention of the Rose Bowl game.Yes, the Rose Bowl does have poor sight lines and is isolated from the Pasadena commercial district. But for TV viewing it is a better game in my opinion and tends to draw a larger audience of viewers who have no partisan interest in the outcome. The Sugar Bowl with Ole Miss and Georgia is more like a conference game and will lose the ratings war with the Rose Bowl. It’s all about the TV audience.

Never understood those who hate the Rose Bowl game. The game draws more viewers than the other major bowls. There have been many epic games played at the Rose Bowl. I have been watching since the 1960 game when my Huskies obliterated highly favored Wisconsin 44-8.

This year it appears to me that the SEC is the best conference top to bottom with solid non-playoff teams like Arkansas, LSU and Texas. I do believe that the top 3 teams in the Big 10-Indiana, Ohio State and Oregon are better than the top 3 in the SEC-Alabama, Ole Miss and Georgia.

I cash in coins at Coinstar twice a year. Inevitibly, there are always some Canadian coins that are rejected. Being relatively close to Canada might have something to do with it.