What day is it?
Tuesday is the 24th anniversary of the Bears’ victory in Super Bowl XX. Today they barely have a Pro Bowl representative and their search for new offensive and defensive coordinators enters a painful fourth week. Bear down, indeed.
Diff’rent Strokes
Gary Coleman was released from jail Monday in Utah after police, responding to a civil disturbance call, arrested the actor on an outstanding domestic violence warrant. Gary, the world don’t move to the beat of just one drum. What might be right for you may not be right for some.
Overserved
Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams, awaiting sentencing in the shooting death of a limousine driver, has been ordered to wear an alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet after a drunken driving arrest this month. And all we can think is, doesn’t he seem to be finding alcohol OK on his own?
Happy birthday
Bubble Wrap turned 50 on Monday. It celebrated by having a few pops.
Did you know?
Bubble Wrap was originally designed as a textured wallpaper. Sadly, it clashed horribly in the furniture-made-of-broken-glass room.
the number: $4.2 billion
2009 revenues for Sealed Air, parent company of Bubble Wrap and sister brands such as Jiffy protective mailers and Instapak foam packaging
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the quote
“Just admit it and live with it and understand it. I am sure a lot of people will forgive him.”
— Ernie Banks, calling on Sammy Sosa to admit to steroid use
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