Just a quick video post to document some brushes with notoriety a trio of my Facebook friends have experienced in the last month… things always happen in 3′s, my life’s experience has seen that play out time and again, so when Jeremy posted a YouTube video of himself on CashCab this morning I wasn’t surprised at all. But before we get to that…
I had Jeopardy on a few weeks back as I often do in the afternoon… I was actually emptying the dishwasher when the camera was panning down the row of that days contestants. I swore I recognized one of ‘em and moved to the television for a closer look… turns out it was my neighbor Tony, he ended up lasting 4 days winning 3 times. Very cool, fun to watch.
The second brush was perhaps somewhat larger than a brush as it ended up a top story in the news cycle. Dan Sinker, a college classmate of mine, outed himself the other day to The Atlantic as the author behind the fictitious Twitter account of new Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. He’s been on television and in the papers ever since and is meeting Emanuel in person this afternoon as the Mayor elect promised $5000 to the feed author’s charity if he outed himself… so it’s all history now.
And then this morning Jeremy, a guy I know as the umpire for Sonny and Mike’s annual Grudge Match softball game… as well as a Scrabble champ and a guy who hosts weekly trivia contests at neighborhood bars… posted a video of himself on CashCab Chicago… how much can he win in a 44 block trip, watch and see…
They always come in 3′s… and it’s always so much better when no one has to die.
