On The Beat- Monday, March 30, 2026 - From Broadway to Biscayne Boulevard, from the Bird Streets to Euclid Avenue to Lark Street- Any Topic is Fair Game Until it is a Bore…
By Mr. Curmudgeon
Meta recently acquired Moltbook. Ever heard of it? Me neither. That’s because you are not a robot. It its a social network for AI bots… Stephen Fillers of Bristol, VA, made an amusing assessment- “On most social media we're worried about who's a bot and who's not. On Moltbook, it's the inverse. Those bots are probably paranoid about who's human and who's a true bot”…
Uber and Rivian launching self-driving cars in Miami. You already see Waymo’s and those little goofy robot delivery drivers everywhere. Miami is half robot already. You might be talking to a pretty girl at the cross walk down in Mary Brickell Village, and not even realize she’s 100% LFP battery operated…
Sir David Beckham’s children wonder if they get any special benefits from King Charles knighting their father…Beckham says, “The only thing that’s changed is the note paper I send out to people [in] thank you letters”…
In Washington D.C., as Jon Scheyer looked on in horror, #1 Duke’s shocking loss last night to UCONN, was the first time a number 1 seed lost in the NCAA Tournament after leading by 15 or more at the half. The record now stands at 134-1…
Lisa Kudrow is back as a determined former sitcom actress, trying revive her career in a new sitcom while a reality show documents “The Comeback.” She pulls off the spiced ginger look quite well…my number is…
City officials in Kansas City, KS, are split on if banning mini-liquor bottles will reduce crime…it won’t though… From regularly watching reruns of Cops, it’s quite clear that criminals are generally repeat offenders, 10x over, and would commit the crimes regardless...
Shaq denies slipping into Sabrina Carpenter’s DM and sending her explicit content…Not that anyone believed that Shaq believed he had even a remote chance of landing a date with her… over me…
In Toronto, 81,991 potholes have been filled in what has been called the “pothole blitz.” The question arises - after pothole, like, 778 had shredded someone’s tire, wouldn’t you then consider starting the fill jobs, as opposed to waiting until 82,000?
Ella Langley’s song, “Choosin’ Texas,” has spent 4 weeks at number one on the billboard charts breaking a decade-old record set by Taylor Swift…which NFL player is now on her speed dial?…
New chemical manufacturing plant planned near Kingspan, Oklahoma…as if the world needs more chemicals…
Delta engine explodes in mid-air in Brazil as packed plane makes emergency landing…there have been more airline incidents this year than I can ever remember going back to the 1980s…
Renegade’s victory in the G-1 Arkansas Derby earns him 100 points and guarantees him a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate with a total of 125 points… Back 7 lengths at one point, and Redland Rebels maintaining the solid lead for much of the race, Renegade suddenly surged, as if his jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., cracked a can of spinach and poured it into his mouth… Right before the final 3/16ths the lead started to flipflop a bit, Bricklin took the lead, then Silent Tactic, then Renegade turned on the after burners, and “way out in the center of the track” blasted forward into the lead and took the victory…
James Tolkan, best known as Stinger in Top Gun died this week. He was from Calumet, Michigan, the place where in 1913, a stampede at a Christmas party (the Italian Hall Disaster) killed 73 people…He will be remembered for his intensity and one-liners…”Son your ego is writing checks your body can’t cash”…
Two Bangladesh tourists had to be rescued from the ocean off the coast of Key West today after they fell from a boat sightseeing tour. And it turns out that neither knew how to swim, yet they got close enough to the edge of the boat to fall off…
ETSU woman’s golf team claims the Houston Lake Invitational title, the team’s second title of the year…the team will compete in the SoCon Championship from April 20-22, at Columbia Country Club, Blythewood, SC. A fun fact comes from freshman, Arisa Piyamait, who tells the humorous story of how a bird stole her ball from the green one day, then flew back to its nest with it…
Alix Earle who rose to “It Girl” stardom in 2022 when she began making relatable beauty and fashion videos while telling down-to-earth stories, is launching her new skin care brand, Reale Actives. Like every other beautiful girl with status, she dated an NFL football player, Braxton Berrios, WR on the Houston Texans, and like most of those stories, it ended messy…
Gronk and Jake Paul appear to have a somewhat heated exchange before Kevin Hart intervened at a Fanatics Press Conference…maybe this is a prelude to them meeting in the ring to settle a score in the near future…
Vanessa Trump has given Tiger an ultimatum, either fix the problem or she’s out… And what Tiger really has to contend with are her friends who are questioning her relationship decisions, as in, “Vanessa, what the hell?”…
Wednesday, NASA will send astronauts to the moon for the first time in 53 years. The Orion capsule will propel them to the lunar surface once in space… what will they find up there? Will NASA be transparent with us…? The Artemis II mission was supposed to commence in February but was grounded due to hydrogen fuel leaks. Supposedly, they aren’t landing…This leaves many questions…We present, you decide…