On The Beat- Tuesday, July 21, 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
The sports world is stunned by ESPN’s massive layoff bloodbath to make room for me… Chicago Cubs fan bizatch-slaps younger fan for not standing during the National Anthem. My turn… New York school introduces AI humanoid robot teacher, Sally, who has since been arrested for flashing students… CBS ran a show that said 5 cups of coffee or 400 milligrams of caffeine per day is safe. Let’s be realistic here. How about 20 cups?… Several golfers came to Saudi golfer Bryson DeChambeau’s defense after his cheating scandal despite the obvious. Couch officials weren’t as empathetic… Tourons at Yellowstone National Park get dangerously close to the Grand Prismatic Spring’s fragile bacterial mat and scalding hot water. They came out of it unscathed, I lost $10 on Kalshi… Nashville woman cheats on husband with lover in a middle school. Tennessee’s two newest additions to the sex offender registry… L.A.’s newest high-end Korean spa has free parking. Come again?… City manager of uber-ritzy Sausalito arrested for burglary after being discovered on a yacht not her own. Once a politician always a politician… 6,000 square-foot Hobbit House for sale on Zillow. Hobbits have an average height of 3’6”… Starting July 22nd, Powerball tickets will now be sold in the UK as well as the US. I thought gambling was considered haram in Islam… Alaska Airlines declares emergency mid-flight. Grizzly bear snuck on without a ticket? Oh, wait, it left from Rome. That was just an Italian… South Dakota banker gave away $4 billion hoping to die broke. Only someone with infinite money would say they wished to be broke… The ultra-wealthy now flock to Steamboat Springs, CO, instead of Aspen, Vail, Park City, or Telluride. You’d have to be a sucker to believe that… Sleeping outside anywhere in New York would be bliss if only Canada would stop burning their garbage… Berkeley County, SC washed away in heavy rains. There is nothing left. Not even the candle stick maker, or so the rumor went… LeBron James is the most boring player in the NBA… We present it. You decide…