This was Saturday morning:
I’m not sure who’s fault this was — or put another way, stayed in bed longer — but I’m sure it wasn’t Allie. That’s a Saturday morning, though, and that’s not too bad.
Here are a few things I found interesting this weekend and today …
Cleveland was born in 1837, married a woman two decades younger and had five kids. Four of which lived until 1974, 1977, 1980 and 1995. https://t.co/wnZai69Bvs
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) March 18, 2018
Think about that. A man born before the Civil War, became president twice and had kids comparatively late in life. And then most of his children were long-lived. Three of them into my lifetime. His youngest died when I was in college. If you were in New Hampshire, you might have met the man who died as the oldest presidential offspring. Francis Grover Cleveland was in the poultry business, and was in the theater. He ran a barnstorming summer stock program that he founded in the 1930s.
Starting in 1966, Mr. Cleveland perennially talked of retirement and the possibility that his aptly called nonprofit theater might have to close. Yet, despite failing eyesight, Mr. Cleveland again directed some of last summer’s fare, opening the season with “The Front Page” in July and closing with “The Fantasticks” in early September.
Mr. Cleveland was born in Buzzards Bay, Mass., the youngest of four children of Grover Cleveland, the nation’s 22d and 24th President. His father, a frequent summer visitor in Tamworth, died in 1908, when the boy was 5.
Mr. Cleveland graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College. He briefly taught private school in Cambridge, Mass., but then opted for the stage. He acted in Boston and later in New York, where he had cameo roles on Broadway in the original productions of “Dead End” and “Our Town.”
Speaking of history:
I was in DC covering the news that week. Seems like yesterday, but it also seems like a long time ago. https://t.co/DuAgaaNKZ1
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) March 19, 2018
This was about five months before I started blogging, so thankfully there are no archives to look through, but I remember that trip well. I got some pretty good tape for my journalism career out of the deal, and I landed a terrific friend out of the trip, and some other friends still carry on the long-running Ann Taylor gag because of this trip. I remember much about it and have yet to figure out what it should feel like in a capitol city when the nation has just gone to war. I walked through Dupont Circle thinking everyone seemed very casual, considering.
Just casually moving on in the WNIT tournament:
#iuwbb defeated Milwaukee today 74-54 to advance to the sweet 16 of the WNIT. Here are some highlights from the win. pic.twitter.com/gvg4HA6wOU
— IUSTV Sports (@IUSTVsports) March 18, 2018
The only time of year I even take a stab at paying attention to basketball is during the postseason, of course. And, of course, the women’s game is always more entertaining.
Somewhat entertaining:
.@LaurnSmith and I finally just finished watching the Harry Potter movies.
I still don't feel a need to drop $50 on a licensed metal stick.
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) March 20, 2018
And, finally, this is very entertaining, some people re-made the Avengers trailer on the cheap:
Who did it better? @MarvelStudios pic.twitter.com/k504zAadGB
— Aiman Sany (@awesomerawks) March 17, 2018
I’d watch that movie.
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