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The Prometheus Award, 2025
Folks, I know I'm late with this. I know you know. We've been updating what was Dad's childhood home (something Dad and I int...
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TOF once wrote an article entitled "The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown and Down 'n Dirty Mud-Wrassle" which described the century-l...
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Hello family, friends and fans of Michael F. Flynn. It is with sorrow and regret that I inform you that my father passed away yesterday,... -
1. The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown 2. The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown: Down for the Count 3. The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown: The Great Gali...
When I was in grade school, I'd come home from school and head for the radio: Jack Armstrong, Tom Mix, Little Orphan Annie, and a bunch of other programs. On the hour, there would be a minute or so of news. The news always included the results at the Laurel (Maryland) race track. I just took it for granted that the results were part of the news. It wasn't until many years later that I learned that the Laurel race results were used by the local Mafia to determine the day's number for the numbers racket.
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