Now, it means something totally different.
Seven horses died last week at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Seven!
Similar tragedies happen at tracks around the country, but seven in one week seems to have set a record.
It appears to be a sign this "sport" has run its course.
And I have to note the passing of former Federal Communications Commission head Newton Minow over the weekend. In the early 60's, Minow called television a "vast wasteland." Yes, there was a lot of dumb stuff on TV in the early 60's, but the networks regularly broadcast documentaries. News was taken seriously. Very seriously. I know Minow has been out of the public eye for a long time, but I wonder what he thought of today's offerings. I'm guessing he wasn't pleased.
In today's tidbit of useless trivia, the SS Minnow on "Gilligan's Island" was not named after the little fish. It was an inside joke the producers made about Newton Minow.
Newton Minow was 97 years old.
