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Shower Thoughts: Surprise, I didn’t win the Mega Millions jackpot

Oct 24, 2018, 3:07 PM

Shower Thoughts with Ron Upsaw...

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I’m still waking up at 3 a.m., so let’s do some jet-lagged shower thoughts.

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Turns out I did not win the Mega Millions jackpot. And I was that close too. Someone in South Carolina is waking up to the shock of a lifetime today. Congrats! Now don’t let it ruin your life. I still have my Powerball tickets for tonight. It’s only a paltry $620 million, but I’ll take it. Wish me luck!

Speaking of the potential to ruin my life, I don’t know what kind of magicians work in French bakeries, but I could eat my weight in chocolate eclairs over there. Would that then double my weight? Maybe the lack of magic here is a blessing in disguise. I did do my 30/10 weigh-in today to work in a proud sponsor – I put on 3.6 pounds of pastry weight. Time to tighten up the belt for a while.

Believe it or not Mariners fans, there are still baseball teams playing. Not everybody’s season ends in September. My boyhood baseball team was the Dodgers — I grew up in Albuquerque and our local triple-A team, the Dukes, was in the Dodgers farm system. So I guess I’m pulling for the boys in blue in the World Series. Is Steve Garvey still playing? What about Fernando Valenzuela?

Speaking of sports, don’t look now, but the Seahawks are 3-3 and in second place in their division. Granted, the Rams are 7-0, but still. The glass seems to be half full with this team at the moment. They are off to Detroit this weekend to take on the Lions. I wonder if they still have the jet lag like I do?

So some ambitious entrepreneurs have created a replica of the Titanic, and they are almost ready to start selling tickets for its maiden voyage. They’re calling it the Titanic II. Original name. I don’t think of myself as a superstitious person, but I’m going to pass on this one.

TV host Megyn Kelly had to apologize today for asking a co-host why it’s not okay for a white person to wear black face for Halloween. Really? Is this still a thing? What decade are we in?

Speaking of costumes, I still need to get my act together. I’ve got a party to go to. Can I just dress up as a mediocre radio host?

That’s it, shower is over.

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Shower Thoughts: Surprise, I didn’t win the Mega Millions jackpot