Thursday miscellanea #345

• I used to especially love episodes of Batman with Batgirl. Her motorcycle snarling across the screen on the opening credits made me happy. Batgirl was tough, but she was also hot. Yvonne Craig has died at 78. RIP.
• Ever heard of a restaurant scoring a 53 on its health inspection? Now you have. Who’s up for Chinese? Really, except for salad bars, buffets haven’t appealed to me in decades.
• I haven’t smoked in more than four years, but sometimes when it’s warm and humid the Technical Writing Express will still give me a little whiff of it when I first get in.
• I had already smoked a total of probably 20 cigarettes when I was the same age Nathan is now, and I was well on my way to developing a serious habit. (Living in two homes in which 100% of the adult population smoked wasn’t very helpful.) I think there’s little danger of Nathan smoking, though I’m thankful for how much more difficult it will be for him should he have such a silly idea. When I was 16 years old, nobody carded and you could smoke in the mall—even in most of the stores in the mall.
• Not sure what to make of the 2015 Crimson Tide ahead of the season. I think there’s a definite vibe that the defense will deliver a game or two or three. I’m a bit anxious about the thin backfield and green receivers. I think the quarterback situation will settle itself fairly quickly.
• The IndyCar championship is a squeaker. Juan Pablo Montoya leads Graham Rahal by nine points. Sunday’s race at Pocono is more JPM’s wheelhouse, while the season finale next weekend at Sonoma (a road course) is the sort of venue where Rahal has done serious damage this year. (That one’s double points, too.) I’d love to see Graham Rahal bring it home. Alternately, even though he’s got a lot of hardware already, Scott Dixon jumping up and grabbing it would be all right. (And some petty part of me is pleased that Will Power isn’t really in the mix.) This has been an amazing season.
• For some bizarre reason, a spicy Chick-fil-A sandwich has 50 more calories than a regular Chick-fil-A sandwich (490 vs. 440). Get a regular and heat it up yourself. I recommend a half-teaspoon of mayonnaise and a half-teaspoon of sriracha, thoroughly mixed.

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