How overdue?
Well, we placed the Murder Hornet arrival in the inbox for use over a month ago and we are just now getting to this lovely insect.
The Murder Hornet is also known as the Asian Giant Hornet and is the world's largest hornet, which is a title that makes me think of the Crusher, "the world's most dangerous wrestler", for some reason.
Anyway, the Murder Hornet is known for its sting, which is supposedly capable of piercing through beekeeping suits and has been described as feeling like a nail has been driven into you.
The hornet has recently been discovered in Washington State and British Columbia, Canada and there is concern about the hornet establishing itself in North America.
Not for attacking humans, but for the possibilities of its devouring native insects-most notably honey bees.
A few hornets can destroy a beehive in only a few hours, so with the issues with the honeybee population currently, this could be bad news if a population establishes itself.
However, one hope might be the praying mantis, which has shown itself capable of at least killing the hornet at times.
Warning-the following video is quite graphic.
The AP writes of how author Robert Caro continues his final book in the Lyndon Johnson life series during the trials of quarantine.
The 84-year-old Caro has been working on his Johnson books for over forty years and as he reaches the final installment, there are concerns with Covid-19 that could endanger the end of the project.
Caro has been working on the book in his apartment rather than go to his office as is his normal writing routine but has managed to stay healthy to this point.
Pacific Standard writes of the mystery of "John Titor", who for a few months in 2000-01 began to show up on internet message boards claiming that he was traveling back from 2036 and stopped long enough to offer some glimpses of the "future" and offered what we would have viewed as predictions with "Titor" referring to his notes as "history".
I had never heard of Titor before a note in the Bulwark about this article and it's intriguing, yet strange at the same time.
The article discusses Titor, the people that are obsessed with the story, his predictions (right and wrong), who he could have been, and why unresolved stories bother us so.
Dawgs by Nature normally writes about the Cleveland Browns, but with news being in short supply right now, they decided to post about the perennial Cleveland Mustard Battle between Bertman's and Stadium.
It's an in-depth piece as it discussed the two companies' history, the ingredients, the battle, and even a poll for your preference of the pair.
I have written before about enjoying both mustards, but I had a taste test once at an outing, and Bertman's won by a slightly larger margin than I would have expected.
CNN writes of its first day of service, which was June 1st, 1980, which means the network is celebrating its fortieth year of bouncing signals off satellites.
The husband and wife duo of David Walker and Lois Hart started the first hour of so many since and the first day would feature a walk around the facility that is still used today in Atlanta along with commentary from CNN's owner and founder Ted Turner, who was in the middle of a tenure that saw him seem to own anything from Atlanta that was part of the national stage short of the NFL Falcons.
The inbox is close to complete other than another tributes post that needs to be posted, I have another Friends and Family series entry that I'm excited about writing, and the TRS boxing ratings will be back as boxing prepares to return with a clean restart of the ratings after Covid-19.
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