headline: redundancy

So occasionally there are a few headlines by which one may tell the year, simply by the headline:

"War ends; V-J Day celebrated in the streets of New York"
"the Eagle has landed!"
"Reagan wins in Landslide"

And then there are other, like today, when it could be any number of years:

"The Yankees win the World Series"
"Hurricane hits the Gulf Coast"
"Motor home park destroyed by tornado"
"Jury selection begins in OJ Simpson trial"

That last one was the first thing I read online this morning. Is this deja vu? Will some jury finally convict this guy? I saw him play once at the end of his career when he went to play for the 49ers. It was at Candlestick Park, late 70's and my Dad had taken us to the game. For some reason I remember that game well and the day well. When I started playing football in 1976, I wore #32, in honor of OJ. Most kids wanted the number and my Mom was dating my coach, so I got it. Later in life we sub-let our apartment in Brentwood to a guy who worked with my wife named Ron Goldman. OJ killed him about a year later when he went to return some glasses to OJ's ex-wife, a regular customer (as was OJ). I fully believe OJ killed him, because celebrities are so used to getting away with things, getting their way and generally having whatever they want, that it would never occur to him that he had done anything wrong. Everytime I see those headlines, I say a little prayer for Ron's family. I didn't really know Ron, Cathy knew him from work, but he was a person and that makes him valuable. Pray for his family as I am sure it hurts them every time they see the headlines.