Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 10/21/2009

(I remember this game well!)

10/21/1979:
Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer throws four touchdown passes, including the game winner to Rickey Young with 13 seconds left, leading Minnesota to a 30-27 victory over the Chicago Bears. Kramer's heroics overshadow a big day by the Bears' great running back, Walter Payton. Sweetness rushes for one TD, catches a pass for another and throws a 54-yard option pass to Brian Baschnagel for a third. The Vikings pick off three INTs and roll up over 300 yards in punk and kickoff returns to swing the outcome in their favor.

Birthdays:
Red Klotz b. 1921
Whitey Ford b. 1928
Vern Mikkelsen b. 1928
Ted Uhlaender b. 1940
Joey Harrington b. 1978

Packers Fact:
Center Jug Earp's (1922-1932) given first name was Francis. "Jug" was short for "Jugger," which was short for "Juggernaut."

OFFICE HUMOR

Australian Max Barry’s third novel is a biting and hilarious satire of modern corporate culture: outsourcing, stolen doughnuts, downsizing, “human resources,” office politics, and all the rest. It has a nice, twisty plot that revels in the absurd and the sinister. If your days are spent in the confines of an office cubicle, Company might be just the thing to maximize the potential of your water cooler-chat effectiveness.

COMPANY, by Max Barry (Vintage Books, 2007)