Thursday: left work last night at 530. Watched that Michael Jordan movie I was talking about. Very good. Spent the entire evening doing laundry cleaning and ironing. Was 1230 am before I got to bed.
Friday: skipped the gym but did 2 hours of laundry and packing from 745 to 945. Then gassed up the Corolla and took Winnie to the kennel and got a haircut. Left the house at 11 am and Atlanta traffic already bad. To go east it routed me counterclockwise past the airport on 285. Made several stops…
1. Drive thru Wendy's for a late breakfast. Route changed to go downtown and out 20.
2. Stopped in Conyers for a drink and gas for the Rav4.
3. Stopped in Thomson for a Wendy's frosty for a late lunch.
4. C called to tell me to go straight to the rehearsal dinner spot, meaning I didn't have to rush. Stopped in Augusta to check out a thrift store. I passed on these socks.
5. Stopped for a potty break when I got off the interstate.
6. I knew I wanted to stop at a Dollar Tree, and found one in Bishopville. They didn't have what I needed.
7. Arrived at the restaurant in downtown Hartsville five minutes early. Great timing.
Dinner was a render, delicious roast beef, mashed potatoes, green beans, tossed salad, and cheesecake. My niece Victoria gave the best speech. Almost 11 pm before we made it back to Jefferson.
I've been so busy plus out of the office on Friday so the personal emails have piled up - over 700. Got some down time this morning after sleeping late to go through them. Got decent rest this weekend, but wore myself out on Saturday and Sunday. The bright sun on Saturday wore me out.
Drove down to see Lennie and Corrine. Others were coming and going, setting up for the wedding reception. Later met up with Matthew and Caleb and drove to the wedding, then back to Lennie's for the reception.
About 215 in attendance. Rusty had his fish fry crew cooking away. The fish was the popular item. I opted for the fish, fries, hushpuppies and slaw as well. Others ate chicken, green beans, and mashed potatoes.
Rusty did a good job on his speech, and included a history of Lennie's family homestead. The house had been built on the 1800's. By the end of the evening I was exhausted.
Sunday there was a brunch at Ceil's parents' house, attended by all of Ceil's crowd plus the groom's family – probably 50 in all. Then we went back to Lennie's to help clean up. Started back for Atlanta at 3:25 – and ran right into a torrential thunderstorm. Got home at 8:30. Got 39.4 MPG.
Braves sweep Mets, who have now lost at least 6 straight. Strider beats Verlander. I guess Strider is a lock for the all star game. He might start. Then 2 of 3 from the Nationals.
JOE JACKSON [SABR Bio] was too embarrassed to meet with Ty Cobb. Sometime following WWII, Cobb visited Jackson in Jackson's hometown. The story goes that Jackson was so ashamed for having been on the Black Sox that he didn't say anything to Cobb until addressed him by name. Read the heartwarming story here. Jackson became so closely attached to his favorite baseball bats that he gave them names. His dearest he called "Black Betsy"— a hefty ~40 ounces -- but he was also sweet on "Blond Betsy" and "Caroliny". Jackson was illiterate, unable to neither read nor write. Jackson's inability to sign many autographs resulted in his wife signing items for the slugger. As a result, any autographed item said to be signed by Jackson comes with the risk that it actually wasn't signed by the ballplayer. In 2021, an authenticated Joe Jackson-signed photograph from 1911 sold at auction for $1.47 million, which is the most ever paid for a signed sports photograph. It is the only known Jackson-signed photo of himself in existence. People know Jackson as "Shoeless Joe", but the name given to him at birth was Joseph Walker Jackson.
DENISON: western civilization was founded by the Greeks and Romans on the belief that the world can be understood by human reason operating through objective principles of logic and investigation. The rule of law developed as the cultural foundation for a moral and stable society. Thinkers held the belief that truth is objective. The postmodern revolution began in the mid-20th century, and shook this foundation. Building on Kant and Nietzsche, postmodern thinkers Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Richard Rorty convinced us that since our subjective minds interpret our subjective sense experiences, all truth claims must be subjective (this is an objective truth claim).
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