The Worldwide Leader

My ESPN audiobook is Almost 28 hours long. I am not quite 8 hours in. Interesting stuff, revisiting the San Francisco earthquake and the Pete Rose scandal. Many forget that Rose signed an affidavit admitting that he bet on baseball. The federal government was after Rose for tax evasion. Also how Dick Vitale was discovered, after being fired by the Pistons. Vitale figured he would go back to college coaching. Dick's first partner was a veteran sportscaster, who had to mute Vitale's microphone so he could get a word in edgewise.

Left work at 5 pm and drove to Cumming for a seminar. I'd missed the Tuesday seminar at Olive Garden. Last night was at Golden Corral. Hadn't been to one of those in years and years. Piled up one plate with samples of meatloaf, bourbon chicken, BBQ, sweet potato casserole, potato salad, three onion rings, fried okra, fried shrimp, cherry pie, apple cobbler, and cookies. The "cheesecake" was terrible.

Got home at 8:40 pm. Crashed on the couch. Watched four episodes of Seinfeld. C arrived home just as I was climbing into bed at 10:30.

Up early to lift weights. Gave Shawn and Lee a plant tour, and had lunch with them. 

Golfing with my other friend Reid tomorrow AM. I'm leading the Monday night Bible study, so I gotta get ready this weekend.

Down to seven to-do emails in my in box. Knocked out at least 3 or 4 of those today. Next week will be busy at work.

Denison on child trafficking. It's beginning to look like the border crisis and influx of refugees is only exacerbating the problem, but state and federal governments don't seem concerned.

https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/sound-of-freedom-hope-fear/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%22Sound+of+Freedom%3A%22+Choosing+hope+in+the+face+of+fear&utm_campaign=07-14-23

KEN GRIFFEY Jr [SABR Bio] usurped Barry Larkin as the highest drafted baseball player ever taken out of Archbishop Moeller High School. Junior went first overall in the June 1987 MLB draft, surpassing Larkin who had gone in the 2nd round (51st overall) in the June 1982 MLB draft, becoming the highest MLB draftee from that Cincinnati high school. Junior is one of 9 sluggers who homered in more than 40 MLB regular season venues. Only Sosa (45 different ballparks) had more than Junior's 44. Griffey's habit of wearing his cap backwards was born of necessity. Junior explained, "My dad had an afro and I didn't, so when I wore his hat, it always hit me in the face. I just turned it around and it just stuck. It wasn't like I was trying to be a tough guy or change the way that baseball is played. My dad wore a size 7-1/2 and I had wore 6-1/4. It was just too big."