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Friday, March 22, 2024

Have Mercy. Please.

My loan expired on the 48 hour Streisand autobiography. I last 30 hours. Not sure I will check it out again for the last 18 hours. We’ll see.

Now listening to the John Stamos’ “memoir” - If You Would Have Told Me. Not that great so far. Actually it is downright dreadful. Uncle Jessie doesn't hold back on listing his romantic conquests. Or who he's played drums for: the Beach Boys,  Springstein, and Sammy Davis Jr. for starters. Someone needs to have mercy on him, am I right? Probably won’t finish. 

Looking forward to getting back to some good nonfiction books. I am on the wait list for the Charles Martin book “The Last Exchange”.

Wednesday: ate at Ted’s Montana Grill. At a place like that you’d expect the burger to be the tops, but it was only ordinary. Not super special. At best an A minus. The fries were substandard as well. Grade C. Ceil said her grilled chicken salad was nothing to write home about. Good service. At least the bun was pretty good. Would’ve gone to Houstons but it was a last minute thing, and the earliest reservation was 8:15 pm – too late.

After Ted’s and Trader Joes, it was 830 by the time we got home. I gassed up Ceil’s car, took out the trash and recycling, walked the dogs – and it was time for bed.

Thursday: hip not better. Skipped the gym. Things are so complicated. I just had a tough cut order and I sent it to someone else to enter. Got the tournament on our overhead TV’s at work. BYU on earlier, then Creighton vs Akron. 

Supposedly Tournament Thursday is the number one day people call in sick to work. My coworker runs outside every day, so the pollen has him under the weather so he went home early today, and will work from home tomorrow.

People are training at our office this week, so lunch is being catered. Tuesday was Jason’s Deli sandwiches and salads. Wednesday was Chickfila, with macaroni & cheese. Thursday was Dreamland BBQ, with Brunswick stew, potato salad, macaroni & cheese, salad, and banana pudding (above). Then Ceil fixed BBQ for supper.

You might be interested in www.historicaerials.com – a website comparing aerial photos from today with those dating back to the 90’s, 80’s, 70’s, 60’s, 50’s, and even the 30’s. I looked up Ponce de Leon Park (below). I am able to look up historical aerials on my laptop. I can see that my neighborhood used to be hills and pasture back in the 70’s.

JIM ABBOTT [SABR Bio] no-hit the Indians on 03-Sep-1993 in Yankee Stadium. Among those not getting a hit against him that day were all-stars Kenny Lofton, Carlos Baerga, Albert Belle, Manny Ramirez, Jim Thome, and Sandy Alomar. Abbott finished behind only Roger Clemens and Scott Erickson in 1991 AL CYA voting. The Angels finished 81-81 that year. Born without a right hand, Abbott was known to comfort and encourage more fortunate teammates. He once said, “People will tell you that I overcame obstacles… maybe. But the truth is I was incredibly blessed in my life. More was given than was ever taken away.”

ARTICLE: Jim Parsons on reprising his role on the series finale of Young Sheldon.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jim-parsons-talks-reprising-big-bang-theory-role-young-sheldon-1235856177/__;!!AE29DT8V!XRq3oPmG8K_mtU3j_QXXogFDqXUK35i6GIwAu4447YsUMXmq_bi7nxypNXfNmmXDm6Ynl92kNxTWrxU9zZA$

A majority of Americans say religion is losing influence in culture, despite most wanting a positive influence.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://endtimeheadlines.org/2024/03/majority-of-americans-say-religion-is-losing-influence-in-public-life/__;!!AE29DT8V!XWit3Yg5150M97fLBa-iUufwG2lo7ep1f1hAlUznAUjwQv1NjtMfg2B7oByPrWCqp5EIsNOzEh2elDRFyTg$

In East Cobb there was a guy who rode around everywhere on a 3-wheeled bike. He recently lost his life in a traffic accident on Roswell Road.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2022/09/26/man-struck-by-multiple-vehicles-killed-roswell-road-marietta/__;!!AE29DT8V!Q7VqeSG2cTPUjrR1dYJM8YFdeDx9CSCcMIg-1Pl21rB55rc58yG-gRR4Un7XpUDYcf37zBuMITvM24tdUP8$

DENISON: one of the fundamental truths of being created in the image of God is that we possess the freedom to choose how we will use the life He’s given us. Free will exists more as a menu of options than the absence of limitations. But God created us to go through life with the ability to decide how we will approach it. Ideally, we would use that freedom to choose to love and obey him. Scripture is clear: the gift of freedom requires us to own the results of our decisions (Galatians 6:7–8). We don’t get to make a choice and blame God or anyone else for how it turns out. Ultimately, the consequences belong to us. It’s a sign of maturity—both emotional and spiritual—to be able to accept those consequences and move forward.

The 2024 NCAA tournaments could be the most unpredictable ever (denisonforum.org)

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