"Deep Work"

Just finished reading “Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World” by a New York Times best selling author, professor Cal Newport. How to focus and removing distractions, like social media. Recognizing and removing the things that aren’t important by determining what you really want to accomplish both professionally and personally. A great plan, but my customer service duties and new computer system requiring so many steps takes up so much of my time, that little time is left for the deep work I need to be doing.

Finished reading the just released Lisa Marie Presley memoir “From Here to the Great Unknown”, completed by Elvis’ granddaughter Riley Keough after her mother’s death. Lisa Marie seemed to lose the will to live after her son killed himself. The book is a perfect example of how the world is just one generation away from Christianity’s extinction.

Anna has been helping to compile High Country’s first printed catalog.

Back when I was at Tech I think it was Wayne Smith who used to say “String Music Nashville Tennessee!”. Wayne was from Kentucky and big into basketball. I do think I remember hearing Joe Dean announce games back in the day. So I knew it was a basketball announcer, but yes, I had to look it up.

Dude in Montgomery just made over 21000 foul shots in 24 hours, a new world record. He made about 90% of his shots, so he attempted over 23000. That’s…

…875 made shots per hour

…15 per minute

…One every 4 seconds

String Music - John Ed Mathison | Leadership Ministries

Tuesday: crazy busy at work. Left at 430 for my focus group near Perimeter Mall. Traffic on 285 west was crawling along at 5 mph. My GPS routed me through Dunwoody, and I arrived 20 minutes early. A slightly less stressful route. Was paid to sip six samples of protein drinks. Stopped by Dollar Tree on the way home for Halloween candy. Supper was Mexican soup and Pappasitos leftovers. House still a mess from the smooth ceiling project. Up early to lift weights at the gym.

Wednesday: left work at 515. Traffic super bad for some reason. Took an hour to get home. Watched a good chunk of the Kamala interview before leaving for small group. We had a good meeting.

Thursday: up early to go to the gym. As I pulled in to RaceTrac for my usual free soft drink, I received a text message: power was out at our plant, and the entire surrounding area. They didn’t know how long it would be out, maybe 1030, maybe longer. It was 735 am. I turned around and drove home, through worse traffic. Got home and logged in at 840 am. The office had the power restored.

So I was working from home. Ceil made her daily run to the grocery store, and the workers showed up. They were working in the dining room and living room, putting in new crown moulding. They took off the door to the kitchen, so that will be just an entryway now. Means if we pile all out junk in the dining room, you can see it when you come in from the garage.

I moved in to the kitchen table to work. My dentist had an opening, so I made a 1 pm appointment. Then I had a cavity, so a 30 minute cleaning turning in to a 2 hour procedure. Since I was nearby I went for a haircut but my stylist had the day off. Went to vote but the line was too long. So back home to work. The morning workers had gone, but when I got back to working an afternoon crew showed up to sand the ceiling. Ceil had one of the steps reoriented (below). So after 4 days last week not being super productive, today was another not super productive. I’ve gone from 15 emails back up to 36. Ugh. I had planned on running after work.

RED RUFFING [SABR Bio] surrendered a home run to Ted Williams, when Williams homered in each game of a doubleheader: in game one on 30-May-1939(1) off Ruffing. Then in the nightcap on 30-May-1939(2) off Monte Pearson. These were the 7th & 8^th of Williams’ career. Ruffing’s last season in the majors was 1947 with the CHW. He quit school at 13 to work for his father in the coal mines of central Illinois, earning $3.00 a day. His left foot was crushed between two coal cars when he was 15. The foot was saved, but 4 toes weren’t. He switched from the outfield to pitcher. Ruffing had 261 complete games for the Yankees, the most in their history. Lefty Gomez is a distant second with 173.

DENISON: strong storms on our Sun may temporarily disrupt power and communications on our planet.