Reid's Funeral

 

Baby Miller is starting to bond with Goose. Miller has has three baby cousins born in the past three weeks: Burns to Beau and Bae, Theo to Jordan and Ted, and Louise to Joe and Katherine. Below Miller models her Taqueria del Sol onesie.

Matthew had a one of his own concoctions make the Kimball House mei: his signature oatmeal cookie cream sandwiches were on the special menu for July 4th. They sold out.

Some Tech fans loved those old honeycomb uniforms. Not sure why. You could only see the honeycombs if you were up close - it's hard to see them in this photo. Instead the helmets look off white. And the jerseys and pants are worse. No pop to the numbers. Good riddance.

Former Jefferson JayBuck passed away last week. We were keeping the girls and couldn't make it back for the funeral. JayBuck was a friend of Mr Miller, his daughter Bettina went to school with Ceil. Classic stories of the families sleeping over together when the power was out. JayBuck always sounded like he was up to something. Always asked good questions about y work and life. Had some good conversations with him on his front porch, just down Leee Street from the Miller's house. He will be missed. 

I still have a couple of these helmets.

The SEC.

Question of the Day: who are your favorite Cardinals?

Status Update

 Since my friend recently passed away, I’m no longer writing the update emails that form the basis for my blog posts. I’ve been posting much too political data recently, and want to put a stop to that.

Had a busy few weeks and am not ready to put an end this old blog quite yet, but might seriously cut back on the content. We’ll see. 

Peachtree Times

0.52.16 08.25 32 Annie Norman 4539th, 128th in age group

0.55.03 08.52 59 Steve Edwards SPdL

0.57.52 09.19 24 Graham Smith JFBC

1.00.37 09.46 32 Will Murphy 10609th ot 45225

1.03.53 10.17 52 Atlanta mayor Andre Dinkins

1.06.00 10.38 26 Nathan Hall JFBC

1.06.07 10.39 27 Emma Benkert, Nathan's friend

1.07.00 10.47 44 Scott Morris SPdL (middle)

1.08.54 11.06 26 Jackson Brasfield JFBC

1.09.44 11.14 62 Danny Downing JFBC

1.09.45 11.15 62 Jimmy Light SPdL

1.14.40 12.01 44 Karolina Krawczyk Ryerson

1.15.15 12.07 56 Raphael Warnock politician

1.17.33 12.29 24 Emma Brasfield JFBC

1.17.43 12.31 64 Tracy Ellis Mt Paran

1.21.28 13.07 58 Kelly Johnson SPdL

1.23.54 13.31 38 Chris Vineyard Ryerson (left)

2.04.27 20.02 51 Brandon Leak 680 the Fan

Peachtree Photos

 Will ran the race wearing a cap. Below: Nathan and his friend Emma.

Kelly posted a good time this year.

Former coworker Karolina ran the half marathon last year.

Tracy Ellis (below left)

Chris Vineyard (below left)

Home Team Brandon Leak from 680 the Fan

Scott Morris (below, middle)

Saturday morning A&C took Miller to the Marietta Independence Day parade.

GT: Another Year, Another Uniform

 

Blah blah blah. Let's be honest. Tech has one "big" uniform tweak every year. I am so over it. Tech fans consider themselves such experts on everything. Doesn't matter the shade of gold, they hate it. Goodness gracious.

So like everyone else, here's my worthless opinion. Except I have been a student of uniforms for well over 50 years, and specifically Tech uniforms. So it's not like I am a newbie on this. Under Armour is paying much more for the privilege of outfitting the Jackets. First off, there's plenty to like about these uniforms. 

I'm happy with the darker shade of gold. More contrast. Call it what you will: old gold or whatever. Not really mustard, though I wouldn't mind seeing it. The shiny gold really never was a traditional color. And when I say traditional, I'm not talking about the years 2000-2026. I mean the 1940's, 50's, 60's, and 70's. 

What zero people have mentioned, but is such a big factor in the overall look of a uniform: no navy or black face masks. So much better to wear gold masks with gold helmets, and white masks with white helmets. Of course, we'll see what happened when they take the field. In every game there's a chance that ugly dark mask makes an appearance.

The thing about uniforms: for the most part tiny details can't be seen from the stands or on most TV shots. Thank goodness. Not sure what the deal is with the odd numbers, jersey stripes, and the single stripe on the pants. Supposedly they give tribute to a structure on the Tech campus - a relatively recent structure that isn't beloved or traditional.

If anything the numbers resemble a drop shadow look, a great design back in the 1950's that was revived in the 1990's. I seriously doubt the Jackets are on the leading edge of the next great fashion trend. Nice that the numbers are large. Not exactly block numbers, but close enough. At least fans will be able to make out what number a player is wearing, from the stands or on TV. In recent years that hasn't always been the case.

Not a fan of the large GEORGIA TECH wordmark above the numbers. Is it really needed? Whatever. I do like how in all these photos, you really can't tell whether there's contrasting color on the collar. As it should be. Don't need another detail. Simple is better. For years and years Tech had the ugly striped collars. An upgrade.

Nice that the gold GT helmet logo on the white helmet can actually be seen. Last year the logo was invisible, even on closeup photos. Would be more visible with a navy outline (like on the gold helmet), but you can't have everything.

Odd to have a single pants stripe. At least its relatively thick, so it will be visible. I liked the two stripes Tech wore last year. Players look ugly and slow with no pants stripe. A navy stripe would make the pants pop, but for some reason Tech is just hellbent to just have gold and white uniforms.

Not sure when navy or black became such a bad thing. For years and years the Jackets wore dark numbers, with dark stripes on helmets, sleeves, and pants. At least we aren't too similar to Vanderbilt or Wake Forest.  

Then there's the black pants. But no black jersey. Yet, anyway. I'm sure the players will want to wear them (so they can be like almost every other football team in American. Nothing at all unique about black uniforms. Want to be unique? Want to be special?  DON'T WEAR BLACK. I'm sure at some point the black jerseys will be unveiled for some special game, and everyone will be fired up - forgetting Tech's woefully bad record while wearing special uniforms.

Just noticed the ridiculous Under Armour cleats. Whatever. I doubt they'll stand out on TV. I'd rather have white cleats with gold trim, than navy or black trim. Looks better from a distance.

We'll see how these uniforms look once the Jackets take the field. Lots of unknowns, like the facemasks and cleats. Coach Key seems to make an effort to keep the uni combinations to a minimum. I hope that continues. Like the best uniforms, it's best to keep things simple.

Old Man Peachtree

 As I was driving down to the Peachtree Road Race Expo on Thursday morning to pick up my number (so I wouldn't have to pay the exorbitantly overpriced mailing fee to race sponsor UPS), I was thankful the expo had been moved to Lenox Square from the Congress Center downtown. Closer to home. Free parking.

And less walking. Or so I thought. Traffic around Lenox was gridlocked at 9:15 am. It was a work day. Saw participants qued up on Peachtree and wrapped around down Lenox Road - 45 minutes before opening. Goodness. Parked in the shady deck. Should've walked straight up to Lenox Road, but dummy me went toward the expo entrance - then up the ramp to Peachtree and around the corner, down Lenox a bit. Kept looking for someone I knew, but nada.

Then Friday's thunderstorm flooded the expo tents. Man the Peachtree Road Race is such as hassle. So expensive. So many hoops to jump through, to get your number and then it make it to the start line. The race is the easy part, but then making it home from Piedmont Park is a long uphill death march to MARTA.

Now that I retired, the Peachtree gang at my old office completely collapsed. Brad needed the time to re-side his house. Steve moved to Dawsonville. Rachel gave birth on Independence Day. Armstrong gave it up a few years ago. Shane ran it once. Even super stud Jason K didn't run this year.

July 4 sunrise from the MARTA platform.

Danny Downing got it right: how tone death of the woke track club to have a yellow t-shirt to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation's founding. Loads of complaints. You'd think race sponsor adidas could've done better. Guess all they care about is plopping their logo where the design should be.

And once again the t-shirt design was printed way down on the belly of the shirt, as opposed to up on the chest. So much space to move the design up toward to collar. Same as last year.

Independence Day

I am seeing more and more people taking up the mantle that the US founders and the Constitution are “imperfect” ever since that seed was planted. Never heard such thought before. 

What is perfect, aside from God? Sure the founders were imperfect. Many were indeed slave owners. It was the way the world was back then. Even during the writing of the Constitution, the founders struggled with the issue of slavery. They kicked it down the road - but the United States eventually addressed slavery, once and for all. Recent presidents all had issues they ignored or failed to address. Recent presidents have been far more imperfect than George Washington and other founders. 

The founders and the Constitution should be celebrated for being an overwhelming force for good, especially during our nation’s 250th anniversary - as opposed to picking nits over the relatively minute imperfections that those who have repeatedly demonstrated hate for our country continue to point out. 

How many countries have lasted 250 years? We must be doing something right. You think?

What was failed to be mentioned is that Washington eventually freed all his slaves. What was failed to be mentioned is that the white slave trade in Africa was far more voluminous than the black slaves send to America. What’s been failed to be mentioned is that millions are still enslaved. Which recent politicians ignored this issue, and which have worked to end it?

I wonder if whenever the NYC mayor tells his wife that he loves her, he also reminds her that she isn't perfect. I bet he goes to her birthday parties.

Sorry but there's so much crap going on, but some choose to ignore. Sorry if this sounds like MAGA. It's not like the US will be a perfect place after Trump's term ends. If you think he's the only bad guy, you've got you're head in the sand. How are so many in government becoming multi-millionaires off $175,000 salaries?

Threads is Twitter Jr. The people on Threads are like the Not Ready for Twitter players. Not that Twitter isn’t full of lame brained users itself. 

Question of the day: what’s your favorite dad joke? (I hate that term). I recently stumbled across an old Leno joke. Check it out:

https://share.google/kgsnAQosBVvsQLRwo 

Stumbled across a photo of Harmon Wages that I hadn't seen before. Slim pickings on pictures of people / places / events that happened before the internet. Cool face mask.

Friday: Ceil's ham & cheese sandwiches just look better than mine.