wednesday

On one of Steve Martin’s numerous appearances on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, several times during the interview he apologized for not being able to stay through the entire show. At the end of his segment, instead of remaining seated, he stood up, shook Johnny’s hand, waved good-bye to the audience, and walked off-stage, as the crowd applauded.

After the commercial, as Carson was about to announce his next guest, Martin came shuffling out from behind the curtain, head bowed, crying. “Please” he begged, “can I come back? I really didn’t have anywhere to go. I just wanted to be like those big shots who leave early…Can I stay?”

I spend more in cash than credit. But lately I carry around only a small amount of cash, less than $20.00, never spending it unless I get in a cash only situation. I think the time I spend manually writing checks, balancing the checkbook, and categorizing expenditures helps me get it in my head where everything’s going. I am ready to graduate to on-line bill pay, I just haven’t taken the time to do it yet.

Miami is going to wear some of those ugly Nike jerseys with the sleeves two different colors, like Florida and Va. Tech.

See the AJC article on Clark Howard Sunday? I always wondered what his wife Lane looked like. He just bought a scooter, and traded his Honda Insight for a Scion, though I don’t know which model (probably either the cheap, tiny one or the box, as opposed to the sporty one). I wondered who bought the mega-expensive jewelry at Costco, now all of Atlanta knows that it’s Clark.

Here are some statistical tidbits on the guys, not to mention how much everyone improved and played well, particularly in the clutch...
Mark...led team with 38 putouts, had game-winning RBI with his walk-off hit against Kennesaw.
Curtis...led team in sacrifice bunts, third on team with 9 RBI. Made numerous diving catches and clutch plays in both the infield and outfield.
Garrett...led team in hitting and on-base percentage...third in assists. Was a very alert baserunner.
Kurt...led team in hits with 16, second with 10 RBI, third in stolen bases, had game-winning, walk-off RBI single in the last game.
Christian...led team with 13 RBI, 15 assists, doubles, and ERA, second in average, on-base percentage, and runs scored.
Will...led team in stolen bases, times reaching base, and strikeout-to-walk ratio, second in total bases and fewest strikeouts.
Nathan...tied for team lead in walks, got first two career hits and RBI, greatly improved at the plate and in the field.
Allen...led team in runs scored, total bases, triples, and fewest strikeouts, second in stolen bases. Greatly improved his hitting and pitching.
Joe...among leaders in hits with runners in scoring position (he had 8 RBIs and 8 hits), had defensive play of the year with his barehanded catch at second.
Russell...second on team in fewest strikeouts, 3rd in strikeout-to-walk ratio, 5th in making contact/putting the ball in play.
Alex...second on team with 22 putouts and had the fourth most walks, though he played in the fewest number of games.

Similar to what they do with the North Point kids, last Wednesday Anna went to Eastside Baptist, and came home with a flyer where they were showing the Incredibles. Unfortunately, kids today have seen all the movies several times on video. Us Murphys certainly aren't videophiles, but we own both Ice Age and the Incredibles.

Remember back in the good old days...SPdL used to show family movies in the fellowship hall. They'd put up a screen on the stage, and Don Head or David Downing would operate the projector. The movie would be something like Benji, but us college students would come, as would the teenagers and schoolchildren.

I doubt my Halloween was as exciting as yours…though we went to a fun party Saturday night, but it was outside (cold!). Some neighbors had spooky noises piped out to the neighborhood, but that was about as fun as it got.