Stopped by Anna's favorite coffee spot. On the drive back to Atlanta Anna organized a family supper at W&MC’s. Matthew joined us. Anna got everyone’s order and she and Ceil picked up takeout from Taqueria. While we ate we all shared our favorite Barney stories. I shared several. As the years go by it’s hard to remember details. Last night I went back on by blog to read about some of the details of when we first got him.
In July 2012 we were on our Myrtle Beach trip. Will was about to move to Athens for the first time. MC was with us at the beach. I read on Facebook where Tracy Boyd’s aunt had a dog that needed a home. We drove home on Friday, then I think Ceil and Anna drove up past Greenville SC the next day to pick up Barney. We still have Barney’s red Nike travel bag, his water and food dish, and food container from that day. Whenever we got out Barney’s red bag, he’d get all excited because he knew he was going for a ride. When we opened the door he would bolt for the car, jumping in whatever door was open – even if we weren’t planning on leaving for another hour or more.
Found a picture of Barney from those first few weeks we had him, sitting in Will’s lap. Comparing pictures we took of him yesterday to earlier photos, you could really see how he had declined. Last Thursday and Friday at home Ceil could see how he wasn’t able to eat, and knew the end was near. The vets had shaved his belly, and you could clearly see how large the mass had grown. The vets and students there at the UGA Vetinary School did a great job.
I drove Anna’s new car to Athens so she could sit in the back to work on a project, showing the company she’s interviewing for what she can do. Today Anna learned the company was pleased with what she submitted, so she might get the job. The company has eight graphic designers on staff. It was stressful driving her nice car in traffic, with lots of crazy drivers all around me zigzagging through traffic. We got 36 mpg on the trip. Anna loves the fuel economy.
In all I drove over 250 miles yesterday. Got home after 8 pm. Was worn out. Didn’t post about Barney on social media about Barney because I knew Ceil really didn’t want to talk to people about it. She took a couple of calls on the ride home yesterday, but not many.
What is your opinion on military flyovers before sporting events? Many times when I hear a plane or jet overhead I will look up to check out the aircraft. Many guys are that way. College and professional sporting events are in general a guy-centric activity, so you’d think most guys at games would appreciate the flyover. Fox NFL announcers Joe Buck and Troy Aikman were caught denouncing military flyovers, calling them a waste. I confirmed my suspicions that pilots use these flyovers for training. They’d have to be flying around somewhere sometime, passing over a specific spot at a specific split second, coordinating their location with others on the ground in different locations.
After the NLCS, I’ve had enough of Joe Buck for a while. With nothing to do last night I didn’t turn on the World Series for one reason: Joe Buck was announcing it. Vin Scully. Pat Summerall. John Madden. You’d never hear those guys mixing politics with their coverage of the game.
I understand athletes want to have a voice in the current events, but if they want to wear pink to support cancer awareness or speak out on how the lives of blacks matter, what’s different about unfurling a huge American flag, having a military flyover, and wearing camo? Sure I am old school, but I’d rather see teams wearing their regular colors as opposed to pink or camo. This past Sunday I thought it hilarious to see NFL players wearing tie-dyed multi-colored headbands. I know what the rainbow signifies (in addition to God’s promise), but didn’t realize that tie-dye was a thing.
MAX SCHERZER [B-R Bio] is the only right-handed pitcher to finish in the top five vote getters for the Cy Young Award for seven consecutive seasons. CYA Vote positions
2013 – 1st
2014 – 5th
2015 – 5th
2016 – 1st
2017 – 1st
2018 – 2nd
2019 – 3rd
Lefty Clayton Kershaw had a similar string 2011-17. No other major league pitcher had more total strikeouts in the decade 2010-2019. In that 10-year period he struck out 2,452 batters. Justin Verlander (2,260), Clayton Kershaw (2,179) & Chris Sale (2,007) were the only other ones with more than 2,000. He once sported eyes of three different colors. Scherzer was born with one hazel-colored eye and one brown eye, but while practicing bunting before the on 18-Jun-2019, not a start day for him, an errant bunt came up and caught him in the face, breaking his nose and blacking his right eye. He still pitched and won a game 2 days later, but rocking a hazel eye, a brown eye and a black eye.
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