Thankful to Who?

Friday we made it down to Macon without much gridlock traffic. But on the way back: we left at 3 pm for the 1-1/2 hour trip, and didn't get home until 8:45. Took 5 hours and 45 minutes. Traffic was slow just north of Griffin. Got off the highway at Locust Grove and the GPS took me down another dirt road. Great. Maneuvered west to highway 41 past the NASCAR track, then over to Old Dixie Highway to Hapeville, then up Metropolitan Parkway to Northside Drive and Howell Mill. Stopped to eat at La Fonda, outside on their patio.

Worked upstairs on Saturday morning. Boxed to old books in Anna's room. Got out winter clothes from the attic. Then downstairs to discover Clemson@FSU had been cancelled. Laundry. Dishwasher. Cooked lunch: ground beef quesadilla. Had Florida@Vandy on while I worked, and later poor Kentucky@Alabama. 

Pulled a large old area rug from the attic and downstairs to put in the living room. Cleared out the guitars and old art from the living room to make it nice again. Moved the art into Ceil's new studio. Progress, slowly but surely.

Watched MissState@Georgia at Reid & Noelle's backyard, around the firepit. Dined on chili with rice. Wore my new red #98 Rodrigo Blankenship UGA jersey. That's probably why Georgia won.

Online Sunday School. Chicken and rice quesadilla for lunch. Cleared out a closetful of clothes that Matthew didn't want. More laundry and dishes. Turned on the Falcons, but skipped the horrible second half. Later I watched the first half of Packers@Colts. Later I saw a replay of the ending: Hot Rod booted the game-winner in overtime.

Grits, toast, and eggs for supper. Got caught up on some computer stuff but not others. Ceil watched reruns on Hallmark Channel. 

I saw that man saves puppy video. Watched it twice to see the puppy run away at the end. Thought about showing it to Ceil, since she's so into puppies these days. Decided not to. Saw where Denison wrote about the guy. That puppy should know he is loved because his owner risked his life for him. How much more did God love us, that His only son died so we could live.

How is Augusta National different on TV than in person? One big thing are all the changes in elevation. 

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BOB WALK [B-R Bio] was warmed up in the bullpen when Francisco Cabrera hit the two-run, game-winning , series-winning single. Despite both Walk and Cabrera being right-handers, Pirates' manager Jim Leyland opted to keep Stan Belinda in the game—despite Belinda's having just walked Damon Berryhill to load the bases and having given up a deep fly ball to Ron Gant—to pitch to Cabrera. Walk was the first post-expansion rookie to start Game One of a World Series. He was the starter and the victor of G1 of the 1980 WS, the first ever championship for the NL's Philadelphia franchise. The length of his career behind the microphone has far eclipsed that of his playing career. Has been in the broadcast booth for the Pirates since 1994. It was during his 27th season of broadcasting for the Pirates that he and his wife contracted the Covid-19 virus this summer. They both made full recoveries. Few people were saddened when he decided to shave off his mustache. Walk's mustache? Well, click and see for yourself.

Denison on Thanksgiving: "Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you" (1 Thessalonians 5:18). True thanksgiving requires an object, just like friendship or love. To give thanks ultimately requires us to acknowledge the existence and relevance of the God to whom we owe such thanks. There is something spiritual about true thanksgiving. This is a dilemma for secular people. They want the experience of thanksgiving—a sense of gratitude shared with family and friends—without the reality upon which it is based. Many will do the same with Christmas. We will hear "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas" over the coming weeks. This is not primarily because we don't want to offend our Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu neighbors, since they make up less than 6 percent of all Americans. It is because secular people want the experience of Christmas without the reality of Christ. They want to enjoy the birthday party while ignoring the guest of honor. Our culture cuts the flowers off at the roots and then wonders why they die." 

Right now businesses and schools are being locked down due to a pandemic that 99.9% of the population survives without repercussions. Soon the lockdowns will be because of "climate change." Never mind that polar ice caps continue to grow larger every year. Yet the very governors calling for lockdowns attend crowded indoor dinners where no one wears a mask. Why is this? 

https://issuesinsights.com/2020/11/18/lockdowns-for-the-pandemic-now-global-warming-later/