Thursday: left work before 4 pm and met a friend to walk down by the river. He had surgery on both feet back in December, and getting back in the swing of things. Wednesday he’d walked 18 holes out at East Lake. We walked an eastern route by the river, taking the path underneath Roswell Road, over 3.6 miles. A good time. So hot I was down to one top layer, a t-shirt.
Speaking of down by the river, I saw an amazing entrance by Chris Farley when he visited the Late Show. There's a guy in the audience wearing a Braves cap.
Went home and crashed on the couch. Salad for supper. My stomach just hasn’t felt well. Saved the chicken and corn on the cob for Friday lunch. Ceil had a church meeting. Finished watching the Buck Leonard movie, and a couple of Seinfelds. Just not in the mood to watch anything else. Turned off the TV and read more of my Niekro book.
The war on Christianity continues: The USA Today doesn’t think Oral Roberts University (or any other Christian university upholding biblical values) should be allowed in the NCAA tournament. Two days later the fishwrapper did publish an editorial with an opposing opinion, but was sure to note that article expressed only the views of the author, not the publication. The original article, also labeled opinion, did not carry the same disclaimer.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/03/oral-roberts-ncaa-anti-lgbtq-code-of-conduct
LON WARNEKE [SABR Bio] hit the first triple in All-Star competition. 1933 ASG, 6th inning off General Crowder Warneke remains the only person to play in and umpire a major league All-Star Game. Named to NL AS in 1933, 34, 36, 39 & 41; Umpired 1952. From 1940 through 1955, he umpired more than 1,000 MLB games. He is the only pitcher ever to strike out a certain Hall of Famer in a major league game. On 27-Sep-1936, Walter Alston played two innings of major league baseball. He made an error at 1B on the first ball hit to him. Warneke struck him out to end the game. It was Alston’s only time at bat in the majors. Managing was clearly his calling, his strength.
Denison: a Marine Corps officer warned Congress against classifying Christians in the military as “religious extremists.” Mike Berry noted a US Army Reserve training presentation on religious extremism lists al-Qaeda, Hamas, and the KKK as “groups that use or advocate violence to accomplish their objectives and are therefore rightly classified as extremists.” Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism were also included in the presentation as “extremists.” Berry stated, “The Pentagon cannot possibly believe that because Evangelical Christians and Catholics hold fast to age-old views on marriage and human sexuality, they should be labeled as ‘extremists’ and deemed unfit to serve.”
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