You're a Good Man, Sam Baldwin

When Kristin Chenowith appeared on NBC’s Live with Hoda & Jenna last week to promote her new album “Happiness is Christmas”, host Hoda referred to it as a “holiday” album. Chenowith received permission from original composer David Benoit to re-write the classic song “Happiness Is…” from the musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” into a Christmas song.

Country singer Josh Brown proposed to Chenowith in the Rainbow Room of NYC’s Rockefeller Center – the same place Walter proposed to Annie in Sleepless in Seattle.

While a great movie, when you get right down to it, there are several unlikeable characters in Sleepless in Seattle that you wouldn’t want to spend the rest of your life with, starting with (sadly) the lovely Annie. Also both kids, Walter, Sam’s date, Rosie, and maybe even Rita.

https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/lets-consider-sleepless-in-seattle-from-walters-viewpoint.html#comments

https://www.bustle.com/articles/940-sleepless-in-seattle-turns-20-heres-why-its-actually-a-film-about-terrible-people

Speaking of Sleepless in Seattle, supposedly the movie soundstage can be seen in the background of the Empire State Building observation deck scene.

Denison: Satan has deluded many into believing there is no afterlife at all. For those who do believe there is life after death, many do not believe hell is real. But for those who do believe that "it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment" (Hebrews 9:27), Satan’s strategy is to render death less threatening by using medical advances to mask its ever-present reality.

BILL DICKEY [SABR Bio] always had a steady, friendly non-confrontational mien off the field. However, come game time, he was as a fierce a competitor as any. On 05-Jul-1932, in the first game of a twin-bill at Washington, in the bottom of the 7th Washington’s rightfielder Carl Reynolds, on 3rd base, broke for the plate on a suicide squeeze.  When the bunt was missed Reynolds returned to base safely as third-baseman Joe Sewell misplayed Dickey’s throw. Reynolds headed for home, this time barreling into Dickey, who had dropped Sewell’s return throw.  Dickey thought Reynolds had deliberately tried to injure him, so as Reynolds was returning to the plate to make sure he had touched it, Dickey clocked him square in the jaw, breaking it in two places.  AL president Will Harridge fined Dickey $1,000 and suspended him for 30 days.  Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert & GM Ed Barrow appealed the fine and suspension but they were upheld. The Yankees began the tradition of retiring uniform numbers with Lou Gehrig’s 4. They knew Dickey and Yogi Berra had worn 8, so They retired both!  Dickey’s nickname was “The man nobody knows”, as listed in Baseball-Reference.

What Your Guests Notice About Your Messy Home: piles of paper, dirty hand towels, dirty dishes in the sink, poor lighting,

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/cleaning-for-guests-266233

Things You Probably Own Too Many Of: sheets, towels, glasses (not us), plastic cups (us), tupperware, cleaning products, makeup, books, office supplies, hotel size items, fancy soaps, scented candles, vases, hangers (not us)

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/10-things-you-probably-own-too-much-of-172128

Drama? The online posting for the Braves hat I ordered is no longer available, though the same site does still offer several similar hats for sale. What happened? I think I saw where over 40 hats were ordered. Did this overwhelm the company? Where they all Braves caps that were ordered? My order still seems to be processing. We shall see.

Braves Insider

Braves beat writer Mark Bowman put the kibosh on the Freddie Freeman-Yankees rumors. Other rumors have Freddie re-signing with the Braves before the end of the month. Let the Mets open the vault for Scherzer and other free agents – how often does that buy a team a championship? Hasn’t worked very often for the Yankees or Dodgers. How old is Max? How did he fare in the 2021 playoffs? Meanwhile the world champion Braves have at least five home grown position players and four or five home-grown pitchers. And they just signed a former all-star closer. But watch the Mets get picked to win the division (or Phillies or Nats).

https://www.nj.com/yankees/2021/11/braves-beat-writer-pumps-the-brakes-on-freddie-freeman-yankees-rumors.html

The Braves World Series stocking hat everyone wants is sold out, and sells for $200 on eBay. Other similar Braves hats are sold out as well. But I found it being sold overseas and ordered one. Usually the website shows how many people had ordered the item, but after I placed my order I noticed the number of previous sales was just mine. Perhaps a new company, but they offer several items. The website is usually reliable, similar to Amazon, so hopefully my hat will deliver.

Saturday the Braves hosted a Cherokee Indian competition at Truist Park. The event was sparsely attended. Not sure where all those people were who were so interested in preserving Indian dignity and stuff.

The national media is ignoring the Waukesha Christmas parade attack.

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Man Wednesday I wore myself out golfing, cleaning, and laundering. Was sore Thursday morning, moving slow. Left at 11:30 to go to W&MC’s. Will cooked the turkey and a cheesy smoked macaroni and cheese, and Ceil cooked all the rest. M brought a pecan pie for dessert. Drove back home to clean, pack, and get Winnie. Left at 6 pm and drove straight through to Jefferson, arriving before 11 pm.

Listened to my book the whole way, to keep me awake - Stephen King’s new book Billy Summers, about a hit man planning a job. King’s books are so long, with great character development. Billy planned the hit, took the shot, and made his escape - but I’m not halfway through the book.

In Jefferson Ceil has been sleeping with her mom since we let her usual helpers have time off while we’re here. Usually Winnie sleeps downstairs with Ceil, but Friday night C had Winnie sleep upstairs with me. So I didn’t get as much sleep.

After the big family meal on Friday (20 in attendance) I was able to catch up on emails and other computer stuff. Watched some NC@NCState but thought it was poorly played. Rusty’s turkey was very succulent. He injects it with butter, Sprite, and other seasonings. Good food, and coconut cream pie. We watched the Bryson Brooks golf match, but I was playing on my laptop the whole time.

Saturday: nothing but football: ESPN College Gameday, GA@GT, Bama@Auburn, and Clemson@SC. Over thirty Boston College players are missing Saturday’s game against Wake Forest with the flu. I haven’t heard anything about the GT football team.

Also zipped over to Uncle Lennie’s to plant Barney’s marker in Aunt Corrine’s pet cemetery. C cooked spaghetti for supper. Also more play on my laptop. Trying to unsubscribe to so many junk emails.

Drove back to Atlanta on Sunday. Traffic heavy but steady.

C cooked pancakes for supper.

Article: Finland is putting Christians on trial for their faith in God.

https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/23/in-case-with-global-implications-finland-puts-christians-on-trial-for-their-faith/?fbclid=IwAR0cahPeaRZcSg4xb86K90_ZV_f06rLDgUcPGMRrX6QGPyCtO0LJEjMZFto

Men of Faith Are Men Who Fight: John Piper

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/men-of-faith-are-men-who-fight 

CASEY STENGEL  [SABR Bio] once famously quipped, “The secret of managing a club is keeping the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.” He dyed his hair in later years and always denied that he did it. He was sensitive about his age, especially since that was why the Yankees had let him go. In his first nine seasons in the majors, only once did his team finish over .500. In 1938 Casey guided the Boston Bees (now Braves) to a 77-75 record, i.e., .507.

Easy Habits to Improve Your Health

1. Drink a glass of water when you wake up.

2. Lift something heavy. Keeps your genes and DNA young, reduces fat, reduces rish of cancer and heart disease.

3. Get ten minutes of sunlight in the morning.

4. Focus on single ingredient foods: meat, eggs, fruit, vegetables, nuts, dairy.

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Summer Fall Reading List

The Dynasty, by Jeff Benedict. A history of the New England Patriots, with focus on owner Robert Kraft, head coach Bill Belichick, and QB Tom Brady.

The Patriot Threat (Cotton Malone #10), by Steve Berry

The Kaiser’s Webb (Cotton Malone #16), by Steve Berry

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, by James Clear. I need to read this book every year.

The President’s Daughter, by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

Dooley: My 40 Years at Georgia, by Vince Dooley & Tony Barnhart. I love me some Vince, but he comes off as bitter, focusing on the events leading to his departure as athletic director. Also a good inside look at all the things a college AD does.

The Last Man (Mitch Rapp #13) by Vince Flynn

Sooley, by John Grisham. An inspiring rags-to-riches story of an African basketball recruit, with a surprise ending.

The Keillor Reader, by Garrison Keillor. Semi-autobiographical.

Billy Summers, by Stephen King. Billy is a hit man, hired for one last big payday. As usual, terrific character development, detail, and suspense from King. But the book isn't about the hit, but rather Billy's planning in the weeks beforehand, and the weeks afterward as he make his getaway.

A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle.

Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy #1), by CS Lewis

Truman, by David McCullough. One of our greatest presidents, who led the nation out of war and into the modern age, in a time of tremendous change.

The Inner Circle (Culper Ring #1), by Brad Meltzer. Based in the National Archives. I need to finish this series.

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. More of a play that I listened to, the actors overly dramatic.

Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, by Michael Moss. Thought it was a diet book, but instead details on how Kraft, General Foods, and other conglomerates engineer food to feel and taste just right, damn the calories and negative benefits. Scary stuff. Stay away from as much processed food as you can.

Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America, by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard.

My brag: working on my 40th book of the year, a record for me. Perhaps next year I'll cut back on social media and read even more.

Good Clean Old Fashioned Blowout

Hard to be a Tech fan when UGA has a 33-10 record in the game since I was in school, and 17-3 since the turn of the century. And then the actual game starts.

GT can't field the opening kickoff. Then a three & out. On their first possession UGA dropped a pass on third down, and had to settle for a field goal. GT chose not to use tempo, instead eating up the play clock in an obvious effort to shorten the game.

Dawgs score on 3 straight possessions. GT drives to the 31 but loses yardage and has to punt. UGA punts for the first time with 1:45 remaining in the half.

Announcer: "Tech has to change all the negativity into positivity." The announcer couldn't understand why Tech wasn't making more of an effort to challenge Georgia. He had a good point.

GT stops GA on third down, but QB-turned CB Tobias Oliver commits pass interference. One play later Stetson throws his second TD pass to Brock Bowers. 31-0.

Yates hits a pass for 40 yards down to the 30, then 3rd & 10 and 4th & 15 and a scramble incompletion after almost failing to get the snap off before the play clock ran off. Complete disorganization. Lack of a plan. And I am supposed to support this crap? I don't see how people pay hundreds and thousands of dollars to follow this team. Not much better when Tech plays Duke or Northern Illinois.

Dawgs get the ball and toss it to Kenny McIntosh, who takes it 68 yards to the house. 38-0.

In Ann Arbor Michigan goes up 21-13 early in the third quarter. At the time I didn't expect that lead to hold.

Perhaps Tech needed to unleash Jeff Sims. But I think the GT coaches would rather play it safe and not give up any easy touchdowns. By the end of the game I am convinced Tech's coaches schemed for this very thing: to not take chances, run the clock while on offense, not turn the ball over or give up easy scores by the UGA defense or on special teams, lest the score really turned out lopsided. What a loser strategy. As a Tech grad this is quite painful to endure.

As it was the UGA offense had the same strategy: take what the defense gave them - wide open passes and run the ball the rest of the time. The plan worked for both teams.

Tech drives to the Georgia 40 then allows two sacks, turning the ball over on downs again.

In the 4th quarter JT came in with the rest of the second team and promptly drove down the field, scoring without throwing a pass. 45-0. Like the Tech coaches, the UGA coaches don't want to go out of their way to run up the score. Just simple ground and pound football.

Not sure I've ever seen so many Georgia fans at Grant Field. Another travesty.

If Tech had a decent kicker, they might could've avoided a shutout. As it was the Jackets have been outscored 100-0 in the last two meetings.

As usual Tech made a big deal about what color costume they would wear. As usual it had zero bearing on the outcome. Meanwhile you could count on what Georgia and Bama and Auburn and Clemson would wear.

Last night the UNC/NCState game was almost unwatchable. If QB Sam Howell can rally the team back late, why can't he play well in the first half? When the Heels got close, I heard they botched an onside kick. No regrets watching a Hallmark Channel movie instead.

Ceil's 80-year old aunt said the Florida/FSU game was a good one. Sorry Corrine (and Eric), but it wasn't. The botched onside kick in this game was even worse. And Vols/Vandy game wasn't even better. Just one more QB who can't spot a secondary receiver. Some expert on social media thought the Falcons should go after the talented yet inexperienced Florida QB (Richardson?), who has barely played. Those guys need to watch Washington QB Taylor Heinicke.

So Jim Harbaugh finally beat the Buckeyes. Guess the Wolverines will have to permanently ditch the maize britches. Hopefully Ohio State's second loss won't open the door for a two loss Bama team to sneak in the playoff.

Everything bounced Auburn's way in the first half. Bama looked disoriented. Better for UGA for Bama to be feeling good about themselves headed into the SEC Championship? A bad game could cost Heisman front runner Bryce Young the trophy, like it did OSU QB CJ Stroud earlier in the day.

On the crucial 4th down the play developed too slowly, not hard-hitting enough, and was stuffed in the backfield. Goodness gracious good thing Bama won, as an Iron Bowl victory and we never would've heard the end of it from the already obnoxious Auburn fans. Instead we got to see them go down in defeat.

Same old imperfect football from QB DJ Ukelele, but the Gamecocks weren't up to the challenge, falling behind 17-0. Even on an off year, Clemson is still far ahead of Carolina.

The Grinch Who Stole Thanksgiving

Woke up grouchy and weary this Thanksgiving morning. NBC's broadcast of the parade was so contrived. "Santa is coming!" "The reindeers love this temperature!" A salute to Broadway musicals. Clips of "stars" from the all-new Saved by the Bell cast all serious, blathering on about what Thanksgiving means to them. "Makes me really happy" and "my dad always butcher the prayer." Zero talk of God. Teens in choir robes backing Foreigner, singing “I want to know what love is”. Not sure the word Christmas was ever mentioned.

A salute to the American Indian. When has that ever happened before? When the Braves do the exact same thing, it’s labeled as pandering. 

All sorts of media outlets and sports teams happy about the Ahmaud Arbery verdict, which was correct and just. But no outcry about the travesty of what happened to Kyle Rittenhouse. So many with access to the truth still spouting untruths and outright lies. And the intentional terrorist attack in Waukesha being reported as a traffic accident, the deaths caused by a car, instead of by a repeat criminal who shouldn't have been let out of jail. 

It’s the hypocrisy that gets me. Focusing on certain woke topics while ignoring facts, crying science while actually not adhering to real science, completely turning their backs on people and events because they don’t fit the narrative. The same people claim imperfect Christians are hypocrites for not being perfect, trusting in man instead of God. Sure, Christians are guilty of the same thing.

I am remiss to even share these feelings. Instead I want to live joyously, thankful and alive in Jesus instead of scornfully pointing out the spec in my neighbor's eye.

Wednesday morning I clocked in at 755. Figured out that I messed up my email on Tuesday. Called the help desk but they still haven't called back. Can still get email on my phone. Not much going on so I left at 1025.

Should've called, Will but he was already playing golf at a course near his house.

Drove down to the golf course and teed off shortly after 11 am. Was playing behind four older gentlemen so I got to take my time, and hit 2-3 balls per shot. Skipped hole 5 so I could get ahead of the foursome. Still three other guys were ahead of me, so I still got to take my time. Could've played a second nine, but didn't.

1. Sliced my driver off the tee, but it wasn't too bad. Okay 6 iron, then hit a 7 iron to the fringe. Two putt. Not bad for me.

2. Decent tee shot and chip to the fringe.

3. Nice 5 iron off tee not far from the green. Was closer than it looks on the photo. Decent chip.

4. Two decent 9 woods off tee, short of the green. Decent chips onto green. Two putt.

5. Skipped hole to play through foursome ahead of me.

6. Great 5 wood off tee. Good 5 iron down middle of fairway. Three good chips, all to the fringe. Two putt.

7. Sliced driver off tee, but it carried further than usual. Good 5 iron over hill, then a cruddy 5 iron sliced right. Great 7 iron from under tree onto green. Two putt.

8. Hit driver off tee low but straight. Rolled down hill to a great position. Nine wood sliced right of green (a second approach shot dribbled left, but rolled down hill. Two chips were long but a third was better. Just missed my "par" putt.

9. Nice 6 iron off tee sailed high and long, but short of green. Good chip. Bad putt.

Drove home, making a few stops along the way. Picked up some groceries for Ceil at Trader Joe's. Been cleaning up and folding laundry. Tired so I finally sat down to rest. Served as Ceil's taster.

Shivonne's First Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving over at W&MC's.

Will cooked the turkey.

Some fancy cranberry sauce.

While we ate, Okie and Shivonne hovered below,

hoping for scraps to drop.

Thursday evening after we'd left W&MC decorated for Christmas, and played games with Anna & Caleb and Thomas & Holly.

Awards Season

UGA punter Jake Camarda did not punt enough to qualify for the Ray Guy Award. Before even looking at the stats, I predict the Penn State punter will win, based on media bias. Statistically, Stout's average trails Araiza's by over five yards.

avg..net.att.long.national rank

51.8 44.7 67 86 01 Matt Araiza SD State

46.5 44.9 59 76 13 Jordan Stout Penn State

49.9 41.0 35 63 12 Jake Camarda UGA

46.0 45.3 66 74 17 Adam Korsak Rutgers

Current ESPN Total QB Rating: everyone is trying to convince themselves that Clemson QB DJ Ukulele had a good game against mighty Wake Forest. In fact he dropped several spots in the QBR rankings to 104th in the nation. For the season he's thrown 9 TD passes and 8 interceptions.    

1. 90.7 CJ Stroud Oklahoma State

2. 88.7 Bryce Young Alabama

4. 86.1 Stetson Bennett UGA

5. 86.1 JT Daniels UGA

8. 81.6 Kenny Pickett Pitt

10. 79.4 Matt Corral Ole Miss

37. 69.2 Chase Bryce App St (Clemson transfer)

84. 52.3 Jeff Sims Georgia Tech

91. 46.6 Jordan Yates Georgia Tech

104. 41.5 DJ Uiagalelei Clemson 

The walk-on Stetson has thrown for almost as many yards as the 5 star DJ, with more TD's and fewer interceptions – in half as many attempts. Similarly, Bennett has almost rushed for as many yards as DJ for over twice the average in a third as many attempts.

att-comp.%.yards.avg.TD.INT.rating

178-323 55.1 1960 08.1 09 8 110.3 DJ=

105-163 64.4 1730 10.6 17 5 181.8 SB=

att.yards.avg.long.TD

93   271   2.9  =  37   4 DJ

35   233   6.7  =  30   1 SB

.att..rush.avg.TD

419 2217 5.3 26 UGA

405 1791 4.4 22 Clemson

In fact, Bennett was just named a finalist for the Burlsworth Trophy, awarded to the top walk-on in the nation. Interestingly, Bennett shares the same uniform number with former Burlsworth winner Hunter Renfrow of Clemson.

UGA freshman tight end Brock Bowers was not a finalist for the John Mackey Award, despite leading in several categories.

How William Andrews Compares

Saw a comparison of William Andrews to Walter Payton. Between 1979 and 1983 they had just about the same number of yards from scrimmage as well as touchdowns, slightly more than Herschel in his first five NFL seasons. There were other five year periods when Payton was much more productive.

But Herschel’s three USFL seasons and his first two NFL seasons were the most productive five seasons in football history.

.yards.TD.years

08384 40 79-83 Andrews

08286 40 79-83 Payton

09347 58 77-81 Payton

08350 63 75-79 Payton’s 1st 5 yrs

07622 47 86-90 Herschel NFL

10226 83 83-87 Herschel USFL & NFL

I left work early on Friday, but it turned out to be a dud. Drove downtown to play golf. Traffic bad, but went a cool way from Cheshire Bridge to Lindbergh to Clifton Road, through Emory and across Ponce to Candler Park. Decided to not play due to the crowd. Drove up North to the Varsity for a chocolate shake, then home.

Saturday morning I went back to play golf in the 38 degree cold. Wasn’t bad. Then home to take Ceil’s car for an oil change. Should’ve gotten a haircut but didn’t want to wait. UGA wasn’t on TV, so I watched WakeForest@Clemson and GT@NotreDame. Later Arkansas@Alabama.

Anna drove up to go shopping with Ceil. While they were gone I noticed how caked on the dirt was on A’s car roof, so I washed and waxed it (for those of you asking why - that’s what parents do). Both A and M ate dinner with us – Mexican.

Sunday School and worship. One of the newbies in our class works for Coke. Later I raked leaves. Watched the end of the Redskins win over the Panthers. Nice to see guys like Taylor Heinicke and Carolina’s Christian McCaffrey playing so hard, wanting to win so bad.

A Lifetime movie was playing on the TV. A couple was slow dancing in a romantic setting, but the song that was playing was Silent Night, the “sleep in heavenly peace” part. Kinda weird.

Monday afternoon C went grocery shopping for Thanksgiving. She was late getting supper ready. When I got home I ate a couple of chips, not many. Then I had a little piece of Italian bread. Matthew had baked himself a Trader Joes organic gluten free frozen pizza, which is rare for him. Ceil told me to eat a slice, so I did. Then after 8 pm Ceil and I ate a light supper of BBQ chicken, green beans, and stewed potatoes. Afterward I did the dishes, then went to do some laundry.

Denison: Magic Johnson contracted HIV thirty years ago. He recently marked the anniversary of his diagnosis by stating, "I thank the Lord for keeping me, giving me strength, and guiding me for sixty-two years but especially the last thirty." Now an outspoken Christian, Johnson stepped down as president of basketball operations for the Lakers in 2019 so he and his wife could devote more time to their church. "It's truly a blessing when you know what direction you're going in," he said.

Matt Ryan: Poor Man's Aaron Rodgers

Everyone talks about how great Aaron Rodgers is, but is he that much better than Matt Ryan? Rodgers had the benefit of playing on better teams. He missed 6 games in 2013 and 9 in 2017. Ryan has only missed three games in his career, and played in all 16 games nine straight years. Both have reached the Super Bowl once in their 14 seasons as a starter. Not much difference.

AR: 1xSuper Bowl champ, 3xMVP, 9xProBowl, 3xAllPro

MR: 1xSuper Bowl, 1xMVP, 4xProBowl, 1xAllPro, ROY.

GS..record.comp%.yards.TD.INT.

200 134-65-1 65.1 53816 433 93  AR  

215 117-98-8 65.5 58194 362 168 MR

Yd/att.yd/comp.yd/G.rating.sack.GWD.avgvalue

7.8      11.9       260  104.1 488     27   203 AR

7.5      11.4       271  094.3 430     41   193 MR

The only reason Ryan is a problem for the Falcons is his enormous salary limits the team acquiring other players. Ryan has restructured his contract, but not to the degree that Tom Brady ever did.

Tight end Benjamin Watson (a great person and citizen) made one of the great hustle plays in NFL history, running the length of the field diagonally to tackle an opponent. Watch:

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Lots of displeasure on social media about GT’s loss to Notre Dame. Some think the players are quitting on Geoff Collins. Not much pursuit on Irish players headed toward the end zone. Collins is supposed to be a defensive coach, yet the Jackets are allowing yards at a record breaking pace. Supposedly Collins is recruiting better than Paul Johnson, but the defenses didn’t completely change systems like the offense did. Notre Dame’s second team was better than Tech’s first team. Not many wins on Tech’s 2022 schedule, but it’s doubtful Collins will be fired due to the huge buyout on his 7 year contract.

People talk about Tech beating Georgia in basketball, cross-country, and volleyball like it means something. It doesn’t. I can’t believe that basketball coach at UGA hasn’t built a better program, but it’s hard these days with players transferring every year. No wonder Coach K is retiring.

A new Harvard study shows homeschooled children turn out happy, well-adjusted, and engaged, faring better than those who attended public school in many categories. I only bring this up because of the stigma I see carried by my homeschooled but well-adjusted children, who joke out their upbringing.

Things have definitely changed with home schooling, which isn’t the correct term any more. Long gone are the days the kids learn at their own home all by themselves. Now “homeschool” kids gather with other kids in small learning groups both formal and informal. They might be with a different group almost every day of the week, so they’re actually interacting with more people than students in a public school. They’re around kids of all ages as well as grownups, instead of being stuck in a class all day with kids their own age. This way that have to learn to interact better with others, which not being drug down by as many bad apples.

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I need to quit Twitter. Know it all millennials think the world started and ended with them. Don’t want to hear about what happened before their time. Think they had it bad following the Braves from 2014-2017 when they played 0.442 ball, finishing 2nd,  4th, 5th, and 3rd.  Didn’t want to hear about the 70’s or 80’s. Back them it was worse: .412 ball from 1975-1979 with four last place finishes and once next-to-last. From 1985-1990 they played even worse: winning at a 402 clip, winning last four times and next-to-last twice. Bet those know-it-all’s went to public school.

KRIS BENSON  [B-R Bio] once called 911 because his wife was armed and threatening him. He had a dynamic relationship with his wife Anna. Benson played for the Clemson Tigers in college. He ended his time as a major leaguer with ARI. Benson was born in Kennesaw, Georgia. He was named the Baseball America College Player of the Year in 1996. Born to parents who were big baseball fans. All four Benson kids’ given names begin with K, the notation used when a player struck out during an at-bat. His teammate at Sprayberry HS (Marietta, GA) was Marlon Byrd [MLB career WAR of 25.8 to Benson’s 13.1]. They were MLB teammates for one season, in 2009 with TEX.

Denison: Sanjiv Chopra has studied those who win the lottery, concluding that at the end of the year, they're back to their "baseline" happiness and "some are less happy." We grow accustomed to what we possess, so it becomes familiar and loses its ability to make us happy. What makes us happiest? Finding a purpose in life, giving to others, and expressing gratitude. "If you express gratitude on a regular basis, you'll be happy, you'll be more creative, you'll be more fulfilled—you might even live ten years longer." Research shows you can increase your happiness 25% by regularly expressing gratitude.

https://www.denisonforum.org/columns/daily-article/harvard-professor-3-things-that-will-make-you-happier-than-winning-the-lottery/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=185746591&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_ix1X5HzP3DyNNa6x4mzqUQBjZH1qb2JANa8tEtv4oRceGUwA2wSLRJgoil4A1dE5Be-2fGILrVHs6TykfDsd6YdXIpg&utm_content=185746591&utm_source=hs_email

A top politician tweeted a Rittenhouse statement containing incorrect information. Another adviser tweeted 'no justice, no peace' – is this what we want from our political leaders?

https://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAQV9mZ?ocid=winp-se

Saw where a former coworker had quit his job last week. Got to work today and he was back working with us.