My Best Friend's Wedding

Elsbeth actress Carrie Preston was also in one of my favorite movies “My Best Friend’s Wedding”. She says she hasn’t eaten crab or lobster ever since filming the “Say a Little Prayer” scene, having to smell fish for two long 12 hour days of filming under the hot lights. Preston is from Macon. She was just on the Kelly Clarkston show.

I can hear the trains roll past our plant. Though I sit in the office building on Peachtree Industrial we can actually see the trains zooming past out the back window. After eating at The Crossing in the old Norcross train depot last Thursday, then Saturday night at the Taqueria in Chamblee right next to the same tracks  - at Taqueria we sat out on the enclosed “deck” which was right next to the tracks, and around 8:30 pm a passenger train rumbled past. Made me think how those same tracks behind our plant run behind the Whitaker house as well.

On Tuesday Jimmy Ewing called Ceil and Mary Hurt to go with him to take Myra Marsh to view the different living spaces where Bob had been before he died. Myra is still living alone in the house where she and Bob had lived all these years. Ceil wants to take Myra to the missions conference at JFBC late next month. It runs late on a Friday night and is dark and crowded and its hard to hear – and there are lots of steps. Not the best place for Myra.

Worked until 610 pm last night then rushed home in time for small group via Zoom. Four in attendance. Finished before Ceil got home. More Mexican leftovers.

Up early to golf this morning. Bundled up and was almost sweating by the second hole. Played the first two holes then doubled back and played 8-1/2 holes with the professor. His wife works for the CDC, and has to either return to the office to work or retire with 8 months pay. I hadn’t played golf since late December due to the cold. Played lightup balls for the first 6 holes, then regular balls the last five. Didn’t lose a single ball, and found 2 or 3 along the way. Some highlights:

1. Decent tee shot and fairway shot.

2. Decent tee shot. Hit the green on my chip.

3. Not a great tee shot but it did roll down the hill.

4. Good tee shot that would’ve gone further had it not been a lighted ball. Great chip close to the hole, but I missed the par putt.

5. Okay tee shot. Didn’t go as far as I would’ve liked, but at least it was relatively straight.

6. Same as the previous hole. Flubbed a couple of fairway shots before hitting a great 9 iron onto the green.

7. Okay 3 iron out of the rough. Good 6 iron but it didn’t go that far.

8. Hit my driver straight but low. I had teed it up too low. Good roll.

9. Hit a good straight hybrid off the tee. Hard to get it up the hill. Pulled the chip left, but it hit a stick and bounced toward the hole. Missed the bogey putt.

GEORGE BRETT  [SABR Bio] was the first post-expansion player to collect more RBI than the number of games he played that season. In 117 games in 1980, Brett drove in 118. Brett is one of five players with 3000 hits, 300 home runs, and a career .300 batting average. The 5 players with those stats are Aaron, Mays, Musial, Miguel Cabrera, and Brett. George’s election to the Hall in 1999 was by 98.2%. He was named on 488 of a possible 497 ballots.

3771 755 305 Aaron

3630 475 331 Musial

3293 660 301 Mays

3174 511 306 Cabrera

3154 317 305 Brett