The Flood

Arrived at the doctor's office this morning at 7 AM. I had parked on the western side of the building (in the shade). Walked around to the front entrance on the southern side (there was a great view of the Atlanta skyline). The door was locked. I walked around the back, where workmen were cleaning up the flooded floors. There had been a water leak on the top floor, so my CT scan had to be rescheduled.

The bad thing was that I had already taken the pill to relax me. The pill had cost me a whole 16 cents at the pharmacy. Despite driving from Vinings to Duluth on 285 and Peachtree Industrial, and grabbing a diet Mtn Dew at RaceTrac, my heartbeat dropped to 54 – lower than usual. I'll be keeping my eye on it.

Lunch at Cheeseburger Bobby's. Good stuff. Having food in my belly to digest made my heart rate go up. Leaped up to the 70's, and 66 at 5 pm.

Emails have ballooned up to 46. I had it down in the lower 30's. Always stuff to do.

Had to pay a big repair bill on M's truck yesterday, then Anna finally ordered the cooler that I had set aside money for. But then while entering a sweepstakes, I instantly won $25.00. So the day wasn't a complete loss. Before you say "You Always are winning things!" really it is only once or twice a year – and I waste 30 minutes every day entering contests.

Left work Wednesday at 540. Stopped by Wendys for two sandwiches for $2.00. Stayed on Spaulding all the way to 400. Went south to the MARTA station. Arrived just as M was getting off the train from Decatur.

Jim Denison is like me – neither of us has read or watched Harry Potter. Not really my genre. Maybe one day. I think Anna and Matthew read / watched them.

Denison: the fastest growing church in the world is in Iran. Christianity is growing exponentially in the Muslim world.

JOHNNY BENCH  [SABR Bio] remains the youngest player to homer in an All-Star Game, at 21 years 228 days old when he hit a home run off Mel Stottlemyre in the 2nd inning on 23-Jul-1969 at RFK Stadium in Washington. He led the majors in RBI three times in 5 seasons, averaging 134 for those years. In 1970, 1972 & 1974, Bench had 148, 125 & 129 RBI. He explained his infrequent smiles by saying, "The reason I don't smile very much is that I chipped two front teeth when I was growing up. I thought it made me look funny." Bench said orthodontic dentistry was beyond his family's means at the time.