For the Man Who Has Everything

I had a $25 gift card expiring, so last night I bought Jibbitz, the little charms that fit on Crocs. Braves Hawks Falcons Bulldogs and other Atlanta charms. What every 65 year old male needs. I left off the Atlanta United charm.

Which leads to the age old question: how many Jibbitz are too many? How many not enough? I asked an artificial intelligence app and it was momentarily speechless. AI referred the question to the advanced AI version (no joke). It searched TikToc and other souces before determining that any more than five jibbitz per Croc led to overcrowding. Just as I thought. The five on each of my Crocs may be a little much, though I’m not happy with one or two. Got two more coming next month from eBay. I’ll keep my loyal readers posted.  

With the rain, we didn’t get to watch much of the Braves game Friday night. Didn’t start until 935. Tonight the Braves are faring better. Schwellenbach has 12 strikeouts in 7 innings. Fans think the Braves need to trade prospects for starting pitchers. They have Schwelley and now Strider, with Sale, Lopez, ans Smith Shawber injured. The starting pitching has been the best part of the team. It’s the woeful hitting and relief pitching that have been the weak spots. Glad to see Snitker finally bench CF Michael Harris, who is hitting like .043 in his last 7 games.

Nice to see Sean Murphy hit his first home run in a month, a grand slam. Albies got robbed in his second at bat, then singled in his third. Earlier I had flipped over to the Savannah Bananas game. The announcers were interviewing an outfielder while the game was going on. While the outfielder was answering a question, the batter hit a fly ball in his direction. The outfielder kept talking, and performed a backflip while catching the ball. I’ve never seen anything like it.

Saturday: cleaned upstairs, then downstairs. C had cooked eggs, toast, and sausage for breakfast. Then she joined Anna at a High Country yoga event. Later they were featured on a High Country social media post. Anna perfectly played to the camera as it zoomed in on her, breaking her concentration and opening her eyes to make a face. 

Later I ran several errands: (1) dropped off donations at Goodwill, (2) got two sandwiches for $3 at Wendys, (3) a RaceTrac drink, (4) a Caliber carwash. 

Then I (5) stopped by Town Center Mall to check out a pair of sneakers. Looked like some people were there at the mall just to beat the heat. Then a few miles up 575 to (6) the Outlet Shops of Atlanta to check out more sneakers. Walked all over the complex to check out four different stores. On the way home I stopped by two different thrift stores (7 & 8). 

Jerry Seinfeld once said that in life every father eventually gets to the point where they say "that's it, this is the style of clothes that I am wearing the rest of my life". That's me and Columbia PFG fishing shirts. I just bought a nifty navy one that I didn’t need. Its an XXL but hopefully not too big. Even Ceil liked it, so you know it must be out of style. I do agree with Jerry about older men and jeans. I don't wear jeans any more.

Got home at 630 pm. C cooked burgers (no buns), baked the fries in the oven, and also baked some okra. She’s also making some granola in the oven.

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