The Residence

Watched several episodes of the Netflix limited series “The Residence” starring Randall Park from Crazy Rich Asians and Fresh Off the Boat. Pretty Good.

Rusty said the new Netflix show about Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys is good as well. Jim Denison lives in Dallas and is a Cowboys fan, and discusses their popularity today. I used to like the Cowboys back in the Roger Staubach days, but not a fan after the Herschel Walker trade.

Anna and her college roommates refer to themselves as “The Swoozies”. They recently traveled to Idaho together, and are planning a trip to NYC in the fall. I guess when we start traveling, Anna will help us plan. One of her gang, The Swoozies, is a travel agent. Also my friend Rob. Ceil wants to go to NYC, Italy, Malaga Spain, Austin, and Paris. I want to see Key West, Alaska, Japan, and Hawaii. Maybe visit missionaries in the Himalayan region of India, but staying at 18000 feet would be rough. 

I do have some safety concerns about traveling. England seems to be overrun with immigrants, but the Toholskys seemed to have a good time. NYC also over-run. I used to think driving cross country would be fun, but as I get older driving has become more of a chore. I would also like to go see Mount Rushmore and other national parks. The kids went and camped, but C would want a hotel, so it would be much more expensive. It would be great to see Vatican City and Machu Pichu.

This weekend coworker Sherryl and her husband are driving their daughter’s car out to her in Salt Lake City. The daughter asked they buy a bunch of alcohol in Georgia, since it is cheaper than Utah. I wondered if this would be bootlegging, similar to the old Burt Reynolds movie “Smokey and the Bandit”.

Just finished reading “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto”, by Michael Pollan. Recommended by Matthew. Recommended by me. Kinda scientific, but I can get the picture. 

Hard taco shells – I don’t like those. They break when you take a bite, and the insides spill everywhere. Soft taco shells are better, but not much. So like you I’d rather pile everything on top of chips as well. If I don’t have chips to start, I just dip the chips into all the stuff that I have on my plate – usually rice, beans, meat, and cheese.

My current collection of black sneakers with white soles. Time to take another team photo.

1. Nike Huaraches

2. Nike Air Speed Turfs (selling)

3. Nike golf shoes

4. Nike running shoes (selling)

5. Puma RSX Emoji (selling)

6. Puma Venom (selling)

7. Cole Haans

8. Hokas

9. Ecco loafers

10. adidas golf shoes (old)

11. adidas Prophere (selling)

12. adidas SC Premeire (selling)

Google Docs. Not sure what it is. I just write everything on an email and save it as an email.

I had a slow leak in one of my tires. Got two nail holes plugged. Before the football games start. Yes I need to get back to doing a better job of following the WNBA. The Kyle Schwarber hit 4 home runs against the Braves. Phillies scored 19 runs. I hope the Braves let a position player pitch.

GEORGE SISLER  [SABR Bio] missed an entire season the year immediately following his MVP year. MVP in 1922 (as they existed then) but an eye infection cost him his entire age 30 season. He returned as an excellent player and team leader, but was never able to put up numbers matching what he had 1916-1922. He was the first player to have 200 hit seasons in both the American and National Leagues. Sisler had 200 hits in a season four times for the St. Louis Browns of the AL: 257* in 1920, 216 in 1921, 246 on 1922, and 201 in 1927. Playing for the NL’s Boston Braves in 1929, he had 205 hits. Sisler’s 257 hits in 1920 was the MLB record until Ichiro Suzuki broke it with 262 in 2004 for Seattle. Sisler’s 41 game hit streak in 1922 is the fifth best in history. It had stood as the AL record until broken by Joe DiMaggio in 1941.

“Our Lord told His disciples that love and obedience were organically united. The final test of love is obedience.” —A. W. Tozer