My friend Lee enjoyed going on a tour of my plant. Not sure if any are free: Truist Park. Kia. Sweetwater Brewing. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island. The NASCAR Speedway down south of town. Chickfila's headquarters.
A good small group Wednesday night on Genesis 36 & 37. Getting into the story of Joseph. Right or wrong, Joseph's father Jacob made his love for Joseph well known. His brothers hated him, plotted to kill him, and sold him off to a passing caravan. All part of God's plan. By the end of the story his brothers feared that Joseph would have them killed. But in Gen 50:19 Joseph instead responded in love. A story that I can identify with.
At the gym I have been upping the incline on the treadmill, so I am walking up steeper and steeper hills. Burns more calories. Gotta clean up to get ready for all of Ceil's relatives: Teresa and daughter Victoria, and Kelly with daughters Jordan and Katherine.
Rain started Thursday morning just in time to keep me from playing golf. Friday morning the rain won't stop in time for me to play. But I should be able to play Saturday morning and once or twice next week. To me golf is like a long walk or hike. I so enjoy playing, especially early in the morning. I just can't follow the flight of my ball, so using lightup balls in the twilight helps me see where my ball goes. With no one behind me, I can take my time and hit 2 or 3 balls. I can get in 9 holes and be home by 9 am, with the entire day ahead of me.
"To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian." — George Washington
DENISON: I genuinely grieve to see the depth of rancor and bitterness that exists in our country toward fellow Americans with whom we happen to disagree politically. And I genuinely question whether our democratic experiment can be sustained while we sustain such animosity toward one another. In 1774, John Wesley advised those who would be voting in an upcoming election:
1. To vote, without fee or reward, for the person they judged most worthy
2. To speak no evil of the person they voted against, and
3. To take care their spirits were not sharpened against those that voted on the other side."
BILL MAZEROSKI [SABR Bio] was involved in 1706 double plays, the most in history - well ahead of Nellie Fox’s 2nd-place 1,619. Maz once said, “Over 17 years, saving thousands of runs is like driving in thousands of runs.” Mazeroski was the premier defensive second baseman of his era. With great hands, quick feet, a sure arm & great range, he turned the double play into an art form. He played in all 163 games on the Pirates’ 1967 schedule, a record he held alone until Bobby Bonilla tied it in 1989. Mazeroski’s 20th birthday was 05-Sep-1956. The first 2 of his 138 career home run came on 16-Aug-1956 (off Robin Roberts) and 19-Aug-1956(1). The Ford Frick award-winning, long-time Pirates broadcaster Bob Prince coined the apt nickname for Maz: "The MGlove". NYYs’ 2nd baseman Bobby Richardson had 11 hits, 8 runs, & 12 RBI in the 1960 WS. He was selected as The Sporting News 1960 World Series MVP, the only player to win that honor playing on a losing team. Mazeroski was honored with the Babe Ruth Award. Mazeroski was the Pirates’ team captain from 1963 until his retirement after the 1972 season. Formidable slugger Willie Stargell was then named team captain & served in that honored role from 1973 through 1982. Bill Virdon (1962 GG winner), marveled at Maz, ”Nobody ever played second base like he did, and I've been in the game 50 years. The impressive thing about Maz was that he did everything perfectly. I backed him up for 10 years and never got a ball.” Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter Jim Murray observed in a 1966 column, “A half-century ago, a second base combination made something like nine double plays in a season and a poet (Franklin P. Adams) immortalized them with a poem ‘Tinker to Evers to Chance’… Mazeroski makes 161 and they abbreviate his name in the box score.” On 13-Oct-1960, Mazeroski hit the only walk-off home run in a World Series Game Seven, when he smacked his epic bottom-of-the-ninth homer to decide the 1960 World Series. Attendance was 36,683.
If a person uses these phrases, they are manipulating you.
1. You are too sensitive. Designed to make you question your own feelings. If you react, then they say that you are the problem. It's not about you, it's about them avoiding accountability.
2. I never said that. Yes, you did. Now they're trying to rewrite history, to gaslight you.
3. You're not the only one who has a problem with this. Translation: everyone else tolerates my behaviour, so you should too. They're trying to make you feel like the issue is you, not them. Other people have the same problem with them.
4. After everything I've done for you. The guilt trip.
5. You made me do this. No. No one makes someone act a certain way. They made a choice. Blame shifting.
6. If you really loved me, you would... Manipulation dressed up as a test of love. Real love doesn't come with conditions or ultimatums. They're not interested in love, they are interested in control.
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