Love The Walt

Walt Weiss seems to have the team in a better state of mind, more hard charging, less laid back - battling to win every game. Sometimes a change at the top is needed. Another reason to like Weiss: the Braves have have been wearing their grey road jerseys almost exclusively this year. They've only worn their red jerseys and their navy jerseys one time each.    

We listened to the last part of the Sunday game on the radio while driving home from the recital. It is nice to finally be able to watch every game on TV for the first time in several years.

Lots of Ted Turner tributes,  including the Mariners. Drake Baldwin batting leadoff for the third straight game. Michael Harris in left field for only the second time in years. I just hope his early success doesn't have him swinging for the fences and messing up his swing. Gwinnett shortstop Jim Jarvis makes his MLB debut 90 minutes after flying cross country to join the team. He was hitting over 300 for the Stripers.

I think the Braves lost Wednesday’s game in an effort to honor Ted Turner, since they lost so many games back he first bought the team. With today’s loss, the Braves go to 16-5 in their last 21 games.

I grew up in the same Presbyterian church with Attorney General candidate Bill Cowsert. A normal kid, back then. I pretty much haven't seen him since high school. He went off to UGA and became a lawyer in Athens. Comes off like a good ole Southern boy in his commercials. I have no doubt that's who he is. I'd vote for him. My beef: his commercials would be a whole heck of lot more effective if he would just stand up! Is he handicapped? He looks like FDR, sitting there on his back porch. Not a good look at all.

Tuesday: I set my alarm and woke up to play golf, but I still didn't feel up to climbing all those hills at Candler Park. Went back to bed for a couple more hours. Felt a little better. Went to the gym and took it easy on the treadmill. After the sauna I actually felt almost back to normal. Cooled off on the treadmill. Cashed in a free milkshake deal at Whataburger for lunch. It was okay. Ordered chocolate but they brought me banana. 

Tuesday afternoon I spent time out in the garage, organizing and sorting out stuff M had left. Made a decent amount of progress. Still a long way to go. C had small group. I fixed quesadillas from leftovers. Later C texted that she needed me to pick up her prescription, but specified the wrong Publix. I rewarded myself with a $2 Arby’s jamoca milkshake. Very good, but it caused me to have a terrible night’s sleep. 

Wednesday: repairman showed up at 1:40 to install the smoke detectors. Took him awhile. Lady just delivered a chair that we had reupholstered. I spent the morning cleaning up real good. Picked up two jars of all natural peanut butter that C had left on the counter. Somehow the lids of both jars were loose. Both jars fell to the floor, spilling peanut butter all over the place. I had an idea: I called Winnie over, and she cleaned it all up. 

Thursday: 4 pm Braves game. We ate at Longhorn, using a gift card I’d been given over three months ago. The burger was great. C enjoyed her salmon. I drank too much Coke Zero, so I wasn’t able to sleeping well. There was a PBS special on Johnny "The Big Cat" Mize from Demorest GA that I have track down and watch.

Noted local Christian apologist Jefrey Breshears polled well-informed and thoughtful Christians and conservatives on the current Georgia ballot. His results: 

GOVERNOR: Burt Jones - 60%, Chris Carr - 25%

LT GOVERNOR: G Dolezal - 45%, B Tillery - 25%, J Kennedy - 25%

SEC OF STATE     Kelvin King  --  94%

ATTY GENERAL B Strickland - 56% Bill Cowsert - 44%

STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT: 

R Woods - 45%, F Longgrear - 36%, R Trammel - 18%

GEORGIA SUPREME COURT

    Vote for both incumbents: 

    Charles Bethel and Sarrah Warren  --  100%

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

    Dist. 3 --  Fitz Johnson

    Dist. 5 -- Carolyn Roddy

    

U.S. SENATE: Mike Collins - 67% Derek Dooley - 20%

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

    7th Dist - Rich McCormack

    9th Dist -  Andrew Clyde

    11th Dist - Robert Adkerson 67%; Chris Mora 33%

    14th Dist - Clayton Fuller

This is national nurse appreciation week. I know this because I was driving down the road and a nurse jumped out in front of me waving a big sign to let me know. She pounded on my hood, reminding me of the time she heard a rumor that I had a little bit of a cough that I hadn't told anyone about, but she showed up at my door to give me lots of unsolicited advice that I hadn't asked for. Now she was wanting me to thank her for this. I'm still waiting for national supply chain manager's appreciation week. I suppose that's every week, huh?

Why Isn't Adrian Grenier in The Devil Wears Prada 2? Inside His Small Town Life After Leaving Hollywood, and why he dropped out of the Hollywood scene.

  Quote for the day: “God has ambitious plans for us. The same one who saved your soul longs to remake your heart. His plan is nothing short of a total transformation.” — Max Lucado.