The Neighborhood Ballet recital lasted an hour. Amazing to see how tiny little kids would perform with only their instructor leading them from offstage. Shivonne did okay, despite having a runny nose. After the recital we took pictures.
There was gridlock leaving the $15 parking deck, with only one exit funneling out onto a busy road. You'd think those Georgia Tech engineers could design a better mousetrap. We sat there in the deck with the engine turned off, because we weren't moving anywhere for long periods of time. Finally a few cars ahead of us figured out they could cut between two concrete pillars and circle back to use the entrance as an exit.
After we finally got out of the GT parking deck we fought gridlock traffic over to Westside Provisions for Jeni's Ice Cream. Good stuff.
I was able to talk to Will about the trouble Joel and Charles Norman are having at the new Bellwood Coffee in Grant Park. Lots of irate posters on social media after Bellwood had painted over a Jovita Moore mural. How could they have known it would cause such an outcry? Bellwood has promised to put up another Jovita mural, but evidently the apology wasn't good enough for several unforgiving posters. Even WSB did a poor job of twisting the story to cause more of an outcry. So sad.
Got home and crashed on the couch.
Friday: Ceil has been feeling poorly these past few days. Friday for the second straight night I got her the chicken soup from El Porton, the Mexican restaurant next to Stinky Kroger. Then she drove over to spend the night at Anna's, with Caleb staying up in Dahlonega for his wedding.
Saturday: skipped golf because AM rain was in the forecast. Ran some errands for a few hours, first stopping by Taco Bell for lunch, because it was on my way.
Then to Bellwood Coffee on Bolton Road to get C some joe. Returned straight up Atlanta Road to avoid 285 traffic. Stopped by three thrift stores on the way home. At 3 pm Anna and Miller stopped by to drop off Goose and pick up Ceil. They drove up to north Georgia for the wedding. They got back late.
I caught whatever sickness Ceil has, and feel terrible. Saturday afternoon my throat started hurting. Sunday morning I woke up with all my joints aching. We didn't go to church.
ICE BOX CHAMBERLAIN [SABR Bio] On 09-May-1888, Chamberlain, pitching for Louisville, had dominated the batsmen of the woeful Kansas City Cowboys. When the score reached 8-0, he switched and threw with his left hand. The fact that he was slightly less effective after switching was overlooked by the magic he had wrought. Chamberlain’s 9.2 WAR in 1889 led the AA. His -0.7 WAR in 1891 was followed by five years of impressive, stable numbers. He got his nickname because he was said to possess “austere calm in the face of all hostility by the enemy”.
Denison: government affairs attorney Jay Atkins asked AI to evaluate the world’s major religions and determine which one makes the most sense. The worldviews in question were atheism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity. In seconds, AI concluded that Christianity offers the most reasonable view of the world. Atkins explained the AI’s reasoning: "Christianity" offers a comprehensive explanation of reality, why the universe exists, why it is ordered, why we are rational and moral beings, and why we long for meaning. At the same time, Christianity concentrates its evidentiary burden into a relatively small number of claims, most notably the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That matters because a worldview that explains everything but requires you to believe a thousand fragile claims is not rational. The most reasonable worldview is the one that explains the most while assuming the least.
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