Memes That Have Spoke Truth in 2021; December 31, 2021

Just some recent memes that have resonated with me the last month:

+ Relationships don't work because people think it's okay to ignore somebody when they're mad instead of being mature and communicating.  (Friendships - or so-called friendships - apply here too.)

+ Sometimes it doesn't work out with someone because they're a piece of shit who deserves a piece of shit and you're not a piece of shit.  (I'm far from it.)

+ You don't "get over" narcissistic abuse.  You learn to work through what happened.  But you are never the same.  (Call on God for this.)

Narcissists & Boundaries

+ Ghost you when you dare to confront them.  (Ghosted and then gaslighted when I asked for time.)

+ Use the silent treatment against you.  (Experienced this.)

+ Play the victim to avoid responsibility.  (I think where I messed up ...)

+ Ignore your feelings completely.  (Experienced this.)

+ Act in a passive aggressive way.  (Experienced this.)

+ Take your words out of contact.  (Hard to do when I don't engage.)

+ Twist your words.  (Hard to do when I don't engage.)

+ Completely miss the point on purpose.  

+ The most important lesson I've learned over this past year is don't let anybody make you cruel.  No matter how badly you want to give the world a taste of its own bitter medicine, it is never worth losing yourself.  (This is the extent of the give, right here.)

+ My 2022 resolution is to stop wondering if I'm good enough for other people and start wondering if they're good enough for me.  (My friend Amie said last year, "Jon, they don't deserve you."  She's right.)

Things that narcissists hate

+ Boundaries (Because I don't - and will no longer ever - engage.)

+ Being ignored (This is the TRUTH.)

+ Being questioned about their behavior

+ Seeing a victim engage in happy and healthy relationships (Heck yes, when I got a hug from another female before a race, it drove her nuts.)

+ Not having control and power

+ Becoming irrelevant  (She may think that she gets ancillary power from certain things.  Nope.  It is just business to me, like the recent blog post.)

+ Being wrong (She'll never give me a full-fledged apology.  Never.)

+ There's no such thing as "staying friends" with a narcissist.  They have never been, and will never be your friend.  They are your enemy.  (I agree with this.  They fear you will share their secret with everyone.)

Movies Seen in Theaters in 2021 - 77

"12 Mighty Orphans", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (June 11)
"A Quiet Place Part II", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (June 1)
"Assault on VA-33", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (April 6)

"Being The Ricardos", ShowBiz Cinemas Kingwood 14, Kingwood, TX (December 20)

"Black Widow", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (September 6)
"Blithe Spirit", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (February 23)

"Boogie", Cinemark Spring-Klein, Spring, TX (March 7)

"Brothers By Blood", ShowBiz Cinemas Fall Creek, Humble, TX (January 24)
"Chaos Walking", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (March 15)
"Come True", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (March 18)
"Cosmic Sin", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (March 12)

"Crisis", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (March 8)
"Don't Breathe 2", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (September 13)

"Don't Look Up", Cinemark 12 Cypress and XD, Cypress, TX (December 17)

"Don't Tell A Soul", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (January 17)

"Dutch", Studio Movie Grill Pearland, Houston, TX (March 20)

"Encanto", Cinemark Spring-Klein, Spring, TX (November 24)

"Ends Of The Earth", Cinemark Spring-Klein, Spring, TX (October 21)
"Finding You", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (May 19)

"Four Good Days", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (May 11)
"Free Guy", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (August 28)
"Ghostbusters Afterlife", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (November 23)

"Godzilla vs. Kong", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (May 6)

"Heaven", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (January 21)
"Here Today", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (May 19)

"Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard", Cinemark Spring-Klein, Spring, TX (June 16)

"In The Heights", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (June 17)

"Initiation", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (May 8)

"Judas and the Black Messiah", Cinemark Spring-Klein, Spring, TX (February 19)

"King Richard", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (December 16)

"Land", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (February 11)

"Little Fish", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (February 10)

"National Champions", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (December 14)

"No Man's Land", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (January 22)

"Nobody", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (March 29)

"Nomadland", The Grand, Conroe, TX (February 19)

"Old", Cinemark Spring-Klein, Spring, TX (September 4)

"One Night In Miami", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (January 11)

"Our Friend", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (January 28)
"Percy Vs. Goliath", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (May 1)

"Peter Rabbit 2 The Runaway", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (June 20)

"Profile", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (May 21)

"Protege", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (August 23)

"Raya and the Last Dragon", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (April 9)
"Red Notice", Cinemark Spring-Klein, Spring, TX (November 22)
"Red Rocket", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (December 30)
"Redemption Day", ShowBiz Cinemas Kingwood 14, Kingwood, TX (January 18)
"Ron's Gone Wrong", Cinemark Spring-Klein, Spring, TX (November 14)

"Separation", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (April 29)

"Siberia", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (June 22)

"Silk Road", Showbiz Cinemas Fallcreek, Humble, TX (February 25)

"Spencer", Cinemark at Market Street, The Woodlands, TX (November 18)

"Spiral:  From the Book of Saw", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (May 13)
"The Boss Baby 2:  Family Business", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (July 17)

"The Courier", Cinemark Spring-Klein, Spring, TX (March 19)
"The Dry", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (June 3)

"The Father", Cinemark Spring-Klein, Spring, TX (March 12)

"The Girl Who Believes In Miracles", Cinemark 17, The Woodlands, TX (April 5)

"The King's Man", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (December 22)

"The Little Things", The Grand, Conroe, TX (January 30)

"The Mad Hatter", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (February 9)
"The Marksman", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (January 14)
"The Many Saints of Newark", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (October 2)

"The Mauritanian", Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas The Woodlands, The Woodlands, TX (February 21)
"The Night of the Sicario", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (April 16)
"The Night House", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (September 5)
"The Vigil", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (February 28)

"The Unforgivable", ShowBiz Cinemas Kingwood 14, Kingwood, TX (November 25)

"Those Who Wish Me Dead", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (May 23)
"True To The Game 3", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (December 9)

"Under The Stadium Lights", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (June 10)

"Venom:  Let There Be Carnage", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (December 13)

"Willy's Wonderland", Xscape at 1488, Conroe, TX (February 22)

"Wonder Woman 1984", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (January 12)
"Wrath of Man", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (May 7)

"Wrong Turn", Star Cinema Grill Springwoods Village, Spring, TX (March 2)

"Zola", AMC Willowbrook 24, Houston, TX (July 16)

Always Ready To Listen; December 29, 2021

When you fail to pray, you end up feeling distant from God.  And that, in turn, makes you even more reluctant to pray.

No matter how distant you might feel from the Lord, God is always close by.  He hasn't changed, moved, disappeared, or lost interest in you.  So close the gap.  Take a simple step toward God and talk to Hi.  The more you di this, the more comfortable you'll become communicating with Him.  And the more you pray, the more opportunity you'll have to ask for His help for yourself and on behalf of others.  And the more you ask, the more answers and guidance you'll receive.  No matter what your situation, God is always ready to listen!

Source:  One-Minute Insights For Men, Jim George, page 5.

Copyright 2013 Jim George

My thoughts:  I think I grew up either knowing or thinking that I had to be on my knees to pray, which, of course, is certainly maybe a foolish thought, but I'm certain that I let that be a stumbling block for me not to for so many years.

Yet, at times, I know that, even though I'm focused on it being just a conversation with God, I feel foolish almost if I don't.  Something I still struggle with I suppose.

Intellectually, I believe that God is always available to listen to us.  

The hardest part of me is when I feel a burden to is that I don't steal some time away and go get alone and have a short conversation with God.  

It is like I'm stopping myself from doing something that I know is right.

I know this year I'm thankful to God for steering me out of things that I didn't need to be in as much as my heart - and desire to be loved as a friend - tried to pull me into something that I shouldn't have been in.

It is almost why I want to focus on putting together a book for private and parochial high school athletics to keep myself from that area of my world to not be subject to one person's projection of a lot of hate on to me, when I've done nothing other than maintained boundaries from them the most of the time that I've known them.

Miles and Miles - 11/25/21 to 12/24/21

November 25 - December 24 - 47.403 miles running - 27.753 miles walking - 56.877 miles walking (Apple Health) - 118.7 miles cycling - 4,519 meters rowing

November 25 (Thursday) - 3.8 miles walking (Apple Health)
November 26 (Friday) - 3.1 miles running at Friends of the Running Community 5K (46:53 with Ken Johnson) - 3.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 27 (Saturday) - 3 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 28 (Sunday) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 29 (Monday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:02:44.57) - 0.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 30 (Tuesday) - 5.742 miles walking at Knox Junior High track (1:29:19.68/15:33) - 0.658 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 1 (Wednesday) - 4.334 miles running at Knox Junior High track (46:33.78/10:45) - 0.49 miles walking (Apple Health)
December 2 (Thursday) - 0.8 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 3 (Friday) - 1.9 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 4 (Saturday) - 3.1 miles running in Dasher Dancer Prancer 5K - 5.3 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 5 (Sunday) - 6.2 miles running in Tiger 10K - 2.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 6 (Monday) - 10.0 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:00) - 0.75 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 7 (Tuesday) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 8 (Wednesday) - 3.336 miles running at Knox Junior High - 0.98 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 9 (Thursday) - 1.3 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 10 (Friday) - 10.0 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:03) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 11 (Saturday) - 3.1 miles at Terry Hershey parkrun 5K (31:38.47) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 12 (Sunday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:02:33.11) - 3.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 13 (Monday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:02:12.37) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 14 (Tuesday) - 3.133 miles running at Knox Junior High track (33:39.21/10:44) - 10.2 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:00) - 0.81 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 15 (Wednesday) - 4.176 miles walking at Knox Junior High track (1:05:21.43/15:39) - 10.0 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:06) - 1.024 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 16 (Thursday) - 4 miles running along The Woodlands Waterway (45:32.52/11:23) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 17 (Friday) - 17.3 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (52:50) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health)

December 18 (Saturday) - 20.4 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (1:01:50) - 1.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 19 (Sunday) - 13.1 miles running in Santa Hustle Half Marathon (2:27:31.95) - 2 miles walking - 1.8 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 20 (Monday) - 9.9 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:01) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 21 (Tuesday) - 2.652 miles walking at Knox Junior High (40:40.29/15:20) - 10.5 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (31:42) - 2,015 meters rowing (11:03) - 0.748 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 22 (Wednesday) - 10.1 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:00) - 3.183 miles walking at Knox Junior High (49:18.76/15:30) - 4.017 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 23 (Thursday) - 10.3 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:07) - 2,504 meters rowing (13:24) - 3 miles walking (Apple Health)

December 24 (Friday) - 4 miles running along The Woodlands Waterway (44:17.10/11:04) - 3.3 miles walking (Apple Health)

Waiting For God's Answers; December 23, 2021

When you think your prayers aren't being answered , you tend to get discouraged and cry out, "God, why aren't You helping me?"

Yet God promised to answer your prayers:  "Ask, and it wil be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7).  However, sometimes you don't see the answer for a while, or God may say no because He has a different - and better - plan.

So you are exhorted to ask,  But your request must be ..

* in faith (Matthew 21:22),

* without selfish motives (James 4:3), and

* according to the will of God (I John 5:14-15).

Source:  One-Minute Insights For Men, Jim George, page 4.
Copyright 2013 Jim George

My thoughts:  I can't say that I know whether or not God answers my prayers in that mine are very general.

Maybe I'm afraid to ask for things specifically, largely because I feel that I'm selfish for doing so.

I've had an issue this past year that I've battled and all I've asked God from that is to meet that person and their families' needs.  What more can I do in that situation?  I don't know what they are, because they've never let me in, but I know that God knows what they are.

Generally, the majority of my prayers just focus on thanking God for providing health to family members.

Perhaps I need to be more specific in my prayers - or seek things that need specific attention - and focus on those in the coming year.

New Restaurants in 2021 - 16

Blancos Tacos + Tequila, Houston, TX (December 8)
Center Court Pizza & Brew, Pearland, TX (March 20)
Chupacabra Kitchen, Salado, TX (January 16)

Fronteras Mexican Grill, Spring, TX (December 13)
Garcia's Famous Mexican Food, Covington, LA (January 9)
Kosse Cafe, Kosse, TX (May 30)

La Unica, Lufkin, TX (June 12) *Edwin Quarles
Milano's Pizza, Waxahachie, TX (June 5)

Napa Flats, College Station, TX (December 11) *Volte Group
Newman's Bakery, Bellville, TX (May 22) *Becky Nesbitt
Smitty's Cafe and Bakery, Brenham, TX (April 10) * Waverly Walk

Tele's Mexican Restaurant, Van, TX (January 2) *Waverly Walk

The Nook Restaraunt, Tomball, TX (July 17) *Waverly Walk
Tito's Cantina, Cypress, TX (December 17)

Tolbert's Dairy Treet, Victoria, TX (March 27)

Woodson's Local Tap + Kitchen (Grand Parkway), Spring, TX (June 20) *Waverly Walk

Count It All Joy; December 1, 2021

I wrote this very early this morning - just after 12 midnight on December 1, 2021 - originally as an Instagram post, but decided to pull it back to this very, very small audience.

I'm up late as I had something to do that was time sensitive for my job and then I was preparing a post for the Volte Endurance Training Facebook page for Wednesday.

I was going to use (and probably still am) a picture that Bill Dwyer took of Mike and Michaela Csikos running together in the rain at Run Thru The Woods.  My idea was to attempt to convey the joy of - as a parent - being able to run with your child.

However, my mind - in the quirky ways it works - brought me to the "count it all joy", which are these verses here in the image (above).

Some commentary states, "Trials are difficult and painful.  But they exist for a purpose.  Trials have the potential of producing something good in us, and, for this reason, they are an opportunity for expressing joy.  Knowing there is a bigger picture, we can consider trials as things to rejoice in.  Even though joy is contrary to our normal reaction, James urges us to work on changing our attitude toward troubles from dread to positive expectation, faith, trust and even joy."

In my current season of trials, I take "steadfastness" to be "establishing and maintaining boundaries."

For my personality type, i.e. an empath, it is very, very hard to have to take certain actions - such as "no contact" with individuals or various groups of people, let's say -- to protect my emotional state and sense of mental well being because of the actions of others.

While walking earlier this evening, I thought that if I were able to be in close quarters with someone that I have an issue with (but am not given a path to resolve my end of it with them) and be able to walk right by them as if they weren't there, then they would be a total lost cause to me.  Or as if I never knew them, even in the most casual sense.

Yet, as believers, our charge is that we would never write off somebody as a lost cause, especially as it relates to them coming to know Christ as their personal Savior.

Therefore, we're just uncomfortable around them - something I've lived - because they don't subscribe to the same sense of principle that we aspire to live by.

Miles and Miles - 10/25/21 to 11/24/21

October 25 - November 24 - 2.544 miles running - 30.501 miles walking - 60.865 miles walking (Apple Health) - 117 miles cycling - 5,513 meters rowing

October 25 (Monday) - 4.5 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 26 (Tuesday) - 4.244 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:06:23.15/15:39) - 2.056 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 27 (Wednesday) - 4.244 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:05:25.26/15:25) - 1.756 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 28 (Thursday) - 1.5 miles running in Springwoods Village - 1.15 miles walking in Springwoods Village - 10.9 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (33:01) - 0.75 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 29 (Friday) - 4.26 miles walking in Springwoods Village (1:04:42/15:11) - 10.0 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:11) - 0.64 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 30 (Saturday) - 10.0 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:04) - 1,105 meters rowing (6:00) - 0.25 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 31 (Sunday) - 6.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 1 (Monday) - 4.9 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 2 (Tuesday) - 10.0 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:11) - 0.82 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 3 (Wednesday) - 0.61 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9.9 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:07) - 1,905 meters rowing (10:01)

November 4 (Thursday) - 0.97 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 5 (Friday) - 5.3 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 6 (Saturday) - 2.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 7 (Sunday) - 2.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 8 (Monday) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 9 (Tuesday) - 1.044 miles running (11:34.4/11:05) at Knox Junior High - 3.132 miles walking (48:26.2/15:28) at Knox Junior High - 1.524 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 10 (Wednesday) - 10.0 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:00) - 0.53 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 11 (Thursday) - 10.2 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:00) - 0.66 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 12 (Friday) - 0.85 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 13 (Saturday) - 3.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 14 (Sunday) - 1.5 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 15 (Monday) - 0.36 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 16 (Tuesday) - 5.2 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (15:03) - 4.244 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:05:45.34/15:29) - 4.356 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 17 (Wednesday) - 4.044 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:02:30.84/15:28) - 3.556 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 18 (Thursday) - 10.2 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:13) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 19 (Friday) - 2 miles walking in Hannover Forest (30:50/15:25) - 10.2 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (29:55) - 0.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 20 (Saturday) - 4.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 21 (Sunday) - 0.49 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 22 (Monday) - 2,503 meters rowing (13:23) - 10.2 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:05) - 0.96 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 23 (Tuesday) - 10.2 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (29:54) - 3.183 miles walking at Knox Junior High (49:40.24/15:36) - 1.217 miles walking (Apple Health)

November 24 (Wednesday) - 0.91 miles walking (Apple Health)

Daily Reading Efforts - November 2021

11/30/2021

Clouds Over The Goalpost:  Gambling, Assassination, And The NFL In 1963 (Pages 306-321)

Even Big Guys Cry (Pages 45-56)

11/29/2021

Clouds Over The Goalpost:  Gambling, Assassination, And The NFL In 1963 (Pages 298-305)

11/28/2021

Clouds Over The Goalpost:  Gambling, Assassination, And The NFL In 1963 (Pages 284-297)

11/27/2021

Clouds Over The Goalpost:  Gambling, Assassination, And The NFL In 1963 (Pages 186-283)

Even Big Guys Cry (Pages 31-44)

11/26/2021

Clouds Over The Goalpost:  Gambling, Assassination, And The NFL In 1963 (Pages 178-185)

Even Big Guys Cry (Pages 8-30)

11/25/2021 - Nothing

11/24/2021

Clouds Over The Goalpost:  Gambling, Assassination, And The NFL In 1963 (Pages 109-177)

No Cure for Being Human:  And Other Truths I Need to Hear (Pages 148-188)

11/23/2021

Clouds Over The Goalpost:  Gambling, Assassination, And The NFL In 1963 (Pages 23-108)
Even Big Guys Cry (Pages 1-7)

No Cure for Being Human:  And Other Truths I Need to Hear (Pages 102-147)

11/22/2021

Angels:  God's Secret Angels (Pages 44-64)
Clouds Over The Goalpost:  Gambling, Assassination, And The NFL In 1963 (Pages 1-22)

Lean In:  Women, Work, And The Will To Lead (Pages 40-57)
No Cure for Being Human:  And Other Truths I Need to Hear (Pages 62-101)

11/21/2021

Abe Lemons:  Court Magician (Pages 253-297)

Lean In:  Women, Work, And The Will To Lead (Pages 21-39)

Master Your Mental Toughness and Redefine Impossible (Pages 50-57)

11/20/2021

Lean In:  Women, Work, And The Will To Lead (Pages 12-20)

11/19/2021

Abe Lemons:  Court Magician (Pages 222-252)

Angels:  God's Secret Angels (Pages 35-43)

Strange But True Football Stories (Pages 118-179)

Up Close And In Your Face With The Greats, Near-Greats, And Ingrates Of Sports (Pages 176-198)

11/18/2021
Abe Lemons:  Court Magician (Pages 211-221)

Angels:  God's Secret Angels (Pages 17-34)

Lean In:  Women, Work, And The Will To Lead (Pages 3-11)

Strange But True Football Stories (Pages 53-117)

Up Close And In Your Face With The Greats, Near-Greats, And Ingrates Of Sports (Pages 120-175)

11/17/2021

Angels:  God's Secret Angels (Pages ix-xii, 1-16)

No Cure for Being Human:  And Other Truths I Need to Hear (Pages 18-61)

Up Close And In Your Face With The Greats, Near-Greats, And Ingrates Of Sports (Pages 67-119)

11/16/2021

No Cure for Being Human:  And Other Truths I Need to Hear (Pages xi-xvi, 3-17)

Silent Scream:  True Stories of Oppression in Turkey (Pages 140-158)

11/15/2021

Silent Scream:  True Stories of Oppression in Turkey (Pages 3-139)

Up Close And In Your Face With The Greats, Near-Greats, And Ingrates Of Sports (Pages 56-66)

11/14/2021

Live To Forgive:  Moving Forward When Those We Love Hurt Us (Pages 164-184)

Our Life On The Run:  A Story of Running 50 Marathons in 50 States, A Family Quest (Pages 85-97)

Strange But True Football Stories (Pages vi-vii, 3-52)

Up Close And In Your Face With The Greats, Near-Greats, And Ingrates Of Sports (Pages 43-55)

11/13/2021

Live To Forgive:  Moving Forward When Those We Love Hurt Us (Pages 144-163)

11/12/2021

Live To Forgive:  Moving Forward When Those We Love Hurt Us (Pages 120-143)

Up Close And In Your Face With The Greats, Near-Greats, And Ingrates Of Sports (Pages 24-42)

11/11/2021

Live To Forgive:  Moving Forward When Those We Love Hurt Us (Pages 89-119)

Up Close And In Your Face With The Greats, Near-Greats, And Ingrates Of Sports (Pages vii-x, 1-23)

11/10/2021

Game Day:  A Rollicking Journey To The Heart Of College Football (Pages 182-231)
Live To Forgive:  Moving Forward When Those We Love Hurt Us (Pages 50-88)

11/09/2021

Game Day:  A Rollicking Journey To The Heart Of College Football (Pages 130-181)

11/08/2021

Finding Oprah's Roots:  Finding Your Own (Pages 33-47)

Game Day:  A Rollicking Journey To The Heart Of College Football (Pages 114-129)

11/07/2021

Finding Oprah's Roots:  Finding Your Own (Pages 7-32)

Game Day:  A Rollicking Journey To The Heart Of College Football (Pages 47-113)

11/06/2021

Game Day:  A Rollicking Journey To The Heart Of College Football (Pages 30-46)

11/05/2021

Game Day:  A Rollicking Journey To The Heart Of College Football (Pages ix, 1-29)

11/04/2021

Saudi America:  The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World (Pages 115-131)

11/03/2021

Growing Up Colt:  A Father, A Son, a Life in Football (Pages 233-255)
Saudi America:  The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World (Pages 98-114)

11/02/2021

Growing Up Colt:  A Father, A Son, a Life in Football (Pages 183-232)

11/01/2021 - Nothing

A Few Notes From Sunday; November 29, 2021

I learned recently that I can engage cordially electronically with people that have wronged me.

However, when I see the individual in the flesh, and there's stuff unresolved - namely why they acted certain ways in certain situations - and they won't address it (or give me the opportunity to ask them why so maybe I can correct something if I did anything), I'm as close as I can be to being physically ill being in the same space as them.

I can't hide it.

I think I get ill because it isn't appropriate for me to reveal to others who, what, where, when and how, but nobody appears to get the same treatment from the person.

A friend shared with me yesterday, "It is so hard for empaths like you and me to not have a relationship or be cordial. It is also hard for us to understand their actions at all."

They added that "I can’t stand to be in the presence of my "problem"."  (Word changed to protect the characterization of any individual.)

That's how I felt Sunday morning out at a race.

And it is very hard to keep boundaries to where I would engage with them face-to-face like nothing ever happened.

I tried the "Can we meet to talk about things in person?" back in March and got rebuffed.

So I'm left with no options.

From everything I've read and learned this past year, it is a lack of accountability on their part, of course, and it is likely that they take great joy from this.

The person never directly stated, but equated electronic friendship (on Facebook) as a requirement for an in-person friendship.  Quite frankly, it is supposed to be the other way around.

I pray for the individual as much as I can.  Not for restoration or anything of the like, but for God to meet this person's and their family's needs.

I wish the individual no ill well.  I hope that they flourish and grow, but get healthy in doing so.

I have people praying for me, but if you identify with what I'm dealing with please pray for me.

Where I Slept in 2021

January 1 - Home
January 2 - Fairfield Inn and Suites, Van, TX (234)
January 3-7 - Home
January 8 - Hampton Inn & Suites Shreveport/South, Shreveport, LA (206)
January 9 - Homewood Suites, Covington, LA (111)
January 10-14 - Home
January 15 - Hampton Inn & Suites Temple, Temple, TX (204)
January 16-29 - Home
January 30 - Embassy Suites, College Station, TX (214)
January 31 - Home
February 1-4 - Home
February 5 - Hampton Inn & Suites - Palestine, Palestine, TX (407)
February 6-14 - Home
February 15-16 - Mom & Dad's
February 17 - Woodlands Waterway Marriott, The Woodlands, TX (1222)
February 18-19 - Home
February 20 - Home2 Suites/Rosenburg Sugarland Texas, Richmond, TX (302)*
February 21-28 - Home
March 1-12 - Home

March 13 - Hilton Garden Inn College Station, College Station TX (416)*
March 14-19 - Home
March 20 - Hampton Inn Houston-Pearland, Pearland, TX (120)

March 21-23 - Home
March 26 - Courtyard by Marriott Victoria,Victoria, TX (215)

March 27 - University Hotel, Huntsville, TX (408)
March 28-31 - Home
April 1-7 - Home
April 10 - Hampton Inn and Suites I-10 West Park Row, Houston, TX (213)
April 11-16 - Home

April 17 - Courtyard by Marriott Houston Sugar Land Lake Pointe, Sugar Land, TX (538)
April 18-30 - Home
May 1-27 - Home

May 28 - Hampton Inn & Suites Selma-San Antonio-Randolph AFB, Selma, TX (308)
May 29 - Hampton Inn & Suites Waco/South, Waco, TX (202)
May 30-31 - Home
June 1-3 - Home
June 4 - Hampton Inn & Suites, Waxahachie, TX (204)
June 5 - Hampton Inn & Suites, Decatur, TX (203)

June 6-23 - Home
July 2 - Hampton Inn & Suites, Lake Charles, LA (208)

July 3 - Hampton Inn & Suites, Fairhope, AL (214)

July 4 - Marriott, Baton Rouge, LA (1102)
July 5 - Residence Inn, Lafayette, LA (127)

July 6 - The Westin, The Woodlands, TX (512)
July 7 - Home
July 8 - Homewood San Antonio Northwest, San Antonio, TX (401)
July 9-10 - Courtyard by Marriott, Shenandoah, TX (422)
July 11-22 - Home

July 23 - Hampton Inn & Suites, Decatur, TX (203)
July 24 - Hampton Inn & Suites Dallas-Lewisville/Vista Ridge Mall, Lewisville, TX (210)
July 25-31 - Home
August 1-31 - Home
September 1-24 - Home

September 25 - Hampton Inn & Suites, Missouri City, TX (220)

September 26-30 - Home
October 1-10 - Home

October 16 - Hampton Inn West Monroe, West Monroe, LA (336)

October 17-30 - Home

October 31 - Homewood Suites, Waco, TX (424)

November 1-3 - Home
November 4-5 - Home2Suites, Round Rock, TX (515)

November 6 - Hampton Inn & Suites, Katy, TX
November 7-11 - Home

November 12 - Super 8 by Wyndham Waco University Area, Waco, TX (215)
November 13-25 - Home

November 26 - Courtyard by Marriott San Marcos 

November 27 - Homewood Suites Conroe (414)
November 28 - Home

"Strange But True Football Stories" compiled by Zander Hollander

Introduction - 11/14/2021

The Most Surprising Tackle - 11/14/2021
When Disaster Struck Cumberland - 11/14/2021

Upstarts from the Other League - 11/14/2021

Just For Kicks - 11/14/2021

Twelfth Man - 11/14/2021

The Littlest Pass-Maker - 11/14/2021

College President on the Bench - 11/14/2021

99 plus 1 - 11/18/2021

The Longest Game - 11/18/2021

Sneaker Game - 11/18/2021

Dream Team - 11/18/2021

Tuned In - 11/18/2021

Wrong-Way Runners - 11/18/2021

Lonely End - 11/18/2021

The Praying Colonels - 11/18/2021

Return of Bronko - 11/18/2021

Who Needs to Practice? - 11/19/2021

A Kind of Justice - 11/19/2021

Rookie from Another World - 11/19/2021

Instant Pro Quarterback - 11/19/2021

Roses Bloom in the Snow - 11/19/2021

The Biggest Blunder - 11/19/2021

Medical Miracle - 11/19/2021

Diet (10/29/21 - )

November 8 - No Sweets, Whataburger (Breakfast with 44 oz. of Sweet Tea)

November 7 - Sausage, Egg and Cheese Croissant (Buc-ee's Katy), Eva's Mexican Restaraunt (Spring), one (1) package of Fig Newtons

November 6 -

November 5 -

November 4 - 20 oz. Mountain Dew, one (1) package of Fig Newtons

November 3 - No Soda, No Sweets, No Fast Food, No Dining Out

November 2 - No Soda, No Sweets, No Fast Food, No Dining Out

November 1 - Soda, Sweets, Freebird Burrito at Freebird's World Burrito (Waco), Chopped Brisket Sandwich at Buc-ee's (Madisonville)

October 31 - Soda, Sweets, Polio Mexicano at Jason's Deli (Waco)

October 30 - No Soda, Ice Cream at Jason's Deli, No Fast Food, Polio Mexicano at Jason's Deli

October 29 - No Soda, No Sweets, No Fast Food, No Dining Out

Daily Reading Efforts - October 2021

10/31/2021

Growing Up Colt:  A Father, A Son, a Life in Football (Pages 176-182)

10/30/2021

Growing Up Colt:  A Father, A Son, a Life in Football (Pages 148-175)

Live To Forgive:  Moving Forward When Those We Love Hurt Us (Pages 19-49)

Saudi America:  The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World (Pages 82-97)

William Marsh Rice and His Institute:  A Biographical Study (Pages v-vii, 1-15)

10/29/2021

A Dynasty In The Making:  A History Of Fort Worth Christian School Girls' Basketball 1998-2004 (Pages 11-48)

Growing Up Colt:  A Father, A Son, a Life in Football (Pages 126-147)

Live To Forgive:  Moving Forward When Those We Love Hurt Us (Pages 15-18)

Saudi America:  The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World (Pages 65-81)

10/28/2021

A Dynasty In The Making:  A History Of Fort Worth Christian School Girls' Basketball 1998-2004 (Pages i, 1-10)

Growing Up Colt:  A Father, A Son, a Life in Football (Pages 93-125)

Saudi America:  The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World (Pages 31-64)

10/27/2021

Growing Up Colt:  A Father, A Son, a Life in Football (Pages 54-92)

Jack Kerouac and the Whiz Kids:  Diverse Essays For Diverse Readers (Introduction, Pages 1-11) 

10/26/2021

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 273-299)

10/25/2021

Growing Up Colt:  A Father, A Son, a Life in Football (Pages 12-53)

Saudi America:  The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World (Pages 12-30)

10/24/2021

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 246-272)

10/23/2021

Growing Up Colt:  A Father, A Son, a Life in Football (Pages 5-11)

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 227-245)

10/22/2021

'74:  A Basketball Story (Pages 3-31)

From Rubble To Redemption (Pages 163-206)

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 204-226)

10/21/2021

From Rubble To Redemption (Pages 147-162)

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 174-203)

10/20/2021

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 150-173)

10/19/2021

From Rubble To Redemption (Pages 87-146)

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 120-149)

10/18/2021

From Rubble To Redemption (Pages 45-86)

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 106-119)

10/17/2021

From Rubble To Redemption (Pages 45-77)

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 92-105)

10/16/2021

From Rubble To Redemption (Pages 23-44)

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 75-91)

10/15/2021

1972:  Pre, UO track, Nike Shoes, and My Life with Them All (Pages 221-235)

A Life Well Played: My Stories (Pages 158-177)

Play Ball (Pages 38-128)

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 66-74)

10/14/2021

1972:  Pre, UO track, Nike Shoes, and My Life with Them All (Pages 205-220)

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 34-65)

10/13/2021

1972:  Pre, UO track, Nike Shoes, and My Life with Them All (Pages 167-204)

A Life Well Played: My Stories (Pages 142-157)
The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages 5-33)

10/12/2021

Joe Paterno:  The Coach from Byzantium (Pages 166-194)

The Lion In Autumn:  A Season With Joe Paterno And Penn State Football (Pages ix-xix, 1-4)

10/11/2021

1972:  Pre, UO track, Nike Shoes, and My Life with Them All (Pages 158-166)

Joe Paterno:  The Coach from Byzantium (Pages 130-165)

10/10/2021

1972:  Pre, UO track, Nike Shoes, and My Life with Them All (Pages 111-157)

Joe Paterno:  The Coach from Byzantium (Pages 100-129)

10/09/2021

Joe Paterno:  The Coach from Byzantium (Pages 90-99)

10/08/2021

1972:  Pre, UO track, Nike Shoes, and My Life with Them All (Pages 75-110)

Joe Paterno:  The Coach from Byzantium (Pages 57-89)

10/07/2021

1972:  Pre, UO track, Nike Shoes, and My Life with Them All (Pages 39-74)

I'm A Therapist And My Patient Is Going To Be The Next School Shooter:  6 Patient Files That Will Keep You Up At Night (Pages 1-20)

Joe Paterno:  The Coach from Byzantium (Pages 16-56)

Play Ball (Pages 7-37)

10/06/2021

1972:  Pre, UO track, Nike Shoes, and My Life with Them All (Pages xi-xii, 15-38)

Joe Paterno:  The Coach from Byzantium (Pages vi-xii, 1-15)

Ugly Me (Pages 41-75)

10/05/2021

Game Over:  Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, And The Culture Of Silence (Pages 113-205)

Ugly Me (Pages 22-40)

10/04/2021

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down:  Chasing Myself In The Race Against Time (Pages 140-199)

Game Over:  Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, And The Culture Of Silence (Pages 1-112)

10/03/2021

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down:  Chasing Myself In The Race Against Time (Pages 100-139)

10/02/2021

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down:  Chasing Myself In The Race Against Time (Pages 45-99)

10/01/2021

Don't Do Anything Stupid:  A White Man's Guide To Racial Harmony (Pages 130-172)
Ugly Me (Pages 15-21)

Miles and Miles - 09/25/21 to 10/24/21

Tracking my efforts in 2021:

September 25 - October 24 - 4.4 miles - 62.845 miles walking - 62.965 miles walking (Apple Health) - 73.4 miles cycling - 929 meters rowing

September 25 (Saturday) - 3.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 26 (Sunday) - 4.02 miles walking in Springwoods Village (1:01:12/15:13) - 2.58 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 27 (Monday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:02:54/15:44) - 0.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 28 (Tuesday) -  4.176 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:05:13/15:37) - 1.924 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 29 (Wednesday) - 4.251 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:06:50/15:43) - 1.849 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 30 (Thursday) - 5.28 miles in Springwoods Village and Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:20:09/15:10) - 0.62 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 1 (Friday) - 10.6 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (31:46) - 1.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 2 (Saturday) - 3.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 3 (Sunday) - 3.13 miles walking TWRC Sunday Night 5K course (46:35) - 2.07 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 4 (Monday) - 10.9 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (33:00) - 929 meters rowing (5:01) - 0.26 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 5 (Tuesday) - 4.176 miles at Knox Junior High (1:05:28/15:41) - 3.024 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 6 (Wednesday) - 4.244 miles at Knox Junior High (1:05:23/15:25) - 2.256 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 7 (Thursday) - 4.04 miles in Springwoods Village and Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:00:53/15:03) - 10.0 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:13) - 0.46 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 8 (Friday) - 10.1 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:02) - 0.94 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 9 (Saturday) - 6.5 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 10 (Sunday) - 2.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 11 (Monday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:02:06.54/15:31) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 12 (Tuesday) - 4.244 miles at Knox Junior High (1:06:09/15:35) - 1.756 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 13 (Wednesday) - 10.0 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:03) - 0.61 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 14 (Thursday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:03:10.27/15:48) - 1.8 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 15 (Friday) - 11.7 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (34:05) - 0.86 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 16 (Saturday) - 2.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 17 (Sunday) - 4.40 miles in three Louisiana parishes (46:55/10:40) - 0.2 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 18 (Monday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:01:57.15/15:29) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 19 (Tuesday) - 5.04 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:19:17.52/15:44) - 0.46 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 20 (Wednesday) - 4.244 miles at Knox Junior High (1:05:38.82/15:28) - 0.356 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 21 (Thursday) - 0.57 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 22 (Friday) - 10.1 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:00) - 0.77 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 23 (Saturday) - 15.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

October 24 (Sunday) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health)

Long Time, No Write; October 12, 2021

This weekend was pretty good, but it turned ugly in the last 24 hours or so.

I hadn't seen my problem person in the flesh since April 18, 2021 and hadn't said a word in person to them since March 6, 2021.

Well, the latter streak still lives on.

They were in the aid station that I worked Saturday during Ironman Texas for about three to four hours and didn't engage at all.

When I last broached the subject, they said that there was nothing to repair.  I, obviously, disagreed, but I wasn't going to get anywhere pushing it.

They asked for a picture in mid-April to use on a run club IG account, but I rebuffed that, and when I offered use of pictures after I thought they might have liked some them on the same run club FB page they strongly put up a rebuttal to which I said, "I offered.  Thanks."

So I've been maintaining a "no contact" position, but I only bent it to congratulate their youngest daughter after being able to finish line call her first cross country race finish around the end of August.

It was short.  A couple of sentences.  And the response was even shorter, "I will.  Thanks Jon."

Both of her daughters were there.  The oldest one came with a friend to start working and before the Mom got there, I had gone to pick up a piece of trash after announcing some names and the daughter acknowledged me with a very polite, "Mr. Jon."  

I was impressed.  I asked about her cross country running, kept it short and was very impressed with how she handled herself.

My only interaction last October with the younger one, I was equally impressed.

They seem to be great young ladies, which a good friend of mine - and in the same boat with my problem person - had confirmed.

They all left between 7 and 8 p.m.

I'm sure she feels like I'm in the wrong, but I feel like if I engage that things will never, ever improve.  Actually they haven't for eight years.

I will say that this is probably the hardest thing in my life that I've ever gone through.

I spent 90 days away from - without even talking to - my best friend, aside from my daughter, and pretty much everyone in their run group from mid-May to mid-August.

That, unfortunately, starts again today.

I tried to comeback and be involved with his group, but I will not try to overcome - in that space - a hugely negative influence in my life that everybody else seems to love and doesn't see what I see.

I missed engaging with many people in the group, even on a much lesser basis, before and certainly will again.

I've always prayed for God to meet their needs as individuals and as a family.  And that's it.  I haven't asked to improve the situation because I just don't think she's capable of desiring to do so.

She thinks she's better than me and I won't be party to that.

I had made a post about all of the youngsters in the group who had competed in cross country recently and they made a comment publicly - which wasn't necessary - about me including her girls.

While there was a part that was genuine, I believe, I think it was wrong of her to think that I wouldn't include them.

That would have exposed me as having an axe to grind.  Even if I did, it would have ruined my integrity in the community.

I also gave my word in a communication in early February that even if we never spoke again that I would - in my role as an announcer (and other things) - never not congratulate all of their athletic achievements when I had a natural obligation to do so.

I have kept that word with all three of them.

I've done my best and will continue do my best for all, but once again have shut them out digitally. (Good Lord, they have multiple IG accounts.  Hope I got them all.)

And with this IG meme that just showed up, I'll close, "Biggest lesson learned this year is probably to not give so much of yourself to people who will not do the same for you."

That individual personified.

Daily Reading Efforts - September 2021

09/30/2021
The Wisdom of Faith (Pages ix, xi and 1-14)

09/29/2021 - Nothing

09/28/2021

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down:  Chasing Myself In The Race Against Time (Pages 35-44)

Don't Do Anything Stupid:  A White Man's Guide To Racial Harmony (Pages 100-129)

Ugly Me (Foreword, Pages 1-14)

09/27/2021

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down:  Chasing Myself In The Race Against Time (Pages 21-34)

Don't Do Anything Stupid:  A White Man's Guide To Racial Harmony (Pages 65-99)

09/26/2021
Can't Nothing Bring Me Down:  Chasing Myself In The Race Against Time (Pages 7-20)

Don't Do Anything Stupid:  A White Man's Guide To Racial Harmony (Pages 33-64)

High Hopes:  Taking The Purple To Pasadena (Pages 172-201)

Warriors of 6-Man Football:  Building of a State Championship Team (Pages 79-164) 

09/25/2021

High Hopes:  Taking The Purple To Pasadena (Pages 139-171)

09/24/2021

Don't Do Anything Stupid:  A White Man's Guide To Racial Harmony (Pages 11-32)

High Hopes:  Taking The Purple To Pasadena (Pages 101-138)

Warriors of 6-Man Football:  Building of a State Championship Team (Pages 72-78) 

09/23/2021

High Hopes:  Taking The Purple To Pasadena (Pages 99-100)

Warriors of 6-Man Football:  Building of a State Championship Team (Acknowledgements, Preface, Pages 1-71) 

09/22/2021

High Hopes:  Taking The Purple To Pasadena (Pages 70-98)

09/21/2021

From Rubble To Redemption (Pages 11-21)

09/20/2021

High Hopes:  Taking The Purple To Pasadena (Pages 57-69)

Master Your Mental Toughness and Redefine Impossible (Pages 1-49)

09/19/2021

Abe Lemons:  Court Magician (Pages 174-210)

High Hopes:  Taking The Purple To Pasadena (Pages 33-56)

Stolen Jesus (Pages 26-34)

09/18/2021

High Hopes:  Taking The Purple To Pasadena (Pages 19-32)

The Only Plane In The Sky:  An Oral History Of 9/11 (Pages 366-433)

09/17/2021

The Only Plane In The Sky:  An Oral History Of 9/11 (Pages 353-365)

09/16/2021

Lead With Love (Pages 45-47; Goals Don't Go With You)

On The Anvil (Pages 23-46; Chapters 4-13)

Stolen Jesus (Pages 9-25)

The Only Plane In The Sky:  An Oral History Of 9/11 (Pages 332-352)

Thunderstruck (Pages 74-99)

09/15/2021
Lead With Love (Pages 42-44; Boast About My Weaknesses)

The Only Plane In The Sky:  An Oral History Of 9/11 (Pages 292-331)

Thunderstruck (Pages 27-73)

09/14/2021

The Only Plane In The Sky:  An Oral History Of 9/11 (Pages 254-291)

Winners:  Crispus Attacks High School, Basketball, And Social Change (Pages 100-122)

09/13/2021

The Only Plane In The Sky:  An Oral History Of 9/11 (Pages 190-253)

Winners:  Crispus Attacks High School, Basketball, And Social Change (Pages 91-99)

09/12/2021

The Only Plane In The Sky:  An Oral History Of 9/11 (Pages 96-189)

Winners:  Crispus Attacks High School, Basketball, And Social Change (Pages 69-90)

09/11/2021

High Hopes:  Taking The Purple To Pasadena (Pages 9-18)

Maroon & White:  My Story of Bluefield Beavers Football (Pages 48-133)
McClymonds High:  The School of Champions (Pages 28-39)
The Only Plane In The Sky:  An Oral History Of 9/11 (Pages xix-xxii, 1-95)

Winners:  Crispus Attacks High School, Basketball, And Social Change (Pages 61-68)

09/10/2021

High Hopes:  Taking The Purple To Pasadena (Pages xi-xii, 1-8)

Touchdown Alexander:  My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream (Pages 214-224)

09/09/2021

Touchdown Alexander:  My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream (Pages 172-213)
Winners:  Crispus Attacks High School, Basketball, And Social Change (Pages 11-60)

09/08/2021

A Wrestling Life:  The Inspiring Stories Of Dan Gable (Pages 138-150)
Maroon & White:  My Story of Bluefield Beavers Football (Pages 7-47)
McClymonds High:  The School of Champions (Pages 1-27)
Thunderstruck (Pages 17-26)
Touchdown Alexander:  My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream (Pages 155-171)
Winners:  Crispus Attacks High School, Basketball, And Social Change (Pages 1-10)

09/07/2021

A Wrestling Life:  The Inspiring Stories Of Dan Gable (Pages 107-137)

Touchdown Alexander:  My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream (Pages 142-154)

09/06/2021

McClymonds High:  The School of Champions (Pages vii-xiii)
Thunderstruck (Pages 1-16)

Touchdown Alexander:  My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream (Pages 103-141)

09/05/2021

A Spirit of Perseverance (Pages 78-149)
A Wrestling Life:  The Inspiring Stories Of Dan Gable (Pages 98-106)

Touchdown Alexander:  My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream (Pages 95-102)

09/04/2021

A Wrestling Life:  The Inspiring Stories Of Dan Gable (Pages 76-97)

Touchdown Alexander:  My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream (Pages 36-94)

09/03/2021

A Wrestling Life:  The Inspiring Stories Of Dan Gable (Pages 66-75)

Touchdown Alexander:  My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream (Pages 23-35)

09/02/2021

A Wrestling Life:  The Inspiring Stories Of Dan Gable (Pages 49-65)

Jim Brown:  Last Man Standing (Pages 251-312)
Touchdown Alexander:  My Story of Faith, Football, and Pursuing the Dream (Pages 9-22)

09/01/2021

A Spirit of Perseverance (Pages 58-77)
A Wrestling Life:  The Inspiring Stories Of Dan Gable (Pages 35-48)
Jim Brown:  Last Man Standing (Pages 240-250)

Miles and Miles - 08/25/21 to 09/24/21

Tracking my efforts in 2021:

August 25 - September 24 - 0.0 miles - 63.555 miles walking - 47.865 miles walking (Apple Health) - 88.3 miles cycling - 0 meters rowing

August 25 (Wednesday) - 4.308 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:06:11) - 1.992 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 26 (Thursday) - 1.8 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 27 (Friday) - 1.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 28 (Saturday) - 10.9 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (32:24) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 29 (Sunday) - 10.1 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:01) - 0.41 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 30 (Monday) - 5.97 miles walking in Springwoods Village (1:30:45) - 0.33 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 31 (Tuesday) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 1 (Wednesday) - 7 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (20:38) - 2.01 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (31:02) - 0.39 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 2 (Thursday) - 3.89 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (57:46) - 1.01 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 3 (Friday) - 2 miles walking at Cypress Christian School - 3.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 4 (Saturday) - 3.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 5 (Sunday) - 3.13 miles walking the Run The Woodlands 5K course (46:18) - 1.77 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 6 (Monday) - 8.1 miles walking in Springwoods Village and on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (2:04:00) - 0.9 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 7 (Tuesday) - 4.176 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:04:21.87) - 2.124 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 8 (Wednesday) - 1.723 miles walking at Knox Junior High (27:10.11) - 10.3 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:42) - 1.477 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 9 (Thursday) - 10.0 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:11) - 2.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 10 (Friday) - 2.02 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (30:28) - 0.68 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 11 (Saturday) - 20.1 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (1:00:18) - 0.56 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 12 (Sunday) - 3.03 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (45:38) - 0.77 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 13 (Monday) - 3.81 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (54:49) - 0.89 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 14 (Tuesday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - *Strava had 4.33, but it appears that the tall buildings are what throws things wonky with that app.

September 15 (Wednesday) - 4.143 miles walking at Knox Junior High (1:03:16) - 0.357 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 16 (Thursday) - 9.9 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:00) - 0.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 17 (Friday) - 3.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 18 (Saturday) - 5.2 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 19 (Sunday) - 4.14 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:06:35.98) - 10.0 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:03) - 0.96 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 20 (Monday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:05:06.77) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 21 (Tuesday) - 2.105 miles walking at Knox Junior High - 1.595 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 22 (Wednesday) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health)

September 23 (Thursday) - 0.65 miles walking (Apple Health)

September 24 (Friday) - 1 mile walking at The Woodlands Christian Academy - 2.4 miles walking (Apple Health)

Texas College and University Soccer Stadiums / Fields Visited - 2

Mean Green Soccer Stadium (Denton, TX; 8/19/18 - North Texas 1, Alabama 1)
PVAMU Soccer Complex (Prairie View, TX; 9/5/21 - Prairie View A&M 0, McNeese State 0)

Daily Reading Efforts - August 2021

08/31/2021
A Spirit of Perseverance (Pages 9-57)
A Wrestling Life:  The Inspiring Stories Of Dan Gable (Pages ix-xvi, 1-34)
Jim Brown:  Last Man Standing (Pages 172-239)

08/30/2021

Jim Brown:  Last Man Standing (Pages 156-171)
One More Practice:  How A Retired High School Wrestling Coach Deals With Pancreatic Cancer (Pages 1-51)

08/29/2021
A Spirit of Perseverance (Pages 1-8)
Bee Focused:  What Honeybees Can Teach Us About Change, Crisis And Communication (Pages III-IV, 17-26)

Crushing The Day:  A Simple Guide to Success in Business and Life Through Service to Others (Pages 117-135)

Jim Brown:  Last Man Standing (Pages 125-155)

Lead With Love (Pages 39-41; Attack The Ball)
On The Anvil (Pages 11-22; Introduction and Chapters 1-3)

Our Life On The Run (Pages 78-84, Chapters 19-20; Louisiana, D.C.)

08/28/2021

Crushing The Day:  A Simple Guide to Success in Business and Life Through Service to Others (Pages 70-116)

Jim Brown:  Last Man Standing (Pages 104-124)

Lead With Love (Pages 35-38; Let Another Praise You)

Twelfth Man In The Huddle (Pages 220-231, Chapter 24, Ira Eshleman; Acknolwedgements)

08/27/2021

Twelfth Man In The Huddle (Pages 211-219, Chapter 23, Mark Moseley)

08/26/2021 - Nothing

08/25/2021

Crushing The Day:  A Simple Guide to Success in Business and Life Through Service to Others (Pages 17-69)

Jim Brown:  Last Man Standing (Pages 95-103)

Twelfth Man In The Huddle (Pages 200-210, Chapter 22, Steve Owens)

08/24/2021

Bee Focused:  What Honeybees Can Teach Us About Change, Crisis And Communication (Pages III-IV, 7-16)
Crushing The Day:  A Simple Guide to Success in Business and Life Through Service to Others (Pages vii-ix, 1-16)

Full Court Press:  Navigating The Adversity Of Life On And Off The Court (Pages 76-175)

Twelfth Man In The Huddle (Pages 69-73, Chapter 6, Joe DeLamielleure; Pages 194-199, Chapter 21, Fred Cox)

08/23/2021

Full Court Press:  Navigating The Adversity Of Life On And Off The Court (Pages i - xiii, 1-75)

Twelfth Man In The Huddle (Pages 187-193, Chapter 20, Mel Blount)

08/22/2021
Jim Brown:  Last Man Standing (Pages 58-94)

Lead With Love (Pages 32-34; Start Where You Are)

Twelfth Man In The Huddle (Pages 179-186, Chapter 19, Lem Barney)

08/21/2021

We Are Penn State:  The Remarkable Journey of the 2012 Nittany Lions (Pages 202-224)

08/20/2021

We Are Penn State:  The Remarkable Journey of the 2012 Nittany Lions (Pages 145-201)

08/19/2021

Christianity and Wokeness:  How the Social Justice Movement Is Hijacking The Gospel - and the Way to Stop It (Pages 6-11)
We Are Penn State:  The Remarkable Journey of the 2012 Nittany Lions (Pages 114-144)

08/18/2021
Christianity and Wokeness:  How the Social Justice Movement Is Hijacking The Gospel - and the Way to Stop It (Pages xix-xxvii, 1-5)
Lead With Love (Pages 29-31; Just Making Shapes)

Twelfth Man In The Huddle (Pages 172-178, Chapter 18, Rayfield Wright)

We Are Penn State:  The Remarkable Journey of the 2012 Nittany Lions (Pages 35-113)

08/17/2021

We Are Penn State:  The Remarkable Journey of the 2012 Nittany Lions (Pages xxi-xxx, 1-34)

08/16/2021
Abe Lemons:  Court Magician (Pages 150-173)
We Are Penn State:  The Remarkable Journey of the 2012 Nittany Lions (Pages ix-xx)

08/15/2021
Abe Lemons:  Court Magician (Pages 148-149)

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates:  The Forgotten War That Changed American History (Pages 111-221)

08/14/2021

Canyon Dreams:  A Basketball Season On The Navajo Nation (Pages 212-263)
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates:  The Forgotten War That Changed American History (Pages xvii-xviii, 1-110)

08/13/2021

Canyon Dreams:  A Basketball Season On The Navajo Nation (Pages 189-211)

08/12/2021

Murder In The Bayou:  Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? (Pages 131-224)

08/11/2021

Murder In The Bayou:  Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? (Pages 49-130)

08/10/2021

Murder In The Bayou:  Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? (Pages 24-48)

08/09/2021

Murder In The Bayou:  Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? (Pages xv-xxiv, 1-23)

08/08/2021 - Nothing

08/07/2021

Abe Lemons:  Court Magician (Pages 100-147)

Accidental Saints:  Finding God In All The Wrong People (Pages 170-211)

08/06/2021
A Life Well Played: My Stories (Pages 100-141)
Canyon Dreams:  A Basketball Season On The Navajo Nation (Pages 115-188)

08/05/2021

A Life Well Played: My Stories (Pages 75-99)

08/04/2021

The Life of Rosa Parks:  Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory (Pages 221-248)

08/03/2021

The Life of Rosa Parks:  Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory (Pages 174-220)

08/02/2021

Accidental Saints:  Finding God In All The Wrong People (Pages 145-169)
The Life of Rosa Parks:  Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory (Pages 78-173)

08/01/2021

Accidental Saints:  Finding God In All The Wrong People (Pages 53-144)
The Life of Rosa Parks:  Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory (Pages 38-77)

"Twelfth Man In The Huddle" by Dave Diles

Foreword - Billy Graham - 3/4/20
Preface - Pete Rozelle - 3/4/20
Introduction - Dave Diles - 3/4/20
1.  The Man Who Has Everything - Terry Bradshaw - 3/4/20
2.  Adam, Eve, Moses, and Then - Randy Gradishar - 3/4/20
3.  The Faith of a Child - Charlie Sanders - 3/12/21
4.  A Gentle Giant - Merlin Olsen - 5/6/21
5.  A Missionary in Pds - Don Cockcroft - 5/9/21
6.  From Rituals to Realism - 8/24/21
7.  The Deacon's Son - Harold Jackson - 5/10/21
8.  A Good-Time Christian - Roger Staubach - 6/2/21
9.  A Brand-New God - Jeff Siemon - 6/3/21
10.  An Exercise in Faith - Winston Hill - 6/8/21
11.  The Toughest Kid in Town - Ron Pritchard - 6/15/21
12.  A Light from Heaven - John Small - 6/29/21
13.  Stand Up and Be Counted - Calvin Jones - 6/30/21
14.  The Winners on God's Team - Paul Krause - 7/13/21
15.  No Bad Times - Ken Anderson - 7/15/21
16.  The Sugar Bear - Craig Clemons - 7/16/21
17.  The Virtue of Patience - Joe Reed - 7/27/21
18.  Raise Up a Child - Rayfield Wright - 8/18/21
19.  Nonviolence is My Game - Lem Barney - 8/22/21
20.  Super Bowl, Super Empty - Mel Blount - 8/23/21
21.  God, Family, Football - Fred Cox - 8/24/21
22.  Wanted:  One More Trophy - Steve Owens - 8/25/21
23.  Just You and I, Lord - Mark Moseley - 8/27/21
24.  The Man with the Good Medicine - Ira Eshleman - 8/28/21
Acknowledgments - 8/28/21

Miles and Miles - 07/25/21 to 08/24/21

Tracking my efforts in 2021:

July 25 - August 24 - 0.0 miles - 41.76 miles walking - 22.81 miles walking (Apple Health) - 40.6 miles cycling - 0 meters rowing

July 25 (Sunday) - 2 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 26 (Monday) - 10.1 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:05) - 4.49 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:05:46) - 0.91 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 27 (Tuesday) - 3.98 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:00:10) - 0.52 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 28 (Wednesday) - 10.3 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:00) - 0.59 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 29 (Thursday) - 0.44 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 30 (Friday) - 0.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 31 (Saturday) - 2.83 miles walking in Springwoods Village (48:22) - 0.17 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 1 (Sunday) - 0.16 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 2 (Monday) - 3.72 miles walking in Springwoods Village (1:06:23)

August 3 (Tuesday) - 0.25 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 4 (Wednesday) - 1.83 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (34:13) - 0.07 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 5 (Thursday) - 0.35 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 6 (Friday) - 2 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision and 1.51 miles walking in Springwoods Village (30:19) - 1.29 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 7 (Saturday) - 3.39 miles walking in Springwoods Village (1:09:26) - 0.31 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 8 (Sunday) - 1.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 9 (Monday) - 2.33 miles walking in Springwoods Village (40:17) - 0.87 miles walking (Apple Health) 

August 10 (Tuesday) - 2.6 miles walking in Springwoods Village (43:28) - 0.5 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 11 (Wednesday) - 0.5 miles walking (Apple Health) 

August 12 (Thursday) - 2.9 miles walking in Springwoods Village (45:29) - 0.4 miles walking (Apple Health) 

August 13 (Friday) - 0.18 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 14 (Saturday) - 2.7 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (42:07) - 0.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 15 (Sunday) - 0.23 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 16 (Monday) - 5.09 miles walking in Springwoods Village (1:09:26) - 0.91 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 17 (Tuesday) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 18 (Wednesday) - 0.66 miles walking (Apple Health) 

August 19 (Thursday) - 4.38 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:05:28) - 0.92 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 20 (Friday) - 1.8 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 21 (Saturday) - 2.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 22 (Sunday) - 0.85 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 23 (Monday) - 10.1 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:08) - 0.73 miles walking (Apple Health)

August 24 (Tuesday) - 10.1 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:13) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health)

Water vs. No Soda - July 2021

07/31/21 - (20/77.8) - One 20 oz. bottle of Mountain Dew (Little Caesar's) - Two 16.9 oz. bottles of water - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/30/21 - (16.9/44) - One 16.9 oz. bottle of Diet Coke (HEB) - 16 oz. glass of Orange Juice - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/29/21 - (16.9/111.6) - One 16.9 oz. bottle of Diet Coke (HEB) - Three 16 oz. glasses of Orange Juice - Two 16.9 oz. bottles of water - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/28/21 - (77.8/0) - Two 16.9 oz. bottles of Diet Coke (HEB) - 44 oz. cup of Diet Coke (Whataburger)

07/27/21 - (53.8/84) - One 20 oz. bottle of Mountain Dew (Circle K) - Two 16.9 oz. bottles of Diet Coke (HEB) - Two 20 oz. glasses of unsweetened tea (Cotton Patch) - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/26/21 - (72/64) - One 20 oz. bottle of Diet Coke (HEB) - 32 oz. cup of Mountain Dew (Speedy Stop) - 20 oz. cup of Diet Coke (JCI) - 20 oz. cup of unsweetened tea (JCI) - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/25/21 - (16.9/84) - One 16.9 oz. bottle of Diet Coke (HEB) - two cups of 20 oz. unsweetened tea (Mr. Hamburger) - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/23/21 - (36.9/77.8) - One 20 oz. bottle of Mountain Dew (7-11) - One 16.9 oz. bottle of Diet Coke (HEB) - 33.8 oz. bottle of Dasani Water - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/22/21 - (33.8/44) - Two 16.9 oz. bottles of Diet Coke (HEB) - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/21/21 - (53.8/60.9) - One 20 oz. bottle of Diet Coke (HEB) - One 16.9 oz. bottle of Mountain Dew (HEB) - One 16.09 oz. bottle of Diet Coke (HEB) - one 16.9 oz. bottle of water - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/20/21 - (70.7/44) - Three 16.9 oz. bottles of Mountain Dew (HEB) - one 20 oz. bottle of Diet Coke (HEB) - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)
07/19/21 - (65.8/76) - Two 16.9 oz. bottles of Mountain Dew (HEB) - one 32 oz. cup of Diet Coke (Rudy's) - one 32 oz. cup of unsweetened tea (Rudy's) - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/18/21 - Unsure.

07/17/21 - Unsweetened tea at Nook Grill and at Eva's.
07/16/21 - (94.7/44) - 44 oz. Diet Coke (Whataburger) - Three 16.9 oz. bottles of Mountain Dew (HEB) - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/15/21 - (50.7/44) - Three 16.9 oz. bottles of Mountain Dew (HEB) - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/14/21 - (65.8/44) - Two 16.9 oz. bottles of Mountain Dew (HEB) - 32 oz. cup of Diet Coke (Speedy Stop) - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

07/03/21 to 07/13/21 - Lost cause.

07/02/21 - (0/44) - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)
07/01/21 - (16.9/92) - One 16.9 oz. bottle of Mountain Dew (HEB) - three 16 oz. glasses of unsweetened tea (Cotton Patch Cafe) - 44 oz. unsweetened tea (Whataburger)

Daily Reading Efforts - July 2021

07/31/2021
Accidental Saints:  Finding God In All The Wrong People (Pages 21-52)
Jim Brown:  Last Man Standing (Pages 1-57)

The Red Bandanna (Pages 147-216)

07/30/2021

God Land:  A Story Of Faith, Loss, And Renewal In Middle America (Pages vi-vii, 1-21)
The Red Bandanna (Pages 1-146)

This Is The Race (Pages 1-135)

07/29/2021

Reborn On The Run:  My Journey From Addiction To Ultramarathons (Pages 145-216)

07/28/2021

Reborn On The Run:  My Journey From Addiction To Ultramarathons (Pages 82-144)

07/27/2021

Reborn On The Run:  My Journey From Addiction To Ultramarathons (Pages 18-81)

Twelfth Man In The Huddle (Pages 164-171, Chapter 17, Joe Reed)

07/26/2021

A Life Well Played: My Stories (Pages 34-74)
Accidental Saints:  Finding God In All The Wrong People (Pages 1-20)
Reborn On The Run:  My Journey From Addiction To Ultramarathons (Pages 1-17)

07/25/2021
A Life Well Played: My Stories (Pages ix-xiii, 1-33)

The Life of Rosa Parks:  Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory (Pages 8-37)

07/24/2021
Leading The Way:  Leadership Is Not Just For Super Christians (Page 7-17)

The Life of Rosa Parks:  Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory (Pages 1-7)

07/23/2021

Canyon Dreams:  A Basketball Season On The Navajo Nation (Pages 72-114)

The Color Of Compromise:  The Truth About The American Church's Complicity In Racism (Pages 192-218)

07/22/2021

Canyon Dreams:  A Basketball Season On The Navajo Nation (Pages 43-71)

The Color Of Compromise:  The Truth About The American Church's Complicity In Racism (Pages 128-191)

07/21/2021
Canyon Dreams:  A Basketball Season On The Navajo Nation (Pages 12-42)
Out And Back:  A Runner's Story Of Survival Against All Odds (Pages 180-206)

The Color Of Compromise:  The Truth About The American Church's Complicity In Racism (Pages 96-127)
The Origins of Southern College Football:  How An Ivy League Game Became a Dixie Tradition (Pages 21-25)

Thinking While Walking:  Reflections on the Pacific Crest Trail (Pages ix-xi, 1-3)

07/20/2021

Out And Back:  A Runner's Story Of Survival Against All Odds (Pages 138-179)

The Color Of Compromise:  The Truth About The American Church's Complicity In Racism (Pages 70-95)

07/19/2021

Out And Back:  A Runner's Story Of Survival Against All Odds (Pages 106-137)

The Color Of Compromise:  The Truth About The American Church's Complicity In Racism (Pages 9-69)

07/18/2021
Out And Back:  A Runner's Story Of Survival Against All Odds (Pages 69-105)

The Relational Leader:  A Parable Of Business Success (Pages 119-158)

07/17/2021

When Nobody Was Watching:  My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World (Pages 117-228)

07/16/2021
Canyon Dreams:  A Basketball Season On The Navajo Nation (Pages 1-11)
I Was Wrong (Pages xiii-xiv, 1-5)
Lead With Love (Pages 27-28; Jesus Glasses)
On The Anvil (Pages 11-13; Introduction:  The Blacksmith's Shop)
Our Life On The Run (Pages 72-77, Chapters 18-19; Pennsylvania, Florida)
The Relational Leader:  A Parable Of Business Success (Pages 111-118)
Twelfth Man In The Huddle (Pages 156-163, Chapter 16, Craig Clemons)
When Nobody Was Watching:  My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World (Pages 67-116)

07/15/2021

Back To Work:  Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy (Pages ix-x, 1-10)

Didn't See That Coming:  Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart (Pages 190-223)
Grandma Gatewood's Walk:  The Inspiring Story Of The Woman Who Saved The Appalachian Trail (Pages 1-33)
If Anyone Calls, Tell Them I Died (Pages 173-222)
Out And Back:  A Runner's Story Of Survival Against All Odds (Pages 56-68)
The Relational Leader:  A Parable Of Business Success (Pages 91-110)
Twelfth Man In The Huddle (Pages 150-155, Chapter 15, Ken Anderson)

07/14/2021
If Anyone Calls, Tell Them I Died (Pages 138-172)
The Best American Sports Writing 2002 (Pages 10-22, Almost A Hero, Frank Deford)

You Ought To Do A Story About Me:  Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption (Pages 290-327)

07/13/2021
If Anyone Calls, Tell Them I Died (Pages 108-137)
The Origins of Southern College Football:  How An Ivy League Game Became a Dixie Tradition (Pages 1-20)
The Relational Leader:  A Parable Of Business Success (Pages 76-90)
Twelfth Man In The Huddle (Pages 146-149, Chapter 14, Paul Krause)

You Ought To Do A Story About Me:  Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption (Pages 189-289)

07/12/2021
Out And Back:  A Runner's Story Of Survival Against All Odds (Pages 42-55)
You Ought To Do A Story About Me:  Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption (Pages 99-188)

07/11/2021

Comeback Season:  My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players (Pages 250-255)
You Ought To Do A Story About Me:  Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption (Pages 30-98)

07/10/2021
Out And Back:  A Runner's Story Of Survival Against All Odds (Pages 1-41)
You Ought To Do A Story About Me:  Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption (Pages 14-29)

07/09/2021 - Nothing

07/08/2021

Comeback Season:  My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players (Pages 222-249)

07/07/2021 - Nothing

07/06/2021
Comeback Season:  My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players (Pages 88-221)
You Ought To Do A Story About Me:  Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption (Pages 1-13)

07/05/2021
Comeback Season:  My Unlikely Story of Friendship with the Greatest Living Negro League Baseball Players (Pages ix-xiv, 1-87)

07/04/2021 - Nothing
07/03/2021 - Nothing

07/02/2021
Didn't See That Coming:  Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart (Pages 167-189)
The Relational Leader:  A Parable Of Business Success (Pages 47-75)

07/01/2021
Finding My Way Home:  A Journey To Discover Hope And A Life Of Purpose (Pages 113-192)

Clarence R. Hunsicker (- 1965)

Clarence E. Hunsicker, 54 E. Elm St., Norristown, the husband of Anna Louise Walk, formerly of Tyrone, died at Sacred Heart Hospital, Norristown, on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. after a brief illness.

He was born at Norristown and was married on Dec. 9, 1962 at Norristown.

Surviving are the widow, a daughter, Dana Lyn, 20 months of age.  He is also survived by his mother, and two sisters and two brothers.

He was employed by a baking company in Norristown.

Funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Norristown, at the Rae Boyd Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Norristown.

Source:  Tyrone Daily Herald, Tuesday, April 20, 1965

Miles and Miles - 06/25/21 to 07/24/21

Tracking my efforts in 2021:

June 25 - July 24 - 25.3 miles - 90.95 miles walking - 30.67 miles walking (Apple Health) - 127.9 miles cycling - 1,894 meters rowing

June 25 (Friday) - 5.46 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (1:22:36) - 0.64 miles walking (Apple Health)

June 26 (Saturday) - 3.1 miles at Run The Woodlands 5K (31:50.42) - 10.4 miles of cycling on Air Assault bike (30:49) - 0.7 miles walking (Apple Health)

June 27 (Sunday) - 3.6 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (51:43.60) - 10.3 miles of cycling on Air Assault bike (30:00) - 0.32 miles walking (Apple Health)

June 28 (Monday) - 6.06 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:28:25) - 0.64 miles walking (Apple Health)

June 29 (Tuesday) - 6.24 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:32:12) - 0.76 miles walking (Apple Health)

June 30 (Wednesday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:00:12) - 2.02 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (30:19) - 11.3 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (33:25) - 0.88 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 1 (Thursday) - 4.48 miles on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (50:19)

July 2 (Friday) - 3.04 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (45:15) - 1.46 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 3 (Saturday) - 4 miles at LAR's 4 on the Fourth, Lake Charles, LA (40:50.98) - 0.82 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 4 (Sunday) - 3.1 miles at The SHARK Run 5K, Orange Beach, AL (31:17.09) - 0.89 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 5 (Monday) - 4.42 miles in three Louisiana cities (46:53) - 1.51 miles walking in one Louisiana city (22:23) - 1.77 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 6 (Tuesday) - 3.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 7 (Wednesday) - 7 miles walking along or near The Woodlands Waterway (1:45:27) - 0.5 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 8 (Thursday) - 2.9 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 9 (Friday) - 1.5 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 10 (Saturday) - 5.91 and 5.00 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:26:10 and 1:15:19) - 0.59 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 11 (Sunday) - 5.18 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:16:22) - 1.32 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 12 (Monday) - 6.1 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:31:05) - 0.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 13 (Tuesday) - 2.01 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (29:55) plus 4.09 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (1:01:24) - 10.2 miles of cycling on Air Assault bike (30:33) - 0.6 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 14 (Wednesday) - 5.61 miles walking in Hughes Landing, Northshore Bridge and the The Woodlands Waterway (1:23:51) - 8.8 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (26:27) - 0.29 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 15 (Thursday) - 5.16 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (1:18:34) - 10 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:05) - 0.54 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 16 (Friday) - 4.98 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway and Hughes Landing (1:19:34) - 1.32 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 17 (Saturday) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 18 (Sunday) - 10.9 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (33:33) - 0.73 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 19 (Monday) - 10.6 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (31:36) - 0.56 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 20 (Tuesday) - 3.69 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway (58:22) - 14.7 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (43:41) - 0.61 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 21 (Wednesday) - 1,894 meters rowing (10:00) - 10.4 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:42) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health)

July 22 (Thursday) - 4.29 miles walking in Hannover Forest subdivision (1:05:22) - 10.1 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:18) - 0.31 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 23 (Friday) - 10.2 miles cycling on Air Assault bike (30:00) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health)

July 24 (Saturday) - 6.2 miles at Hot in Springtown 10K (1:12:02) - 1.5 miles walking (Apple Health)