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)