tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4474359481654716392024-03-27T20:00:27.874-07:00A Walk in the Life ofJon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.comBlogger617125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-89130815436336186242024-03-27T19:59:00.000-07:002024-03-27T19:59:56.441-07:00Daily Reading Efforts - March 2024<div style="text-align: left;"><div>03/27/2024 (65 pages)</div><div><b>All The Way: My Life in Four Quarters </b>(Pages 149-151) - 243pp</div><b>Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World </b>(Pages 109-117) - 153pp<br /><div><b>One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats Into Victories </b>(Pages 186-200) - 213pp</div><b><u>Punched In The Mouth: The Inner Game of Overcoming Adversity</u></b> (Pages 110-134; Kindle)<br /><div><b>Sox Bid Curse Farewell: The 2004 Boston Red Sox </b>(Pages 1-22 (429); Kindle)<br /><br /></div><div>03/26/2024 (96 pages)</div><div><b>1842 </b>(Pages 4-10; Kindle)</div><div><b>All The Way: My Life in Four Quarters </b>(Pages 137-148) - 243pp</div><div><b>If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Boston Red Sox Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box </b>(Pages 66-95) - 233pp</div><div></div><div><b>One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats Into Victories </b>(Pages 164-185) - 213pp<br /><b>Punched In The Mouth: The Inner Game of Overcoming Adversity</b> (Pages 75-109; Kindle)<br /><br /></div><div>03/25/2024 (127 pages)</div><div><b>Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World </b>(Pages 107-108) - 153pp<br /><div><b>If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Boston Red Sox Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box </b>(Pages 5-65) - 233pp</div><div></div><div><b>One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats Into Victories </b>(Pages 146-163) - 213pp<br /><div><b>Punched In The Mouth: The Inner Game of Overcoming Adversity</b> (Pages 42-74; Kindle)<br /><div><b>Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story </b>(Pages 113-125) - 218pp - $8<br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div>03/24/2024 (91 pages)</div><div><div><b>All The Way: My Life in Four Quarters </b>(Pages 121-136) - 243pp</div></div><div><b>One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats Into Victories </b>(Pages 125-145) - 213pp</div><div></div><div><b>Punched In The Mouth: The Inner Game of Overcoming Adversity</b> (Pages 4-41; Kindle)</div><div><div><b><u>Why Football Matters: My Education In The Game</u> </b>(Pages 214-229)</div><div><br /></div></div><div>03/23/2024 (72 pages)</div><b>Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had</b> (Pages 254-280; Kindle)<br /><div><b>If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Boston Red Sox Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box </b>(Pages x-xxii, 2-4) - 233pp</div><div><div><b>One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats Into Victories </b>(Pages 113-124) - 213pp</div><div><div><b>Ross Youngs: In Search of a San Antonio Baseball Legend </b>(Pages 14-30) - 136pp</div><div><br /></div></div></div><div>03/22/2024 (73 pages)</div><div><div><b>All The Way: My Life in Four Quarters </b>(Pages 106-120) - 243pp</div><div><b>Baseball's Natural: The Story of Eddie Waitkus</b> (Pages xiii-xxiii, 1-3) - 136pp<br /><div><b>Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had</b> (Pages 227-253; Kindle)<br /><div><b>One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats Into Victories </b>(Pages 96-112) - 213pp</div></div><div><br /></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div>03/21/2024 (74 pages)</div><div><div><b>All The Way: My Life in Four Quarters </b>(Pages 84-105) - 243pp</div><div></div><div><b>Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had</b> (Pages 202-226; Kindle)</div></div><div><div><b>One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats Into Victories </b>(Pages 78-95) - 213pp</div></div><div><b>Ross Youngs: In Search of a San Antonio Baseball Legend </b>(Pages 5-13) - 136pp</div><div><br /></div><div>03/20/2024 (85 pages)</div><div><div><b>All The Way: My Life in Four Quarters </b>(Pages 66-83) - 243pp</div><div></div><div><b>Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had</b> (Pages 173-201; Kindle)</div><div><b>One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats Into Victories </b>(Pages 57-77) - 213pp</div><div><b>Why Football Matters: My Education In The Game </b>(Pages 194-213) - 229pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>03/19/2024 (83 pages)</div><div><div><b>All The Way: My Life in Four Quarters </b>(Pages 54-65) - 243pp</div><div></div><div><b>Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had</b> (Pages 145-172; Kindle)</div><div><b>One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats Into Victories </b>(Pages 30-56) - 213pp</div><div><b>Why Football Matters: My Education In The Game </b>(Pages 178-193) - 229pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>03/18/2024 (162 pages)</div><div><div><b>All The Way: My Life in Four Quarters </b>(Pages 39-53) - 243pp</div><div></div><div><b>Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had</b> (Pages 117-144; Kindle)</div><div><b>Invisible Men: Life In Baseball's Negro Leagues </b>(Pages 79-139) - 221pp<br /><b>One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats Into Victories </b>(Pages 1-29) - 213pp</div><div><b>Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story </b>(Pages 95-112) - 218pp - $8<br /></div><div><b>Why Football Matters: My Education In The Game </b>(Pages 167-177) - 229pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>03/17/2024 (74 pages)</div><div><div><b>All The Way: My Life in Four Quarters </b>(Pages 24-38) - 243pp</div><div><div><b>Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had</b> (Pages 92-116; Kindle)</div></div><div><b><u>Playing Ball with the Boys: The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports</u> </b>(Pages 176-185 plus one)<br /></div><div><div><b>Why Football Matters: My Education In The Game </b>(Pages 144-166) - 229pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div></div></div><div>03/16/2024 (34 pages)</div><div><b>All The Way: My Life in Four Quarters </b>(Pages 3-23) - 243pp</div><div><div><b>Why Football Matters: My Education In The Game </b>(Pages 131-143) - 229pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>03/15/2024 (79 pages)</div><div><b>Invisible Men: Life In Baseball's Negro Leagues </b>(Pages 67-78) - 221pp</div><div><b>Playing Ball with the Boys: The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports </b>(Pages 121-175) - 185pp<br /><div><b>Why Football Matters: My Education In The Game </b>(Pages 119-130) - 229pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>03/14/2024 (148 pages)</div><div><b>101 Questions Children Ask about God </b>(Pages 1-57; #24)</div><div><div><b>Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had</b> (Pages 65-91; Kindle)</div><div><b>Invisible Men: Life In Baseball's Negro Leagues </b>(Pages 15-66) - 221pp</div><div><b>Why Football Matters: My Education In The Game </b>(Pages 107-118) - 229pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>03/13/2024 (114 pages)</div><div><b>Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had</b> (Pages 38-64; Kindle)</div><div><b>Playing Ball with the Boys: The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports </b>(Pages 93-120) - 185pp<br /><div><b><u>The Joy of Keeping Score</u> </b>(Pages 85-104)<br /></div></div><div><b><u>The Professional Mascot Handbook</u> </b>(Pages 203-224)<br /><div><b><u>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906</u> </b>(Pages 168-184)<br /><br /></div><div></div></div><div>03/12/2024 (125 pages)</div><div><b>Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had</b> (Pages 27-37; Kindle)</div><div><b><u>How Hockey Saved My World: An off-beat family memoir</u> </b>(Pages 37-73; Kindle)</div><div><b>The Professional Mascot Handbook </b>(Pages 196-202) - 224pp<br /><b>Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story </b>(Pages 52-94) - 218pp - $8<br /><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 156-167) - 184pp</div></div><div><div><b>Why Football Matters: My Education In The Game </b>(Pages 92-106) - 229pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>03/11/2024 (132 pages)<br /><b>How Hockey Saved My World: An off-beat family memoir </b>(Pages 5-36; Kindle)</div><div><b><u>Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life</u> </b>(Pages 215-289)<br /><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 147-155) - 184pp</div><div><b>Why Football Matters: My Education In The Game </b>(Pages 76-91) - 229pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>03/10/2024 (23 pages)</div><div><div><b>Invisible Men: Life In Baseball's Negro Leagues </b>(Pages 11-14) - 221pp</div><div><b>Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life </b>(Pages 205-214) - 289pp<br /><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 138-146) - 184pp</div><div><br /></div></div><b></b></div><div>03/09/2024 (57 pages)</div><div><b>Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had</b> (Pages 1-26 plus four; Kindle)</div><div><b>Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life </b>(Pages 187-204) - 289pp<br /><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 129-137) - 184pp</div><div><br /></div><b></b></div><div>03/08/2024 (157 pages)</div><div><b>Invisible Men: Life In Baseball's Negro Leagues </b>(Pages vii-xiii, 3-10) - 221pp</div><b>Playing Ball with the Boys: The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports </b>(Pages 62-92) - 185pp<br /><div><b><u>Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity</u></b> (Pages 216-288; Kindle)</div><div><b>The Joy of Keeping Score </b>(Pages 74-84) - 104pp<br /></div><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 106-128) - 184pp</div><b></b><div><b>You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State</b> (Pages 23-25) - 101pp<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>03/07/2024 (53 pages)</div><b>Playing Ball with the Boys: The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports </b>(Pages 46-61) - 185pp<br /><b>The Joy of Keeping Score </b>(Pages 64-73) - 104pp<br /><div><b>The Professional Mascot Handbook </b>(Pages 183-195) - 224pp<br /><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 98-105) - 184pp</div><b>You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State</b> (Pages 17-22) - 101pp<br /><br /></div><div>03/06/2024 (134 pages)</div><div><b>Playing Ball with the Boys: The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports </b>(Pages ix-xvi, 1-45) - 185pp<br /><b><u>Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree</u> </b>(Pages 198-212) <br /><b>Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity</b> (Pages 158-215; Kindle) - 289pp</div><div><b>The Joy of Keeping Score </b>(Pages 55-63) - 104pp<br /><br /></div><div>03/05/2024 (119 pages)<br /><b><u>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance</u></b> (Pages 265-268)</div><div><div><b><u>Hi Mom, Send Sheep: My Life as the Coyote and After</u> </b>(Pages 114-124)</div><div></div><div><b>Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity</b> (Pages 113-157; Kindle) - 289pp</div><div><b>The Joy of Keeping Score </b>(Pages 35-54) - 104pp<br /><b>Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life </b>(Pages 166-186) - 289pp<br /><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 80-97) - 184pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>03/04/2024 (68 pages)</div><div><div><b>Hi Mom, Send Sheep: My Life as the Coyote and After </b>(Pages 97-113) - 124pp</div><div><div><b>Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity</b> (Pages 62-112; Kindle) - 289pp</div><div><br /></div></div><b></b></div><div>03/03/2024 (88 pages)</div><div><b>Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World </b>(Pages 93-106) - 153pp<br /><div><b>Hi Mom, Send Sheep: My Life as the Coyote and After </b>(Pages 79-96) - 124pp</div><b>Letters From Lefty: The Houston Astros: The Way They Were </b>(Pages 41-48) - 126pp - $8</div><div><b>Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity</b> (Pages 14-61; Kindle) - 289pp</div><div><br /></div><div>03/02/2024 (35 pages)</div><div><b>Hi Mom, Send Sheep: My Life as the Coyote and After </b>(Pages 43-78) - 124pp</div><div><br /></div><div>03/01/2024 (39 pages)</div><div><b>Hi Mom, Send Sheep: My Life as the Coyote and After </b>(Pages 4-42) - 124pp</div></div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-25475715637661508112024-03-27T18:53:00.000-07:002024-03-27T18:53:08.890-07:00Miles and Miles - 3/25/24 to 4/24/24<div><b><u>March 25 - April 24</u></b> - 0 miles running - 0 miles walking - 2.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 15,027 meters rowing - 111 minutes elliptical - 5,239 steps</div><div>March 25 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 377 calories; 5,680 strides) - 90 second plank - 24:56 rowing for 5,010 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:28/500m) - 0.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,668 steps</div><div>March 26 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 379 calories; 5,704 strides) - 95 second plank - 20 sit-ups - 24:59 rowing for 5,007 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:29/500m) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,571 steps</div><div>March 27 (Wednesday) - 45 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 525 calories; 7,982 strides) - 100 second plank - 20 sit-ups - 24:46 rowing for 5,010 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:27/500m)</div><div>March 28 (Thursday) - </div><div>March 29 (Friday) - </div><div>March 30 (Saturday) - </div><div>March 31 (Sunday) - </div><div>April 1 (Monday) - </div><div>April 2 (Tuesday) - </div><div>April 3 (Wednesday) - </div><div>April 4 (Thursday) - </div><div>April 5 (Friday) - </div><div>April 6 (Saturday) - </div><div>April 7 (Sunday) - </div><div>April 8 (Monday) - </div><div>April 9 (Tuesday) - </div><div>April 10 (Wednesday) - </div><div>April 11 (Thursday) - </div><div>April 12 (Friday) - </div><div>April 13 (Saturday) - </div><div>April 14 (Sunday) - </div><div>April 15 (Monday) - </div><div>April 16 (Tuesday) - </div><div>April 17 (Wednesday) - </div><div>April 18 (Thursday) - </div><div>April 19 (Friday) - </div><div>April 20 (Saturday) - </div><div>April 21 (Sunday) - </div><div>April 22 (Monday) - </div><div>April 23 (Tuesday) - </div><div>April 24 (Wednesday) - </div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-65649000830923266672024-03-27T14:22:00.000-07:002024-03-27T14:22:11.495-07:00Books Read in 2024 - 35 (24 Regular / 11 Kindle / 0 Internet Archive)<div style="text-align: left;"><b>"The Fireballer: A Novel"</b> by Mark Stevens (Finished January 1) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading<br /><b>"On That Day, Everybody Ate: One Woman's Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti"</b> by Margaret Trost (Finished January 1) - Half Price Books Waco Outlet</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>"The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age"</b> by Robert Weintraub (Finished January 4) - Kindle via Amazon</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>"Seek Him First: How to Hear from God, Walk in His Will, and Change Your World" </b>by Jennifer Hayes Yates (Finished January 4) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading<br /><b>"Preachers N Sneakers: Authenticity in an Age of For-Profit Faith and (Wannabe) Celebrities"</b> by Ben Kirby (Finished January 5) - Half Price Books Waco Outlet<br /><br /><div><b>"The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team" </b>by Kara Goucher and Mary Pilon (Finished January 6) - Barnes and Noble The Woodlands (Ironman Gift Card)</div><div><b>"Believe: My Faith and the Tackle That Changed My Life" </b>by Eric LeGrand with Mike Yorkey (Finished January 8) - Half Price Books Waco Outlet<br /><b>"The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters"</b> by Joanna Gaines (Finished January 13) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading<br /><b>"Leave Tomorrow: My Ride to the Bottom of the World" </b>by Dirk Weisiger (Finished January 13) - Half Price Books Waco Outlet<br /><b>"Our Walls: Life as an Endurance Athlete" </b>by Dana-Susan Crews (Finished January 15) - Amazon<br /><br /><b>"Dale Brown Court ... and the Battle for Human Dignity"</b> by Trent Angers (Finished January 16) - Barnes and Noble Lafayette<br /><b>"Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess"</b> by Evan Drellich (Finished January 17) - Barnes and Noble The Woodlands</div><div><div><b>"Saving Sadie: How a Dog That No One Wanted Inspired the World"</b> by Joel Derse Dauer with Elizabeth Ridley (Finished January 25) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading</div></div><div><b>"Demanding Liberty: An Untold Story of American Religious Freedom"</b> by Brandon J. O'Brien (Finished January 28) - ChristianBook.com<br /><b>"Taken at Birth: Stolen Babies, Hidden Lies, and My Journey to Finding Home"</b> by Jane Blasio (Finished January 29) - ChristianBook.com<br /><br /><div><b>"From Cairo to Christ: How One Muslim's Faith Journey Shows the Way for Others"</b> by Abu Atallah and Kent A. Van Til (Finished February 5) - ChristianBook.com </div></div><div><b>"The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus"</b> by Daniel Darling (Finished February 5) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands<br /><b>"Waco Rising: David Koresh, The FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias" </b>by Kevin Cook (Finished February 6) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands</div><div><b>"Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World"</b> by Lauren Fleshman (Finished February 12) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands<br /><b>"Grinders Find A Way: A Runner's Story" </b>by Matt Balleza (Finished February 16) - Kindle via Amazon.com</div><div><br /></div><div><b>"Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II"</b> by Matthew Black (Finished February 16) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading</div><div><b>"Kiss It Good-Bye: The Mystery, the Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates"</b> by John Moody (Finished February 20) - Personal Collection</div><div><b>"Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?" </b>by Horace Greasley and Ken Scott (Finished February 27) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading</div><div><b>"Hi Mom, Send Sheep: My Life as the Coyote and After"</b> by Tim Derk (Finished March 5) - Half Price Books Waco Outlet</div><div><b>"Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance"</b> by Alvin Hall (Finished March 5) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands</div><div><br /></div><div><b>"Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree"</b> by Kenneth Copeland (Finished March 6) - Half Price Books Waco Outlet</div><div><b>"Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity"</b> by Richard Gary Kaye and Annette Schwartz Kaye (Finished March 8) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading</div><div><b>"Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life" </b>by Bill Madden (Finished March 11) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands</div><div><b>"How Hockey Saved My World: An off-beat family memoir" </b>by Alex Charns (Finished March 12) - Kindle via Amazon.com</div><div><b>"The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball"</b> by Paul Dickson (Finished March 13) - Personal Collection</div><div><br /></div><div><b>"When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906" </b>by Bernard A. Weisberger (Finished March 13) - Recycled Books, Records, & CDs, Denton</div><div><b>"The Professional Mascot Handbook" </b>by Karen Ahearn & Art Ballant (Finished March 13) - Personal Collection</div><div><b>"Playing Ball with the Boys: The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports"</b> by Betsy M. Ross (Finished March 17) - Half Price Books Waco Outlet</div><div><b>"Why Football Matters: My Education In The Game" </b>by Mark Edmundson (Finished March 24) - Half Price Books</div><div><b>"Punched In The Mouth: The Inner Game of Overcoming Adversity"</b> by Dr. Terrie Wurzbacher (Finished March 27) - Kindie via Amazon.com</div></div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-22500774037570040352024-03-26T23:03:00.000-07:002024-03-26T23:03:16.956-07:00Movies Seen in Theaters in 2024 - 13<div>"Arthur The King", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 17)***</div><div style="text-align: left;">"Bob Marley: One Love", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 22)*</div><div style="text-align: left;">"Drugstore June", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 5)*</div><div>"Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 26)</div><div style="text-align: left;">"I.S.S.", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 31)*</div><div><br /></div><div>"Knox Goes Away", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 18)</div><div>"Mean Girls", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 4)*</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>"Ordinary Angels", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 4)**</div><div>"Scrambled", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 1)*</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Some Other Woman", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (January 4)*<br /><div>"The American Society of Magical Negroes", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (March 20)*</div>"The Beekeeper," Regal Lone Star 19, Tomball, TX (February 10)<br />"Wonka", Regal Benders Landing, Spring, TX (February 25)*</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-25196555012717393542024-03-26T20:07:00.000-07:002024-03-26T20:07:36.881-07:00Different Whataburger Restaraunts Since 2013 - 231<b>2000 (1)</b><br />10/01/00 - #0745 - Houston (Beltway 8 & Westheimer)<br /><br /><b>2003 (1)</b><br />02/11/03 - #0204 - Beaumont (College & 11th)<br /><br /><b>2008 (1)</b><br />
09/30/08 - #0864 - Ridgeland, MS (I55 & County Line)<br />
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<b>2011 (1)</b><br />
05/29/11 - #0346 - Austin (Barton Springs & S 1st)<br />
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<b>2012 (1)</b><br />
11/04/12 - #0551 - Channelview (I10 & Sheldon)<br />
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<b>2013 (9)</b><br />
08/30/13 - #0357 - Waco (Loop 340 & Hwy 84)<br />
09/13/13 - #0538 - Bellmead (Loop 340 - Bellmead)<br />
09/24/13 - #1045 - Spring (FM 2920 & Spring Cypress)<br />
09/26/13 - #0377 - Baytown (Decker & Garth)<br />
10/02/13 - #0723 - Houston (I45 & Airtex)<br />
10/10/13 - #0750 - Spring (I45 & Louetta)<br />
10/19/13 - #0546 - Georgetown (I35 & Williams)<br />
11/13/13 - #0929 - Humble (FM 1960 & Kenswick)<br />
12/30/13 - #0443 - Huntsville (CLOSED - I45 - Huntsville)<br />
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<b>2014 (16)</b><br />
01/16/14 - #0439 - Spring (Sawdust & Budde)<br />
02/07/14 - #0791 - Lafayette, LA (I10 & FM182)<br />
03/08/14 - #0324 - Houston (FM 1960 & Treaschwig)<br />
03/28/14 - #0578 - Columbus (Hwy 71 - Columbus)<br />
03/29/14 - #0717 - San Antonio (De Zavaka & I10)<br />
03/30/14 - #0789 - Schulenburg (I10 - Schulenburg)<br />
04/27/14 - #0575 - Lewisville (I35E & Hwy 1171)<br />
05/03/14 - #1011 - College Station (Hwy 6 & William D Fitch)<br />
05/14/14 - #0670 - Houston (I69 & Edloe)<br />
05/29/14 - #0591 - Houston (Beltway 8 & Greenspoint)<br />
06/29/14 - #1006 - Weatherford (I20 & Hwy 171)<br />
07/20/14 - #0808 - College Station (Rock Prairie & Longmire)<br />
08/16/14 - #0911 - Houston (I69 & Little York)<br />
08/22/14 - #0766 - Winnie (I10 - Winnie)<br />
09/24/14 - #0309 - Humble (Hwy 59 & Will Clayton)<br />
10/28/14 - #0987 - Katy (Fry & Little York)<br />
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<b>2015 (12)</b><br />
01/07/15 - #0830 - Orange (I10 & Hwy 62)<br />
02/15/15 - #0934 - Crockett (Hwy 304 & Hwy 7)<br />
03/06/15 - #0415 - Liberty (Hwy 90 - Liberty)<br />
03/15/15 - #0513 - La Porte (Hwy 146 & Main)<br />
04/21/15 - #0487 - Seabrook (CLOSED - FM 146 & Bayport)<br />
04/29/15 - #0089 - Houston (Loop 610 & Brinkman)<br />
07/04/15 - #1049 - IAH (IAH - Terminal B-21)<br />
07/25/15 - #0048 - Marshall (Victory & Hwy 59)<br />
10/10/15 - #0706 - Fort Worth (Loop 820 & Beach)<br />
11/01/15 - #0392 - Katy (I10 & Mason)<br />
12/04/15 - #0795 - Giddings (Hwy 290 - Giddings)<br />
12/19/15 - #0416 - Livingston (Hwy 190 - Livingston)<br />
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<b>2016 (5)</b><br />
02/28/16 - #0391 - Waxahachie (Hwy 77 & University)<br />
05/21/16 - #1040 - Montgomery (Hwy 105 & Walden)<br />
09/27/16 - #0361 - Ennis (I45 - Ennis)<br />
11/11/16 - #0005 - Alice (E Main St. & Hwy. 44)<br />
11/17/16 - #0293 - Corsicana (Hwy 31 Corsicana)<br />
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<b>2017 (7)</b><br />
02/08/17 - #0524 - Abilene (Southwest & Hwy 83)<br />
03/15/17 - #0501 - Jersey Village (Hwy 290 & Jones)<br />
06/09/17 - #0342 - Jacksonville (Jackson & El Paso)<br />
07/23/17 - #0928 - Killeen (Trimmier & Bacon Ranch)<br />
12/19/17 - #0543 - Dallas (Camp Wisdom & Hwy 67)<br />
12/21/17 - #0707 - Dallas (I35 & Inwood)<br />
12/29/17 - #0915 - Lubbock (Loop 289 & 4th)<br />
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<b>2018 (10)</b><br />
02/02/18 - #0597 - Houston (Post Oak & Runnymeade)<br />
02/09/18 - #0947 - Kyle (FM 1626 - Kyle)<br />
03/09/18 - #1002 - Katy (I10 & Pin Oak)<br />
07/07/18 - #0829 - Eagle Pass (S Bibb Ave - Eagle Pass)<br />
08/23/18 - #1046 - Corsicana (I45 & Hwy 287)<br />
10/26/18 - #0178 - San Marcos (I35 & Guadalupe)<br />
12/07/18 - #0724 - Waco (Hewitt & Mars)<br />
12/23/18 - #0120 - Houston (I45 & Airline)<br />
12/28/18 - #0816 - Irving (Loop 635 & MacArthur)<br />
12/30/18 - #1076 - Shreveport, LA (Kings Hwy & Clark)<br />
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<b>2019 (25)</b><br />
01/01/19 - #1125 - Kingwood (Kingwood & Lake Houston)<br />
01/05/19 - #0810 - Pearland (Hwy 288 & Broadway)<br />
02/06/19 - #0605 - Houston (Hwy 290 & Hollister)<br />
02/19/19 - #1136 - Conroe (Loop 336 & Town Park)<br />
04/03/19 - #1108 - Manor (Hwy 290 & FM 973)<br />
05/06/19 - #0982 - Pflugerville (Limestone & Town Center)<br />
05/25/19 - #0534 - Brownwood (Hwy 377 - Brownwood)<br />
06/22/19 - #0419 - Angleton (Hwy 288 - Angleton)<br />
07/04/19 - #0940 - Lubbock (82nd & Milwaukee)<br />
07/19/19 - #0613 - Athens (Hwy 31 - Athens)<br />
07/21/19 - #0140 - Waco (I35 & 7th)<br />
07/27/19 - #1122 - Cypress (Fry & West)<br />
08/18/19 - #1039 - Dallas Love Field (Inside Airport)<br />
09/07/19 - #1144 - Houston (Southwest Fwy & Fondren Rd)<br />
10/13/19 - #1014 - Willis (I45 - Willis)<br />
10/19/19 - #0203 - Benbrook (Benbrook & Sproles)<br />
10/20/19 - #0526 - Fort Worth (Loop 820 & Wichita)<br />
11/09/19 - #0131 - Houston (I10 & Kirkwood)<br />
11/15/19 - #0331 - Snyder (College Ave - Snyder)<br />
11/16/19 - #0177 - Midland (Andrews Hwy & Kansas)<br />
11/27/19 - #0497 - Shreveport, LA (Market & Loop 220)<br />
11/28/19 - #0579 - Palestine (Loop 256 - Palestine)<br />
12/08/19 - #0825 - Arlington (I20 & Collins)<br />
12/26/19 - #0760 - Shreveport, LA (I20 & Pines)<br />
12/26/19 - #0937 - Carthage (Bus 79 - Carthage)<br />
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<b>2020 (58)</b><br />
01/25/20 - #0629 - Temple (I35 & Adams)<br />
02/02/20 - #1047 - Sugar Land (Hwy 6 & Hwy 90)<br />
02/07/20 - #0897 - Seguin (Hwy 46 & I10)<br />
02/15/20 - #0368 - North Richland Hills (Rufe Snow & Browning)<br />
02/16/20 - #0475 - Texarkana, AR (State Line & 42nd)<br />
02/19/20 - #1143 - Spring (Kuykendahl Rd & Grand Pkwy)<br />
02/20/20 - #0667 - Tyler (Loop 323 & Hwy 31)<br />
02/21/20 - #0117 - Tyler (Loop 323 & Old Bullard)<br />
02/21/20 - #0265 - Houston (San Felipe & Winrock)<br />
02/24/20 - #1130 - Tomball (Kuykendahl & Timbercrest Village)<br />
02/25/20 - #1103 - Spring (Rayford & Hwy 99)<br />
02/25/20 - #0823 - The Woodlands (Hwy 242 & St Lukes)<br />
02/26/20 - #0828 - Tomball (Hwy 249 & Spring Cypress)<br />
02/27/20 - #0988 - Kingwood (I69 & Northpark)<br />
03/01/20 - #0533 - Houston (Main & I45)<br />
03/05/20 - #0813 - Houston (Wallisville & Overland Park)<br />
03/07/20 - #0550 - Houston (Loop 610 & Homestead)<br />
03/07/20 - #0271 - Houston (Shepherd & Farnham)<br />
03/13/20 - #0628 - Brenham (Hwy 36 - Brenham)<br />
03/14/20 - #0318 - New Braunfels (I35 & Seguin)<br />
03/14/20 - #0930 - Hondo (Hwy 90 - Hondo)<br />
03/15/20 - #0693 - San Antonio (Loop 1604 & Nacogdoches)<br />
03/15/20 - #0560 - Tomball (Tomball Pkwy & Park Dr)<br />
03/21/20 - #0700 - Longview (Eastman & Pittman)<br />
03/22/20 - #0343 - Greenville (Bus 34 - Greenville)<br />
05/01/20 - #0979 - Lufkin (Hwy 59 & Whitehouse)<br />
05/02/20 - #0310 - Henderson (Hwy 79 & Peach)<br />05/05/20 - #1137 - Huntsville (I45 - Huntsville)<br />
05/15/20 - #0454 - Waco (Valley Mills & Lake Air)<br />
05/16/20 - #0564 - Hillsboro (Hwy 77 & I35)<br />
05/16/20 - #1131 - Sweetwater (I20 - Sweetwater)<br />
05/17/20 - #0958 - Harker Heights, TX (Hwy 190 & TX 2410)<br />
05/31/20 - #0844 - Boerne (Hwy 87 & Bandera)<br />
06/05/20 - #0943 - Humble (Beltway 8 & Wilson)<br />
06/07/20 - #0659 - Atascosita (FM 1960 & Lake Houston)*<br />
06/28/20 - #0429 - Nacogdoches (Bus 59 - Nacogdoches)<br />
07/04/20 - #0401 - Mexia (Hwy 84 - Mexia)<br />
07/11/20 - #0604 - Dallas (Hwy 12 & Webb Chapel)<br />
07/25/20 - #0078 - College Station (Dominik & Texas)<br />
07/31/20 - #0476 - Stephenville (Hwy 377 - Stephenville)<br />
08/01/20 - #0425 - Graham (Hwy 16 - Graham)<br />
08/02/20 - #0902 - Amarillo (I40 & Grand)<br />
08/02/20 - #0548 - Decatur (Hwy 287 & Decatur)<br />
08/07/20 - #1007 - Mt. Enterprise (Hwy 84 - Mt Enterprise)<br />
08/16/20 - #1142 - Nederland (Nederland Ave - Nederland)<br />08/17/20 - #0138 - Houston (Gessner & I10)*<br />09/07/20 - #0404 - Spring (Louetta & Stuebner Airline)<br />09/19/20 - #0484 - Cleveland (Hwy 59 - Cleveland)<br />09/26/20 - #1155 - Richmond (W Bellfort St & Harlem Rd)<br />10/17/20 - #0957 - Temple (Loop 363 & TX 1741)<br />10/24/20 - #1036 - Lindale (Hwy 69 - Lindale)<br />10/25/20 - #0914 - Midlothian (Hwy 287 & Presidential)<br />11/07/20 - #0599 - La Marque (I45 - La Marque)<br />11/14/20 - #0927 - Alabaster, AL (I65 & Hwy 31)<br />11/15/20 - #0920 - Fultondale, AL (Walker Chapel & Main)<br />11/23/20 - #0892 - Round Rock (Hwy 79 & Red Bud)<div>11/24/20 - #1117 - Hutto (TX 130 & Gattis School)<br />12/03/20 - #0901 - Magnolia (FM 1488 & Conroe Hufsmith)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>2021 (15)</b><br />01/03/21 - #0483 - Canton (I20 - Canton)<br />01/09/21 - #0507 - Shreveport, LA (Bert Kouns & Youree)<br />01/24/21 - #1165 - Magnolia (Melton Street & ATM)<br />03/21/21 - #0433 - Pearland (Main & Broadway)<br />03/26/21 - #0467 - Wharton (Hwy 59 - Wharton)<br />04/11/21 - #0986 - Houston (Beltway 8 & West)<br />04/18/21 - #0990 - Missouri City (Hwy 6 & Sienna Pkwy)<br />05/29/21 - #1035 - Lytle (I35 - Lytle)<br />06/05/21 - #0127 - Denton (Malone & University)<br />07/05/21 - #1021 - Lafayette, LA (Pinhook & Kaliste Saloom)<br />07/16/21 - #0365 - Houston (Cypress Creek Pkwy & Willow Center)<br />07/25/21 - #0474 - Dallas (I35 & Regal Row)</div><div>10/17/21 - #0635 - Jasper (Hwy 96 - Jasper)<br />11/26/21 - #0705 - San Marcos (I35 & Centerpoint)</div><div>11/27/21 - #0488 - Conroe (Hwy 336 & Hwy 75)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>2022 (21)</b><br />01/22/22 - #0708 - Dallas (Hwy 75 & Forest)</div><div>01/23/22 - #0891 - Hutchins (I45 & Palestine)<br />04/01/22 - #0371 - Amarillo (34th & Coulter)<br />04/30/22 - #0511 - Fort Worth (I30 & Montgomery)</div><div>05/25/22 - #1132 - New Caney (US 59 - New Caney)**</div><div>07/02/22 - #1110 - Royse City (I30 & Erby Campbell)</div><div>07/03/22 - #0835 - Keller (Keller Pkwy & Keller Smithfield)</div><div>07/03/22 - #1020 - Frisco (Dallas Pkwy & Eldorado)</div><div>07/30/22 - #0302 - Odessa (Hwy 191 & John Shepperd)</div><div>07/31/22 - #0295 - Midland (Big Spring & Eugene)<br />09/04/22 - #1374 - Fort Worth (Hulen Bend & Hulen) - was #0530</div><div>09/17/22 - #0116 - Dallas (Buckner & Samuell)<br />09/17/22 - #1239 - Tyler (S Broadway Ave & Rice Rd)<br />10/07/22 - #0784 - San Antonio (Loop 410 & Broadway)<br />10/07/22 - #1055 - San Antonio (Cypress & Jackson)<br />10/09/22 - #1059 - Cypress (Hwy 290 & Mason)<br />11/04/22 - #0528 - Round Rock (I35 & Hester's Crossing)<br />11/05/22 - #1201 - Paige (US 290 & Hwy 21 W)<br />11/11/22 - #0504 - Harlingen (Hwy 77 & Ed Carey)<br />11/26/22 - #0726 - Clyde (I-20 - Clyde)<br />12/17/22 - #0298 - Windcrest (I35 & Walzem)<br /><br /><b>2023 (40)</b><br />01/07/23 - #1206 - Fairfield (I-45 & W Commerce St)<br />01/28/23 - #1079 - Houston (Silber & Hartland)<br />02/05/23 - #0569 - Sugar Land (Hwy 6 S & Austin Pkwy)<br />02/19/23 - #0559 - Dallas (Greenville & Caruth Haven)<br />03/19/23 - #0375 - Webster (NASA & Old Galveston)<br />03/25/23 - #0417 - Cedar Park (Hwy 183 & Discovery)</div><div>03/26/23 - #0709 - Austin (FM 620 & Lake Creek Pkwy)</div><div>04/08/23 - #0245 - Albuquerque, NM (Carlisle & Clermont)</div><div>04/09/23 - #0262 - Houston (Telephone & Pecan Villas)</div><div>04/29/23 - #1324 - Houston (South Fwy & W Orem Dr)</div><div>05/06/23 - #0373 - El Campo (Hwy 71 - El Campo)</div><div>05/07/23 - #0002 - Corpus Christi (Baldwin & Port) <br />05/19/23 - #0904 - Kilgore (I20 & Old Hwy 135)</div><div>05/27/23 - #0747 - La Grange (Hwy 71 - La Grange)<br />06/03/23 - #0977 - Frisco (Hwy 289 & Lebanon)<br />06/04/23 - #1372 - Burleson (Hwy 174 - Burleson)</div><div>06/11/23 - #0175 - Victoria (Navarro & Mockingbird)<br />06/17/23 - #0590 - Bastrop (Hwy 71 - Bastrop)</div><div>06/24/23 - #1281 - DeRidder, LA<br />07/01/23 - #0030 - Odessa (E 8th & McKinley)<br />07/04/23 - #0297 - Midland (Midkiff & Wadley)</div><div>07/15/23 - #0841 - Denton (Loop 288 & Brinker)</div><div>07/16/23 - #0181 - Denton (Fort Worth Dr. & I35E)<br />08/05/23 - #0758 - Amarillo (I27 & Hollywood)</div><div>08/06/23 - #0307 - Amarillo (Georgia & Virginia)</div><div>08/12/23 - #0198 - El Paso (Sunland Park & Cromo)<br />08/13/23 - #1134 - El Paso (Airway & Edgemere)<br />08/19/23 - #0315 - San Antonio (Loop 410 & Wurzbach)<br />08/27/23 - #1135 - College Station (Wellborn & Southwest Pkwy)</div><div>09/01/23 - #0032 - Tyler (Beckham & Highland)<br />09/02/23 - #1114 - Bullard (Hwy 69 & 3801)<br />09/22/23 - #0369 - Beaumont (Dowlen & Calder)<br />09/23/23 - #0536 - Orange (MacArthur & Del Sasso)<br />10/03/23 - #1374 - Tomball (Cypress Rosehill)<br />10/10/23 - #1171 - Leeds, AL (Ashville Rd & Hwy 20) <br />10/14/23 - #0360 - Cuero (Hwy 183 - Cuero)</div><div>10/15/23 - #0872 - Pleasanton (Hwy 97 - Pleasanton)<br />11/10/23 - #0824 - Cypress (Hwy 290 & Spring Cypress)<br />11/14/23 - #0490 - Galveston (University & Church)<br />12/14/23 - #0645 - Lafayette, LA (Ambassador & Westmark)<br /><br /><b>2024 (8)</b><br />01/17/24 - #0898 - Crosby (FM 2100 - Crosby)<br />01/20/24 - #1051 - Woodville (Hwy 287 - Woodville)<br />02/24/24 - #0797 - Sugar Land (Grand Pkwy & I69)</div><div>03/07/24 - #0196 - Houston (Loop 610 & 18th)<br />03/15/24 - #1062 - Hallsville (Hwy 80 - Hallsville)</div><div>03/16/24 - #0038 - Longview (Spur 63 & Marshall)<br />03/23/24 - #1338 - Mont Belvieu (Eagle Dr. & Langston Dr.)</div><div>03/26/24 - #1169 - Houston (4608 FM 1960 West Rd)</div><div><br /></div><div>
July 2013 is when I started to track my credit card receipts religiously, which I do to this day.</div><div><br />* Just got a shake and not a meal.<br />** Large unsweet tea only.</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-42608138884836698542024-03-26T19:47:00.000-07:002024-03-26T19:47:06.167-07:00Overall Baseball Parks - 15516 - MLB (9 former, 7 current)<div>84 - MILB (80 overall plus 4 summer collegiate league)<br /><div>33 - Texas College, University or JUCO (34 minus Constellation Field)</div><div> 7 - Other College, University or JUCO</div></div><div>15 - High School (10 private / 5 public)</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-42886696875466910042024-03-26T19:46:00.000-07:002024-03-26T19:46:51.403-07:00Texas Private and Parochial HS Baseball Fields Visited - 10<div><b>Home<br />Bay Area Christian School</b>, League City (Houston Northland Christian 7, Pasadena First Baptist Christian 0 - 5/13/22 - TAPPS Division III Regional Playoff)</div><div><b>Concordia Lutheran High School</b> (Rick Lynch Field), Tomball (Tomball Concordia Lutheran 11, Katy St. John XXIII 2 - 3/18/22)</div><div><b>Houston Northland Christian School </b>(Cougar Field), Houston (Houston Northland Christian 10, Tomball Rosehill Christian 0 - 3/26/24) - Patrick Walker</div><div><b>Houston St. Francis Episcopal </b>(Memorial Park), Houston (Houston St. Francis Episcopal 21, Bryan Allen Academy 0 - 3/7/24)</div><div><b>Houston St. Pius X</b> (St. Pius X High School Baseball Field), Houston (Houston St. Pius X 5, Houston St. Thomas 0 - 3/23/24)</div><div><b>Houston Second Baptist School </b>(Michael Stevens Field), Houston (Beaumont Kelly 3, Houston Second Baptist 1 - 3/22/24) - Mike Walker, Beck Brydon</div><div><b>Houston Second Baptist School - University Model</b> (Schwartz Park), Houston (Houston St. Francis Episcopal 11, Houston Second Baptist - UM 0 - 3/5/24)</div><div><b>The Woodlands Christian Academy</b> (Warrior Field), The Woodlands (League City Bay Area Christian d. Cypress Christian School - 5/14/22 - TAPPS Division II Regional Playoff)<br /><b>The Woodlands John Cooper School</b> (Field Family Diamond at Finnie Park), The Woodlands (The Woodlands John Cooper School 11, The Woodlands Legacy Prep Christian Academy 8 - 2/27/24)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Neutral</b></div><div><b>Strickland Field at Veterans Memorial Park</b>, Weimar (San Antonio Central Catholic 11, Houston St. Pius X 1 - 5/14/22 - TAPPS Division I Regional Playoff)<br /></div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-87814568389339147232024-03-25T09:37:00.000-07:002024-03-25T09:37:01.678-07:00Miles and Miles - 2/25/24 to 3/24/24<div style="text-align: left;"><div><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">February 25 - March 24</b> - 7.2 miles running - 16.2 miles walking - 49.51 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 88,385 meters rowing - 693 minutes elliptical</div><div>February 25 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 376 calories; 5,668 strides) - 25:23 rowing for 5,011 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:31/500m) - 0.81 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>February 26 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 383 calories; 5,782 strides) - 25:09 rowing for 5,014 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:30/500m) - 1.7 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>February 27 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 383 calories; 5,812 strides) - 25:08 rowing for 5,014 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:26/500m) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health)</div><div>February 28 (Wednesday) - 1.7 miles walking (Apple Health) </div><div>February 29 (Thursday) - 1.8 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 1 (Friday) - 2.9 miles walking (Apple Health) </div><div>March 2 (Saturday) - 5.1 miles walking (Apple Health) </div><div>March 3 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 375 calories; 5,638 strides) - 25:02 rowing for 5,008 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:26/500m) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health) </div><div>March 4 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 378 calories; 5,686 strides) - 25:06 rowing for 5,009 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:28/500m) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 5 (Tuesday) - Mowed the front and back yard - 1.2 miles walking along the Spring Branch Trail (18:21.33 / 15:18) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 376 calories; 5,658 strides) - 25:01 rowing for 5,007 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:25/500m) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 6 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 378 calories; 5,690 strides) - 25:08 rowing for 5,013 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:25/500m) - 0.48 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 7 (Thursday) - <b>1 mile running</b> and 2 miles walking at Memorial Park // 42:19.81 - 0.6 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 8 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 378 calories; 5,690 strides) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:09:46/15:30) - 0.4 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 9 (Saturday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 380 calories; 5,730 strides) - 4.1 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 10 (Sunday) - 4 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 11 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 380 calories; 5,732 strides) - 24:56 rowing for 5,009 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:29/500m) - 4 miles walking around Memorial Park with Waverly (1:04:23 / 16:06) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 12 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 383 calories; 5,782 strides) - 1.8 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 13 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,804 strides) - 24:53 rowing for 5,017 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:28/500m) - 0.53 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 14 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 381 calories; 5,764 strides) - 25:06 rowing for 5,013 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:26/500m) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 15 (Friday) - 2.4 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 16 (Saturday) - <b>3.1 miles running</b> at 12th Annual Doug Sibley Memorial Scholarship Fun Run 5K, Omaha, TX - 3.1 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 17 (Sunday) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:07:58/15:06) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 380 calories; 5,722 strides) - 1.3 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 18 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 376 calories; 5,658 strides) - 25:06 rowing for 5,010 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:25/500m) - 75-second plank - 25 sit-ups - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 19 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 375 calories; 5,646 strides) - 24:47 rowing for 5,012 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:25/500m) - 0.47 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 20 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 371 calories; 5,576 strides) - 25:17 rowing for 5,018 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:24/500m) - 0.94 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 21 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 376 calories; 5,644 strides) - 29:38 rowing for 5,809 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:32/500m) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 22 (Friday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 379 calories; 5,706 strides) - 37:30 rowing for 7,404 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:34/500m) - 1.9 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 23 (Saturday) - <b>3.1 miles running</b> at 2nd Annual Mont Belvieu Spring Sprint 5K Fun Run, Mont Belvieu, TX (29:26.45) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 374 calories; 5,610 strides) - 25:24 rowing for 5,007 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:32/500m) - 1.7 miles walking (Apple Health)</div><div>March 24 (Sunday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 373 calories; 5,590 strides) - 24:53 rowing for 5,010 meters (28 strokes/min.; 2:28/500m) - 0.68 miles walking (Apple Health)</div></div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-82989102227503078362024-03-17T18:18:00.001-07:002024-03-17T18:18:38.425-07:00Books Bought at Waco Half Price Books Outlet on 2/28/24 - 10 (Finished 2)<div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>"101 Questions Children Ask about God"</b> by David Veerman and James Galvin</div><div><b>"Acing Depression: A Tennis Champion's Toughest Match" </b>by Cliff Richey with Hilaire Richey Kallendorf</div><div><b>"One Yard Short: Turning Your Defeats into Victories" </b>by Les Steckel</div><div><b>"Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham"</b> by Don Wilton</div><div><b>"Taming the Bull: The John "Bull" Bramlett Story" </b>by John Bramlett with Tula Jeffries</div><div><b>"This Is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon" </b>by L. Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers</div><div><b>"Unbeatable: Notre Dame's 1988 Championship and the Last Great College Football Season" </b>by Jerry Barca</div><div><b>"What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States" </b>by Dave Zirin</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>"Hi Mom, Send Sheep: My Life as the Coyote and After" </b>by Tim Derk (Finished 3/5/2024)</div></div><div><div><b>"Playing Ball with the Boys: The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports" </b>by Betsy M. Ross (Finished 3/17/2024)</div></div><div><br /></div></div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-53001296710465274842024-03-16T18:39:00.000-07:002024-03-16T18:39:54.453-07:00Different Books-A-Million (2 of 8)<div><b>2021 (1)</b></div><div>07/24/21 - #949 - Wichita Falls, TX<br /><br /><b>2024 (1)</b></div><div><div>03/16/24 - #584 - Longview, TX</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Remaining</b></div><div>#105 - Abilene, TX</div><div>#515 - Katy, TX (#3515)</div><div>#413 - Grapevine, TX</div><div>#568 - Laredo, TX</div><div>#837 - Sherman, TX</div><div style="text-align: left;">#877 - Texarkana, TX </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Outside of Texas (2)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">03/11/23 - #116 - Alexandria, LA (Heart and Soul)</div><div style="text-align: left;">12/14/23 - #569 - Lafayette, LA (Ambassador Caffery)</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-43706520685258572462024-03-16T18:28:00.001-07:002024-03-16T18:28:40.409-07:00All-Time Race Totals2024 - 5 with 2 new.<br />2023 - 34 with 22 new.<div>2022 - 18 with 8 new.<div><br />
<b style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><u>2012-2019 - 499</u></b><br />2021 - 35 with 22 new<br />2020 - 40 with 23 new.<br />2019 - 67 with 41 new.<br />
2018 - 67 with 43 new.<br />
2017 - 66 with 38 new.<br />
2016 - 65 with 48 new.<br />
2015 - 63<br />
2014 - 50<br />
2013 - 44<br />
2012 - 37<br />
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<b><u>2009-2011 (Being rebuilt) - 89</u></b><br />
2011 - 21<br />
2010 - 31*<br />
2009 - 37*<br />
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<b><u>2003-2008 - 291</u></b><br />
2008 - 49<br />
2007 - 41<br />
2006 - 58<br />
2005 - 63<br />
2004 - 61<br />
2003 - 19<br /></div></div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-78509497582256376142024-03-15T18:46:00.000-07:002024-03-15T18:46:34.328-07:00Texas College and University Baseball Stadiums Visited - 34<b>Stadiums / Fields Visited</b><br />
Abilene Christian University (Crutcher Scott Field) - 2017<div>Alvin Community College (Phillips Field) - 2023<br />
Baylor University (Baylor Ballpark) - 2018<div>Blinn College (Fireman's Park) - 2022<br />Constellation Field - 2023<br />
Dallas Baptist University (Horner Ballpark) - 2016</div><div>East Texas Baptist University (Tiger Ballpark at Woods Field, Marshall) - 2024 (East Texas Baptist University 7, Howard Payne University 2)<br />
Houston Baptist University (Husky Field) - 2013<br />Lamar University (Vincent-Beck Stadium) - 2023<br />McLennan Community College (Bosque River Ballpark) - 2022<br />
Rice University (Reckling Park) - 2018<br />Prairie View A&M University (John W. Tankersley Baseball Field) - 2022<br />
Sam Houston State University (Don Sanders Stadium) - 2017<br />San Jacinto College (John Ray Harrison Field) - 2020</div><div>Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU Baseball Field) - 2023<br />Southwestern University (Rockwell Family Baseball Field) - 2023</div><div>St. Edward's University (Lucien-Hamilton Field) - 2023</div><div>Stephen F. Austin State University (Jaycees Field) - 2023<br /><div>Texas A&M University (Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park) - 2022<br />Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Chapman Field) - 2023</div>
Texas Christian University (Charlie and Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium) - 2017<br />Texas Southern University (MacGregor Park's Nagle Field) - 2022<br />
Texas State University (Bobcat Ballpark) - 2019<br />Texas Wesleyan University (Sycamore Park) - 2023<br />University of Dallas (University of Dallas Baseball Field) - 2023<br />
University of Houston (Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park) - 2015<br />University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Red Murff Field) - 2022<br />
University of St. Thomas (Father Wilson Field) - 2020<br />
University of Texas (UCFU Disch-Falk Field) - 2019<br />
University of Texas-San Antonio (Roadrunner Field) - 2014<br />
University of Texas-Tyler (Irwin Field) - 2018<br />West Texas A&M University (Wilder Park) - 2022<div>Wharton County Junior College (Corbett Park) - 2022</div><div><div>Wharton County Junior College (Bulldog Stadium, Sweeny HS) - 2024 (Wharton County Junior College 5, Eastern Oklahoma State College 2, 7 innings)</div>
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<b>Other Stadiums / Fields Visited</b><br />
Liberty University (Liberty Baseball Stadium) - 2013</div><div>Louisiana Christian University (Billy Allgood Stadium) - 2023</div><div>Louisiana State University of Alexandria (Generals Baseball Field) - 2023</div><div>
McNeese State University (Cowboy Stadium) - 2016<br />
Tulane University (Greer Field at Tunchin Stadium) - 2016<br />
University of Hawaii Hilo (Francis Wong Stadium) - 2019</div></div></div><div>University of New Mexico (Santa Ana Star Field) - 2023</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-77837871335537247872024-03-15T18:45:00.000-07:002024-03-15T18:45:29.615-07:00College Baseball Parks in 2024 - 3<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Constellation Field (Sugar Land) </b>- 2/24/24 - Lamar University 5, Stephen F. Austin State University 0 - $17 admission / $5 parking</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Sweeny High School (Sweeny) </b>- 1/28/24 - Wharton County Junior College 5, Eastern Oklahoma State College 2 (7 innings) - Free</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Tiger Ballpark at Woods Field (Marshall)</b> - 3/15/24 - East Texas Baptist University 7, Howard Payne University 2 - Free</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-4130606676636802812024-03-14T13:48:00.001-07:002024-03-14T13:48:56.076-07:00Texas High School Baseball Fields or Stadiums Visited - 5<div><b>Grizzly Field</b> (Grand Oaks High School), Spring, TX (The Woodlands College Park 1, Conroe Grand Oaks 0) - 3/12/2024</div><div><b>Knight Field</b> (Bellville High School), Bellville, TX (Bellville 3, Columbus 1) - 2/26/2024</div><div><b>Lee Roy Ashmore Field at Delmar Stadium</b> (HISD), Houston, TX (Galena Park 3, Houston Waltrip 0) - 3/11/2024</div><div><b>SCHS Baseball Field</b> (Summer Creek High School), Humble, TX (Beaumont West Brook 4, Humble Summer Creek 2) - 3/14/2024</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><u>Neutral Sites</u></b></div><div><b>Lobo Field</b> (Langham Creek High School), Houston, TX (Montgomery Lake Creek 6, Houston Milby 3) - 5/6/2022</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-6590053256381402082024-03-13T20:58:00.000-07:002024-03-13T20:58:25.518-07:00The Professional Mascot Handbook<div style="text-align: left;">Forward - 11/12/23</div><div style="text-align: left;">Acknowledgments - 11/12/23</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>CHAPTER</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Introduction - 11/12/23</div><div style="text-align: left;">Historical Background - 11/12/23</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>PART A: BASEBALL MASCOTS</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Charlie "Victory" Faust - 11/12/23<br />The Phillie Phanatic - 11/13/23<br />Basebug - 11/27/23<br />Wild Bill Hagy - 12/11/23<br />Bird - 12/26/23</div><div style="text-align: left;">Twinkie the Loon - 12/26/23</div><div style="text-align: left;">Pirate Parrot - 12/27/23</div><div style="text-align: left;">B.J. Birdy - 12/27/23<br />Uncle Willy - 12/28/23</div><div style="text-align: left;">Mr. Red - 12/28/23</div><div style="text-align: left;">Astrojack and Astrodillo - 1/2/24</div><div style="text-align: left;">Ribbie and Roobarb - 1/6/24</div><div style="text-align: left;">Yankee Frankie - 1/6/24</div><div style="text-align: left;">Youppi! - 1/6/24</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dandy - 1/11/24</div><div style="text-align: left;">Chief Noc-A-Homa - 1/11/24</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bleecher Creecher - 1/11/24</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>PART B: FOOTBALL MASCOTS</b></div><div>The Bear Who Walks Like A Man - 1/18/24<br />The Viking - 1/18/24</div><div>The Terrible Fan - 1/22/24</div><div>Steeler Stinger - 1/22/24<br />Dolfan Denny - 1/23/24<br />Houston Roughneck - 1/29/24</div><div>Crazy Ray - 1/29/24<br />Birdbrain - 2/6/24</div><div>Ben-Zoo - 2/7/24</div><div>TD - 2/7/24</div><div>The Big Wheel - 2/7/24</div><div>Crazy Colt - 2/9/24</div><div>Gumbo - 2/9/24</div><div><br /></div><div><b>PART C: POTPOURRI</b></div><div>Big Shot & Hoops - 2/9/24<br />Soccerhead - 2/12/24</div><div>Rock 'n Rollen - 2/12/24</div><div>Socceroo - 2/12/24</div><div>Krazy George - 2/12/24</div><div>The Great Imposter - 3/6/24</div><div>A.T. Jones & Sons - 3/12/24</div><div>Susan McClain-Moore - 3/13/24</div><div>Harrison/Erickson, Inc. - 3/13/24</div><div>National Fan Organization - 3/13/24</div><div>Survey of Pro Athletes - 3/13/24</div><div>Helpful Hints - 3/13/24</div><div><br /></div><div>Roster of Mascots - 3/13/24</div><div>The Authors - 3/13/24</div></div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-66531156247992486412024-03-13T19:02:00.000-07:002024-03-13T19:02:59.730-07:00Books Bought at Recycled Books, Records, & CDs - 5 (Finished 2)<div>"<b>Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story</b>" by LeAnne Howe</div><div>"<b>Our White Boy (Sport in the American West)</b>" by Jerry Craft with Kathleen Sullivan</div><div>"<b>The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris</b>" by Mark Kulansky</div><div><br />"<b>The Teammates: A Portrait of Friendship</b>" by David Halberstam (Finished 7/29/23)</div><div>"<b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906</b>" by Bernard A. Weisberger (Finished 3/13/24)</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-5744367408078826372024-03-11T11:50:00.000-07:002024-03-11T11:50:26.940-07:00Savannah Bananas Event Review; March 9, 2024<div style="text-align: left;"><b>(I wrote this for an internal blog post on the baseballbucketlist.com website.)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>HOUSTON (Sunday, March 10, 2024) — As part of an effort – over time – to visit the gravesites of all former Major Leaguers buried in Texas, I spent a couple of hours Sunday afternoon in Houston’s Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery.</div><div><br /></div><div>There are 17 former players – one, Eddy Dyer, who also managed – and a former umpire interred there.</div><div><br /></div><div>The peacefulness was an unplanned and unintended balance to the cacophony of sounds that came just 24 hours before just seven miles to the west – Minute Maid Park.</div><div><br /></div><div>In fact, walking from The Rustic restaurant to Discovery Green, in the process of meeting <a href="https://baseballbucketlist.com/">Baseball Bucket List</a> founder <b>Anna Ditomasso</b> in person for the first time, she described – unless I imagined it – the Banana Ball experience as a “shock to the senses” of the uninitiated.</div><div><br /></div><div>I’m a baseball traditionalist, but far from a purist.</div><div><br /></div><div>As I shared in episode no. 111, I don’t stay for every pitch – Anna was the first to note on Saturday that the two-hour Banana Ball time limit fit my viewing meter perfectly.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don’t score a game or have rituals that many others have in their ballpark – and baseball watching – pursuits.</div><div><br /></div><div>And as I am in other sporting interests, I’m Mr. Anti-Hype.</div><div><br /></div><div>I could be – and have been – turned off by a particular public address announcers. (But not on Saturday night)</div><div><br /></div><div>And when Anna and <b>Mark Jent</b> with <a href="https://www.simplyafan.com/">Simply A Fan</a> first announced the promotion to experience Banana Ball in a Major League Baseball park for the first time ever, I must have actually conveyed enough doubt then that – after experiencing maybe a bit of FOMO and joining in – both Mark and Anna in a fun, pointed way asked me Saturday evening after it was all done what I thought.</div><div><br /></div><div>I had a good-natured laugh.</div><div><br /></div><div>And, more importantly, a great time.</div><div><br /></div><div>What made it though – other than the great entertainment that the Savannah Bananas operation delivered Saturday evening – were great people.</div><div><br /></div><div>I’m real high on professionalism – and neither Mark nor Anna disappointed in every single bit of their pre-event communication.</div><div><br /></div><div>Absolutely top-notch. (In fact, on one communication, I actually responded when it wasn’t even intended for a person attending by themselves!)</div><div><br /></div><div>I arrived in downtown Houston pretty early, but in plenty of time to park far away from the ballpark and to walk to make the goal of the 3:15 p.m. game of catch in Discovery Green.</div><div><br /></div><div>A good group had gathered for a pre-game meal and Anna and her spouse were the first to leave – escaping the delay in getting checks resolved – and I met them mid-way.</div><div><br /></div><div>After all of that group made it to Discovery Green, and getting to meet Mark Jent for the first time, six to eight had started to play catch, but Mark had spied a couple that had gotten married and were taking pictures in Discovery Green.</div><div><br /></div><div>He fashioned a group picture with them and I went over to explain to the photographer – and our day was made. (We knew theirs had already been made, but they had fun on our behalf.)</div><div><br /></div><div>On the walk over to Minute Maid Park, the group broke apart and congregated again and when we were trying to figure out where we were entering the park at, I got separated thinking others were following me!</div><div><br /></div><div>As I made a large walk around the block just west of the stadium, I saw our couple from Rhode Island and I might have casually cut in line to join them as they were the only ones I saw that I knew.</div><div><br /></div><div>That move paid off.</div><div><br /></div><div>While the only real delay – for us – took in the scanning process where, to me, it seemed like workers were scanning tickets with an app on their personal devices, which might or might not have had various data speeds causing delays – or the ticket database was obviously getting slammed.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the restaurant group, we were the first three in – as the others were still in line somewhere outside the Juice Box.</div><div><br /></div><div>I think with the first-come, first-served seating – like Southwest Airlines but on steroids – within sections, it is probably the first time in Houston’s history also that 40,000 people were encouraged to show up at the same time!</div><div><br /></div><div>Ultimately, most of all of us convened together in section 109 down the left-field line.</div><div><br /></div><div>And simply put, we had a great time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Even me, the extroverted introvert that can be a bit of a curmudgeon once in a while!</div><div><br /></div><div>Throughout the night, I don’t know if anything truly surprised me – as I was aware beforehand of the entertainment aspect and the fact the players on both teams weren’t from your local Beer Leagues – other than bringing <b>Roger Clemens</b> and <b>Roy Oswalt</b> out to pitch for the Bananas.</div><div><br /></div><div>I mentioned during the evening that if you go to a regular baseball game, you work hard to keep from being distracted by things going on around you.</div><div><br /></div><div>At a Banana Ball game, you’re either watching, experiencing or always wondering what’s going to happen next that keeping up with the “game” is much, much harder!</div><div><br /></div><div>To me, it was like a circus, a concert and a party with a baseball game thrown in just to get you to show up.</div><div><br /></div><div>The music never stopped – except for announcements.</div><div><br /></div><div>And even then, there still seemed to be a music bed playing underneath.</div><div><br /></div><div>Taylor Swift music cuts probably won the night in the stadium sing-a-long, but I would have set the over/under on the number of songs played to be about 175.</div><div><br /></div><div>Amazing. And with all major genres covered.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some of my thoughts were that there are lots of things – like announcing the starting lineups of the home team and they come running out of centerfield like the Bananas did – that some lower minor or collegiate summer leagues could do for a little extra juice without being hokey, if executed with the precision and fluidity that the Bananas do it.</div><div><br /></div><div>And their talent-level in event production is some of the best I’ve seen.</div><div><br /></div><div>And I can’t imagine why after their success on Saturday night why every single MLB team is not signing up to host them.</div><div><br /></div><div>But really, if you want to attend one, check out the events that Mark puts together through “Simply A Fan”.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Saturday before I had a staff lanyard in my work as an announcer for Texas’ sixth largest marathon, but Mark and Anna put together one for everybody that had your name on it that served two purposes – 1.) made you feel like a million bucks and 2.) helped spotting others in the party that we hadn’t already met.</div><div><br /></div><div>I had a great time also meeting and visiting with <b>Michael Caldwell </b>and his wife <b>Hannah</b> for the bulk of the three-plus hours inside the ballpark Saturday evening.</div><div><br /></div><div>Looking forward to watching Michael work on his effort to see every single NCAA Division I college baseball stadium in Texas in the years to come.</div><div><br /></div><div>And if anybody’s heading to the Lone Star state this year or in the years to come, I’m certain that we could get together similar meet-ups to what took place on Saturday.</div><div><br /></div><div>Looking forward to a great baseball season in 2024!</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-24339836458252923752024-03-08T16:52:00.000-08:002024-03-08T16:52:01.403-08:00You Know You're in Texas When ..: ... the joke's on A&M - 2/12/24<div>... you can't always get there from here - 2/12/24</div><div>... you "Remember the Alamo!" - 2/12/24</div><div>... not only chickens cross the road - 2/14/24</div><div>... it <i>is</i> about the bike - 2/14/24</div><div>... you're powdering your nose - 2/14/24</div><div>... cemeteries hos extraterrestrials - 2/18/24</div><div>... you want your meat smoked - 2/18/24</div><div>... you looked beyond the belfry - 2/18/24</div><div>... you salute the only surviving veteran of two world wars - 2/18/24</div><div>... the open spaces are extra wide - 2/18/24</div><div>... hairdos are defining features - 2/18/24</div><div>... you hear "Howwwwdy, folks" - 2/19/24</div><div>... a timer comes with dinner - 2/19/24</div><div>... traveling is for the birds - 2/19/24</div><div>... congressmen scream for ice cream - 2/19/24</div><div>... you need to rent only the tuxedo jacket - 3/7/24</div><div>... you buy milk in a can - 3/7/24</div><div>... "make a run for the border" isn't a fast-food invitation - 3/7/24</div><div>... the boasting starts - 3/7/24</div><div>... the Caddy is regarded as art - 3/7/24</div><div>... you're on the king's highway - 3/7/24</div><div>... some steaks are battered and fried - 3/8/24</div><div>... you're hankering for a bowl o' red - 3/8/24</div><div>... some kitchens are built on wheels - 3/8/24</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-23662873529108288192024-03-06T19:57:00.000-08:002024-03-06T19:57:27.244-08:00Books Bought at Waco Half Price Books Outlet on 2/3/24 - 10 (Finished 1)<div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>"How to Be Like Mike: Life Lessons about Basketball's Best"</b> by Pat Williams</div><div><b>"Jews & Christians: A Troubled Family"</b> by Walter Harrelson and Randall M. Falk</div><div><b>"The 1983 Texas Sports Almanac"</b> by Robert O'Brien and Lawrence T. Lorimer</div><div><b>"The Bell Ringer" </b>by Victor Rodriguez</div><div><b>"The Goal and the Glory: Christian Athletes Share Their Inspiring Stories" </b>by Josh Davis</div><div><b>"The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams"</b> by Darcy Frey</div><div><b>"Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape" </b>by Jessica Luther</div><div><b>"You Herd Me!: I'll Say It If Nobody Else Will"</b> by Colin Cowherd</div><div><b>"You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity"</b> by Don McPherson</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>"Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree"</b> by Kenneth Copeland (Finished 3/6/24)</div></div><div><br /></div></div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-62619817128571287172024-03-01T07:00:00.000-08:002024-03-01T07:00:41.874-08:00Daily Reading Efforts - February 2024<div>02/29/2024 (5 pages)</div><div><div><b>Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World</b> (Pages 88-92) - 153pp</div></div><div><br /></div><div>02/28/2024 (52 pages)</div><div><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 251-264) - 268pp<br /></div><div><b>Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World</b> (Pages 86-87) - 153pp</div></div><div><b>Hi Mom, Send Sheep: My Life as the Coyote and After </b>(Pages xi-xvii, 1-3) - 124pp</div><div><b>Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham </b>(Pages 1-24) - 193pp</div><div><br /></div><div>02/27/2024 (78 pages)</div><div><div><b><u>Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?</u> </b>(Pages 284-314; Kindle)</div><div></div><b></b><div><b>Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World</b> (Pages 81-85) - 153pp</div><div><b>Revelation: A Memoir of Deep Family Secrets, Discovery, and Identity </b>(Pages 1-13; Kindle) - 289pp</div><div><div><b>Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life </b>(Pages 124-165) - 289pp</div><div><br /></div></div><b></b></div><div>02/26/2024 (123 pages)</div><div><b>Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell? </b>(Pages 242-283; Kindle) - 314pp</div><div></div><b></b><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 241-250) - 268pp<br /></div><div><b>Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree </b>(Pages 191-197) - 212pp<br /><div><b>Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life </b>(Pages 68-123) - 289pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>02/25/2024 (65 pages)</div><div><div><b>Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell? </b>(Pages 194-241; Kindle) - 314pp</div><div></div><b></b><div><b>Letters From Lefty: The Houston Astros: The Way They Were </b>(Pages 35-40) - 126pp - $8</div><div><div><b>Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life </b>(Pages 57-67) - 289pp</div><div><br /></div></div><b></b></div><div>02/24/2024 (56 pages)</div><div><b>Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life </b>(Pages 1-56) - 289pp</div><div><br /></div><div>02/23/2024 (87 pages)</div><div><b>Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell? </b>(Pages 151-193; Kindle) - 314pp</div><div></div><b></b><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 210-225) - 268pp<br /><div><b>Letters From Lefty: The Houston Astros: The Way They Were </b>(Pages 29-34) - 126pp - $8</div><b></b><div><b>Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree </b>(Pages 174-190) - 212pp<br /><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 75-79) - 184pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>02/22/2024 (70 pages)</div><div><div><b>Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell? </b>(Pages 109-150; Kindle) - 314pp</div><div></div><b></b><div><b>Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World</b> (Pages 70-80) - 153pp</div><b></b><div><b>Letters From Lefty: The Houston Astros: The Way They Were </b>(Pages 19-28) - 126pp - $8</div><b></b><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 68-74) - 184pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>02/21/2024 (101 pages)</div><div><b>Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell? </b>(Pages 68-108; Kindle) - 314pp</div><div></div><b></b><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 200-209) - 268pp<br /><div><b>Letters From Lefty: The Houston Astros: The Way They Were </b>(Pages 13-18) - 126pp - $8</div><b>Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story</b> (Pages 21-51) - 218pp - $8<br /><div></div><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 55-67) - 184pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>02/20/2024 (113 pages)<br /><div><b>Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell? </b>(Pages 29-67; Kindle) - 314pp</div><div></div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 186-199) - 268pp<br /><div><b><u>Kiss It Good-Bye: The Mystery, the Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates</u></b> (Pages 336-359)<br /></div><b>Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever </b>(Pages 1-13) - 369pp</div><div><b>Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story</b> (Pages 7-20) - 218pp - $8<br /><div><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 46-54) - 184pp</div><div><br /></div></div></div><div>02/19/2024 (76 pages)</div><div><b>Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell? </b>(13 pages, 1-28; Kindle) - 314pp</div><div><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 171-185) - 268pp<br /><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 30-45) - 184pp</div><div><b>You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State</b> (Pages 13-16) - 101pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div></div></div><div>02/18/2024 (102 pages)</div><div><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 149-170) - 268pp</div></div><div><div><b>Kiss It Good-Bye: The Mystery, the Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates</b> (Pages 290-335) - 359pp<br /></div><div><b>Letters From Lefty: The Houston Astros: The Way They Were </b>(Pages 1-12) - 126pp - $8</div><div><b>Three Finger: The Mordecai Brown Story</b> (Pages xiii-xxii, 1-6) - 218pp - $8<br /><b>You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State</b> (Pages 7-12) - 101pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>02/17/2024 (60 pages)</div><div><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 119-148) - 268pp</div></div><div><b>Kiss It Good-Bye: The Mystery, the Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates</b> (Pages 260-289) - 359pp<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>02/16/2024 (101 pages)</div><div><div><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 103-118) - 268pp</div><div><b><u>Grinders Find A Way: A Runner's Story</u> </b>(Pages 264-277; Kindle)<br /><b>Kiss It Good-Bye: The Mystery, the Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates</b> (Pages 232-259) - 359pp<br /><b><u>Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II</u></b> (Pages 378-420; Kindle)<br /><br /></div><div></div></div><b></b></div><div>02/15/2024 (143 pages)</div><div><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 86-102) - 268pp</div><div></div></div><b>Grinders Find A Way: A Runner's Story </b>(Pages 213-263; Kindle)<br /><b>Kiss It Good-Bye: The Mystery, the Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates</b> (Pages 161-231) - 359pp<br /><div><b>When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 </b>(Pages 26-29) - 184pp</div><div><br /></div><div>02/14/2024 (84 pages)</div><div><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 72-85) - 268pp</div><div></div></div><div><b>Grinders Find A Way: A Runner's Story </b>(Pages 172-213; Kindle)<br /><b>Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree </b>(Pages 149-173) - 212pp<br /><div><b>You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State</b> (Pages 4-6) - 101pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>02/13/2024 (69 pages)</div><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 52-71) - 268pp</div><div><div><b>Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World</b> (Pages 65-69) - 153pp</div><b>Grinders Find A Way: A Runner's Story </b>(Pages 128-171; Kindle)<br /><br />02/12/2024 (116 pages)</div><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 28-51) - 268pp</div><b></b><div><b><u>Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World</u> </b>(Pages 256-274)<br /><b>Grinders Find A Way: A Runner's Story </b>(Pages 87-127; Kindle)<br /><b>Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree </b>(Pages 132-148) - 212pp<br /><div><b>The Professional Mascot Handbook</b> (Pages 171-182) - 224pp</div><div><b>You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State</b> (Pages 1-3) - 101pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>02/11/2024 (85 pages)</div><div><b>Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World </b>(Pages 235-255) - 274pp<br /><b>Grinders Find A Way: A Runner's Story </b>(Pages 44-86; Kindle)<br /><div><b>The Joy of Keeping Score </b>(Pages 14-34) - 104pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>02/10/2024 (111 pages)</div><div><b>Driving The Green Book: A Road Trip Through The Living History of Black Resistance </b>(Pages 1-27) - 268pp</div><b>Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World </b>(Pages 219-234) - 274pp<br /><b>Grinders Find A Way: A Runner's Story </b>(Pages 1-43; Kindle)<br /><b>Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree </b>(Pages 123-131) - 212pp<br /><div><b>The Joy of Keeping Score </b>(Pages v-vii, 1-13) - 104pp</div><div><br /></div><div>02/09/2024 (50 pages)</div><b>Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World </b>(Pages 199-218) - 274pp<br /><div><b>Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree </b>(Pages 106-122) - 212pp<br /><div><b>The Professional Mascot Handbook</b> (Pages 157-170) - 224pp</div><div><br /></div></div><div>02/08/2024 (78 pages)</div><div><b>Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World </b>(Pages 185-198) - 274pp<br /><b>Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II</b> (Pages 322-377; Kindle)<br /><b>Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree </b>(Pages 98-105) - 212pp<br /><br /></div><div>02/07/2024 (62 pages)</div><div><b>Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World </b>(Pages 165-184) - 274pp<br /><b>Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree </b>(Pages 68-97) - 212pp<br /><div><b>The Professional Mascot Handbook</b> (Pages 145-156) - 224pp</div></div><div><br /></div><div>02/06/2024 (108 pages)</div><b>Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World </b>(Pages 141-164) - 274pp<br /><div><b>How to Be Like Mike: Life Lessons about Basketball's Best </b>(Pages xi-xxxiii, 1-9) - 318pp<br /><b>Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II</b> (Pages 284-321; Kindle)<br /><b>The Professional Mascot Handbook</b> (Pages 141-144) - 224pp</div><div><b><u>Waco Rising: David Koresh, The FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias</u></b> (Pages 248-257)<br /><br /></div><div>02/05/2024 (120 pages)</div><div><b><u>From Cairo to Christ: How One Muslim's Faith Journey Shows the Way for Others</u></b> (Page 187-193)<br /><b>Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World </b>(Pages 120-140) - 274pp<br /><b>Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II</b> (Pages 249-283; Kindle)<br /><b>Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree </b>(Pages 22-67) - 212pp<br /><div><b><u>The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus</u></b> (Pages 169-174, 179)</div><div><b>Waco Rising: David Koresh, The FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias</b> (Pages 244-247) - 257pp<br /><br /></div></div><div>02/04/2024 (36 pages)</div><b>Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World </b>(Pages 107-119) - 274pp<br /><div><b>Racism in the Church: Kill the Root, Destroy the Tree </b>(Pages 7-21) - 212pp<br /><b>You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity </b>(Pages 9-16) - 232pp</div><div><br /></div><div>02/03/2024 (11 pages)</div><div><b>Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World</b> (Pages 54-64) - 153pp</div><div><br /></div><div>02/02/2024 (76 pages)</div><b>From Cairo to Christ: How One Muslim's Faith Journey Shows the Way for Others</b> (Page 165-186) - 193pp <br /><b>Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World </b>(Pages 99-106) - 274pp<br /><b>Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II</b> (Pages 211-248; Kindle)<br /><div><b>The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus</b> (Pages 161-168) - 179pp</div><div><br /></div><div>02/01/2024 (83 pages)</div><div><b>From Cairo to Christ: How One Muslim's Faith Journey Shows the Way for Others</b> (Page 149-164) - 193pp <br /><b>Good For A Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World </b>(Pages 77-98) - 274pp<br /><b>Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II</b> (Pages 173-210; Kindle)<br /><b>Waco Rising: David Koresh, The FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias</b> (Pages 237-243) - 257pp</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-75675145913154252582024-02-27T20:58:00.000-08:002024-02-27T20:58:38.206-08:002024 College Baseball Classics in Texas<div style="text-align: left;">I tracked each college baseball classic held at major or minor league parks in Texas with a goal of seeing at least one game in each classic.<br /><br /><div><b>Houston Winter Invitational (Minute Maid Park)</b></div><div><b>Friday, February 2</b></div><div>#3 Tampa 17, Arkansas Tech 5 (7 innings)</div><div>#9 Southern New Hampshire 21, St. Cloud State 11 (8 innings)</div><div>Millersville 15, #5 Central Missouri 13</div><div><b>Saturday, February 3</b></div><div>Central Missouri 5, #9 Southern New Hampshire 4</div><div>#3 Tampa 13, #7 Millersville 1</div><div>Arkansas Tech 9, St. Cloud State 4</div><div><b>Sunday, February 4</b></div><div>#3 Tampa 16, #5 Central Missouri 4</div><div>Millersville 7, St. Cloud State 2</div><div>Arkansas Tech 7, #9 Southern New Hampshire 4<br /><br /><b>Bregman Cares Classic (Constellation Field)<br />Friday, February 9<br /></b><div>Paris Junior College 11, Eastern Oklahoma State College 9</div><div>Wharton County Junior College 3, Paris Junior College 1</div><div>Galveston College 15, Eastern Oklahoma State College 5 (8 innings)</div></div><div><b>Saturday, February 10</b></div><div>Paris Junior College 6, Eastern Oklahoma State College 0</div><div><b>Sunday, February 11</b></div><div><div>Wharton County Junior College 12, Odessa College 2 (7 innings)</div><div>Galveston College 11, Grayson College (7 innings)</div><div>Grayson College 13, Odessa College 7</div><b>Monday, February 12<br /></b><div>Galveston College 9, Odessa College 2</div><div>Wharton County Junior College 5, Grayson College 4</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Shriner Children's College Showdown (Globe Life Field)<br />Friday, February 16</b><br /><div>Nebraska 4, Baylor 1</div><div>Oregon 4, Oklahoma 2</div><div>Tennessee 6, Texas Tech 2</div><div><b>Saturday, February 17</b></div><div>Oregon 7, Baylor 4</div><div>Texas Tech 6, Nebraska 3</div><div>Oklahoma 5, Tennessee 1 (10 innings)</div></div><div><b>Sunday, February 18</b><br /><div>Oklahoma 7, Nebraska 6</div><div>Texas Tech 11, Oregon 7 </div><div>Tennessee 11, Baylor 5</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Cactus Jack HBCU Classic (Minute Maid Park)<br />Friday, February 16</b></div><div><div>Southern 10, Alcorn State 4</div><div>Texas Southern 9, Jackson State 5</div><div>Prairie View A&M 10, Grambling State 5</div><div><b>Saturday, February 17</b></div><div>Jackson State 11, Alcorn State 4</div><div>Grambling State 10, Southern 0</div><div>Prairie View A&M 5, Texas Southern 3</div></div><div><b>Sunday, February 18<br /></b><div>Jackson State 7, Grambling State 6</div><div>Prairie View A&M 15, Alcorn State 14</div><div>Texas Southern 5, Southern 3</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Karbach Round Rock Classic (Dell Diamond)</b></div><div><b>Friday, February 23</b></div><div><div>Washington State 6, Kentucky 4</div><div>Kansas 7, Texas State 4</div></div><div><b>Saturday, February 24<br /></b><div>Washington State 5, Kansas 4</div><div>Kentucky 11, Texas State 5</div></div><div><b>Sunday, February 25</b></div><div><div>Kentucky 8, Kansas 5</div><div>Texas State 13, Washington State 4</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Kubota College Baseball Series (Globe Life Field)</b></div><div><div><b>Friday, February 23<br /></b><div>Oklahoma State 9, Michigan 3</div><div>Arkansas 5, Oregon State 4</div></div><div><b>Saturday, February 24<br /></b><div>Oregon State 11, Michigan 1</div><div>Oklahoma State 2, Arkansas 1 (14 innings)</div></div><div><b>Sunday, February 25</b><br /><div>Arkansas 4, Michigan 3</div><div>Oregon State 8, Oklahoma State 1</div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>Sugar Land College Classic (Constellation Field)</b></div><div><div><b>Friday, February 23</b></div><div><div>Lamar 8, University of Illinois - Chicago 7 (10 innings)</div><div>UTSA 7, Stephen F. Austin State 6</div><div>Creighton 22, Houston Christian 1</div></div><div><b>Saturday, February 24</b><br /><div>Creighton 4, UTSA 1</div><div>University of Illinois - Chicago 10, Houston Christian 7</div><div>Lamar 5, Stephen F. Austin State 0</div></div><div><b>Sunday, February 25</b><br /><div>Creighton 12, University of Illinois - Chicago 7</div><div>Lamar 5, UTSA 3</div><div>Houston Christian 19, Stephen F. Austin State 9</div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>Whataburger Classic (Whataburger Field)</b></div><div><div><b>Friday, February 23</b></div><div><div>Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2</div><div>Maryland 7, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5</div></div><div><b>Saturday, February 24<br /></b><div>Maryland 10, Pittsburgh 4</div><div>Washington 11, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4</div></div><div><b>Sunday, February 25</b><br /><div>Washington 6, Maryland 5</div><div>Pittsburgh 10, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2</div></div></div></div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-52497139582630924032024-02-27T19:52:00.000-08:002024-02-27T19:52:01.628-08:00Churches Attended and Visited in 2024<div style="text-align: left;">January 7 - Visited <b>Houston's First Baptist Church The5</b> (Greg Matte)</div><div style="text-align: left;">January 14 - Visited <b>Houston's First Baptist Church The5</b> with Waverly (Brad Talbert)<br />January 21 - Absent<br />January 28 - Absent<br /><div>February 4 - Visited <b>Houston's First Baptist Church The5</b> (Jarret Garber)</div><div>February 11 - Absent</div><div>February 18 - Absent</div><div>February 25 - Absent</div></div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-81383130915543939852024-02-27T09:39:00.000-08:002024-02-27T09:39:21.691-08:00New Restaurants in 2024 - 2<div style="text-align: left;">Galileo's Mexican Grill, Bellville, TX (February 26)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Jimmy Changas, Katy, TX (January 19)</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-60176994011217059822024-02-26T20:51:00.000-08:002024-02-26T20:51:02.596-08:00Different Buc-ee's (28 of 47)<div style="text-align: left;"><div>01 - Lake Jackson (Oyster Creek) - 1/5/2019</div><div>12 - Port Lavaca - 7/14/2017</div><div>14 - Alvin - 3/19/2023</div><div>16 - Giddings - 4/29/2016</div><div>17 - Luling - 4/13/2019</div><div>18 - Waller - 9/13/2013</div><div>19 - Pearland (S. Main St.) - 3/20/2021</div><div>20 - Pearland (Shadow Creek Pkwy) - 4/16/2023</div><div>22 - New Braunfels - 11/27/2021</div><div>23 - League City - 6/25/2023</div><div>24 - Eagle Lake - 10/13/2023</div><div>25 - Angleton (W. Mulberry St.) - 1/28/2024</div><div>26 - Madisonville - 5/9/2014</div><div>28 - Bastrop - 4/26/2019</div><div>30 - Wharton - 3/26/2021</div><div>31 - Richmond - 3/26/2021</div><div>32 - Cypress - 4/25/2021</div><div>33 - Texas City - 10/15/2016</div><div>34 - Baytown - 5/9/2015</div><div>35 - Temple - 11/30/2019</div><div>36 - Terrell - 6/5/2021</div><div>37 - Fort Worth - 8/19/2018</div><div>38 - Royse City - 7/2/2022</div><div>39 - Denton - 6/6/2021</div><div>40 - Katy - 6/16/2018</div><div>43 - Leeds, Alabama - 6/11/2022</div><div>44 - Melissa - 7/3/2022</div><div>48 - Ennis - 7/12/2020</div><div><br /></div><div>02 - Lake Jackson (N. Hwy 2004) - </div><div>03 - Brazoria (N. Brooks) - </div><div>05 - Brazoria (S. Brooks) - Closed</div><div>07 - Freeport (E. Hwy 332) - </div><div>08 - Freeport (N. Brazosport Blvd.) - </div><div>13 - Angleton (E. Mulberry St.) - </div><div>21 - Angleton (Loop 274) - </div><div>29 - Lake Jackson (Hwy 332) - </div><div>42 - Loxley (Robertsdale), Alabama - </div><div>45 - Sevierville, Tennessee - </div><div>46 - Saint Augustine, Florida - </div><div>47 - Daytona Beach, Florida - </div><div>50 - Crossville, Tennessee -</div><div>51 - Warner Robins (Fort Valley), Georgia - </div><div>52 - Calhoun (Adairsville), Georgia - </div><div>53 - Florence, South Carolina - </div><div>55 - Richmond, Kentucky - </div><div>57 - Athens, Alabama - </div><div>58 - Auburn, Alabama - </div><div>62 - Springfield, Missouri - </div></div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447435948165471639.post-78004042474789829082024-02-25T19:46:00.000-08:002024-02-25T19:46:58.623-08:00Movies Seen on Amazon Prime Video<div><u style="font-weight: bold;">2024 ( 1)</u><br />"God. Family. Football. Season 1, Ep. 3 The Cancun Cannon" (February 25)</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>2023 (10)</u></b></div><div>"Amber Alert" (January 12)<br />"Angry Neighbors" (September 19)<br />"Bye Bye Barry" (November 22)</div><div>"Cocaine Bear" (September 17)<br /><div>"God. Family. Football. Season 1, Ep. 1 The Best is Yet to Come" (December 30)</div></div><div><div>"God. Family. Football. Season 1, Ep. 2 No Pain, No Glory" (December 30)</div></div><div>"Open" (April 13)</div><div>"The Babe Ruth Story" (November 8)<br />"The Black Demon" (September 18)</div><div>"Wander" (September 26)</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>2022 ( 9)</u></b></div><div>"200 Miles" (May 29)</div><div>"Angry, White and American" (April 20)</div><div>"Closed for Storm" (April 16)</div><div>"Joe Bell" (April 12)<br />"New Providence" (April 15)</div><div><br />"Shake Off The World" (May 5)</div><div>"Six Man, Texas" (May 27)</div><div>"Son of the South" (May 21)<br />"Tethered" (December 12)</div><b><u><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div>2021 ( 5)<br /></u></b>"I'm Your Woman" (January 26)<br />"Mortal" (February 14)<br />"Sylvie's Love" (January 27)<br />"Uncle Frank" (February 18)<br />"Useless" (March 30)<br /><br /><b><u>2020 (17)<br /></u></b>"A Mile In His Shoes" (July 12)<br />
"A Quiet Place" (July 10)<br />"Arkansas" (December 23)<br />
"Burn The Ships" (July 12)<br />
"Cliffy" (July 28)<br /><br />"Finding Traction: The Ultra Marathon Documentary" (November 26)<br />
"Heaven Is Waiting" (July 29)<br />"Inside Facebook: Secrets of a Social Network" (December 25)<br />"My Spy" (July 25)<br />"Nancy Wake: Gestapo's Most Wanted" (November 25)<br /><br /> "Super 8" (July 25)<br />"The Last Black Man in San Francisco" (October 6)<br />"The Nomads" (October 7)<br />"The Ride" (December 18)<br />
"The Rocket" (July 13)<br /><br />"The Saratov Approach" (August 3)<div>"The Vast Of Night" (December 29)</div>Jon Walkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06076276047406702101noreply@blogger.com0