Daily Reading Efforts - May 2026

5/31/2026 (130 pages)

Fathers & Daughters (Pages 17-54) - 203pp

Lone Star Splash From The Past:  The History of Competitive Swimming in Black High Schools of Texas 1955-1967 (Pages 28-41) - 101pp

The Jonathan Effect:  Helping Kids and Schools Win the Battle Against Poverty (Pages 78-113) - 184pp

Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 2) (Pages 78-119; Kindle)

5/30/2026 (48 pages)

More Than A Season:  Building A Championship Culture (Pages 213-238)

The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem (Pages 100-121) - 137pp

5/29/2026 (84 pages)
Fathers & Daughters (Pages 13-16) - 203pp
Lone Star Splash From The Past:  The History of Competitive Swimming in Black High Schools of Texas 1955-1967 (Pages vii-xv, 1-27) - 101pp

More Than A Season:  Building A Championship Culture (Pages 200-212) - 238pp

Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 2) (Pages 47-77; Kindle)

5/28/2026 (129 pages)

More Than A Season:  Building A Championship Culture (Pages 109-199) - 238pp

Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 2) (Pages 9-46; Kindle)

5/27/2026 (39 pages)

10 Lies & The Truth (Pages 126-145)

More Than A Season:  Building A Championship Culture (Pages 90-108) - 238pp

5/26/2026 (75 pages)

More Than A Season:  Building A Championship Culture (Pages 60-89) - 238pp

Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game (Pages 162-171)
Theology Simplified: Volume 2 (Pages 110-115; Kindle)

Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 1) (Pages 65-93; Kindle)

5/25/2026 - Nothing

5/24/2026 (57 pages)

Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game (Pages 144-161) - 171pp

Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 1) (Pages 26-64; Kindle)

5/23/2026 (105 pages)

10 Lies & The Truth (Pages 109-125) - 145pp

More Than A Season:  Building A Championship Culture (Pages 1-59) - 238pp

Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game (Pages 127-143) - 171pp

The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem (Pages 88-99) - 137pp

5/22/2026 (92 pages)

10 Lies & The Truth (Pages 89-108) - 145pp

Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game (Pages 109-126) - 171pp

Strangers:  A Memoir Of Marriage (Pages 221-243; Kindle)

The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem (Pages 77-87) - 137pp
Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 1) (Pages 6-25; Kindle)

5/21/2026 (82 pages)
The Baseball Astrologer and Other Weird Tales (Page 32-49) - 302pp

Season's End: God's Game Plan, His Path, His Purpose (Pages 7-27) - 263pp

Sports Stories and the Bible (Pages 22-29) - 184pp

Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game (Pages 99-108) - 171pp

Strangers:  A Memoir Of Marriage (Pages 178-220; Kindle)

5/20/2026 (76 pages)

Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game (Pages 70-98) - 171pp

Strangers:  A Memoir Of Marriage (Pages 131-177; Kindle)

5/19/2026 (40 pages)

10 Lies & The Truth (Pages 67-88) - 145pp

Texas Schoolboy Football:  Champions in Action (Pages 65-74) - 98pp

The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem (Pages 69-76) - 137pp

5/18/2026 (88 pages)

10 Lies & The Truth (Pages 53-66) - 145pp

More Than A Season:  Building A Championship Culture (Pages vii - xxxi) - 238pp

Sports Stories and the Bible (Pages 18-21) - 184pp

Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game (Pages 36-69) - 171pp
Texas Schoolboy Football:  Champions in Action (Pages 55-64) - 98pp

The Baseball Astrologer and Other Weird Tales (Page 31) - 302pp

5/17/2026 (121 pages)

10 Lies & The Truth (Pages 3-52) - 145pp

Billy Olson:  Reaching Higher (Pages 170-176)

Sports Stories and the Bible (Pages 13-17) - 184pp

Stories from Texas: Some of Them Are True (Pages 137-144)

Strangers:  A Memoir Of Marriage (Pages 88-131; Kindle)

The Baseball Astrologer and Other Weird Tales (Pages 23-30) - 302pp

5/16/2026 (117 pages)

Billy Olson:  Reaching Higher (Pages 139-169) - 176pp

Sports Stories and the Bible (Pages 8-12) - 184pp

Stories from Texas: Some of Them Are True (Pages 123-136) - 144pp

Strangers:  A Memoir Of Marriage (Pages 49-87; Kindle)

The Baseball Astrologer and Other Weird Tales (Pages 19-22) - 302pp

Winning:  It's How You Play The Game (Pages 28-51) - 176pp

5/15/2026 (56 pages)

Billy Olson:  Reaching Higher (Pages 122-138) - 176pp

Sports Stories and the Bible (Pages 1-7) - 184pp

Stories from Texas: Some of Them Are True (Pages 105-122) - 144pp

The Baseball Astrologer and Other Weird Tales (Pages 13-18) - 302pp
The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (Pages 266-270)

The Making Of A Winner:  Robert Brewer Quarterback University of Texas (Page 145-146, 157)

5/14/2026 (47 pages)

Billy Olson:  Reaching Higher (Pages 106-121) - 176pp

Play It Forward:  How Women Are Changing Sports To Change The World (Pages 184-214)

5/13/2026 (93 pages)

Strangers:  A Memoir Of Marriage (Pages 7-48; Kindle)

The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water (Pages 157-207)

5/12/2026 (28 pages)

The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water (Pages 129-156) - 207pp
Winning:  It's How You Play The Game (Pages 11-27) - 176pp

5/11/2026 (38 pages)
Billy Olson:  Reaching Higher (Pages 87-105) - 176pp

Play It Forward:  How Women Are Changing Sports To Change The World (Pages 174-183) - 214pp

Stories from Texas: Some of Them Are True (Pages 96-104) - 144pp

5/10/2026 (38 pages)

Play It Forward:  How Women Are Changing Sports To Change The World (Pages 156-173) - 214pp

The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water (Pages 117-128) - 207pp

Winning Your Spiritual Battles (Pages 19-28) - 62pp

5/9/2026 (21 pages)

The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water (Pages 95-116) - 207pp
Winning Your Spiritual Battles (Pages 5-18) - 62pp

5/8/2026 (65 pages)

A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey (335-362; Kindle)

Play It Forward:  How Women Are Changing Sports To Change The World (Pages 133-155) - 214pp

Strangers:  A Memoir Of Marriage (Pages vii, 1-6; Kindle)

The Making Of A Winner:  Robert Brewer Quarterback University of Texas (Page 138-144) - 146pp plus 157

5/7/2026 (87 pages)

A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey (303-334; Kindle)

Play It Forward:  How Women Are Changing Sports To Change The World (Pages 102-132) - 214pp

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (Pages 242-265) - 270pp

5/6/2026 (14 pages)

The Lost Book of Moses:  The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible (Pages 324-337)

5/5/2026 (74 pages)
Play It Forward:  How Women Are Changing Sports To Change The World (Pages 71-101) - 214pp

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (Pages 215-241) - 270pp

Two Outs, So What!: The 2001 Seattle Mariners (Location 134-704; 16 pages; Kindle)

5/4/2026 (42 pages)

Play It Forward:  How Women Are Changing Sports To Change The World (Pages 47-70) - 214pp

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (Pages 201-214) - 270pp

The Lost Book of Moses:  The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible (Pages 320-323) - 337pp

5/3/2026 (64 pages)

Billy Olson:  Reaching Higher (Pages 70-86) - 176pp
The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (Pages 154-200) - 270pp

5/2/2026 (116 pages)
The Lost Book of Moses:  The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible (Pages 204-319) - 337pp

5/1/2026 (30 pages)

The Lost Book of Moses:  The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible (Pages 174-203) - 337pp

Experience

2000-2006 - Abercrombie Academy (6 years)
2006-2009 - Twin Creeks Middle School (3 years)

2009-2010 - Spring High School (1 year)

2010-2013 - Carl Wunsche Senior High School (3 years)

2013-2017 - Liberty University (4 years)

2017-2018 - Sorters Mill Elementary School, Student Teaching / Teaching Assistant

2018-2019 - Sorters Mill Elementary School, Second Grade Teacher

2019-2024 - First Baptist Academy, Second Grade Teacher (5 years)

2024-2026 - First Baptist Academy, Lower School Counselor (2 years)

All-Time Race Totals

2022-2026 - 90

2026 - 3 with 1 new.
2025 - 17 with 7 new.
2024 - 18 with 8 new.
2023 - 34 with 22 new.

2022 - 18 with 8 new.

2012-2021 - 534
2021 - 35 with 22 new
2020 - 40 with 23 new.
2019 - 67 with 41 new.
2018 - 67 with 43 new.
2017 - 66 with 38 new.
2016 - 65 with 48 new.
2015 - 63
2014 - 50
2013 - 44
2012 - 37

2009-2011 (Being rebuilt) - 89
2011 - 21
2010 - 31*
2009 - 37*

2003-2008 - 291
2008 - 49
2007 - 41
2006 - 58
2005 - 63
2004 - 61
2003 - 19

Miles and Miles - 4/25/26 to 5/24/26

April 25 - May 24 - 3.1 miles running - 53.30 miles walking - 44.26 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 30,531 meters rowing (5 of 30 days) - 462 minutes elliptical (14 of 30 days) - 203,866 steps - 13 of 30 gym days

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April 25 (Saturday) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,832 steps

April 26 (Sunday) - 0.51 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,232 steps

April 27 (Monday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,830 strides) - 1.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,500 steps
April 28 (Tuesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 384 calories; 5,818 strides) - 1.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,131 steps

April 29 (Wednesday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,842 strides) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:09:00 / 15:20) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - 10,876 steps

April 30 (Thursday) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,864 strides) - 0.74 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,803 steps

May 1 (Friday) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - 2,437 steps

May 2 (Saturday) - 2.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,726 steps

May 3 (Sunday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 30:01.31 (north) - 33:00.79 (south) = 1:03:02.10 / 15:46 - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 13,393 steps

May 4 (Monday) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 29:47.11 (north) - 17:52.12 + 14:35.32 (south) = 1:02:14.55 / 15:34 - 2.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 13,711 steps

May 5 (Tuesday) - 3.30 miles walking in Springwoods Village (49:55 / 15:06) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,840 strides)

May 6 (Wednesday) - 0.55 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,436 steps

May 7 (Thursday) - 4.5 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:08:39 / 15:15) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,862 strides) - 0.8 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,409 steps
May 8 (Friday; Day 14) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 388 calories; 5,928 strides) - 30:12 rowing for 6,111 meters (25 strokes/min.; 2:28/500m) - 1.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,257 steps

May 9 (Saturday; Day 15) - 1.9 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,879 steps

May 10 (Sunday; Day 16) - 3.12 miles walking at Cypress Creek Park at Timberlane Parkrun 5K (47:32.96 / 15:14) - 2.49 miles walking at Mercer Arboretum Loop (38:05.92 / 15:18) - 2.09 miles walking (Apple Health) - 14,018 steps

May 11 (Monday; Day 17) - 3.33 miles walking in Springwoods Village (51:11 / 15:20) - 30:11 rowing for 6,142 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:26/500m) - 0.67 miles walking (Apple Health) - 7,982 steps
May 12 (Tuesday; Day 18) - 4.46 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:08:16 / 15:18) - 30:08 rowing for 6,151 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:24/500m) - 0.64 miles walking (Apple Health) - 9,941 steps

May 13 (Wednesday: Day 19) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 387 calories; 5,888 strides) - 2.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 6,721 steps

May 14 (Thursday:  Day 20) - 3.51 miles walking in Springwoods Village (54:29 / 15:31) - 30:07 rowing for 6,028 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:22/500m) - 1.79 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,949 steps

May 15 (Friday: Day 21) - 0.77 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,941 steps

May 16 (Saturday:  Day 22) - 1.26 miles in Earthman Resthaven Cemetery (19:32 / 15:30) - 1.09 miles in Calvary Hill Cemetery (16:59 / 15:35) - 1.28 miles in Brookside Memorial Park (20:19 / 15:52) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 389 calories; 5,918 strides) - 1.87 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,092 steps

May 17 (Sunday:  Day 23) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 29:23.46 (north) - 17:48.86 - 14:14.03 (south) = 1:01:26.35 / 15:22 - 1.9 miles walking (Apple Health) - 12,765 steps - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 388 calories; 5,906 strides)

May 18 (Monday:  Day 24) - 3.8 miles walking (Apple Health) - 8,820 steps
May 19 (Tuesday:  Day 25) - 4.46 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:07:52 / 15:13) - 0.94 miles walking (Apple Health) - 10,640 steps
May 20 (Wednesday:  Day 26) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 390 calories; 5,950 strides) - 1 mile walking (Apple Health) - 2,531 steps
May 21 (Thursday:  Day 27) - 4 miles walking on Spring Creek Greenway Trail (1:00:42.30 / 15:11) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 391 calories; 5,958 strides) - 3.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 14,689 steps

May 22 (Friday:  Day 28) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 391 calories; 5,960 strides) - 30:12 rowing for 6,099 meters (27 strokes/min.; 2:20/500m) - 0.89 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,336 steps

May 23 (Saturday:  Day 29) - 3.1 miles running at Cypress Creek Park at Timberlane parkrun 5K #29 (Spring, TX) - 31:36.26 - 1.5 miles walking (Apple Health) - 8,340 steps
May 24 (Sunday:  Day 30) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,850 strides) - 2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,078 steps

That's My Girl, Part 19!

Books Bought at Half Price Books Humble on 2/1/25 - 4 (Finished 4)

"Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water" by Daniel J. Boyne (Finished 5/13/26)

"The Real World of Texas Politics" by Richard Locander, Richard Shaw and Kevin Bailey (Finished 3/31/25)

"The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw" by Michael Sokolove (Finished 2/20/25)

"Third and a Mile: The Trials and Triumphs of the Black Quarterback" by William C. Rhoden (Finished 2/10/25)

Books Bought at Humble Half-Price Books on 5/10/2026 - 2 (Finished 0)

"Hardball:  A Season In The Projects" by Daniel Coyle ($2.99)

"Winning:  It's How You Play the Game" by Grant Teaff with Louis and Kay Moore ($4.99)

Books Bought at Bedford Half-Price Books Outlet on 3/21/2026 - 3 (Finished 1)

"Christian Jihad: Two Former Muslims Look at the Crusades and Killing in the Name of Christ" by Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner

"Verdict on the Shroud: Evidence for the Death & Resurrection of Jesus Christ" by Kenneth E. Stevenson and Gary R. Habermas

"The Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt for the World's Oldest Bible" by Chanan Tigay (Finished 5/6/2026)

That's My Girl, Part 18!