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So the past three weeks to get back into a little golf shape I've been bringing my 8 iron to practice and hitting a few shots between coaching. I was sitting on a par three that was playing about 148 to a back right pin. No way this old man could cut an 8 148 yards but I thought I would take a couple shots as groups came through. First shot comes up predictably about 25 feet short. I told my guys to just leave the ball. Second shot is about two feet from the first. I try not to laugh. I'm happy to just get the club square on the ball with decent compression. Third shot hits off one of the balls. I've never, in forty five years of playing, hit three shots in a row that close. I walked up to the green with the kids explaining how consistency is the key to scoring, trying to act like that's normal. lol.

Side note. Ranger Creek Brewery and Distillery (beer, whiskey, and vodka) hired my improv group for a show. Really cool setting, great people, it was a good show. I've always enjoyed their beers, and I picked up a bottle of their bourbon but haven't had a chance to try it yet.

Greasy, isn't an old tree scratchy for toilet paper? It is a cleaver repurposing scheme but I doubt it will catch on. ?

Google Surveys earns you credits at the Play Store.

Why? Trump pulled in more votes than any other Republican candidate. He's polarizing to the extreme but if Biden has a lackluster three years I'd run Trump back out there. I don't see another GOP star of that magnitude. If the Dems were smart they would hold a couple years of Hillary Clinton style hearings about Trump. Just get the public so tired of hearing his name the sway votes in battleground states will stay away.

Eventually we'll get Covid 19 to every rural area. It just takes time and commitment. I'm picturing the novel I am Legend. There will be the last person on the planet that we'll need to infect. Covid fatigue is really hitting me. I'm dreading going into work today knowing I'll be wearing a mask for nine hours. Sanitizing desks every 45 minutes. Seeing people but not talking to them. Using hand sanitizer so often I start worrying about OCD.

Was two ply toilet paper created for those people who are too lazy or stupid to double over one ply?

While the American public will complain about gridlock we actually want it. Hence states going for senators from one party and a president from another. My hunch is we worry extremists in either party will get their way. As a liberal there are folks to the left of me I don't agree with, usually over fiscal matters. Most Republicans I know distance themselves from the social extremists in their party. In reality I believe both parties show some constraint. Trump didn't get everything he campaigned on even with having the votes necessary.

I have a few questions, but I jumped out, the affect of wind in the outdoor settings. If I'm downwind of someone doesn't the distance calculations change? It seems in theory we're could help protect people if we tried to have a strong crosswind. The ideas of buildings being designed to mitigate disease transmission is fascinating. What would be some things we could observe?

Balta, details please.

The difference is between firing the person who is a detriment to the organization versus trying to hurt advertising sales, which hurts other employees, in the hope it hurts the team enough so the team does what they should have done in the first place and fired the person. One is direct and punishes the person who did something wrong (people get fired all the time for non criminal reasons), the other is indirect and harms people not involved in the original situation.

No he wasn't. He was giving very obvious examples of times when I would support an economic boycott. I wasn't understanding his other examples so he needed to exaggerate it enough for me to understand. I believe I am being consistent in favoring the workers. In the example he gave a boycott would help end the exploitation of workers and I would join the cause.

Exactly. One lesson though is he didn't crawl out of a hole. He was a famous reality TV star. Being famous gives people credibility today that I'd down right scary.

So true. In the past week I've been two degrees away from Covid patients with three different scenarios. Waiting to see if the person I was near comes down with it is a lot of stress.

I do not envy Biden and the challenge he has in front of him. He needs to keep the folks that flipped and try to build from there. What will be interesting is what the folks that came out specifically because of Trump (for or against) will do during the midterms. For better and worse Trump drove participation.

Slackers. Texas topped one million total. Stop the count!

So Katz never played at the MLB yet were all excited to have him as a pitching coach. In a few years I could see him develop into a MLB manager.

If he follows his cycle he'll be too old to drive by the time he's due for a third.

A sign of the coming apocalypse, Tex voted for twice as many Republicans as SS2k5.

One last note before I bow out of the discussion. I lost my brother to drunk driving. I am proud that Sox fans are upset enough about drunk driving to put that above the team. I want TLR off the roads to protect himself, other people on the roads, and his family from the heartbreak mine faced. I would appreciate if you are going to contact Sox sponsors you also contact the prosecutor and demand strong penalties for a repeat offender like TLR. Make this more than just protecting the image of our team and getting a better manager.

Sadly it's not. Especially when people care more about his job status than his court date. I'd love to see a couple thousand letters to the prosecutor.

Of course they can protest anyway they want. I'll defend their right. I can also point out when a protest is ineffective and potentially damaging to the very thing you are trying to fix. JR's income isn't changed by sponsors pulling out. The team just pulls back from signing any free agents and moves on. TLR isn't punished either. Even firing him isn't going to stop him from driving drunk. He wasn't managing when he got his second. So sponsors pull advertising. JR still is part owner of a very nice monopoly, TLR goes back to his estate and continues retirement, and a couple reps take a hit in commission and the team doesn't sign any players.

This is one reason I'm against mandatory sentences. There should be a way to at least cause it to be a prior and stay on the record. Many times judges and prosecutors are reluctant to proceed when the minimum sentence is harsher than what they believe is fair justice. Impaired is impaired. So one glass of mine mixed with some meds and he can't drive. Still no excuse. There are warnings on meds. I might even cut someone slack if it was their first. But when you are facing a second that book should hit so hard that society is protected from a third.

How many fans across the nation wanted the ex Astros guys to manage their club? Plenty of Bulls fans cheered for Rodman when he changed jerseys. I agree with SS2k5 when he mentioned lifetime suspensions. I think a 2nd DUI should warrant a lifetime suspension. I think I'll call Geico and see if they will help make that happen.

How about this? When writing or calling sponsors thank them for their support of the team. Explain you are certain they share your outrage over the hiring of TLR and would appreciate a statement from the company denouncing drunk driving especially by people in high visibility leadership positions within the community. but fall short of asking them to stop advertising with the team.