Be right with you, 2 seconds left, KU tied with Tennessee…

And the game ends tied at 69, so we’re heading into overtime. It’s been a pretty good game so far, and each side has lost key players, Doke for KU, and Williamson (?) for Tennessee. 

We started the day early, with Lisa, Bonnie, and Gracie all getting up to do a little Black Friday shopping. Dane and I had an extra hour or two of sleep, then headed into Overland Park o hit Micro Center, and start his new build. 

After we returned home, we went downstairs and watched the KU-Texas football game. It was the KU head coach’s last game, and I wish him all the best, but rebuilding this program might have just been beyond him. 

3:34 left in overtime. KU up by 4, 73-69. 

Lisa made an outstanding Thanksgiving dinner for us here, with turkey, stuffing, potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry salad, the works. The dinner we had with family yesterday was outstanding, but there’s something to be said about a quiet, reflective family dinner as well. 

Might have to have a slice of pie or a turkey sandwich before heading to bed. 

It has been a long day. 

Peace y’all. 

Today is Thanksgiving. Most people focus on the food, the history, the parades, the football and basketball games. 

I do too. I love the food, the family, gathering around a television set to watch the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys do their annual games (not against each other, but with other teams). I love the laughter, the stories, the reflection… and, of course, the opportunity to give thanks. 

I’m getting better about giving thanks. On social media (Facebook… which may or may not exist at the time, you, my future grandchildren, exist), I try to find something new to give thanks for every day. I’ll readily admit that there have been some redundancy – I’ve given thanks to my wife time and time again, as well as some other organizations of significance. 

It’s important to live a life of gratitude. In your lives, you will accomplish many great things, and sometimes those achievements are to your credit and your credit alone, but the vast majority of your achievements have had a helping hand. It is important to let thank those folks. That aid may have been deliberate, sometimes incidental, but express your gratitude regardless. Every person you cross paths in this life needs to know that they matter and you appreciate the positive effect they have had on your life. 

That’s my post for the day. Thank you for reading it. 

Peace y’all. 

It’s a Wednesday night in rural Douglas County. Lisa is sleeping in the recliner adjacent to me, occasionally waking to tell me some random trip about her recent trip to San Diego, like “we walked by that Kansas City barbecue place that they filmed in the movie ‘Top Gun'”, then immediately falling back to sleep. It’s kind of funny, she likely won’t remember mentioning it to me later, or, more likely, she’ll tell me about it again. 

KU is playing basketball in New York City, playing and beating Marquette tonight to earn the right to play Tennessee on Friday night. Tennessee is coached by Rick Barnes, who used to be the heard coach at Texas, so he has some pretty good familiarity with the Jayhawks and Bill Self. 

Tomorrow morning we’ll get the car packed up and head off to Clay Center for Thanksgiving. Bonnie and Gracie are taking Gracie’s car and Colby on the trip. 

I’m still trying to get caught up on sleep after being up so late last night waiting for Lisa and Gracie to get home after thier trip to San Diego. 

In the meantime, I’m watching NOVA, an episode about origami. It’s rather fascinating. Now they have software to manage the aid in design of the folds. Someday , origami folding techniques will be major design considerations in many products, just wait. 

Time for me to call it a night, get my girl off to bed. 

Peace y’all 

Oh, man. I am tired. Lisa and Gracie should be getting back from San Diego in anther hour and a half to two hours. I’m going to try and stay up (or at least hang out in the living room with the tv on and a dog or two on my lap. 

A couple of  weeks ago, I took a test that determined my personality type, and I made note of my personal tendencies to argue. I need to work on that part of my personality. I’ve had it up to here (Bob gestures with hand slightly raised over the top of his head) with people posting fallacious (fallacy = fictitious story) content on social media. Seriously. It seems that have the stuff people post is just straight up lies. 

This country is in a real strange place. We have a guy in the White House that lies on a daily basis, and the die-hard followers buy in. People just aren’t ready to accept that this guy is a complete con-artist. He speaks, and they lap up the lies like thirsty dogs. 

It’s reached ludicrous proportions. I just don’t get it. The only thing I can really hope for is that this next session of Congress will stand up to this repetition of lie after lie after lie. 

I’m gonna let you go. 

Peace y’all. 

I’m about to lose my mind tonight. Chiefs at Rams on Monday night football. The highest scoring game in Monday Night Football history, and DISH drops my signal with two minutes left in the game. 

Ugh. 

I guess it might have all been for the best. Chiefs ended up losing, 54-51. Apparently Mahomes threw two interceptions late in the game, and that was likely the difference in the game. 

At this point, my singular objective is to just get this thing cranked out, tw hundred words, then drag my sorry ass off to bed. 

I’ve got a few things I need to tackle tomorrow, get some things ready before Lisa and Gracie get home late tomorrow night. 

I’m just a little frustrated. The Los Angeles Rams played an outstanding game on defense tonight. At least three of their touchdowns were the result of Kansas City turnovers. Also, the incredible volume of penalties against the Chiefs certainly didn’t help either. 

I’m going to wrap this up. Mope a little. Get some consolation from two of the cutest dogs in the world. 

At least one of them likes me, I think. 

The other one growls at me too much. I should keep more treats handy. 

Good night. 

Peace y’all. 

Hey… hope I got the day right. 

It’s a Sunday night, and it’s a quiet one. Lisa and Gracie are in San Diego, and Dane and I are chilling out here at home. Fireplace is crackling with fresh logs kicking out a warm orange dance. 

It’s been a pretty gray day here. Thought we might get a little precipitation, but no rain fell, and I don’t think it ever got quite cold enough for snow. 

No football of interest to me today. Chiefs play tomorrow night on Monday Night Football against the Rams. This game was originally scheduled for Mexico City, but has been moved to LA instead due to field conditions at the original site. 

Thoughts are with the Chiefs’ old quarterback, Alex Smith, who is now with the Washington Redskins. He suffered a serious injury today, breaking his tibia and fibula in his left (?) leg. This was 33 years to the day that Joe Theismann broke his leg as memorialized in the opening of the movie “The Blind Side”. Smith is one of the good guys. I hope he has a complete recovery.  

Dane has an event at school tomorrow night, so I need to figure out what I’m going to do about watching the game. I’ll either chill at home, or go over to 23rd Street Brewery to yell at the TV with strangers. 

Peace y’all. 

Went back through and realized I screwed up my numbering yesterday. Went to a show with my brother, had a great time, then forgot to increment the day. Oh, well, this should be the accurate day… but let me check… let the internet do it’s thing. 

LOL. So the first calculator had a stack overflow error. Sorry, gang, you need to fix your website. The second had me off by a few more days than I had anticipated. 

This means for the casual reader, I’ve screwed up my dates, but I have not missed any days that I can recall. Yeah, I’ve had a couple of days that I sloughed off and didn’t write as much as I had committed to, or was taking a little mental health day (like when we moved last January). 

Hang on, need to poke the fireplace a little bit…

Tossed a couple more logs on the fire, enough to get us through the evening. 

So, anyway, my numerical dilemma is solved. 

Unless of course, the website I used for that update was screwed up, which is well within the realm of possibility. 

I’m not going to dwell on it, though. It is going to hack me off if there’s some calculation based on leap years this thing overlooked. 

I’ll live with it. 

Peace y’all. 

It’s been a good night. I don’t get a chance to spend the evening with my youngest brother, but I am certainly grateful for the memories we made today. Jabbering over pizza, then heading off to a show. 

The starter was a cover of Hocus Pocus, with Nuno, Zakk, Steve, Yngwie, and Tosin all trading licks and taking their respective turns with a little soloing. 

I need to get some “Animals as Leaders” music. Obasi is crisp. I’d love to hear his stretch out over an entire album. 

Nuno Bettencourt was the front man for the show, it seems. He spent the most time talking to the audience, as well as singing. The opening song of his set was “Get the Funk Out”, and he nailed it. 

Now, I’ve known about Nuno singing for years. I did not know Zakk Wylde could sing as well as he does, and his cover of “War Pigs” might very well be the best cover of that classic Black Sabbath tune I’ve heard. Add in Zakk’s two tours into the audience (including the balcony), and I’ll readily go see a Black Label Society show next time he comes through on tour. 

Steve Vai played a couple of familiar (familiar to me, anyway) tunes, including the crowd favorite “For the Love of God”. 

Great time. Dan and I should do that more often. 

Back to Lawrence tomorrow. 

Peace y’all. 

It’s Thursday night in rural Douglas County. Dane has already headed off to bed, and with 9:00 just around the corner, I figure I’m good for maybe another hour, then I’ll head off to a gentle November slumber. 

Sounds like I’m about to hibernate when I put it like that. 

Spent more time in my car today than I originally intended, but that kind of thing happens from time to time. 

Likely spending more time in the car tomorrow. Heading off to Salina for the Generation Axe concert with my brother, Dan. 

That will be a good time. 

My big decision kind of revolves around the time I choose to head that way. Part of me want to head out real early and maybe grab lunch with an old friend. We’ll wait and see. I don’t have a whole lot else to prevent me from going that route. 

Need to take a look at my wardrobe situation, figure out what I want to wear to the show, and then organize a change of clothes for the ride back home. 

All in all, I’m hoping for a drama free day tomorrow. Live and let live, that sort of thing. 

Until then, I hope there’s a warm bed and some mutually acceptable snuggling. 

Peace y’all. 

It’s a Wednesday night in the country. Lisa is lightly snoozing in the recliner next to me, two small dogs snuggled up to her. Lucy seems to be in REM sleep, dreaming of something and making the cutest little noises. 

I finished up strong on my three day class. Had a lunch meeting with the powers that be to discuss the changes to the training horizon that we’ll have to address in the coming months. Many of the new courses will land directly in my lap. It is apparent that some aspects of these changes aren’t optimal for me, but, most importantly, I’ll buckle down and do. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to complain, because I’m not the iceberg that is going to change the direction of this boat. 

Confirmed my get together with my brother for Friday night. Off to see some great guitar players in the Generation Axe show. Steve Vai, Zack Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, and Tosin Abasi. I have a feeling I am going to get my fill of shred on this trip, more than enough to get me through the winter. 

Until then, I get to sleep in. No appointments tomorrow, none on Friday other than the show. 

Peace y’all.