A major American political party just nominated a Black man to be its Presidential candidate.
Wow. I can’t express how proud I am of the Democratic Party and America right now. Way to go folks.
Historic times, I’m glad to witness them and be on the right side of them.
I took Emily with me to Lowe’s the other morning to get some stuff. It was early and she announced that she wanted to go to McDonald’s for breakfast. Here is the subsequent conversation with Emily about it:
Emily: I want to go on the playground.
Me: No, baby. I have got to get this door installed and I want to do it before it gets too hot.
Emily: I want to go on the playground.
Me: No, baby.
Emily: Playground.
Me: No
(Repeat several times.)
Emily: Okay, fine, I give up.
Me: Thank God.
Emily: We will do it your way. Playground it is.
Me: Thank y… wait, what?!?!
She almost got me with the old Bugs Bunny ploy. I would have been ashamed to have played the part of Daffy in that bit.
Skip Caray, the voice of the Atlanta Braves, has passed away at the age of 68. Skip was one of the good guys and he will be sorely missed, especially by me.
The number of times that I have looked at a television and cried tears of joy can be counted on one hand. His voice was calling the play by play on each and every one of them. He could be blunt, he could be abrasive, but he always called ‘em like he saw ‘em and that honesty showed brightly through his work. He might have passed, but my respect for the man never will.
Goodbye, Skip. Peace be with you.
P.S. I found this on youtube. This was one of those tearful moments spliced with some shots of Skip as a memorial: