The weather's been really hot again today. Temps. have been at 100 degrees or better almost all day long, so I've only ventured outside a couple of quick times taking trash to the bins. Luckily I love to read, and I've been doing lots of that.
I'm half an hour away from tonight's Indiana Fever game. Though it looks like Caitlin Clark won't be playing again tonight, the Fever are still a darned good team even without her. Granted, when she's healed up and back in action, it'll be way more fun to follow them. GO FEVER!
And the adventure continues.
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Too tired tonight to follow the Rangers / A's Game which has just started.
So instead, I'll continue listening to The Joe Pags Show for a few more minutes before putting head to pillow.
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Earlier today a friend asked how my tournament games were going.
The graphic above shows the final board of a game I won this afternoon playing Black. My Rook to g7 checkmated the White King and ended the game.
CC (Correspondence Chess) games rarely end by checkmate. Most often the losing player will realize at some point that he has no clear path forward and he'll resign the game, giving his opponent the win by default, and giving both him and his opponent more time to focus on their other games. As most of us usually have many active games in progress at any one time, that's simply the polite thing to do.
As I told my friend this morning, I'm playing as I normally do: wining some, losing some more.
And the adventure continues.
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Three things:
My main Monday chore has been completed: doing my weekly laundry. It doesn't HAVE TO be done on a Monday. I can and have when things get in the way let that chore slide over a day or two (or more) without any real inconvenience, but my weeks always work better when I get it done on Monday.
This afternoon several new photos from my daughter appear on my Alexa Show device. She told me last week they'd be coming, but we didn't know exactly when. Seeing all those happy, smiling faces from family over a thousand miles away was a delightful midday pick-me-up.
And tonight I'll be listening to my Texas Rangers playing the Oakland Athletics. I'm following the Rangers Pregame Show now. First pitch is just a few minutes away. Go Rangers!
And the adventure continues.
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Last night I listened to the Rangers / Tigers MLB Game and to my happy surprise, my Texas Rangers won. I fell asleep shortly after and proceeded to have one of the best sleeps I've had in a while. And I woke in good spirits and with maybe a bit more energy than I usually have.
So... tonight the Rangers and Tigers are playing again, and I'm tuned into Texas Rangers Radio for the game. And I'm hoping for a repeat of last night's performance. GO RANGERS!
The adventure continues.
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Two highlights of this Saturday in the Roscoe-verse:
Taking the wife out to lunch at Lin's, in Selma, which has become one of our favorite places.
And listening to my Texas Rangers vs the Detroit Tigers on Texas Rangers Radio. First pitch is 15 minutes away. Go Rangers!
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One of the most boring Fridays here winds down.
But boring can be a good thing, at least I've nothing noteworthy to complain about. Well, except for one leaky bottle in a case of 40 water bottles that I received this morning. But it was a bottle on an outside corner of the case that spit at me as I was carrying it across the room to put away. After cutting the plastic binding around the bottles I removed it and set it aside. With a few paper towels I cleaned up the few drops of water from the floor. And that's been the extent of excitement in the Roscoe-verse today. HA!
And the adventure continues.
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Saving time, saving column space.
Today I made a major improvement over at Roscoe's Story, my brother blog to this one. An improvement that will save me time and will make it easier for visitors to read.
I fill my days with maybe more prayers and devotions than many other old boys. Being mostly home bound with my arthritis, there's not a whole lot more I can do that is both constructive and edifying.
I have a daughter and a sister back home in Indiana, both of whom are curious about what I'm doing down here in Texas. How I'm taking care of myself. How I spend my time, etc. And I'm NOT a telephone person. Never have been. Ask anybody.
So to keep them informed, years ago I started my Roscoe's Story blog, listing and posting every day how I spend my time, etc.
Anyway, rather than list each individual prayer and the specific time I pray it every day, I now have a summary page that explains my prayer regimen. Linking to that summary every day will save me lots of time, and it will make for a much less cluttered blog page than has previously been the case.
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Another quiet day in the Roscoe-verse winds down.
I was able to get a little yard work done this morning. We have a flower bed that runs across the full front of our house. At either end of that flower bed are two big bushes that can transform into hideous monsters if left unattended for too long. This morning I attended to both of them, pruning quite a bit of foliage. They look much more civilized now. And I was able escape into the house, under the a/c before the worst heat of the day came upon us.
The afternoon and evening found relaxing music playing in the background as I lightly followed news reports or quietly read through my prayers and devotions, etc., while waiting for tonight's Indiana Fever WNBA Game. And that game is now underway as I sit here at the keyboard. Midway through the 1st Quarter the score finds the New York Liberty leading my Indiana Fever 23 to 16.
