LIFE'S PLEASURE

***** I LEARNED TO READ AT A VERY EARLY AGE . WAY BEFORE FIRST GRADE I WAS READING THOSE CHILDREN'S BOOKS .

THE POLITICALLY INCORRECT LITTLE BLACK SAMBO WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES . 

MY MOTHER READ TO ME WHEN I WAS VERY SMALL . THIS EARLY INTRODUCTION TRIGGERED A LOVE TO READ THAT NEVER VANISHED .

READING WAS VERY GOOD TO ME BECAUSE I GREW UP IN SEMI - ISOLATION . THERE WERE NO PLAYMATES WITHIN A MILE OR SO . 

BOOKS WERE MY COMPANIONS AND FILLED COUNTLESS HOURS . I MUCH PREFERRED THE COMPANY OF BOOKS TO THAT OF PEOPLE . 

READING OPENED THE WORLD TO ME AND ALLOWED ME TO BE EXPOSED  TO HIDDEN UNKNOWNS .

I HAVE ENJOYED READING FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS NOW . I AVERAGE TWO BOOKS A WEEK .

AS YOU MIGHT GUESS , I HAVE ACCUMULATED A FEW BOOKS . I THINK I HAVE CLOSE TO 2000 IN THE HOUSE AT THIS TIME . 

I HAVE GIVEN AWAY AS MANY BOOKS AS I HAVE KEPT . 

I HAVE 477 BOOKS PERTAINING TO FOOTBALL AT THE MOMENT . THIS TOTAL DOES NOT INCLUDE PLAYBOOKS ,MANUALS ,OR CLINIC NOTES . 

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH I HAVE SPENT ON BOOKS . I OBTAINED BOOKS THROUGH RETAIL STORES, ONLINE , DISCOUNTS , YARD SALES ,TRADES, GOODWILL AND THE LIBRARY .

OVER 90 % OF THE BOOKS I OWN ARE  NON -FICTION . I RARELY BUY A  FICTION BOOK , OPTING TO BORROW OR USE THE LIBRARY INSTEAD . 

IF YOU READ YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT ANY SUBJECT YOU WISH . YOUR WORLD HAS NO LIMITS . YOU CAN SHARE THE EXPERIENCES OF OTHERS THROUGH READING . 

YOU WILL NEVER BE LONELY & YOUR BOOKS WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU . IT IS ENJOYABLE TO EXIST IN IDEALS AND CONCEPTS. 

I LOVE TO READ !  

***** REMEMBERING . ONE OF THE FIRST COACHES I EVER WORKED WITH WAS CHARLIE STEPHENS AT MARKED TREE . 

COACH CHARLIE HAD COACHED THE FRESHMAN AT MARKED TREE SINCE NOAH LANDED THE ARK . 

COACH WAS OLDER THAN DIRT . HE HAD TO BE PUSHING 50 . WHEN YOU ARE 22 ANYTHING PAST 30 IS ON UP THERE . 

ON OFFENSE COACH RAN THE SHORT PUNT FORMATION . ONLY THE SERIOUS FAN WILL KNOW WHAT I AM SPEAKING OF . 

EVERYTIME THERE WAS A COACHING CHANGE ,THEY WOULD PLEAD FOR COACH STEPHENS TO TAKE THE VARSITY . HE NEVER WOULD . 

HE OFTEN TOLD ME " THE NINTH GRADE IS THE LAST YEAR YOU KNOW MORE THAN THEY DO "

THANK YOU CHARLIE FOR ALL THE WISDOM GIVEN 40 YEARS AGO . 

********* THANKS FOR READING   
 

STICK & MOVE

***** STICK AND MOVE IS A BOXING TERM . IT MEANS THROW A PUNCH , THEN STEP OR SLIDE TO A NEW POSITION TO AVOID A COUNTER PUNCH . SO, TODAY WE ARE GOING TO STICK AND MOVE

***** THE SHELBY UNIFIED SCHOOL SNAFU IS WORSE THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE . IT IS SO BAD THE LEADERS ARE ASKING FOR A DO - OVER  . THE FOLKS IN CHARGE ARE PLEADING TO GO BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE .

THIS STINKY MESS IS THE RESULT OF A POWER STRUGGLE BETWEEN MARTAVIUS JONES AND DAVID PICKLER .

THE JONES/ PICKLER FEUD IS THE MEMPHIS ANSWER  TO COCKFIGHTING . THE DAMAGE THEY HAVE DONE CANNOT BE FULLY ASSESSED

JONES AND PICKLER SHOULD BE FORCED TO STAND , HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR BACK , IN FRONT OF A HIGH KICKING CHORUS LINE . A LITTLE COCONUT CRUNCH WOULD BE WAY TOO LIGHT FOR THESE BOYS .

***** THE MEMPHIS / SHELBY POLITICAL LEADERS ARE TOTALLY OUT OF TOUCH  . THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT NAMES OF PARKS AND STEVE COHEN'S  DAUGHTER THAN REAL PROBLEMS .

THEY BETTER WORRY ABOUT SCHOOLS, JOBS & TAXES .IT DOESN'T MAKE A HOOT WHAT THE PARKS ARE CALLED .

I DON'T CARE IF COHEN IS THE FATHER OF A DAUGHTER OR A WHOLE TROOP  OF BOY SCOUTS .  THESE ELECTED LEADERS NEED TO DEAL WITH THE REAL PROBLEMS AND CUT THE JIVE .

INSTEAD OF WORRY ABOUT THE NAME OF THE PARK , LACK OF JOBS IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT . BACK HOME IN GIBSON ABOUT THE ONLY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY IS TO BE A METH CHEF .

***** THE TIGERS ARE PLAYING VERY WELL AT THIS TIME . BUT DO NOT WET YOUR BRITCHES BLUE CREW . KEEP IN MIND THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION .

CAN THE TIGERS PLAY CUPCAKES THEN STEP IT UP AT TOURNEY TIME ?

THE LITTLE LIZARD AKA AS COACH CAL TOOK A SHOT LAST WEEK . CAL 'S CATS NEEDED A BIG RALLY TO CLOSE TO WITHIN THIRTY AGAINST THE VOLS . 

***** KEEP STICKING AND MOVING !!!!!!!!!!1

HERE & THERE

**** DO YOU HAVE  TROUBLE FORGIVING OTHERS ? I SURE DO !

I HAVE CARRIED ANGER, BURDENS, PAIN, AND GRUDGES FOR MANY YEARS . THE ONLY ONE HURT BY THIS HEAVY LOAD WAS ME .

WHY COULD I NOT LET GO ? IT WAS NOT LIKE MY FORGIVENESS WAS GOING TO CHANGE  ANYTHING . THE PAST IS THE PAST . YOU CAN NOT UNSCRAMBLE EGGS .

THE REASON WE FIND IT HARD TO FORGIVE IS BECAUSE OF THE COST . TO FORGIVE IS NOT FREE . SOMEONE PAYS THE PRICE WHEN FORGIVENESS OCCURS .

WHEN WE FORGIVE WE PAY THE PRICE , ASSUME THE DEBT , TAKE THE HURT , & BEAR THE PAIN . WE DON'T DEMAND PAYMENT ANYMORE .

FORGIVENESS ALWAYS COMES WITH A PRICE . OUR EXAMPLE OF FORGIVENESS IS JESUS .

JESUS CAN FORGIVE SIN BECAUSE HE PAID THE PRICE FOR THOSE SINS . WE ARE FORGIVEN BECAUSE JESUS PAID THE PRICE FOR US .

WE ARE TO FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE & NO LONGER DEMAND PAYMENT OR SEEK REVENGE BUT TO TAKE THE COST AND RELEASE THE LOAD .

THE IRONY IS THAT THE ONE WE HELP THE MOST WHEN WE FORGIVE IS OURSELF .

OR WE CAN CONTINUE AS WILLIE NELSON SINGS " FORGIVING YOU WAS EASY BUT FORGETTING SEEMS TO TAKE THE LONGEST TIME "

**** THE SEC GETS A FREEZE WARNING !!!!!!

DID YOU SEE THAT RECRUITING CLASS HIGH SCHOOL HUGH & OLE MISS PUT TOGETHER . ?  PRETTY STRONG !

HUGH IS LIKE TEDDY ROOSEVELT , HUGH SPEAKS LOUDLY AND CARRIES A BIG SHOVEL . HUGH IS ALWAYS PROCLAIMING ABOUT ALL THE MANURE HE IS THROWING WITH HIS BIG SHOVEL .

NOW, WILL THE OLE MISS MONSTER YEAR PASS THE SNIFF TEST ? WHAT DID THE REBELS DO TO GET THOSE PLAYERS ?

I DON'T HAVE A CLUE. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS OLE MISS & HUGH GOT 'EM .

***** WE NEED TO PRAY FOR WENDY THOMAS , THE CA'S RACE WRITER .

WENDY DOES NOT WRITE ABOUT CAR, BOAT, OR FOOT RACING BUT ABOUT BLACK/WHITE RACE .

THAT IS ALL WENDY CAN WRITE ABOUT , SHE IS TOTALLY OBSESSED WITH THE TOPIC .

WENDY HAS TRIED A TIME OR TWO TO MAKE IT SOMEPLACE  ELSE BUT SHE ALWAYS COMES HOME TO ROOST IN MEMPHIS .

MEMPHIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE WENDY'S RACE GIG WILL PLAY .

LIFE MUST HAVE HURT WENDY REALLY BAD . SHE CARRIES A HEAVY LOAD OF ANGER  & PAIN .

I WISH WENDY COULD SET HER BUCKET DOWN & BE FREE FROM THE DEMONS THAT TORMENT HER .

I KNOW THE PAIN WHEN THINGS INSIDE YOU BURN OUT OF CONTROL . I HOPE WENDY CAN BREAK FREE FROM THE PRISON WHERE SHE HAS PLACED HERSELF & BE RID OF  THE CHAINS OF PAIN & ANGER THAT BIND HER .   

COME ON DOWN TO THE CHEMO ROOM WENDY . BLACK OR WHITE DOES NOT SEEM SO IMPORTANT THERE .

******** THANKS FOR READING !!!!!

ANOTHER SUPER SUPER BOWL

***** FIVE YEARS IN A ROW NOW, WE HAVE HAD A GREAT SUPER BOWL GAME . CLOSE WITH LOTS OF THRILLS .

THIS YEAR WE HAD TWO GAMES . ONE BEFORE THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, & ONE AFTER THE LIGHTS WENT OUT . OR AFTER THE LIGHTS WERE RESTORED IF YOU WILL .

THE RAVENS WON THE PRE-OUTAGE SCRIMMAGE 28 - 6 WHILE THE NINERS TOOK THE POST- OUTAGE TILT 25 - 6 .

ALL THIS BOUNCING OF BIG MO ADDED UP TO A 34 - 31 RAVENS WIN . TWO ONE SIDED PARTS MAKE A PRETTY GOOD WHOLE .

A LOT OF FOLKS ARE BANGING ON THE BIG EASY BECAUSE THE LIGHTS BLEW OUT . COME ON NOW, THAT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE .

WHY DO THEY CALL NEW ORLEANS THE BIG EASY ? THERE WAS A GIRL FROM MEDINA KNOWN BY THAT NAME BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS THE SAME . COULD ONE OF YOU CLEAR UP THIS MYSTERY ? I WILL SEARCH FOR THE ANSWER .

PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS FOR THE HARBAUGH PARENTS WITH TWO SONS COACHING IN THE SUPER BOWL .

BULL SNOT ! ONLY 32 OF THOSE JOBS IN THE WORLD & YOU HAVE TWO KIDS BOTH COACHING IN THE SUPER BOWL .

MOM & DAD SHOULD HAVE A GREAT TIME . JUST BET THE OVER & CHEER LIKE CRAZY FOR BOTH OFFENSES .

WILL RAY LEWIS RIDE OFF IN THE SUNSET NOW ? WILL RAY BE REMEMBERED FOR JUST HIS PLAY ON THE FIELD ?

OR WILL THAT OTHER THING ALWAYS BE BROUGHT TO MIND ? I DON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE SEPARATING THE TWO . I KNOW GREATNESS ON THE FIELD DOES NOT ALWAYS TRANSFER TO GREATNESS IN PERSONAL LIFE . 

WHAT ABOUT THAT HALF TIME SHOW  ? THERE USED TO BE A GROUP AROUND MEDINA CALLED THE SITKA STRUTTERS  THAT PUT ON A SHOW SIMILAR TO THE HALF - TIME PRODUCTION .

I NEVER SAW THE SITKA GROUP , MY MAMA WOULDN'T LET ME GO TO SHOWS LIKE THAT . 

TRUTH IS I DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF THE HALF -TIME SHOW EITHER . I WAS READING A BOOK ON TAX REVOLTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY DURING MOST OF THE SHOW .

WELL , THAT IS A WRAP ON FOOTBALL  FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS . I AM GRATEFUL I WAS ABLE TO WATCH THIS YEAR . I HOPE I HAVE ANOTHER SEASON TO ENJOY.

***** GAMES SHOULD BE AN ESCAPE FROM THE HARD COLD FACTS OF LIFE . GAMES SHOULD BE ENJOYABLE TO WATCH AND PLAY .

BUT WE HAVE LET TOO MUCH OF THE WORLD'S THINKING SEEP INTO THE GAMES .

THE WIN AT ANY COST MIND SET FUSED WITH THE WE WILL OUT WORK THEM PHILOSOPHY HAS TAKEN THE JOY FROM THE GAMES .


PLAYERS ARE HARD TO DEAL WITH THESE DAYS BUT PARENTS ARE IMPOSSIBLE . YOU HAVE AS MUCH CHANCE BRINGING PEACE TO PALESTINE AS YOU DO OF PLEASING PARENTS .

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO COMMIT THEIR  LIFE TO THEIR JOB  THE JOB COMES FIRST , NOTHING COMES BEFORE THE COMPANY , THE SCHOOL , OR THE WHATEVER .

I KNOW, I HAVE BEEN THERE . LET ME SAY , I WAS A FOOL ALL THOSE YEARS ,CHASING GOALS THAT JUST FADED AWAY .

WINNING GAMES IS LIKE DRINKING SALT WATER . YOU NEVER GET ENOUGH . YOU BETTER ENJOY THE JOURNEY BECAUSE THERE IS NO MAGIC DESTINATION .  

JUST SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT .  THANKS FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!