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Monday, April 18, 2022

O is for Orange, Oliva, and Overt

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 Good morning  and welcome to day 15  of the A to Z challenge. This year I chose 3 themes for the challenge: Limericks, MLB sluggers in my lifetime, and A to Z wordles. For more information about these themes click here


Part I: A to Z Limericks

From the thet can't all be winners department ...



Orange, is a wonderful fruit.

And has vitamin C to boot.

While it's no crime,

That it has no good rhyme.

It does make me want to say "shoot!"













Part II: A to Z Homerun hitters of my lifetime









Tony Oliva got elected to the Hall of Fame by the veteran's comittee this year receiving 12 of the 16 votes he needed.  Oliva played for the Minnesota Twins from 1962 to 1976 and hit all but 1 of his 220 career homers from 1964-1975.  


Part III: Wordle Starting Words from A to Z


Note: Correct letters in the correct places will be shown in bold. Correct letters in incorrect places will be shown in italics.



My March 15th starting word was overt.


O V E R T - Guessed the E and T the T but not in their proper place.
T E P I D-  Got the T and E in their proper spots.
T E A C H  Added a third letter in the right spot.
T E A S E - Correct in 4 guesses


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Sunday, April 17, 2022

I May Have This Read at my Funeral


 Today is Easter Sunday.  Well it still is in my time zone.  After church today I was driving to a family gathering and I heard this song. The song is over 30 years old and I have heard it plenty of times.  As I listened to it today and reflected upon the lyrics and thought about it in the context of Easter.  I realized I'm accepted by Christ, and He loved me so much to die for my sins and his resurrection shows that His love is packed with power.  I hope these lyrics minister to you today as much as they did to me .



"I'm Accepted" 
by Degarmo & Key | from the 1989 album The Pledge

I May not be rich
Don't wear fashion clothes
Don't live in a mansion
Don't have much that shows
Never won a contest in popularity
Don't have much to offer 
But Jesus still loves me

I'm accepted, accepted
I'm accepted by the one who matters most.

Never set a record in sports agility
Never was magnetic in personality
That don't really matter
I'll do the best I can
'Cause there's a God above me
Who loves me like I am

I'm accepted, accepted
I'm accepted by the one who matters most.


If you think you're a loser
When you fail it seems at everything you do
Just remember there's a Savior
And you are worth enough
He gave his life for you

I'm accepted, accepted
I'm accepted by the one who matters most.
I'm accepted, accepted
I'm accepted by the one who matters most.
I'm accepted, accepted
I'm accepted by the one who matters most.






Saturday, April 16, 2022

N is for Next, Nelson and Nails

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 Good morning  and welcome to day 14  of the A to Z challenge. This year I chose 3 themes for the challenge: Limericks, MLB sluggers in my lifetime, and A to Z wordles. For more information about these themes click here


Part I: A to Z Limericks

So many people get vexed

Wondering what to do next

I say don't have a cow

You're building next now

so just keep on doing your best.









Part II: A to Z Homerun hitters of my lifetime




When I decided I would be doing an a to z list of home run hitters in my lifetime I decided to apportion my lifetime in 5  approximately 11 year chapters and try to fit 5 players from each chapter on the list.  Yesterday13 days into the challenge I finalized my list.  Yesterdays entry and todays entry are both from the last chapter which encompasses 2011-2021. Yesterday I featured Miguel Cabrera who has hit 502 homers in his MLN career.  Today we talk about Nelson Cruz who is not far behind Cabrera with 450.  

Cruz has the most homers of any player between 2011 and 2021 His 372 is almost 50 more than the player behind him on the list.  During that time frame, Cruz has hit 163 homers for the Mariners ,, 80 for the Rangers , 76 for the Twins, 40 for the Orioles, and 13 for the Rays. Cruz now plays for the Washington Nationals and has hit one homer for them so far this season.  



Part III: Wordle Starting Words from A to Z



Note: Correct letters in the correct places will be shown in bold. Correct letters in incorrect places will be shown in italics.



My March 14th starting word was nails.


N A I L S  Got 2 letters, 1 in the right place 
S H E L L-  3 letters all in the right position 
S M E L T - smelt is a verb and a noun and I "nailed" it in 3.


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Friday, April 15, 2022

M is for Meaning,Miguel Cabrera, Mouse

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Good morning  and welcome to day 13  of the A to Z challenge. This year I chose 3 themes for the challenge: Limericks, MLB sluggers in my lifetime, and A to Z wordles. For more information about these themes click here


Part I: A to Z Limericks

I'd like to make a good syllogism

One that would refute nihilism

God exists.  He has plan. 

So there's meaning for man.

Now I'll go learn ventriloquism.

Originally published on FB March of 2014






Part II: A to Z Homerun hitters of my lifetime



Miguel Cabrera and I have something in common.  We have both worked for the Kane County Cougars.  He, when he was coming up with the Florida Marlin organization at the turn of the century and me, last summer when I worked in their concession stands. Cabrera's major league stats are more o,[ressive than his minor league ones and even my prodigious vending skills.  He is 9 hits away from joining the elusive 500 Homer 3000 hit club.  Cabrera hit 247 homers between the Marlins and the Tigers from 2003 to 2010.  In 2011 to 2021 (time spent entirely with the Tigers) he has hit 255 dingers.  








Part III: Wordle Starting Words from A to Z



Note: Correct letters in the correct places will be shown in bold. Correct letters in incorrect places will be shown in italics.



On March 13th I opened my Wordle with an animal for the 3rd day in a row.  


M O U S E- Got 3 letters, 1 in the right place 
S O U N D-  This was a mistake in logic guessing u in the place I knew it wasnt. 
B O G U S Despite evidence to the contrary, this was not a bogus guess. 
F O C U S - Focus in four. 


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At about 12:15 this morning I did my wordle early.  I started with mouse and finished in 2.  

Thursday, April 14, 2022

L is for Lima Beans, (E)L Caballo and Llama

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 Good morning  and welcome to day 12  of the A to Z challenge. This year I chose 3 themes for the challenge: Limericks, MLB sluggers in my lifetime, and A to Z wordles. For more information about these themes click here


Part I: A to Z Limericks

I don't mean to go to extremes
But the worst food in the world is lima beans 
I do not know who
Thought of those in Peru
But they certainly did not know beans!



Part II: A to Z Homerun hitters of my lifetime



Carlos Lee is definitely in my nick name hall of fame.  They call him El Caballo which is spanish for the horse.  I loved watching El Caballo play for the White Sox from 1999 to 2004. He got traded to the Brewers and I was glad that we got Scottie Pods in that deal and I know that Podsednik was a major part of our World Series Championship but I was still a little sad that Lee left. Lee played in the MLB from 1999 to 2012. He hit 315 of his 358 career home runs from 2000 to 2010.  In that time span, he hit 136 for the White Sox, 110 for the Astros, 60 for the Brewers, and 9 for the Rangers.  



Part III: Wordle Starting Words from A to Z



Note: Correct letters in the correct places will be shown in bold. Correct letters in incorrect places will be shown in italics.

Some of my a-z wordle opening guesses have multitudes of meaning to me and my family. Llama is one of the most significant.  There was a period of my life when my kids were growing up that I could not keep myself from saying the word llama.  It got so bad that I offered to pay the kids a nickel each time I said the word.  One night they as before bedked me to read some books to them for bedtime, which was big part of our not time routine so I wasn't suspicious until they pulled out books like Is your Mama a Llama, and Llama Llama Red Pajama.  They made some big money that evening!

For the letter K, I opened with Krill and for L I opened with Llama.  I find it interesting that I ended one opener  with a double L and then came back the very next day to start the word with the very same double L

L
L L A M A - got an a in the wrong place
B R E A K-  Placed that A in the right place
S Q U A DAdded a D but in the wrong place. 
D I V A N - Did not find out anything new.
T O D A Y- 5th guess, added t,o, and y and got the word 


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