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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all

With two days to go until Christmas, I often wonder how the birth of Christ was celebrated with no one to welcome the Savior. No pundits, No nothing. Just the family the way it should be.

I still think having fans at sporting events is a good thing but I wonder what kind of restrictions would be placed on tickets for the birth of our Savior.

Would it be 25 percent capacity? Would you have to wear a mask? Would they keep it in the same small venue or would there “be room at the Inn?”

Supreme Court rejects Texas AG’s lawsuit

Supreme Court rejects Texas AG’s lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the results of the presidential election.

President Donald Trump and 17 Republican attorneys generals had joined the lawsuit, which asked the Supreme Court to toss out the elections in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The lawsuit claimed the states “exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to justify ignoring federal and state election laws and unlawfully enacting last-minute changes, thus skewing the results of the 2020 General Election.”

Special Grandmothers…

Special Grandmothers…

Recent conversations--okay, maybe just banter--have me thinking heavily about grandmothers. Those who’ve had the nurturing of two are doubly blessed. (I knew just one, since the flu epidemic in the 1920s took one away several years prior to my birth.)

They constitute a special group, these grandmothers who answer to many names, some of which they’ve chosen to announce to grandchildren. In some cases, we old-timers respond to IDs slapped on us by kids and grands. They’re usually endearing names with special meanings.

Finding the perfect gift for my perfect grandchildren

Finding the perfect gift for my perfect grandchildren

Is anyone shopping for Christmas, yet? I guess they are, but I’m at a loss for what to get. Earlier in 2020 … before the pandemic became so permanent … I had some ideas for Christmas gifts. There were some really cute baby dolls on the internet. There were some technology items the older grandkids might like, and I’m pretty sure another Nerf-gun would be acceptable to the grandson.

Sausage wraps and grilled cheese

Sausage wraps and grilled cheese

Concession stands are an easy place to find this big fella during any sports season (well, except football where I’m usually rocking out in our fabulous press box).

I’ve been told I can always eat beforehand. I also have a couple of bucks in my wallet at halftime and like to help the kids out. I subscribe to the theory that if I can help a group of kids out when they need it, they’ll be more apt to do so when they get older.

I’m also told why can’t I eat at halftime. Hard to eat at halftime when you’re doing stats and then getting on the radio most nights.

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