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- Congratulations to Clemson on winning its first football national championship since 1981. I’d have rather Alabama won it, of course, but of all the teams who could have it instead, I may mind Clemson the least. I’m very happy for my long-suffering friend Cheryl!
- Aaron asked me last night “how long ’til IndyCar?” Too long, buddy. Too long. (Two months from today.)
- When I was in the fourth grade the Atari 2600 was out there, but hadn’t quite barnstormed the world yet. Dedicated handheld (or occasionally tabletop) electronic games were at least as popular—the Mattel Electronics sports games, Merlin, Simon, things like that. I remember these toys costing $30-50 each in 1979 dollars. That’s $100-$166 today. Wow. I was going to say our folks were nuts sending eight- and nine-year-olds all over creation with these things, but we’re doing the same thing today. Even the inflation works.
- We missed our first Upward Saturday on a day that it not only didn’t snow, but was actually sunny for most of it. Now it was 22º—but we don’t play outside. Hmph. We’ll get going this weekend.
- I don’t much care for this rainy/cloudy mid-60s vibe we have going right now. It’s quite un-January. Dissonant.
- I’ve been intrigued by the idea of subscription boxes, in which you pay a small-but-not-insignificant amount of money to subscribe to monthly shipments that contain…well, you’re not exactly sure, but there are different ones for different interests, and the ones that persevere tend to have good stuff in them. Last month I was finally stimulated enough by one to try it out. My first shipment should be here next week. Report forthcoming.
- TwoDots is my favorite silly little phone game in a long time.
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Thanks, Bo! We split the series and both games were about as exciting as any games I’ve ever watched. Thanks also to Alabama for gifting us Dabo. He’s a remarkable man in every way that’s important, and Clemson is lucky to have him.
I’m very glad he’s working out so well for you guys, Cheryl. I can remember your trepidation on the front end, and I even shared a little bit of it. Was this guy too mushy/touchy-feely to survive the grind? Nope, Dabo’s the real deal.
Enjoy your reign. That’s a big ol’ bullseye on your back now, you know. 🙂