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I wouldn’t trust any one of these people to run a simple game bored Rover

Marco looks absolutely thrilled

We learned absolutely nothing from Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan etc What we really need is country leaders lead from the front lines. Not draft dodgers making decisions behind a safe desk

The "perfect" GM is unwilling to put down his beer and back away from the screen to acctually acomplish anything. (20 plus years of APBA and a couple of the simlpified version of OOTP and I still know ****)

January 3 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-3

January 2 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-2

January 1 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-1?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2026-0101-01012026

December 31 Happy Hogmanay https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-31

So do the Lions promote Scotty Montgomery as I've seen some speculation or dk they try to poach JT Barrett back from the Bears? Wild card options?

December 30 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-30?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1230-12302025

She's white and Russian so she gets to stay despite being indicted for illegally taking money for her "business". Thanks Don and JD https://www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-chen-trump-administration-scores-visa-for-founder-russian-propaganda-outlet-tenet?utm_source=substack&publication_id=87281&post_id=182912328&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=45wcm&triedRedirect=true They all should spend time in the Florida Alligator Gulag

This is where we differ. I consider myself unchurched. No church home for several reasons, all 0f them mostly personal. I grew up with family in a Presbyterian Church with family, he was a family friend as he was with most members of the congreation. My grandmother and mother were active in the church. My grandfather was a back pew church goer, as I later became for a while. When family moved to Virginia, we attended the church attended by our landlords. We had two option, Church of the Brethren or Baptist, we chose the former. We were active, I became an Eagle Scout there and earned the God and Country Badge. Without going my farther, let's just say my argument with organized religion (the church) is not over doctoral matters but a perceived difference in what they taught and what they practiced. At 73 I've come to terms with most of that. I watch services of a couple churches during the week. I read the bible on occasion but feel my calling now on Sunday mornings is volunteering at the visitor center at Colonial Williamsburg, which I've done since COVID restrictions were lifted. I'm not overly religious, I believe the core teachings of Christ. Yet at the same time I prefer being "Homeless" for now.

Not political, but some may construe it that way.

I just perused the latest in the thread. I wonder if the survey makes a distinction between those who profess to be Christians and those who may lean to Christianity but are solidly "non churched" Those who believe in the principles of Christianity, yet find most demonizations and even individual churches corrupt in some way.

December 29 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-29?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1229-12292025

December 28 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-28?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1228-12282025

Instead of Commander in Chief, he should be Decorator in Chief. Offer him a job on HGTV or with Chip and Joanna Gaines. Now would make America grate again!

Marble armrests. Who actually thinks of those. It's got to make for uncomfortable seating. Besides wasting taxpayer money...

Part of our decision (or my wife's) was that her parents wedding anniversary was 12/31. (Ours was 12/30). I'm sure her played a major role in that as well. We did do it on a tight budget though. Her mother was a caterer, my dad while basically a lawn care guy before it became semi fashionable also had equity in a floral shop so he supplied the flowers. A simple reception in the church's fellowship hall. Our hotel room for the first night was the "bridal suite' at the Holiday Inn on the Virginia Beach ocean front (a whopping $25 a night).... Some great memories though. Including my Pittsburgh relatives just beating my wife down the aisle. We had the audacity of having a wedding at the same time as a Steeler playoff game.

December 27 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-27?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1227-12272025

Twelve Days of Griftmas, Bullwerk style https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-12-days-of-grift-mas?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Christmas and wedding anniversary fall within 5 days of each other. It's really not a problem as we've started doing one "big" gift for the house or one we both can share. I did do a couple of "Christmas related "gifts' this year. Tickets to a Voices8 concert just before Christmas, along with a couple of other musical events related to Colonial Williamsburg. We also decided on a nice Christmas dinner out yesterday, After 38 years, it seems to work well for us