Advertising Pens

The congregation where I worship is finishing up a construction project, and we are about to reach our 50th anniversary. We want to let the community know about us and we will be doing a lot of things to promote awareness. One of the very affordable things we will do is to order a few boxes of advertising pens that have our name, address and phone number imprinted on the barrel. We will pass them out to our friends at school and work, hoping it will open some opportunities to tell about the church!

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Sahara Hotel

My wife and I have never been to Las Vegas, Nevada, but we are thinking it should be part of the celebration of her 60th birthday in a couple of months. When I asked her which hotel she would like to visit, she immediately said, "theSahara hotel", that is where the Beatles played when we were kids! When I looked, I found that the Platters are part of the current entertainment at the Sahara. We will enjoy that.

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Cute Players Are Another Reason My Girls Are Astros Fans!

Most of my Astros stories to this point have been about my oldest daughter. But I am sitting here watching the Mets lead the Astros late in a game that has playoff implications for the Astros. It reminded me of the days in 1985, 86 and 87. The Mets and Astros had some very important clashes in those days, including one of the most awesome playoff games in history. It lasted 16 innings, but the Astros lost, and the Mets went on to win the World Series, over the Boston Red Sox.

In those days, the Astros had a young left handed relief pithcer named Jeff Calhoun. My middle daughter thought he was very cute, and he was single. Over the course of a couple of seasons, she met him a few times. And once to her delight, she received a written response to a letter she had written him.

Toward the end of a season, and after school had started, there was some big social activity going on at the high school, probably a homecoming. My daughter wanted Jeff Calhoun to be her escort. So she wrote him and described the activity, and invited him to attend.

A few days later she received a note letting her know that he was honored, but that as soon as the season was over, he would be leaving Houston to get married. Ironically, his fiancée and my daughter have the same name!

A few years ago, I learned that Calhoun was living in the Houston area. I found out because he was giving private instruction to the son of my closest friend. The boy is a lefty!


Astros stories part 2

Astros stories part 3

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Birthday Gift

I have been trying to come up with a special birthday present for my wife's 60th, which is coming up in less than two months. She is not big on jewelry, and she has a nice car already. She does like to travel and stay in hotels that provide a bit of pampering. So maybe we should take a trip. But where do you go for a 60th birthday?

Maybe I should take her to Rome, the Eternal City, and express to her my eternal love for her! Or should we go to Spain, thought the running of the bulls will have already been done for the year.

I think she would like to go see the historical sites and maybe take in a play in England. And we both have our ancestry in Ireland. What to do?

All of them?

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I Have Seen Quite A Few Major League Ball Parks, But Not All!

I wrote some time ago about driving from Houston to Chicago just so I could see a ball game in Wrigley Field before they put lights up on the stadium. I made that trip alone. At various times in my life I have seen games in Philadelphia, Kansas City, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Baltimore & San Diego.

When I moved to the city in which I now live, I found a friend who also loves baseball. He and I travel together to see games at various stadiums around the country. We have been to Dallas, Detroit, Toronto, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, New York, Montreal, Boston, Cleveland, San Francisco, Oakland, as well as Cooperstown to see the Hall of Fame.

There are still several Major League cities I have yet to see. Plus there are new ball parks in some of the cities, so I get to go back to them to compare the old stadiums to the new ons.

And I need to see Wrigley with lights!

Lidge Let's Em Off--Again!

This scenario is getting more than just aggravating. The Houston Astros closer has once again blown a save against the St Louis Cardinals. The 'Stros had scored two runs in the ninth inning to take a 3-1 lead. Ldge came into the game to save it and help the Astros win the series 3-1. But he did not retire anyone! Cairo, got a single, Ludwick walked, Pujols got a pinch single to make the score 3-2, then Ankiel got a two run triple (on a ball that should have been played by Berkman at first) and the game was over!

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Baseball Playoffs Loom Ahead

There are beginning to be prognostications about the impending playoffs in Major League Baseball. I think the Red Sox will make another appearance in World Series, representing the American League. But I believe they will be disappointed by New York City once again, when the Mets Beat them and Jose Reyes is named the MVP!

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Biggio Doubles

Last night there was an exciting game at Minute Maid Park in Houston, and it even meant something in the standings. Not the Astros standings, but the Chicago Cubs. The Astros won the game in 11 innings moving the Cubs out of a first place tie with the Brewers.

In the first inning of the game, Craig Biggio doubled. It was the 666th double of his career, moving him past George Brett in to sole possession of fifth on the all time doubles list. He is the only right handed hitter at the top of the list!

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