Howard thanks for posting that video. That’s a pretty cool machine.

Howard how you took down the old stadium is fascinating. It’s not a topic I’ve ever considered. I can’t imagine large pincers that can cut through steel beams. I’ll have to check on YouTube to watch a video of how to demolish a stadium.

Howard that was amazingly fast for a football stadium.

I would have enjoyed watching the take down of the stadium and the recycling of the material. People usually don’t think about recycling bricks but they can be reused. They have to be cleaned.

I was reading about the destruction of Columbus, GA when Gen Wilson’s forces came through during…

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Howard it’s a shame the aluminum bleachers were destroyed because aluminum can be recycled. It usually brings in more money when you sell it to metal recycling plants.

When the Albany navy based closed the city took over the recreation center, the gyms and the golf course. It was a better golf course than the one in Albany. Unfortunately over…

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It’s too bad your team couldn’t raise the money to travel. Money is always an issue for parents with kids playing sports. A friend of mine was a coach with a high school and he said the kids who played football had to pay $450 per season for the equipment. Booster clubs were prohibited from raising the funds for the equipment and uniforms.

My…

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Howard it sounds like you had a good team and your vertical may not have been that good but that’s not what the team needed from you. Your defensive skills and your ability to set were just as important as the other’s ability to spike.

Your team had a lot of good success. Money is always a factor. A soccer team my oldest daughter was on went to…

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Howard from my experience playing volleyball everyone wanted to be a striker who spiked the ball over the net. The underappreciated position was the setter because without a good set there was no spiking. It just wasn’t a glamour position.

When I coached rec soccer all the girls wanted to be a striker and no one wanted to be a midfielder who…

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Jung I definitely can see the benefits of calligraphy. I used to draw with a T-square & triangles and it had similar cognitive benefits. When I’m researching topics in the museum library it is like exercising my brain. I read a lot at home and reading has a lot of benefits. But it is not the same as researching because when looking for…

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Howard I’ve never played volleyball in the sand. It sounds like you could lose your footing easily which means you’d have a hard time controlling where you hit the ball.

I also pitched. I was a spot starter and a reliever. I thought the pitchers ran sprints in the outfield all afternoon because the coach didn’t know what else to do with us. We…

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Jung I think calligraphy is a skill that is better if learned earlier in life. For guys sometimes our hand strength is a handicap. At least that’s what I tell myself because my attempts at calligraphy are abysmal. Your examples look pretty good. Mine look similar to a 3 year old’s coloring.

Handwriting reflects the stresses of everyday…

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Howard your coaching sounds like fun. I also played baseball and after high school I played a lot of volleyball. In this week’s vlog I was impressed with Mona’s volleyball skills.

I started jogging after I quit playing baseball. I guess I needed the running because in baseball we ran a lot, although sprints for short distances instead of miles.…

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Jung journaling is a wonderful hobby. When I write it helps me focus my ideas. when I’m typing on a keyboard like now I often forget what I was going to say or sometimes I stare at the screen without a clue of what I want to say.

That’s a nice collection of beautiful pens.

Do you also practice some degree of calligraphy? I asked that because…

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Jung I enjoy museums too and the St John’s one sounds very interesting.

I enjoy what I’m doing and I’m learning a lot about sailor’s lives in the American Civil War. It keeps me busy and my brain functioning.

Lisa’s workout looked intense. for a brief moment did I see her wearing a pull up knee brace? From your description of the 1st hour of…

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Howard I used to enjoy hiking all kinds of trails and when I was younger I jogged a lot. We used to run in 5k races to raise money for whichever charity. I was never those guys who finished a 5k in 17 minutes. You could add about 5 or 6 minutes for me. Those hobbies were years ago when the knees were a lot more rugged.

I hope you recover from…

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Jung in the photo in the upper left I was impressed with Lisa’s push ups. They are not easy to do when holding those handles. For our PT tests we were graded on the number of pushups we did and also the form. As an old army guy I appreciate her perfect form.

I agree with you about your favorite part of the Vlog was watching them do their…

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Happy birthday Nima!

Daryl those are beautiful photos. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt and the damage to property wasn’t too bad. The bad weather was unfortunate but thankfully all of you lived to ride another day.

Jung thanks for this video. It’s interesting. I enjoy all of these songs except I am the Walrus. For some reason that one has never made me feel comfortable, if that makes any sense. I’m neither a songwriter or a musician so I don’t approach songs from those vantage points. How does a song make me feel, happy or sad of course but also…

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