When my oldest son turned 10 he wanted to invite “P” from church. We were new to that church so I looked up “P” in the directory and sent an invite to his mom. She was incredibly excited.
Birthday party begins at the fun center and the wrong “P” shows up. I welcome him and then pull my son aside quickly.
“I know you wanted to invite the other “P” but this mix up isn’t a mistake, this isn’t your “P” but he’s God’s “P” so let’s welcome him like a dear friend because God sent him to us.”
Turns out God’s “P” was a sweet and shy boy who didn’t make friends easily so this was the first time he had been invited to a birthday party that wasn’t a family member.
He was the oldest and had two younger brothers roughly the same age as my other sons. He only lived a few blocks away and so before you knew it, all the boys were back and forth between our houses all the time.
“P” learned he could make friends and my son learned to trust mistakes and let God decide.
Because most golf courses, esp so in drought prone areas are designed to maximize water storage and are already strictly rate limited on how much public water they can use. They also become safe havens for wildlife in metropolitan areas.
TPC Las Vegas is a great example. The entire course was designed with industry best management practices using natural drainage areas to collect stormwater runoff into the various ponds and it is then used later for irrigation across the course. Most of the time they do not even need their allowable amount of city water.
Golf course superintendents are some of the most conservation conscious people I know and are using best management practices not only to save the course money in irrigation costs, but it also creates a naturally beautiful landscape that wildlife enjoy and golfers want to experience.
Some raw video I took from a commercial video project I shot there few years back.
@intently_co@jonathanrwall Brother I was there on 18 when it landed and that wind was so strong, random and blowing from behind at an angle towards the water. The fairway was maybe 25 years wide. It was in insane shot to say the least.
“It’s harder now to start from zero.”
Was it ever easy?
Bro I remember grinding nfts and joining Discord servers where my phone would literally freeze from the influx of users.
Or competing with bots to hit FCFS, Or d^ck riding influencers for whitelist.
Or losing it all due to FTX crash.
It was never easy.
It only looks easy when you weren’t there.
The real edge is being smart enough to create your own opportunities.
@SusieBdds@NightMoves2020 If they played from the same distances no chance, if they both played from their respectable tees they definitely have a chance.
my favourite moments from marty supreme in no particular order with zero to little context. (if you’ve not yet watched it and intend to please don’t read ahead these are spoilers)
- the entire movie revolves around marty doing chaotic and narcissistic marty things chasing his one true goal of fulfilling his purpose of becoming the world’s greatest ping pong player. yet that one honey suckling scene off the guy’s chest and back builds a parallel narrative in less than a couple of minutes so strongly. another world champion, a jew, having lived a life that prioritised others almost strangers in his jewish camp at the cost of his dignity. establishing it fairly early in the film both the contrast and the existence of an alternative humane way to strive in excellence.
- marty has a fairly abusive relationship with his mother but the quiet act of her sleeping in his room surrounded by his trophies, when he tip goes through the window contrary to her protesting that she only goes in his room to clean, speaks volumes of how much she misses him.
- the use of music! starting with “forever young” playing in the background as one of the finest ways to show copulation and ending with “everybody wants to rule the world” as the soundtrack to how a man becoming a father truly humbles him (however selfish he may be)
- the depiction of the japanese humility, fairness, craft, respect and quietness as a contrast to the loud self absorbed american protagonist (that man didn’t say a word but my god - SO BRILLIANT) all of this in the backdrop of the world war
- the invincible moses the dog who outlived everyone (who i was rooting for the survive and survive he did and how)
- the bath tub scene
- the getting a piece from the pyramids scene and giving it to his mother
- the “i love yous” in the end of each sentence/exchange with his highly toxic uncle
- the character of rachel and her undying unflinching love built on the same game of lies as a mirror to marty (the player gets played)
- the answer of “what if doesn’t work” out “that doesn’t even enter my consciousness”
- “i would steal from me”
- the fact that marty won but didn’t win the championship because it takes way more to be one and he’s extremely away from where the likes of endo and his honey jew friend are
- the yellow table tennis ball (the actual marty supreme)
will be rooting for this movie in the oscars - timothy is a TREAT to watch.
Timothée Chalamet’s acceptance speech for his first ever Golden Globe
“Always be grateful for what you have. It’s allowed me to leave this ceremony empty handed before head held high”
See the full winners list: https://t.co/u8RneFXtd7
I just watched a woman who gave 35 years of her life to the State of Florida.
Her badge # read 100.
She wasn’t a DEI hire. She wasn’t pushed in by politics or quotas.
She was hired because she was competent… disciplined… and built for the job.
And after 35 years, she was able to retire with honor in a Republican-controlled state.
A state that still values law enforcement… a state that rewards service instead of punishing it.
Tallahassee may lean Democrat as a city, but the Highway Patrol she served under operates in a Republican-led state that protects order, merit, and courage.
Lieutenant Thompson, I salute you. Thank you for your service and your unwavering dedication.
Can we all give this woman a thank you, an amen, or a salute?
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Did you notice the breast cancer survivor ribbon? @GovRonDeSantis@realDonaldTrump@FOP_FHP
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