Verna Kay Bormann

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

President Ford, House Majority Leader Tip O'Neill and House Minority Leader John Rhodes in period golf costumes, 1974:

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Rep. @GregCasar: I wish I could stand before you today and say this ruling was only good news, but it is not. While we won the case today, we also got a grave warning about the future. What should have been a simple, unanimous, open and shut decision was dangerously close. Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh failed to recognize the fundamental Constitutional right to birthright citizenship. If these far right justices are ruling against our rights, even when they're black and white in the Constitution, then nothing we hold dear is safe.

[Encyclopaedia Britannica @Britannica]

Redheads require about 20% more anesthesia than people with other hair colors.

Scientists are unsure why anesthesia, both general and local, is less effective for redheads, but it may be linked to the MC1R gene mutation that causes hair to be red.

[KELOLAND News @keloland]

A Christmas store in southeastern South Dakota will be featured on CBS Mornings on Monday, Dec. 16. Nora Store used to be a country store back in its day, but now it’s a place for people all over the region to come sing Christmas carols.
https://t.co/FF9zkF0QYn

[South Dakota Standard @DakotaStandard]

What a shining star!

[StarTalk @StarTalkRadio]

🎶Rockin’ around the Y-mas Tree🎶

[Verna Kay Bormann @VernaKay]

@boydmyers Sister of a SN man. Appreciate everyone who is kind to him in any way. TY

[Boyd Myers @boydmyers]

Today in pickleball, a lady brought her 13 year old special needs son out with her.

She made it a point to let us know that he didn’t want to play, but it was pretty obvious that he was fascinated by the game. He stood right by the court, running back and forth, watching every shot.

He would congratulate us on good shots, and bump us up if he was close. I loved his energy.

After a few games, I asked him if he wanted to play and he said “I can’t. I am not good”.

I told him “Of course you’re good. And you’re my partner.”

We played a couple of younger guys and they weren’t taking it easy on him. I am sure he didn’t want them to, but they went after him with any shot they could.

So when I had the chance, I went after them. Hard.

My partner (Alex) was doing the best he could. He had said he had never played and a lot of his balls either went into the net or sailed way long.

I didn’t mind. I just wanted him to have fun and realize he COULD do anything he wanted.

Still, eventually some how we were tied at 9 (game to 11) and I was serving.

On the first serve, we volleyed for a few seconds, when one of the other guys popped a lob up to Alex.

He absolutely crushed it straight between them for his first point. We all kinda looked at each other like “Where tf did that come from???”

He celebrated as if he had just won the US Open. It literally gave me a chill, but we still had one more point to go.

I told him “Let’s get one more, buddy.”

I served again, very similar sequence, and then one of the guys hit a soft dink to his left. I honestly assumed it was going to be good and the serve would go back to their side.

Alex chased it down, and was able to hit the a backhand just hard enough to catch the top of the net and barely roll over for the game winning point.

He absolute exploded after the ball bounced and we had won. I was shocked. I walked over to tell him great shot, and this 13 year old kid hugged me like I had never been hugged, literally picking me up off the ground and holding me there for a couple of seconds.

To be honest, this was one game that I didn’t care if we won or lost, but I have zero doubt that Alex will never, ever forget how those few minutes felt.

I can be an absolute ruthless competitor. Hell, I can be a dick. I mean, I don’t let my 5 year old daughter win at Candyland. But this morning, I remembered why I fell in love with sports to begin with, and the sheer joy one can attain from competition.

I stick out like a sore thumb in our Saturday morning group. I look like a linebacker playing with a bunch of skinny college kids, retired teachers, dentists, and bankers.

But when his mother mouthed “Thank you” to me, I couldn’t hide the tears that poured out from under my sunglasses.

Truth be told, those few minutes did as much for me as they did for Alex.

Y’all have a great Saturday.

[Waka @stunwaka]

@InternetH0F

[Verna Kay Bormann @VernaKay]

@JimmyJo92143575 @RickSteves Steve’s hair though.

[Verna Kay Bormann @VernaKay]

@BeschlossDC I saw a similar concert in Chicago at Soldier Field in 1966 with my college roommate. We took the train from Mpls.; I will never forget it. She was visibly pregnant and she wore a simple long gown to sing “Silent Night” to end the evening. It was mesmerizing.

[Tea Storm Chasers @TeaStormChaser]

I229 SB at Cliff Exit is Closed due to the road buckling on the ramp.

[New England Patriots @Patriots]

Ready to work.

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

63 years ago, the Three Stooges taught us how banks work.

[Verna Kay Bormann @VernaKay]

RIP, Bud.

[WCCO | CBS News Minnesota @WCCO]

#BREAKING: Former Minnesota Vikings head coach Bud Grant has died at the age of 95. https://t.co/HViSkFCdA7

[Bruce Allen @bruceallen]

@BeschlossDC Surely you can't be serious!

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.

[Matt Zimmer @MattJZimmer]

So I have some news. Frisco was my last dance with the Argus Leader. I will be taking my talents to Forum Communications, Sioux Falls Live and the Mitchell Daily Republic.

[Kevin Woster @KevinWoster]

I needed to hear it. And see it. Sing it out, Neil.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

A genius at work https://t.co/fyKqpnnc5W

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

First PM the Queen received was Winston Churchill, born in 1874.
Last PM the Queen received was Liz Truss, born in 1975. A century between them.
Amazing fact.