Glenn MacPherson

Full time Husband and Dad to 3 College kids; Part time hiker and skier; IT Ops. Manager; FC Bayern Munich Über Fan, NE Revs Supporter; Luke 1:37, John 2:5

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

@McJuggerNuggets You are a straight up fiend

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

@mamboitaliano__ Ciao!

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

Hah-ha, yep!

[Lloyd Legalist @LloydLegalist]

Yep. Gotta have it.

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

@johnamonaco Hah-ha, yes! It was similar growing up in suburban Boston area in the '70-80's. Church, school, sports, we were all Irish, Italian, Polish, English (Yankee - although those kids tended to be Protestant) - we didn't know any different until we branched out.

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

Beautiful

[Rob Wright Images @RobWrightImages]

This looks better than I could’ve imagined today. Snowcapped Presidential Range on May 30th. #WhiteMountains
—
Jefferson, New Hampshire

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

Hah-ha, yep!

[MERICA MEMED @Mericamemed]

That deer is doing God's work

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

@Sachinettiyil @PamelaEvette F*cking Dolan just can't keep away from the cameras...

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

Perfect! 😂

[DocumentingLibs @HistorianUSA1]

This video is PEAK comedy gold. I felt this in my SOUL. 😂

“Can’t stand these fckn bicyclists” — my brother, you just narrated my morning commute.

He nails it: Grown-ass men in skin-tight neon spandex outfits looking like a pack of radioactive Power Rangers, riding three-wide like it’s the Peloton Championships on a residential road. No one’s handing out medals at the cul-de-sac, Kyle. You’re not transporting a heart for surgery. You’re just expensive, slow-moving road geese with $10k carbon fiber attitudes.

One? Fine. Eight? That’s a tactical formation. That’s how civilizations fall.

I’m honking, I’m crying, I’m in agreement. Save us from the Lycra Legion. He nails every reason I can’t stand the bicycle militia.

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

Amen - OMGosh, seen this way too many times. My hometown had uber-jacked Sports Parents, and the kids wound up crazy all through school. I see them now in their 20's and they're much calmer-easy going.

[Jacob Turner @TheJacobTurner]

A PARENT’S JOURNEY THROUGH YOUTH SPORTS:

Age 5: “He’s got a cannon.”
Age 6: “He’s the fastest kid out there. Coach said so.”
Age 7: “Rec ball isn’t challenging him anymore.”
Age 8: “We tried out for select. Obviously made it.”
Age 9: “$2,800 for the season. Plus uniforms. Plus tournaments. Plus hotels.”
Age 10: “Cooperstown is basically a family vacation, right?”
Age 11: “He needs a hitting guy. And a pitching guy. And probably a mental performance coach.”
Age 12: “I’m not a crazy sports parent. The OTHER parents are crazy.”
Age 13: “We changed schools. For academics. (And also baseball.)”
Age 14: “Showcases are a requirement at this age.”
Age 15: “Ya his ranking just ticked up. We’re cooking.”
Age 16: “He just needs to get seen by the right school.”
Age 17: “The D1 schools want him to walk on. He’ll earn a spot by sophomore year.”
Age 18: “Okay, D2 is actually really competitive.”
Age 19: “He’s redshirting. Strategic.”
Age 20: “He’s focusing on school now.”
Age 21: “You know what? He’s so much happier.”

Roughly 7% of high schoolers play in college.

About 1.5% of those get drafted.

Less than half of draftees ever play one day in the big leagues.

The odds of our kids going pro are somewhere between “struck by lightning” and “find a $100 in old shorts.”

I love youth sports (all my kids play a bunch of them) just keep a good perspective my friends. ✌️

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

@hicasamadim 72

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

This happened to me a few years ago, and a few others I know personally before and since. By the Grace of God I landed on my feet, but no one knew what a scary time that was. Especially as the kids were young at the time. A career ending RIF changes you.

[Fermsy 🎒 @Cryptoboyy_Aji]

I remember the day my dad got laid off.

He came home early. Sat at the kitchen table.
Didn’t say anything for a long time.

28 years at the same company.
$52,000 a year.
Same desk. Same commute.
Same handshake every Christmas party.

They called him into HR on a Tuesday morning and handed him a folder.

2 weeks severance. $2,000.
A COBRA packet at $1,400 a month he couldn’t afford and a thank you for your service.

He was 54.

Too young for Medicare.
Too old to start over.
Too proud to tell us how scared he was.

He spent the next 4 years working part time jobs at $14 an hour.

Not to retire comfortably.
Not to build anything.

Just to keep health insurance so a hospital bill wouldn’t finish what the layoff started.

28 years.
$1.4 million in value given to that company.

And they never called to check on him once.

I will never forget that kitchen table moment.

That’s when I learned that no company will ever love you back.

[Fr. Joseph Krupp @Joeinblack]

The first time Peter encounters Jesus, he tells Jesus that he is a sinful man.
Jesus response was to tell Peter “follow me”.
At the end of John, Peter asks Jesus about John.
Jesus response was to tell Peter “follow me”.
Whatever our situation in life, Jesus’ answer boils down to “follow me”.
When we are a little too worried about what other people are doing, when we are worried that our own sin will somehow preclude God from using us, Jesus looks us in the heart and says “follow me”.

#talkedtotheboss

[Kristan Hawkins @KristanHawkins]

It genuinely blows my mind that we have incredible photos like this and people still argue that children in the womb aren’t living human beings.

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

@PunditReview @tomshattuck My daughter looked at both UVM and St. Michael’s. Held my breath, and let her figure it out for herself. Thank God we dodged that one! She graduated with honors last year, and earned her masters this year from UMass Amherst. Congrats to your grad!

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

@Cernovich OMG-I have family (blood & in-laws) who moved up there and are all Leftist Boomers and Millennials. Absolutely beautiful State destroyed by Massholes Elites living on the Coast.

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

Nah…. Just a coincidence, ‘Miright?

[Johnny St.Pete @JohnMcCloy]

🔥🤔 YOU CANT UNSEE IT.
When Reagan was shot his VP George H.W. Bush was out of town on his first ever trip. He left that morning and flew to Fort Worth, Texas. Guess what he was doing there?

Bush was unveiling a plaque COMMEMORATING THE LAST PLACE JFK SPENT ON EARTH at the Texas Hotel. The same day Reagan was shot at the Hilton hotel.

What if I told you Bush was in Dallas and stayed at the Sheraton Hotel on the night of 11/21/63.

What if I told you that he owned an oil company called Zapata?
Now what I told you that the same CIA code name for the Bay of Pigs invasion was…. OPERATION ZAPATA.

What if I told you two of ships used in the operation were called “Houston” which is where Zapata had its HQ and “Barbara”.

Bush’s wife’s name… Barbara.

What if told you that Bush became Director of the CIA although people claim he NEVER worked for them. Now what if I told you that he was made the director of the CIA by Gerald Ford.

What I told you that Gerald Ford is the only President we had that was NEVER ELECTED. Now what if I told you Ford was on the Warren Commission that investigated the assassination of JFK.

Now what if I told you this final fact.
George Bush Sr. Is the ONLY President that has NEVER discussed 11/22/1963 in either an interview or his memoirs.

That seem strange to anyone else?

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

@FischerKing64 I love “Zulu Dawn”!

[Glenn MacPherson @gmacpherson2014]

Amen - this is how it’s done!

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Costa Rican President Laura Fernández, a Catholic, began her presidential term by attending a Mass in which she entrusted her government to God and to the Virgin Mary.

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