Pam's Path, Jr.

 I walked Pam's Path, Jr., this windy, cold morning in 1:03:38. Ed Pennington and I plan to golf at noon, but I don't know. We did golf, but the wind was so extreme we quit keeping score after a couple of holes. We played the Tournament course.

Levy Trail South/Levy Trail

 I thought within the first two minutes of my tour of Levy Trail South this morning I would complete it at a non-stop jog, which I did in 24:53 through steady, cold rainfall. This is my first continuous run of this length in—a guess—two or more years, and it was easy. I'm pleased. Late this afternoon, I walked a bit further than three miles on the Levy Trail in 46:20.

OVERHEARD "Pretty wedding, ain't it?" —fellow as he rode by on a bike on the Levy Trail this morning. It took me at least 1.4 seconds of confusion before I realized he said, "Pretty wet, ain't it?," to which I, far too delayed, replied, "It is. Yes."

Pam's Path/Levy Trail South

 I walked Pam's Path at lunchtime today in 1:03:32. Late this afternoon, I walked Levy Trail South in 30:41. Two hours after my last walk, I sit a good fifteen feet from anyone else in the Pulaski Academy press box. It was a pleasant surprise after my tricky walk here from a parking lot packed with Chevy Tahoes. The word's finally out, it seems. PA has a huge, climate-controlled press box, heretofore crowded with all sorts of nonessential people, but not tonight. There are five others in here.

War Memorial Golf Course

 Six other Geezers and John Czarnecki and I walked approximately 4.1 miles around War Memorial Golf Course this morning. We were out for 1:16:09. As of a little after 2 p.m., I have eaten a whole fried catfish and, a fried chicken thigh, and a smoothie made of beets, blueberries, and prune juice, spiced with cayenne and black pepper, and turmeric. That's 870 calories. I don't believe I will reach 3,230 today, but a Petit Jean ham comes up in about fifteen minutes.

Levy Trail South/Maple Street Loop

 I walked Levy Trail South early this afternoon in 31:12. Tonight, beginning a bit after seven o'clock, I walked the Maple Street Loop in 31:57. My legs felt as if they belonged to a runner today. On the Maple Street Loop, I had to run across 47th Street to avoid traffic. I continued to jog for another fifteen seconds or so, and it felt easy.

I have run a calorie deficit adequate enough over the last week to allow me to—without exercise (and I plan to go about four miles with the Geezers in the morning)—eat a total of 3,230 calories tomorrow and still have maintained an average deficit of 500 for the last seven days, counting Thanksgiving. For the first time since 2005, I will not eat Thanksgiving dinner at the Krupsaw's house. To compensate, I have two apples pies, two whole catfish, and a five-pound Petit Jean Ham in my refrigerator, each ready for either an oven or skillet. The ham should be gone before bedtime Sunday.

QUESTIONS OF THE DAY Can anyone imagine how delicious prime rib would be now if Native Americans brought it rather turkey to the Pilgrims, what with mothers and grandmothers working on the best parts of cows for the last four-hundred years rather than birds composed of leather and rubber? What if they had brought several huge platters of lasagna or a couple of hundred cheese enchiladas? For anyone who stops to consider what our moms have made of an essentially inedible animal over the last four centuries, can they not imagine what these women would have done with fried chicken by now? How good would pizzas be, or Macaroni and fucking cheese? Can anyone imagine?

Levy Trail 10K

 I walked the Levy Trail 10K this morning in 1:41:07, with splits of 16:52, 16:24, 16:28, 48:18 for Miles 4-6, and 3:05. Late this afternoon, I walked the Levy Trail Loop in 34:23.

Levy Trail South

 I walked Levy Trail South through steady rain this morning in 32:03.

OVERHEARD "What a lovely putting stroke that is. I'd love to have that one for a year." —Golf Channel announcer from the Joburg Open in Johannesburg, South Africa

Levy Trail North

I walked Levy Trail North this morning in 34:16.

I PLAN TO STAB...the next person to say, "Have a blessed day."

Burns Park Tournament Course/Levy Trail South

 Ed, John, and I played Burns Park Tournament Course this morning. I scored 86, Ed 88, John 93. I had nines of 41 and 45, with 7 pars, 6, bogies, 5 doubles, and used 28 putts. An hour or so before I reported on the Sylvan Hills Bears' 7-0 playoff victory over the Little Rock Parkview Patriots, I walked Levy Trail South in 31:54.

Original Pam's Path

 As of this morning, three Pam's Paths are extant. A few minutes ago, I stepped in from a walk of the original course, completed in 1:04:12. This is the one I walked with a Pam's Boy reader in the spring of 2018. There are also Pam's Path and Pam's Path, Jr., both introduced after the Levy Trail was paved north to Kierre Drive in North Little Rock.

OVERHEARD "About seventy-five percent of Jeopardy contestants have never won the game." —woman on National Public Radio this morning who has written about the game show Jeopardy. Pete wondered if her comment should generate the following Questions of the Day, "Do the fuck what? Haven't something like almost exactly 66.6 percent of Jeopardy contestants never won the game?"

QUESTIONS OF THE DAY How many American adults have participated in literal goddamn celebratory back flips over the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation that they stay home for Thanksgiving? How many have asked their spouses at least the equivalent of, "And this shit probably won't be over before Christmas, right?"

38th Street Loop

 I walked the 38th Street Loop before daybreak today in 31:32. This was my first walk before golf in several months. Ed and John joined me for a round at Burns Park Championship Course. Ed scored 90, I scored 96, and John 98. I had nines of 49 and 47 and used 39 putts.

QUESTION OF THE DAY Is the insistence by some progressive Democrats that president-elect Biden seek to prosecute his predecessor demonstrative of President Trump's leadership ability?

Pam's Path, Jr.

 I walked Pam's Path, Jr., this morning in 1:07:14, with splits of 16:54, 16:57, 16:58, and 16:25.

QUESTION OF THE DAY... When did it become so fashionable to badmouth pumpkin spice?

Burns Park Championship Golf Course/Levy Trail Loop

 It's hard to say why I failed to report this earlier, but a week or so ago, some jackass moved the red tees on six holes of the Burns Park Championship Course back to the yellow tees. Consequently, a third of the holes are unreachable for us in regulation, which makes the course about six strokes harder. This morning, Ed scored 94, I scored 100, and John 104. I had nines of 48 and 52 and used 35 putts. Late in the afternoon, I walked the Levy Trail Loop in 33:25.

Maple Street Loop

 I walked the Maple Street Loop this evening in 34:04.

Burns Park Championship Course/ Levy Trail South/Levy Trail Loop/Joe report

 Back in good form, I walked the Levy Trail Loop this morning in 30:46.

Joe walked across my head at about 5:30 this morning. To his credit, it only took two loud nos and one grab and replacement to the back-bedroom's back-wall side of my midsection to stop him. An hour later, when I was ready to get up, I awoke to him on another pillow, quietly looking at me. This relative cure has come about over the last six weeks, when I began walking him to a soon-closed-behind-him bedroom door rather than the front door of my house. It's nice to have smart pets (by which I of course mean smart relative to non-human mammals. No matter how smart dogs or cats are, including the smartest to have lived, if anyone had a child with the limited ability of the world's two primary pets, people would speak sorrowfully and admirably of them. "Poor Pete. His child Joe, as a ten-year-old, has learned the definition of one word. And Chris and Erin, God bless them. They have to walk their eighty-year-old daughter Scout through the neighborhood until she moves her bowels on a sidewalk. Those things would be nightmares for most us, but these wonderful people act as if they are delighted by their burdens.").

Ed, John, and I played Burns Park Championship Course on Friday morning. Ed scored 92, John 95, and I scored 98, with nines of 51 and 47. I used 34 putts. Whereas Wednesday I had nine pars, I had two yesterday. Late in the afternoon, I walked Levy Trail South in 33:09.

OVERHEARD "God, the fricking mud, man. Look at that." —Justin Thomas after his approach shot on No. 9 at Augusta National

Levy Trail Loop

I walked the Levy Trail Loop this morning in 35:31.

OVERHEARD "Look at that thing. Are you kidding me? Fuck." —Tiger Woods immediately after he pulled an approach iron to miss the No. 10 green at Augusta National. Woods is part of one of two feature groups currently being streamed live on the same telecast from the Masters (as of 10:19 a.m.).

QUESTION OF THE DAY Does anyone other than I suspect the far left has begun to engage in wishful thinking with its widely-expressed concern that our jackass in chief will attempt a coup?

Burns Park Championship Course/Levy Trail South

 I walked Levy Trail South early this afternoon, about an hour after a round of golf, in 35:05. This morning, Ed Pennington and I played Burns Park Championship Course. I had a very up-and-down round. Ed played poorly for this first time in my three years and four months of experience with him I scored 89 and Ed 102. I had nines of 43 and 46 with 9 pars, 4 bogies, 2 doubles, 2 triples, 1 quadruple, and used 32 putts. The highlight of my round was that I found a shorter but more aggressive short pitch shot. I did not miss one today. Again, I hit a total of one good iron shot through the first four holes but got pretty good at them thereafter.

Levy Trail Loop

 I walked the Levy Trail Loop this morning in 32:25. My hip is close to healed.

Levy Trail North

I walked Levy Trail North late this morning in 33:57. My hip feels much better, which heightens my hope I can return to golf by Wednesday.

The Democrat Football League Fat Chicks roared back to beat the Green Bay Packers, c. 118-110. We're 4-5 with an uphill battle to make the playoffs. It might take a 3-1 finish.

QUESTION OF THE DAY What has happened to journalism? Back in the days of acceptable standards, no newspaper worth the ink used in its headlines would write one like this from CNN...:

Fact Check: Trump continues to tweet baseless claims of election fraud in swing states

They have become the only sort published the last few days, which is a shameful and unsafe loss. Remove the word "baseless," and they're fine. Otherwise, what once were our role models for information are indistinguishable from those who publish posts on Facebook (not counting the ones about sandblasting spice for pumpkin bread)

Levy Trail Loop

I walked the Levy Trail Loop at lunchtime today in 35:53.

My Democrat Football League Green Bay Packers stand at 4-4 through last week. In sixth place, we would make the playoffs if the season was complete. We are, as of 12:30 p.m., projected to beat Walt's Fat Chicks by a little over 19 points. There is obviously a long way to go. My National Football League Green Bay Packers are 6-2 and playing quite well. We dominated the San Francisco 69ers last Thursday.

Levy Trail South

I walked Levy Trail South this afternoon in 37:14.

In July of 2014, I fell and injured my right hip. I injured my left hip in a fall late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. Both injuries defied an easy diagnosis. Six years ago, I thought I had pulled my groin for several days before the theretofore very diffuse pain isolated itself to my hip joint. Likewise, this time I thought for the first day I had injured my lower back. Thursday and yesterday, I feared kidney damage. Finally, this morning, much to my relief, I knew the pain came from my hip. Consequently, I have eaten a ridiculously anti-inflammatory diet throughout today and already feel much better.

Levy Trail South

 I walked Levy Trail South this morning 34:32.

Levy Trail

Five other Geezers and I walked on the Levy Trail this morning. I was out for 1:59:48. This evening, I walked about Little Rock Christian for 38:05. There was a radio crew from Pine Bluff in the room I sat in in last month, but a manager graciously set up a table for me on deck at the left end of the press box, somewhat reminiscent of an experience I had in Mountain Home in November of 2006.

Levy Trail

I walked about Levy, primarily on the Levy Trail, this morning for 36:40.

I PLAN TO STAB ...everyone who makes a big fuss about either side of abortion- and gun-rights issues, and any adult who chooses to wear horned-rim glasses that are not black or dark brown (which means stars of major network morning news shows and late-night election coverage will soon begin to drop like goddamn flies)

River Trail

 A handful of other Geezers and I walked on the River Trail from Cooks landing this morning for 1:42:54.

Hash/Levy Trail Loop/Burns Park Championship Course

I walked the Levy Trail Loop this morning, as a warmup for golf, in 33:58. Yesterday afternoon, I was out on a run with the Little Rock Hash House Harriers from near the former Burns Park dog park for 40:08.

John, Ed, and I played Burns Park Championship Course this morning. Ed and I scored 93 and John 97. I had nines of 46 and 47, with everything from a 1 birdie to 1 quadruple bogie. I used 30 putts.