Levy

 I walked around and about Levy this morning for 38:14. It was an attempt to hone my appetite for the first vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner I have ever heard tell of, courtesy of Jayme and Kayla. Ron and Elaine will be there, too. Ron told me he plans to bring meat for himself. ...Everything I ate was at least as good as any of those things I have eaten, including some instant mashed potatoes Jayme said she bought at Whole Foods. Ingredients: dehydrated potatoes, as in, they ain't nothing in this box but dry potatoes and shit ...This has always worked. I called Joe in at 10 p.m. last night. He came from nearly a block away, but he clearly wanted to stay out a bit longer when I greeted him on the porch. An hour later, right before I went to sleep, he was nowhere in sight. It is now 6:01 p.m., or seventeen hours later, and he hasn't come home. I am not worried, though. Joe has always responded to this sort of blog post with a quick reappearance. ...As I said. At 6:31 p.m., Joe's behind the couch eating supper.

Burns Park Championship Course

 John, Ed, and I played Burns Park Championship Course from the pink tees this morning. It's crazy, I know, but we each scored 93. ...mlb.com published a list this (Thanksgiving) morning of what each team has to be thankful for. Here are a few:

Astros: They have more proof of dominance
They’ll never silence the haters, but with their 2021 World Series appearance, the Astros have moved another year away from the sign-stealing scandal ... and another year in which they looked, as always, like one of the best teams in baseball.

Mariners: The streak is about to end
Maybe it’s in 2022. Maybe it’s a year after that. But the Mariners are building something, and it’s about to come to fruition. Seattle fans have been waiting since 2001 for a return to the postseason, and their patience is about to pay off.

White Sox: The winning culture is finally installed
The White Sox were too young to win, then they didn’t know “how” to win. Now, they’ve breezed into the postseason. Time for the next step: postseason success. It’s actually been a logical progression so far, all told.

Reds: Joey Votto

The Reds are in a period of transition, but the eternal delight that is Joey Votto is still here, and what a gift that is for the rest of us.

Downtown Little Rock

 I walked for 37:42 before the leaders reached the half-marathon clock on the Little Rock Marathon course this morning.

Downtown Little Rock

 I took the long way to pick up my Little Rock Marathon credentials this morning as I walked through downtown, past a few somewhat historical landmarks. They included buildings on Main St. that once housed Bennet's Military Supply (where, as a high school junior, I bought an orange, blue, and yellow rugby jersey I wish I still owned), the News Mart (by far the most reliable place to buy The Daily Racing Form from the start of my horserace passion in 1986 until it closed six years ago), the Gazette Building, and the former site of the streetlight pole that fell on and destroyed my all-time favorite car.

QUESTION OF THE DAY. ...Why would anyone contribute to any of Madonna's thirty-two charitable causes once they learned she recently paid $500 million to have a house built for her dogs?*

*according to an Associated Press reporter on National Public Radio this morning

Burns Park Championship Course

 Ed and I played Burns Park Championship Course from the pink tees this morning. I scored 90 with nines of 45 and 45. Ed scored 93. ...Joe went to the vet yesterday. He hated it, of course. He weighed fifteen and a half pounds, nearly twice as heavy as Jo was at her peak. Surely, that will remain his weight for a few years, I hope.

Burns Park Tournament Course

 John, Ed, and I played Burns Park Tournament Course this morning. I scored 91. Ed scored 81 and John 95. I used 32 putts. My streak of no more than two putts stands at 37 holes.

Levy Trail South

 I walked Levy Trail South this morning in 32:09.

River Trail

 Several other Geezers and I walked for about an hour and a half on the River Trail from Burns Park Golf Course this morning. ...On the way there, I saw the gray cat about four blocks from my house at an intersection on 38th Street, a six-minute walk from here on the Ghetto Cat Loop. It's not far from the COGIC, on the way to Edward's Cash Saver. He is too healthy to be purely feral, I believe. He has become the Maddy Ellis of cats.

Two Rivers Park

Again, a boatload of other Geezers and I walked all over Two Rivers Park this morning. Elaine, Bill Brass, Tom Zaloudek, and I were out for about 1:56:30.

Fort Roots Loop

 A bunch of other Geezers and I walked the Fort Roots Loop from the Burns Park Golf Course parking lot this morning. Several were out for 1:56:30.

River Trail/Levy Trail South/Burns Park Championship Course

 Ed and I played Burns Park Championship Course this morning. I scored 89, with nines of 43 and 46. I used 31 putts. Ed scored 82. Before we played, that beautiful gray boy cat wandered up to our front porch for a drink. I believe I mentioned him a month or so ago. I wish Joe was a bit nicer to him. This cat is borderline breathtaking. ...Saturday morning, I walked on the River Trail with a few Geezers but mainly with Ron and Elaine and Kayla and Jayme. We were out for something like an hour and twenty minutes. Afterward, Kayla, a technological superstar, taught me how to send text messages with the phone AT&T made me buy last May. I will have my critics know, it took the IT security contractor ten minutes to figure it out. I sent test texts to three people, each of whom responded with, "Yep." Is that how to say "yes" on texts? ...I walked the Levy Trail Loop early Sunday evening in 35:13.

River Trail/Levy Trail Loop

 I walked the Levy Trail Loop at lunchtime today in 33:32. Yesterday morning, several other Geezers and I walked on Levy Trail in 1:39:15. I primarily walked with Bill Brass and Kirk Riley, a one-time masters star who began to walk with us a year or so ago.

Levy Trail South

 I walked Levy Trail South late this afternoon in 32:19.

Burns Park Championship Course

John, Ed, and I played Burns Park Championship Course this morning. I scored 100, with nines of 51 and 49. I used 34 putts. Ed scored 95 and John 97.