**After paying gym fees for years on end, then not going for a few months- the realization that all I did at the gym was run, bike, and basic bodyweight stuff with minimal actual weight lifting made it a pretty easy decision to go ahead and clip that monthly fee. I did enjoy the sauna/steam room but i'll manage.
****This time a year ago was when my wife discovered the 3 sewer cats in our back yard. One now resides in a barn on a 20-acre farm north of Tuscaloosa, one met a fate we arent really sure of- but logic says he was likely coyote'd, and the 3rd one- a gray cat that goes by the name Gray Cat- had his balls removed yesterday to prevent further damage. Upon getting him back home and my wife leaving a back door open he ran off still under the influence of sedatives and got his head stuck in a runoff pipe. I found him after about an hour and got him back out while my wife cried in the background. He resides outside so it will be interesting to see if he sticks around or just gives us an F You for removing my manhood and takes a hike down the road.
*****We had an officer killed overnight a few exits up the road in a non-protest related incident- judging by where it occurred (seedy motel) one would think it was tweaker related but they havent listed the suspects yet. Guy had survived a career in Bessemer (not great area) before moving out to a more rural post. Just received officer of the year, 50 yrs old. There is plenty of room for improvement in policing. Hiring practices, training, etc should all be under constant review. But we have to remember how difficult that job can be. It's certainly not just "oh look they gave the dumbest kids in your high school a gun and a badge" or whatever that popular twitter post was.
******Over time I think its fine for us to realize we dont have the world figured out. I've always thought I was in the clear bc I wasnt really raised to dislike anyone. If anything we probably hated anyone who lived east of Poplar Level Rd. Certainly am yet to meet anyone from Trinity thats worth much of my time. Nonethless, you can be a decent person and still have some room to be more compassionate to other demographics and the situations they endure. Admitting that doesnt make you a bad person.
*****Gyero was way out in front of Dabo being a bit of a quack. Bomani Jones had a good response to him.