Wow - World Series Again - and just like the Toronto Days!

Texas Rangers Card - Nolan Ryan #92 1991, originally uploaded by Jimmy Tyler.

This Texas Rangers Baseball Card shows Nolan Ryan, then #92, signing a baseball for a young fan. Today, as you probably know, Nolan Ryan heads up the group who own the Texas Rangers. He is a little older and a little plumper but no less enthusiastic!

This picture was taken in 1991, and the next year, the Toronto Blue Jays were in the World Series. It was a very exciting time for Toronto and I think that this time, the Eyes of Texas will be upon this World Series.

This is super and I hope you will tune them in and root for them as we will! (Oh, sorry, did I forget to mention they will be playing the San Francisco Giants?)

Oh, yes . . . in case anyone wants to see the 1992 World Series, I just happen to have brought the VHS tapes with me when I came to Texas almost 14 years ago! That was when Yonge Street was so crowded that broadcasters had to stand on the tops of their vans to do their remotes. And the only damage was to windows that got broken with the push of the crowds of people in the street.

Toronto was very proud to be part of that and I think that not just Dallas, but all of Texas will be rooting for the Rangers . . . not to mention one of their former owners, George W. Bush and his wife Laura. (By the way, Laura was once quoted as saying one reason she loved baseball so much was that you could actually socialize with the person next and still follow the game.)

If you haven't been a baseball fan, now is your chance . . . and oh yes, I need to find a couple of Rangers hats!

Penny-Wise

Penny-Wise, originally uploaded by mortonphotographic.

If you are like me, you think a lot about the economy these days. I wonder if we will ever be back on track. Like my friends, I wonder if investments will come back because we seniors counted on that money to help us live a good life.

It has been very discouraging to see that many large corporations have people at the top who having been receiving bonuses even when the companies are doing badly. In other words, they are being rewarded for bad performance.

So, today, when I opened my mail, I was not feeling too good about a department store that would cut a check for one cent (yes, $0.01) and mail it at a cost of 35.7 cents on a U.S. postage meter.

So, we overpaid our account by one penny. No need to go into "overdrive" and refund that to me. It would have been fine to leave it on account for me.

So, now, I can truly get that answer we used to joke about many years ago, when I take this check to the credit union,

"How would you like that: heads or tails?"

Angel of Joy Fall Festival - Sat., Oct.16, 2010

(Photo courtesy 2010 Pendleton, Indiana Fall Festival & Heritage Fair, originally uploaded by Pendleton-Gazette.com)

ANGEL OF JOY FALL FESTIVAL

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 16. Church sponsored food booth, bake booth, jewelry, crafts, beauty, candles, jellies, household and recycled items booths. (No garage sales.) BBQ Plate Lunch $5.00 from 11 a.m. The church is located at 4003 Daniel McCall Drive, across from Angelina College, Lufkin, Texas.