Take a Deep Breath: It's the Good News (8 Aug 14)

So I'm sitting here watching wrestling and thinking to myself.  "Duff, you could use this time to do something productive.  You could work on your Good News."  I spent a few more moments arguing with myself.  I am sure I missed something on WWE.  But I was right.  Not only because I looked at the good news and just by shear quantity there was a boatload of tiny victories a going on.

Good news for the week of 8 August 2014

• I start it off where Space and I went to pick the Psycho up from resident camp.  I missed the little girl and it was good to see her and she made up for a weeks worth of talking during the 1.5 hour trip home that time just flew.  As we got a couple of blocks away from home she was stunned and said "It has only been like twelve minutes."  It is the time dilation affect that Einstein wrote about in special relativity which states that time (T)move as an inverse relationship to the amount of talking(t) if that talking is done by a little girl (tlg).  T=1/t(tlg)
• Maggie got a nice e-mail from her granddaughter.  Though they live far apart perhaps they can start a better line of communication through e-mail.  I hope it works out and I will do what I can to remind the Psycho that actually check her e-mail and perhaps respond to it.
• Josie said her cousins are visiting from Italy.  Wow, that is cool.  I wish I had cousins from Italy.  I would go visit them and perhaps not leave Europe...ever.
• Donna had a great run before celebrating her brother-in-law's 50th birthday at a party at their house.  She had a good conversation with an old-friend the night prior and will be having another friend over for dinner the next day.  Well, have fun at the party.  The run is awesome and I saw that you got to the frelling bridge.  It looks like you are right on track for the Rock n' roll half.
• Patrick had a nice home brew with the neighborhood while a neighbor and his band are "doing a respectable rendition of Crazy on You for the neighborhood."  That must be nice.  I am not sure my neighborhood would put up with band playing openly.  Of course I could be wrong.
• Jason decide to blow the lid off of the good news barrel with receiving the Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.  Dude, that is huge.  Way to go man.  I am so damn proud.
•  Niny had some great wine in wine country.  I have been near wine country before I can only imagine what it is like spending some time there.
• Stephanie had a great time running 5 miles along the C&O canal with her father and brother-in-law.  It is fun running with family.  I got the same chance when Space dragged me out on Sunday and said lets run.  She kicked my but.
• Danielle had a lot of summer fun with friends over the weekend but had mixed feelings about the transition from summer to fall getting ever so close. She is excited for picking up some tickets to an Illini home game.  It must be fun.  I have been banned from Tech games because I tend to be bad luck.  Of course it could be a lack of fundamentals football with an effective running game.
• I had a day of from anti-biotics.  The doc said I could go down to 5 days a week and I figured it would be great to start on Sunday.
• Melissa is taking the kids out for some cheap history at Colonial Williamsburg since the place will be letting VA residents in for free instead of $40/person.  It is amazing how many years I lived near there and never found my way over there.  I did go to Busch Gardens but the closest I got was a track meet at William & Mary College.
• Maggie had movie and dinner and is celebrating football season.  She knows that my football season will not start till September.
• Matt says that today he starts the 5th year working at the school he loves and working with his best group of students to date.  That is awesome dude.  I love it when someone loves their job.  I find that if I am not having fun in my work then it is not really worth it.
• Susan is celebrating the amazing victory of having friends that support her. I am so glad that I have same victory to celebrate. 
• Cindy tells us that Alabama was great.  Was?  Did something happen too it? :p
• Donna had a nice 12 miler.  I cannot wait to get back to it.
• Christina reports "Went on a much needed, and very relaxing, camping trip this weekend that will end in my sweetheart and I watching the Sounders match in Tacoma with our good friend, Karen. We're taking the scenic ride over White Pass home."  Again some more great ideas on how to relax over a weekend.  
• Timmy is starting his second year as a teacher by teaching history.  As he puts it, he will get the chance to teach these kids why they don't have to vote for Obama again in the next election.
• Maggie came back to rub it in that she lives in central Florida and had great weather.  She did mention something about a wonderful family or something like that but I am sure there is at least one PITA in you life.  Like me.
•  Shannon is having a good time in Germany and got to see some Perseid meteors before the weather happened.  Again, just give me the chance to get over there and I will stay out of the way and just stay in Europe for a while.

Holy shit, that was a crap load of good news.  Again, with all the horrific shit that goes on in the world it sometimes seems like we are going to blow up the planet any day now. Even Jon Stewart is getting a little lost for words.  Yet we can get to it with our tiny victories.  Thanks guys and till next week.

Tada: It's the Good News

I bet you guys actually did it in the Professor's voice.  Well, it's that time again.  Of course I really want to put this out on Wednesdays but that is the day that naps are a plentiful.  So I got a slew of good news to blurb out.  It was a good set.  And I think I got it all this time.  Let me check to make sure.  Wait just as second.  {Jeopardy music plays in the background} Okay, I checked now I am really certain I got it all.  I just checked again and yep I have to a very high probability that I got it all.  So here it is.


Good News for the Week of 2 July 2014

• Josie had her 11th annual YMCA picnic just this past weekend and had over a hundred people attend.  That is awesome.  I can't believe you have been there over 11 years but it makes sense because the Psycho is 12 and we met you shortly after she was born.  
• Jeff enjoyed touring campus with the Psycho and found some cool fun spots.  I know she had fun because in some of the pictures you sent Space the Psycho was almost smiling.
• Donna reports that the Team coaches think she can do a sub-6 hour marathon and she is going to prove them right.  I know you can too.  That will be my new goal once I get back on the road.
• Danielle has a montly good news where thanks to some awesome weather she set a personal record of 615.8 miles on her bike for July. That is awesome.  I wish sometimes I liked riding my bike but then I lace up and go for a run.
• Cindy and her 4H kids did an incredible job on the float for the Sunday parade during Eden Firemen's picnic weekend.  You have to let us know if the float wins any awards. 
• Donna had a successful dinner where her husband got to hang out with his childhood friend that he hadn't seen in 20 years.  To top it off another friend came over the next day for dinner.  Reunions are awesome.  I had that chance last fall when I went to my 20 year high school reunion.  It was awesome but disappointing that there was a low turnout.
• Bob said the good news for his week was seeing me.  I'm touched but not there.  I was glad to see you as well.  I miss having my very own sommelleir.  I had a bottle of Chilean wine that I would have liked to have shared with you if I could have gotten back.
• Pam had a day off and she spent it with Bo and Mathew (a.k.a. her boys) and then take a nap.  That is what I like to call Sunday.
• Melissa says her husband got a new job with a pay raise equal to their mortgage.   That is awesome.  Hopefully the grass will be greener on the other side or at least a different shade of green.

Once again, you guys have come through with another big bag of good news.  I forgot to share last week but I will think of something.  It won't be that hard.  Either way, thanks for sharing.  Remember that when the world is going bat shit insane and it all seems like doom and gloom we have our tiny victories to remind everybody that there is still something good going on.

Due to a Failure of Situanal Awareness, Bonus Good News

It was not long after I posted the Good News for the previous week that I thought something was up.  It seemed like I remember there being other news posted.  I thought I had posted things but my brain has been playing tricks on me lately.  It thought that I could drive 502 miles in less than 24 hours and over 1004 miles through the entire week between Charlottesville and Philly.  Luckily I did not do it. My body intervened and told the Brain where that idea could go.  In any case, I looked back at the submissions and clicked on the thing that said "View 9 more comments."  There they were a bunch (9) of more submissions that I totally missed.  So due to my lack of Situational Awareness, I bring you the extra special Bonus Good News.

Bonus Good News for the Week of 26 July 2014

• I got to go down to to Charlottesville, for the Apha Chi Sigma Biennial Conclave and get to see so many friends that I call brothers.
• Matt, Susan and Claudia got to meet up with me and also had a blast at conclave.  It was fun and the plethora of hugs and hand shakes were awesome.  Thanks for the support guys.
• Josie reports that the Southeastern YMCA had a successful summer carnival and raised some money for the annual campaign. I am so glad that things are going well at the Y.  It was you guys that got me started running so I owe you guys a bunch.
• Cindy was stoked to see the family and I at conclave.  Though I missed Cindy, Space and the Psycho met up with her and had a good time.
• Donna has been running well on her training program and has been feeling great.  She also reports that she has been dealing with the little bad things going wrong with "grace and patience."   I am getting back to the running with some walking but will be back at it soon and perhaps I can get to run with my buddy in the future.
• Pam reports that Mathew got his braces out.  Check it out.
• 
  Melissa came at us with "My husband gets several weeks PAID vacation from his teaching job and he is not allowed to just cash it in this year. This means he will be around. His tightwad tendencies trumped his workaholic tendencies. We have come to an agreement that he will only work EVERY OTHER DAY ( at his side business)during his "vacation". Longstory short- my kids will actually get to see their father this summer ( he usually works 60-80 hrs/week in the summer."  I understand him to some point.  I really couldn't take a day off completely but Pete will have a good time with the kids.  Take from the guys who hasn't been able to work for almost 2 years.

Once again I am sorry for totally missing those other submissions.  I got fooled by Facebook again.  Any who, thanks to all of you guys for your awesome amazing good news.  So this Monday evening bonus is for all of you that have contributed.  May your Tuesday be a little bit better. Oh and a special shout out to Holly for joining the good news.  Thanks.