ignore the roar

 tonight after the late local news i saw joel osteen's paid program, the preacher. he spoke of 'ignore the roar', and it resonated with me because it was referring to resisting bullies. some stories i have heard before, such as the struggle to get their current venue, but there are times when the sermon really works for me. it might have helped that i was paying more attention this time since i had already finished doing the dishes and recycle. it was a busy evening for me, as after i had watched '60 minutes' i started on a big cleanup of my home. i didn't finish it tonight but i got plenty accomplished in 3 hours. it meant sweeping up in areas where i hadn't in a while due to moving some things around. and it likely means eventually throwing out some things, such as sending some empty shoeboxes to the recycle bins. 

the main event of the day was going to the minnesota twins baseball game. it was my first of the season and i have no other current plans so it might be the only one of the season. i am a big charlie brown fan and i went because they were giving away a charlie brown bobble-head. it was a promotion that was delayed a year due to the pandemic. the last time i had attended a twins game was when they gave away a snoopy bobble-head, in september 2019, also a 'theme night' where a special ticket was needed. after picking it up i walked to a gas station and had a ham and cheese sandwich. then it was time to walk back to the stadium. it was warm sitting in my seat in the home run porch so about halfway through the game i moved to a place where i was out of the sun. the twins lost to Houston 14-3, and never led in this one. between innings they sometimes profiled some of the charlie brown characters on the video board, five in all. one image used to promote the event appeared to be from the 2014 all-star game, another time when they gave away a limited edition bobble-head. during my walks for the day i found 1 dollar 91 cents, so i have reached my next goal on saving up for a festival button.