{"id":573891234,"date":"2019-05-28T22:11:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T02:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573891234"},"modified":"2019-06-26T16:55:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T20:55:56","slug":"two-of-the-things-here-are-reaching-their-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/05\/28\/two-of-the-things-here-are-reaching-their-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Two of the things here are reaching their potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our friends and former students came back to town:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/may19\/may12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Dominick and I had lunch at the new pizza joint. We spent the afternoon catching up and telling tales out of &#8230; well &#8230; school. He&#8217;s been gone for a year, studying out west and doing great things in the universe. <\/p>\n<p>I beat him, once again, at foosball in a not too demanding best-of-seven series. The last three series have gone to, well, me. <\/p>\n<p>Not that I&#8217;d remember something that happened a year ago:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today I won four games to two.<\/p>\n<p>For me, the game of foosball may never be the same again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lx51mkT3lB\">pic.twitter.com\/Lx51mkT3lB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1020446614249451521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Goaaal! The streak&#8230;is&#8230;ovah!<\/p>\n<p>After eight days of close calls and futility on the foosball table, I&#39;ve finally beaten <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Domino_Jean?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Domino_Jean<\/a> again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/st4sCG22eh\">pic.twitter.com\/st4sCG22eh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1019326876303622144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have been bested after 8 days of foosball stardom and non-stop victory by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kennysmith<\/a>. I will now retreat for a year-long hiatus to train and pray for my eventual return to glory.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dominick Jean (@Domino_Jean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Domino_Jean\/status\/1019326387658919937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of remembering, <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/05\/24\/were-going-to-have-a-flower\/\">if you&#8217;ll recall last Friday<\/a> I mentioned a flower that&#8217;s flowering in the backyard. It has now reached its potential and it&#8217;s lovely:  <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/may19\/may13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>One day I might too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our friends and former students came back to town: Dominick and I had lunch at the new pizza joint. We spent the afternoon catching up and telling tales out of &#8230; well &#8230; school. He&#8217;s been gone for a year, studying out west and doing great things in the universe. 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