Graphics Collection from CD's Ultra-Fine House of Style

[Eugene Church]

CD and jg2977,

I am posting a few of your uniforms and also your career stats in my Islanidian Pro Alliance.

[Eugene Church]

Here are you career stats.

Arthyr and Gordon Freeman are retired.

Arthyr was a good solid shortstop and fair hitter... good fielder... made the All-Stars teams in 2076 and 2081.

Gordon played for 14 teams and only had one good year. That was with LaGrange when he went 15-10. He also got some playing time as a position player, too.

Jeff Grubin is still playing, but is show signs that retirement may be getting closer. He has been a pretty decent second baseman... not really much of a hitter.

Arthyr Freeman

[Eugene Church]

Gordon Freeman

[Eugene Church]

Jeff Grubin

[jg2977]

In 2086 I batted .253 with 11 home runs, that's not too shabby! But in 2087 at the midway point I'm only .224 with 1 dinger.

According to my baseball card I was 25 in 1881, which would make me 31 now. I should be in my prime. Maybe I am regressing. We'll see how I do in the second half of the 1887 season.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Hi, everyone. I haven't been around here, in terms of posting for a while, at least, simply because I've mainly been writing and all for a while, with or without at least some AI assistance, on one or more of my writing-related projects, and I've also been doing other things of late, such as going to libraries and all for some time, at least, when and where possible.

I read a big book about the historical baseball teams in St. Louis, but unfortunately, quite a lot of bad language was periodically used in it. But it actually was a non-fiction-type book, in truth, and it had many quotes by various people associated with the Cardinals and/or the Browns, for instance. I really didn't like the profanity included in the book, and all, of course, but if one is to tell the truth about things, complete accuracy in quotations, if certain things were said all for sure, is required, to the best of one's ability to provide it here, you know.

As for my family, Dad's having mental problems, unfortunately. He's still here, of course, thankfully. But I really don't know here, just yet, exactly how much time he has left in this world, for sure, quite obviously enough. I hope he has at least a few months left, but I don't know if he has at least another year to live before he leaves this world yet, quite naturally enough.

EC, I hope your memory gets better soon, and all, for that matter. Yes, I probably would have caught that thing with your IPA dynasty a little while back, but jg2977 got to that booboo first.

As for me, it looks like I am now a deck of cards, in a manner of speaking, in terms of how old I am as of today, hahahaha. Meaning I'm 52, in truth. I've mainly been working on my story-related projects, when possible, lately, when not going to the library or to a fitness center to shoot some hoops for a bit or hitting the shops or something. Unfortunately, my right arm still gives me trouble at times, so my shots are often off-target or not strong enough when I'm trying to shoot hoops for a bit. I've probably not got a good shooting eye, or at least I've not often done a lot of, or any, shooting hoops, for many long years, since I was at least still in my forties or thirties or twenties or something, I think.

I'll most likely be posting a new graphics request soon, perhaps within the next 24 hours, if not within a few hours, of this very post here. I know it'll probably take a while for the existing graphics modders still active here to create enough of the required things around here. But maybe by April or so, around here, I'll ultimately be able to create a new saved game somehow, in order to incorporate such graphics, if not even sooner than that, if all goes sufficiently according to plan here, somehow, Lord willing and all, of course.

I've also just begun to learn Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, AND Chinese on Duolingo, to go along with my other foreign language courses of Spanish, French, Hebrew, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Scots Gaelic, and Swahili for it. Of course, the Chinese used in the related language course is of the Pinyin variety, not the Wade-Giles variety, for instance. And the strokes are hard to remember, as well. I'm still most advanced with Spanish. But I've also learned at least some French, at least, among other languages I've been learning on Duolingo for quite some time in my life. It's at least a little bit challenging to learn some languages, of course, on it, but I'm still pressing on with learning them, as best as I can and all, for sure.

I'll talk more soon here, I'm fairly sure, folks. But for now, this birthday boy has to eat his supper, at least, in any case, most definitely. It's been a rather challenging 52 years for me in my own life on this planet of ours, in many ways, at times, of course. But thankfully, I'm still around somehow in this world of ours, by the amazing grace and the undeserved mercy of Almighty God above, my Heavenly Father, extended to this unworthy sinner that I am, by the Blood of Jesus that makes me a part of God's Eternal Kingdom and Family forever, no doubt. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Happy Birthday, CD!

It's good to see you post again here on the forum.
I missed you.

It is good to hear that you are writing again.

Looking forward to your new league and the graphics you want.

[CM_Balkoth]

Happy (very belated) Birthday CD! Gonna browse through the pages I've missed here and catch up. Really liking the Harrisburg Keystones jerseys, I have family in Harrisburg so I might borrow it for a minor league team for one of my own leagues.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Folks,

I have some very sad news to report. My dear Dad is quite likely to depart very soon from this world and this life. It may even be within a week, if not even sooner than that. It may even be just days from now, at that.

Of course, this is very hard for Mom to deal with, and I'm crying as I write these words, to be sure. There are some serious matters she's trying to take care of right now, getting things taken care of related to Dad and his imminent departure from this life, plus trying to make sure that I'll be able to have as much independence as possible in the future, whether or not we're living together in the future, or whether or not something happens that forces us to live apart from each other or she leaves this world as well.

Mom has had her own health issues, of course, but right now, her main concerns are related both to Dad and to me. Dad is going, and whether or not something eventually happens to her, she wants to see that I'm provided for as needed and all in the future, and that I'm hopefully able to live as independently as possible, and have a safe place to deal with my Dad's departure and my own personal grief related to it, with as little interference and all as possible from others in this world in the future.

As for me, I'm still writing, of course, with or without AI assistance and all. Hence why you haven't heard much from me of late, if anything. I'll probably be doing a good deal more writing, as I work through my feelings here, obviously.

Please pray for me and Mom and the rest of our family, that we may be able to deal well enough with these things, whether related to Dad or not, everyone. Thank you for your time and all, everyone. Your periodical prayers have been, and are, and will be greatly appreciated by me, at least, for sure, just so you all know this well enough here.

It's been really hard for me to not be able to watch someone I spent most of my life around go down like he has the past few years. I won't be able to attend any funeral he might have, either, because I can't handle seeing certain things. I haven't seen him more than once where he's been for nearly two years, because I can't bear to see him like that, especially with his mind as wrecked as it was or is because of Alzheimer's. Thankfully, in eternity, with Jesus, Alzheimer's will be no more, just like autism won't be around. And neither will Down's Syndrome, among many other Earthly health conditions, of course, for sure.

I'll talk more later, as possible and all. But right now, I'm going to try and deal with Dad's likely imminent departure as best as I can, in whatever ways I possibly can, including, of course, thanking God for all the years and all the time I was able to spend in this life with my dear Dad, if his departure from this world is truly due to happen very soon from now, for sure. We had our difficulties with each other, no doubt, but I'm sure he's loved me, and I know I've loved him, and all, all these years we've spent with each other, at least in our minds and all, if not necessarily with each other near each other in a physical sense, at least. CD out.

[dawg1isclear]

Praying for you and your family during this very difficult time...may God be with you and your family and bring His peace to you all!!! "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." Matt. 5:4

[Eugene Church]

When you get to know CD and understand what is going on in his life, you will have one of the best friends you will ever have.

CD is one of my best friends.

May God bless him and his family abundantly.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

EC, you forgot to put who was seeded seventh in the rankings for playoff contenders in your IPA thread before the start of the Pro Cup Finals, when you previewed the series in question. You might want to attend to that here, I think. Just so you know.

Dad's still with us, but it still doesn't look too good for him, in terms of potential long-term survival in our world, I think. I don't expect him to last much longer, in truth. But that's up to our Father in Heaven, of course. Two of my siblings came to see him for a bit this weekend, possibly to spend some time with him before his likely soon departure from this world, while they still could. I don't know how much more time he has left, obviously, just yet, though.

Please continue to pray for us all in my own family and all, and please also pray that everything related well enough to his likely imminent departure goes sufficiently well and all, and what might follow for any or all of us, in the future, even for me and for my Mom. Thanks. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Thanks for catching my errors on my IPA dynasty report, CD.
You are in my prayers daily.

[Eugene Church]

CD, I reviewed all my previews for the IPA playoffs. I did not see where I left off the #7 team anywhere.

Which post is it in the IPA dynasty thread?

CD, please send me a Private Message when I make mistakes on my Dynasty report.

Remember, this is the OOTP Graphics and Mods Forum. We really should keep our posts pretty much to Graphics.
Straying occasionally to personal family matters is tolerated here, but we should really use Private Messages to do non-graphics business.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

EC,

Post 10,385, I believe. Just so you know. CD out.

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by Clovidequano Dovatha

EC,

Post 10,385, I believe. Just so you know. CD out.

Thanks, CD.

[Eugene Church]

Found it and fixed it.

Now all is well and safe in all of Islandia.
My dynasty report is accurate and truthful and without blemish or sin.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

EC, maybe it might be a good idea to make Glasco the Celtics, for instance. Perhaps some IPA teams without Pro Cup titles could use some rebrands or new looks for themselves this offseason, in either pre-23-style or post-22-style items. Just a thought, that's all. CD out.

[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Originally Posted by Eugene Church

CD, I reviewed all my previews for the IPA playoffs. I did not see where I left off the #7 team anywhere.

Which post is it in the IPA dynasty thread?

CD, please send me a Private Message when I make mistakes on my Dynasty report.

Remember, this is the OOTP Graphics and Mods Forum. We really should keep our posts pretty much to Graphics.
Straying occasionally to personal family matters is tolerated here, but we should really use Private Messages to do non-graphics business.

EC,

I'll try to remember that for future reference. But I'm a little bit out of sorts with certain matters at this particular time in my life, unfortunately, as you might logically expect here, for certain reasons, with quite a few things on my mind at the present time, at certain times. CD out.