Wright Thompson
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And when she died after he retired, he flew home to San Diego like a dutiful, wealthy son. He paid for a very nice funeral. He then went to her house. He got every single family photograph and he burned them. Wow.
He probably should have married a therapist. Wow. Ted Williams could have used some Chris Riley. I mean the, and so you, you know, the, like there's a story in the cost of these dreams about Ted Williams and his mother and his son and daughter. And the idea is like to try to understand the, You want to create a logical framework where freezing someone's detached head makes sense.
He probably should have married a therapist. Wow. Ted Williams could have used some Chris Riley. I mean the, and so you, you know, the, like there's a story in the cost of these dreams about Ted Williams and his mother and his son and daughter. And the idea is like to try to understand the, You want to create a logical framework where freezing someone's detached head makes sense.
He probably should have married a therapist. Wow. Ted Williams could have used some Chris Riley. I mean the, and so you, you know, the, like there's a story in the cost of these dreams about Ted Williams and his mother and his son and daughter. And the idea is like to try to understand the, You want to create a logical framework where freezing someone's detached head makes sense.
That's the challenge is like, how does this happen? And hurt people hurt people. And Ted Williams grew up in a terrible situation and was an awful father, like truly awful father. And then he got really sick at the end of his life and suddenly he and his kids had this relationship that they had all sort of wanted and didn't know how to have.
That's the challenge is like, how does this happen? And hurt people hurt people. And Ted Williams grew up in a terrible situation and was an awful father, like truly awful father. And then he got really sick at the end of his life and suddenly he and his kids had this relationship that they had all sort of wanted and didn't know how to have.
That's the challenge is like, how does this happen? And hurt people hurt people. And Ted Williams grew up in a terrible situation and was an awful father, like truly awful father. And then he got really sick at the end of his life and suddenly he and his kids had this relationship that they had all sort of wanted and didn't know how to have.
And the moment that they got that relationship, he started dying. And now you understand like these desperate kids who had wanted this iconic father their whole lives. And then in the last 18 months of his life, they get it. And now they'll do anything for even the prayer of another day. So things that are totally batshit crazy start to make sense.
And the moment that they got that relationship, he started dying. And now you understand like these desperate kids who had wanted this iconic father their whole lives. And then in the last 18 months of his life, they get it. And now they'll do anything for even the prayer of another day. So things that are totally batshit crazy start to make sense.
And the moment that they got that relationship, he started dying. And now you understand like these desperate kids who had wanted this iconic father their whole lives. And then in the last 18 months of his life, they get it. And now they'll do anything for even the prayer of another day. So things that are totally batshit crazy start to make sense.
Well, I mean, I'm from Mississippi, which is one of, if not the only state in the country that doesn't have a Fortune 500 company. And so at some point... Like, Ole Miss and Mississippi State are going to run out of money.
Well, I mean, I'm from Mississippi, which is one of, if not the only state in the country that doesn't have a Fortune 500 company. And so at some point... Like, Ole Miss and Mississippi State are going to run out of money.
Well, I mean, I'm from Mississippi, which is one of, if not the only state in the country that doesn't have a Fortune 500 company. And so at some point... Like, Ole Miss and Mississippi State are going to run out of money.
The pool is just smaller. You know, I'm one of those people who, like, if the SEC just broke off and played its own thing, that would be fine with me. Like, I don't particularly like, you know, I watch whatever the SEC game is. Like, I understand I'm part of the problem. So I don't it's always sort of been this way. But look, the South is changing tremendously. And the. You know.
The pool is just smaller. You know, I'm one of those people who, like, if the SEC just broke off and played its own thing, that would be fine with me. Like, I don't particularly like, you know, I watch whatever the SEC game is. Like, I understand I'm part of the problem. So I don't it's always sort of been this way. But look, the South is changing tremendously. And the. You know.
The pool is just smaller. You know, I'm one of those people who, like, if the SEC just broke off and played its own thing, that would be fine with me. Like, I don't particularly like, you know, I watch whatever the SEC game is. Like, I understand I'm part of the problem. So I don't it's always sort of been this way. But look, the South is changing tremendously. And the. You know.
I'm from a little farming town in Mississippi and our farm 50 years ago, we needed 400 families living on it to farm it. And now we farm it with, I think we have 18 people and that's because the tractors can't turn themselves around. Uh, they, the tractors are GPS control, but you have to have a person in them to turn them around on the pads at the end of the roads.
I'm from a little farming town in Mississippi and our farm 50 years ago, we needed 400 families living on it to farm it. And now we farm it with, I think we have 18 people and that's because the tractors can't turn themselves around. Uh, they, the tractors are GPS control, but you have to have a person in them to turn them around on the pads at the end of the roads.
I'm from a little farming town in Mississippi and our farm 50 years ago, we needed 400 families living on it to farm it. And now we farm it with, I think we have 18 people and that's because the tractors can't turn themselves around. Uh, they, the tractors are GPS control, but you have to have a person in them to turn them around on the pads at the end of the roads.
Rose, we're 10 years away from that being gone. And so now you can farm enormous swaths of land with 4 people. It's like the rural South. which is in many ways been the heartbeat of SEC football fandom, is totally emptying out in a way that sort of no one's really talking about. The farm economy, I don't know if you guys have been following this, but the price of cotton and soybeans