by Wayne23 » Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:29 pm
3/5: We feared that Mike Gort might leave for the NBA but he decided to stay. Wonderful news!
3/8: We play #8 seed Northwestern, 14-14, 9-9, in the quarter finals. We won by only 4 there.
96-63. 32, 3, 8 for sub Marq Aury. +13 RBs.
#4 seed, #19 ranked Maryland in the semifinal round. We won by 20 at home.
3/9: 87-76. A late 12-3 run broke up a very close game. Inside play won the game for us.
#2 seed, #14 ranked Indiana, 23-6, 15-3, for the title. Their leading scorer is out with a broken finger.
3/10: 70-63 for the title.
3/12: #1 Midwest. We play Cleveland ST, 17-14, 1st.
3/16: 81-77. They proved a most worthy opponent.
#9 seed UNLV, 22-9 is next.
3/18: 84-61. Never a doubt.
#4 seed, #17 ranked GA Tech, 24-8, in the Sweet Sixteen. We defeated them by 10 very earely in the season, there.
3/23: 83-67. 45-35 at the half.
#2 seed, #4 ranked North Carolina in the Elite Eight. Their starting Center broke his toe in tonight’s game. He is their leading rebounder, second leading scorer, best inside defender.
3/25: 77-83. We did all that we could do. They were the better team.
3/31: Michigan ST won the NIT.
4/4: #4 North Carolina defeated #5 Cincinnati by 5 to win the national title, so we lost to the champions.
Awards: Frosh /PF Mike Gort was named Big 10 1st team. Junior PF/C John Faye made 2nd team. I was both national and Big 10 COY.
4/23: We ask for a facilities upgrade. Improved to A.
4/28: Cissy and I flew back to Boston due to a grave emergency.
I shall tell it the long way, but first, our family is safe.
About three years ago the phenomenon of the Christian suicide bomber began here in the U. S. Life was worrisome enough when it was only Muslims.
When the extremist Christian churches began to join the insanity, life in the U. S. began to change for the worse- considerably worse. The phenomenon happens occasionally in other Western countries with large Christian populations, but very rarely. It seems to happen here at least every two weeks or so.
The targets include abortion clinics, women’s rights groups, LGBTQ groups, racial and religious minority groups, three schools, and on and on.
Massive security measures are in place wherever the cost allows, and the FBI, Homeland Security, and other organizations are at work, but still, about every other week, a suicide bombing takes place.
Last night the headquarters of AbFen Games, here in Boston, was the target. Fenny and Abby have been threatened and sued so frequently that they have state of the art security in all of their facilities, but that only goes so far. It did not go far enough yesterday. Fifteen people, including the bomber, were killed, and seventeen others were seriously injured.
It was through some incredible coincidences that Fenny and Abby survived. As it happened Abby was taking Farnsworth to a dental appointment, and Fenny was in the bathroom when the bomber struck.
Fenny heard the explosion, which destroyed the bathroom door, but he was unharmed save for a minor cut on his face.
Needless to say, there is little that can be done since the perpetrator is dead. The authorities are sifting through the wreckage for evidence. The building is a total loss. A few computers are salvageable but little else is. The data is all backed up to a remote electronic location every 30 seconds, so there was no appreciable loss of data. But there was a huge loss of critical personnel, and more importantly, dear friends who had worked with Fenny and Abby for a long time, several of them from the very beginning.
Fenny says the loss to future game creation, and to innovation to existing games is gigantic.
We are very, very thankful that our family is still with us.