Michael

For some reason, in 1992 and 1993, my favorite baseball team was the Philadelphia @Phillies. I was devastated when they lost the 1993 World Series. I remember sitting at MawMaw Eloise’s house in Smithville watching that Joe Carter home run. And 1994 came along and the strike happened and I moved on to my next obsessions - the NBA and then pro wrestling. But in the winter of 1993, parents were asked to send a Christmas gift to school for their kids to open. Now look, we were poor poor. Coloring books under the Christmas tree poor. But that’s life. And we’re okay now. But somehow my mom and dad knew enough about my Phillies obsession to get me a team pack of the 1993 Phillies baseball team. That’s what this pack is. Thirty three years later, it meant so much to me that I found it on eBay and bought it, still in great condition. I’m not going to open it. I’ll get Daddy to help me get it hung on the wall. But I just wanted to share that story with everyone. I don’t remember things. (“Aren’t you really smart?” Well, yes, but my memory about stuff is bad.) But I remembered this and that moment in the classroom in Sulligent and what my parents did for me that day. I guess that’s why I got back into the card buying hobby again. It’s not for personal gain or wealth. It’s just “what’s important to me and how can I find it”. Luckily they overproduced everything in the 90s so this was an easy find. Life lesson: No matter what happens in life - the good, the bad, the really bad - there’s always a moment that shines through, one of those things that you hope to tell your kids and friends and other family about one day. So that’s my story of being a Phillies baseball fan in 1993 and my parents buying me a pack of baseball cards when they probably didn’t have the money to do so. My dad always talks about making memories and that’s why I can get him to do some really dumb stuff he’d otherwise never do. Because in the end, what we have is the memories and maybe the pics we snapped in the process. This is my memory. And I have it again. And I wanted to share it with the world. Momma and Daddy - What you did that day for 9 year old Michael still affects 41 year old Michael and will mean something to me the rest of my life. I love you both and even if I don’t say it enough - thank you for paying attention to the important things and making a 9 year old kid be happy for a day. This will always be close to my heart.

This Veterans Day, I’m remembering my grandfather, Staff Sergeant James Charles Humphreys—my Pawpaw Charles and my childhood best friend. 🇺🇸 He joined the U.S. Army on August 13, 1948, at just 17. His records credit occupation service in Japan and Germany, followed by service during the Korean War. His career later included National Guard service, and he retired as a Staff Sergeant, E-6. His documented assignments included Battery B, 11th Field Artillery Battalion, and Battery C, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, with duties listed as cannoneer—an artillery gun-crew member. Our family also remembers him telling us about his work as a cook in Korea. Those battalions carried significant histories. The 11th served with the 24th Infantry Division and had fought in the Pacific during World War II before joining the occupation of Japan. The 15th served with the 2nd Infantry Division, providing artillery support during the Korean War. These were units whose guns helped protect and support the soldiers fighting on the ground. In January 2026, the National Personnel Records Center confirmed his entitlement to the following awards and badges: • Army of Occupation Medal with Germany clasp • Army of Occupation Medal with Japan clasp • National Defense Service Medal • Korean Service Medal with two bronze service stars • Armed Forces Reserve Medal with numeral 2 • Combat Infantryman Badge, 1st Award • United Nations Service Medal • Expert Badge with Rifle Bar The occupation clasps recognize qualifying service following World War II. The two bronze service stars on his Korean Service Medal represent credit for two campaigns; they are separate from the Bronze Star Medal. His Expert Badge with Rifle Bar recognizes qualification at the Army’s highest standard rifle-marksmanship level. The Combat Infantryman Badge recognizes qualifying infantry service in active ground combat. NPRC confirmed his entitlement, although we are still researching the original award documentation and its circumstances. Beyond his military service, he was a preacher, ordained through the Assemblies of God, and pastored Revelation Holiness Church outside Sulligent, Alabama. To me, he was also the man I drew pictures with on the front porch and sang gospel songs with into a tape recorder alongside Mawmaw Eloise. I love you, Pawpaw. I’m proud to be your grandson, and I’m grateful to help carry your story forward.

HOUSE SHOW LORE

2016 Mike would gone to the John Cena Classic and Worlds Collide: Doomsday. 2026 doesn’t know if he can drive 90 minutes to watch WWF next week because that means leaving the house. Pain.

Vaxxed?

Cena loves that guy so he will be in the classic.

Yall playing GTA 6 while I’m over here in the year 2032 running another Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens feud on Raw and Cody Rhodes vs Seth Rollins vs Ludwig Kaiser on SmackDown while doing the year’s round robin tournament and just finishing up King of the Ring. Lock in.

Anywhere in space and time. Anything that ever happened or ever will. Your tree is up again Mawmaw. I miss you. Love you always.

Ok so I don’t have to waste time watching any of the DC stuff. Lanterns looked great based off the clips I watched.

me getting out of bed after turning 42.

This podcast with Paul Heyman is incredible. open.spotify.com/episode/1rR…

Boys, there are some dumb people on the internet and I have no idea how you do this.

My World Wrestling Federation colors will never run. Don’t tread on me.

I’ve never told a joke in my life or have ever done the same bit on the same day since 2017.

Paul still has multiple bald spots.

Jinder Mahal was the 50th WWF Champion and his losing before the Brock Lesnar match has sent the business in a downward trajectory that I don’t believe it’ll ever recover from.

Auburn is playing football.

Hope that Maxxine got the $3000 bonus.

If it still exists in April, they should run Wrestlemania in this building.