{"id":13173,"date":"2020-05-17T21:50:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T01:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=13173"},"modified":"2020-05-17T21:50:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T01:50:50","slug":"podcast-audible-bike-5-17-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=13173","title":{"rendered":"Podcast! Audible! Bike! 5.17.20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I studied Spanish and did my brain training this morning.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-7JCSR6p\/0\/6ce31dd4\/M\/2020051721095769--651656459020858019-IMG_6847-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-xrxXJbM\/0\/70034b53\/M\/2020051721095769--6230136378828806855-IMG_6848-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-bFZq9w4\/0\/a00024d6\/M\/2020051721095769--9214430800036590287-IMG_6850-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-6SLMfDf\/0\/e1e7ef68\/M\/2020051721095769--2922718417952119411-IMG_6851-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful day here in the ATL.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-sChBx6h\/0\/c26480ed\/M\/2020051721095769--728315922663341032-IMG_6849-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I listened to my friend Tito Ruiz preach on \u201cPeace.\u201d<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-8TSH2gj\/0\/915f1eb8\/M\/2020051721095769--175700175900313026-IMG_6855-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Had a good talk with my buddy Anthony Jacquin and his wife.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-3Lsc6GZ\/0\/ece7d202\/M\/2020051721095769-6918885869855487345-IMG_6858-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I went to Stone Mountain today.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-5WpBDJH\/0\/344241a9\/M\/2020051721225059-6928862317181201999-IMG_7322-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-z8bgZww\/0\/92f902a4\/M\/2020051721225059-2376193702759975414-IMG_7323-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to start recording and doing my calls from there. I get a great cell signal and it\u2019s so beautiful. It takes me about ten minutes to get there from my house. <\/p>\n<p>Expecting some storms to roll through the ATL tonight. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-gmJNT4n\/0\/d11e8e0b\/M\/2020051721095769--4395358839203503935-IMG_6860-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rode my bike 15.24 miles.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-SQnKmKm\/0\/74f93da9\/M\/2020051721095769-7540582342945252753-IMG_6862-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On my ride, I saw a dead owl. That made me sad. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-2p5NSZc\/0\/c1d51362\/M\/2020051721095769-2769227844798568532-IMG_7330-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-BrrNp65\/0\/18e3944e\/M\/2020051721095769--9057122360391220825-IMG_7331-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-zV7R7Kv\/0\/4c707fea\/M\/2020051721095769--7825410495052455155-IMG_7332-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-79wV64d\/0\/7b3e86b2\/M\/2020051721095769-156050003109672385-IMG_7333-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also saw a gaggle of geese. They always remind me of cows eating grass.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-D9FxmFK\/0\/bc13cbc3\/M\/2020051721095769-7496216264666025875-IMG_7335-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I listened to Harry Potter while I was riding my bike. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-vwnjV6v\/0\/a76bf91b\/M\/2020051721095769--1820861713953687554-IMG_6861-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have &#8220;easy&#8221; days and a &#8220;hard&#8221; days when I ride my bike.  On &#8220;easy&#8221; days, I listen to radio from Madrid or to Harry Potter in Spanish. My &#8220;hard&#8221; days I review all the scripture and poetry that I can quote.  It takes about an hour to go through everything that I know.  Then I listen to Spanish for the last thirty minutes. <\/p>\n<p>I got a notice from Audible that my membership was getting ready to renew. I had 12 credits that I hadn\u2019t listened to so far. So I downloaded 12 books and I canceled my membership at least for now. If I didn\u2019t use those credits in another two weeks I would lose them! That\u2019s crazy talk.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-nmhrnTM\/0\/1de5adb8\/M\/2020051721095769-1085278909718723618-IMG_6859-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve got a good supply of material to listen to now. I downloaded 11 out of 12 items in Spanish.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-HPqmHBL\/0\/75ea0f16\/M\/2020051721225059-9357236142170448-IMG_6879-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-rf5LQbm\/0\/a19d9bae\/M\/2020051721225059-4148954121863029471-IMG_6880-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-PsdLdBW\/0\/ef9aa638\/M\/2020051721225059--7728480579040214036-IMG_6881-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just my preferred way to listen to things now. Just seems like I\u2019m studying while I\u2019m listening to things. I get about 80% of most of what I hear. Sometimes almost everything. It reminds me of biking. If I bike every day, I get stronger and stronger. If I listen to Spanish and study every day, I just get better and better. <\/p>\n<p>I recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called \u201cWandering Wondering.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-QcKwd6B\/0\/a26ba9e8\/M\/2020051721225059-2941785724310382965-IMG_6882_heic-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a good one.<\/p>\n<p>The episodes with the 999 numbers were recorded before the Covid lockdown, but they&#8217;re still new.<\/p>\n<p>Watered my plants after I got home.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Podcast--Audible--Bike--5-17-20\/i-qKvTDsF\/0\/50d4f774\/M\/2020051721095769-5277862378235314128-IMG_7336-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tim A. Cummins<br \/>\n770-490-1668<br \/>\nWhirlwindmissions.org<br \/>\nWhirlwindtim@Gmail.com<br \/>\nTimacummins@ Twitter &#038; Facebook<br \/>\nVerbalSurgery.com. Podcasts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I studied Spanish and did my brain training this morning. Beautiful day here in the ATL. I listened to my friend Tito Ruiz preach on \u201cPeace.\u201d Had a good talk with my buddy Anthony Jacquin and his wife. I went to Stone Mountain today. I\u2019m going to start recording and doing my calls from there. 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