Quick takes.

• I wish the Phillies were in it, but this has been a great World Series.

• The clock on the pitchers has made watching baseball much more fun.

• Sports gambling has proven itself to be bad for the sport, for the players and for the gamblers who struggle with boundaries and limits.

• Most Americans eat bananas upside down. I learned this from my European daughter.

• I eat them upside down anyway.

• Focus on culture and you won’t have a problem with the rules. Focus on the rules and you will have a problem with your culture.

• Keeping your mission top of mind will solve a lot of your problems before they become problems.

• AI isn’t coming. It is here.

• AI isn’t bad. It is a thing, like the printing press. It can be used for good and bad.

• AI may take your job. Be the most knowledgeable person at your organization on how AI can help make the organization better and you are less likely to lost your job.

• Be very skeptical of what you see and read on social media. Many of the photos and stories you see are people playing with AI and they are not real.

• It’s not winter yet, but my hands are already cold. All the time. And they will be until Spring.

• Yes, I have a warm heart.

• Not that I see the connection.

• My oldest child turned 42 yesterday. The oldest pastor on staff at our church is 42. I’m not sure why that matters but I think about it.

• Losing weight is hard, and no fun.

• God could have made broccoli taste like chocolate. I’m going to ask Him about that.

• Actually, I won’t. I think it won’t matter any more.

• This headline is not funny: Truckload of ‘aggressive’ research monkeys escape after truck crash in Mississippi; 1 still on the loose.

• So why did I find it amusing?

• Don’t judge me.

• I wonder if they eat bananas upside down?