Monday, July 30, 2012

Monday, the 30th day of July, 2012


The XXX Olympiads are happening in London, UK as I write this. Opening Ceremonies were on Friday (Fish & chips/bangers & mash/Guinness & Bass were de rigueur) even though the football/soccer tournament started two days earlier…  A significant item for me (since I have four daughters) is the fact that – for the first time – there are more girls than boys in the US Team (the reason for that being that our boys did not qualify in soccer, and our girls did). Furthermore, every one of the over 200 participating countries has sent women to the games, even if some of the girls have to run with their heads covered and in full-body suits… Progress is progress!

…and then there was the Sparta “Oriental Night” experience… Good Lord! Homemade sushi, Thai rolls, sake, artichoke crowns, pot stickers, plum wine, Japanese whiskey, oriental salad, pepper beef over white rice, ice cream on cinnamon shells with macerated fruits and caramel, and two types of fortune cookies! Thank you host (Buffet Bill a.k.a. known as “What else Bill”) and hostess (Saint Ginny)… God I love good food, sprinkled with the appropriate libation, and in good company!

Please share with me your thoughts on the following: do you think that restrictions on possession of military-intended weapons by the general public are a violation of the 2nd Amendment to the USA Constitution? If you have an opinion either way, please share your rationale with me… (Try to be more personal than “The Founding Fathers didn’t know fire arms beyond muskets”, or “The 2nd Amendment does not exclude any type of arms”…)

Some trivia for you… Did you know there are 748 children in the Van Buren County school system, from K to 12? And did you know that it costs, an average of under $8,100 to school a child in this county per year? And did you know this average cost is about 10% lower than the state average?

Now, the recommended book: “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle” by David Wroblewski. Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar leads an idyllic life with his parents in a farm in Northern Wisconsin where they raise dogs. Edgar’s father dies and an uncle moves in; the idyll is in peril…
(If you have books to recommend, please send me the info – No 50 Shades of Gray, please!)

Last, but not least, food for thought:
“Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course toward his objective in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.”
So, stay the course, my friends…     





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