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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