Good bye Leech! You managed to keep the Cougs away from a bowl win! Go away and stay away, Leech! I suggest you turn down your last paycheck. I suggest you just go away and stay away. You don't belong here. We'd rather have a freeking watermelon as coach. Go away! Even with my grandson's football team, the guys know when to completely ignore a stupid play from the coach! What's wrong with the Cougs? Why not just "take a knee a few times and win the game!? Okay...maybe a watermelon may not be much of a coach. Perhaps a potato would be better. Anything but a freeking Leech! Fire Leach now. He just threw away a bowl win.
Additionally, since I don't have television, I listen to the radio. I wonder...is the Cougars' announcer going senile? Forget ( for the moment) that he has an awful voice...what matters is that he completely screwed up far too many calls, It's like he has no clue what's going on. It's time for a new radio voice. Sure, he's instantly recognizable as the voice of the Cougs but he just...he just is past his prime. I think that guy should pack up with the Leech guy and go away. He's eighty-four!!!!??? Listening to him, it's like he doesn't know what end of a straw to suck on. Send him away...I'm embarrassed by him.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Oh, the short-lived horror of blackness!
It's been cold around here lately...eleven to twenty degrees in the mornings. I wear two coats and have a blanket over my hat to keep my ears warm, whether inside the house or out.
Well, I was getting ready to take the dawg for a walk up the trail...that means I had to put on a decent pair of shoes.
Anyway, it's not easy to tie the laces. I have to prop up each foot and bend over as far as I can to reach my feet and just feel around to get the job done.
After leaning over so long, sitting on a chair in front of the computer and finally taking a deep breath, I sat up. The computer was black! The entire room was black! It made no sense because, even if the power had gone out, it was still daytime. Had I gone blind?! I broke out in a sweat!
All's well that ends well! I finally realized my blanket had fallen down over my face and there I sat in self-imposed darkness. A quick flip of the hand to lift the blanket and it was light again! I did enjoy a long, raucous laugh at my own expense. Ah, the unpredictable trials of aging!
Well, I was getting ready to take the dawg for a walk up the trail...that means I had to put on a decent pair of shoes.
Anyway, it's not easy to tie the laces. I have to prop up each foot and bend over as far as I can to reach my feet and just feel around to get the job done.
After leaning over so long, sitting on a chair in front of the computer and finally taking a deep breath, I sat up. The computer was black! The entire room was black! It made no sense because, even if the power had gone out, it was still daytime. Had I gone blind?! I broke out in a sweat!
All's well that ends well! I finally realized my blanket had fallen down over my face and there I sat in self-imposed darkness. A quick flip of the hand to lift the blanket and it was light again! I did enjoy a long, raucous laugh at my own expense. Ah, the unpredictable trials of aging!
Friday, December 6, 2013
Morris Hills, Mr.l Scafati
I do hope I'll be excused for many inaccuracies...
At Morris Hills, there was a Mr. Scafati who taught History or Government...or some such thing. This was around 1962, 1963 (or 64) I suppose. At the time, Mr Scafati lived on West Glen Road at Rock Ridge Lake.
Anyway, in some of our classes, he spoke with great emotion of Apartheid in South Africa and often mentioned Nelson Mandela. I had no prior idea what this was all about but I listened intently. I also had no idea there were such inequalities in the world! Our own Civil Rights efforts were still in their iinfancy, yet Mr. Scafati was extremely influential and convincing as he spoke from his heart of the horrible, unfair treatment of minorities (the blacks weren't even IN the minority in South Africa. They were simply treated as...inferior...and separate!).
I have always, fondly remembered Mr. Scafati for opening my eyes just a bit.
It seems he was more than just a teacher. I believe he had been a part of the US Olympic team as a fencer at some point in time. (As such, he was probably the fencing coach at Morris Hills, now that I think about it.) It seems that fencing is not an easy sport by any means and one would have to be in prime physical condition to excel...among so many other things, I didn't know that at the time.
So many years have passed but I always remember the real-life lessons I learned from Mr. Scafati. I hope he's still alive and well even though he would not remember me from Atom.
Does anyone remember this wonderful man? I don't know if he had a family there at Rock Ridge Lake. I know so little. I do know that Mr. Scafati was a wonderful teacher and I'm pleased to have known him.
At Morris Hills, there was a Mr. Scafati who taught History or Government...or some such thing. This was around 1962, 1963 (or 64) I suppose. At the time, Mr Scafati lived on West Glen Road at Rock Ridge Lake.
Anyway, in some of our classes, he spoke with great emotion of Apartheid in South Africa and often mentioned Nelson Mandela. I had no prior idea what this was all about but I listened intently. I also had no idea there were such inequalities in the world! Our own Civil Rights efforts were still in their iinfancy, yet Mr. Scafati was extremely influential and convincing as he spoke from his heart of the horrible, unfair treatment of minorities (the blacks weren't even IN the minority in South Africa. They were simply treated as...inferior...and separate!).
I have always, fondly remembered Mr. Scafati for opening my eyes just a bit.
It seems he was more than just a teacher. I believe he had been a part of the US Olympic team as a fencer at some point in time. (As such, he was probably the fencing coach at Morris Hills, now that I think about it.) It seems that fencing is not an easy sport by any means and one would have to be in prime physical condition to excel...among so many other things, I didn't know that at the time.
So many years have passed but I always remember the real-life lessons I learned from Mr. Scafati. I hope he's still alive and well even though he would not remember me from Atom.
Does anyone remember this wonderful man? I don't know if he had a family there at Rock Ridge Lake. I know so little. I do know that Mr. Scafati was a wonderful teacher and I'm pleased to have known him.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Tomatoes in the Bible
So...there's a diet regimen called the "God Diet". One of the main ingredients in this diet is the tomato. How utterly strange is that?! Tomatoes are native to western, South America. There were no tomatoes in Europe until the 1500's. They weren't introduced to the Middle East until around 1800!
How is it that the tomato is mentioned in the Bible (Corinthians and elsewhere) when the New Testament was supposedly written around 50 AD...1500 years before those people ever saw a tomato? There were no tomatoes there at the time!
I can only arrive at one conclusion: the areas of the Bible that mention tomatoes must have been written 1500 years later. It must be all the product of the perpetual, continual, creative license taken by the Vatican (or whoever was doing the writing in the mid-1500's). It appears those authors, having discovered the wonders of tomatoes so long after the passing of the Apostle Paul and his own writings, wanted to glorify the newly discovered treat...the tomato! So...they incorporated it in the Bible to lend credence to...themselves.
One can only imagine what else may have been invented and included in the Bible over all the years! Certainly, the "God Diet" is based on fiction as is so much more!
(Uh...of course it must be a miracle...and God works in mysterious ways.)
Also, maybe the translation was incorrect. Maybe the Apostle Paul was talking about grapes...or olives. I don't think so, though. I don't think he said anything at all about such things. Someone else attributed those quotes to him, 1500 years after his death. (It turns out that this gross mis-quote actually happened nearly 2000 years later!)
Oh...and maybe Joseph Smith really DID find the "Golden Tablets" in the Ohio field and really DID forget where he put them.
Maybe a lot of things...or maybe we should all just think.
Okay...with a little more research, I've discovered there's only one, on-line translation referring to tomatoes in the Bible. It is "The Message" Bible which is a completely crap version. All others seem to be totally different. As such, I'll be removing this post shortly.
How is it that the tomato is mentioned in the Bible (Corinthians and elsewhere) when the New Testament was supposedly written around 50 AD...1500 years before those people ever saw a tomato? There were no tomatoes there at the time!
I can only arrive at one conclusion: the areas of the Bible that mention tomatoes must have been written 1500 years later. It must be all the product of the perpetual, continual, creative license taken by the Vatican (or whoever was doing the writing in the mid-1500's). It appears those authors, having discovered the wonders of tomatoes so long after the passing of the Apostle Paul and his own writings, wanted to glorify the newly discovered treat...the tomato! So...they incorporated it in the Bible to lend credence to...themselves.
One can only imagine what else may have been invented and included in the Bible over all the years! Certainly, the "God Diet" is based on fiction as is so much more!
(Uh...of course it must be a miracle...and God works in mysterious ways.)
Also, maybe the translation was incorrect. Maybe the Apostle Paul was talking about grapes...or olives. I don't think so, though. I don't think he said anything at all about such things. Someone else attributed those quotes to him, 1500 years after his death. (It turns out that this gross mis-quote actually happened nearly 2000 years later!)
Oh...and maybe Joseph Smith really DID find the "Golden Tablets" in the Ohio field and really DID forget where he put them.
Maybe a lot of things...or maybe we should all just think.
Okay...with a little more research, I've discovered there's only one, on-line translation referring to tomatoes in the Bible. It is "The Message" Bible which is a completely crap version. All others seem to be totally different. As such, I'll be removing this post shortly.
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