The linkage never stops…it just keeps coming and coming and coming…always the links…always always always links links links….
:: In fact, it could be said that if you cannot afford the things on this list, then you should not be having children. (Interesting list. I’d dispute, in part, the bit about a bucket of screws, bolts, and nuts — not that you shouldn’t have one, but I would disagree that you will use them. In my experience, hardware multiplies like rabbits — and eventually you reach the critical mass of the Jar O’Random Fasteners, which is when you know there’s probably a screw of the size you need in there but you’re damned if you’re gonna spend the time to search through the jar for it so you’d just might as well go to Home Depot and buy however many screws of that size you need, which is also preferable because, Hey, trip to Home Depot!)
:: Today is Canada Day. What’s so great about Canada? (Canada is all sorts of nifty, I have to admit. But then, I’m in Buffalo. We stare wistfully at Canada and think, “If not for a couple of battles two hundred years ago….”*)
:: I feel very blessed, very grateful, I haven’t slept a wink, and I’m still floating in outer space. I love my friends, my family, my acquaintances, and am so grateful for all of them showing up last night. (Sheila wrote a play, and has had it read several times in different cities, and each time, apparently it goes even better. Where next? Maybe a small, rust-belt city on one of the Great Lakes that has an unusually vibrant theater scene for a city its size…one can only hope!)
:: Vin Scully is in his 63rd season of calling Dodger baseball. The probation period is almost up.
But seriously, he is the Mozart of baseball broadcasters and I can’t imagine another announcer ever being as good.
And he’s always been there. Night after night, summer after summer. (By the way: as I write this, the Pirates are more than halfway to win #82, and less than halfway to loss #82! Go Bucs!!!)
More next week!
* No, we don’t really think that. But we here in Buffalo do love us some Canada! Especially when they have a day off up there, stream across the borders, and spend money in our local emporia. Huzzah for Canada!