daytime is cool

Nothing brilliant to add after another beautiful day in paradise. Maybe calling someone on the telephone just to say "hello" and actually interacting with a human being outside of work would be a step in the positive direction.

Endymion called me last night.
Why?
Said he was trying to increase his interaction with human beings outside of work.
That sounds like something he would say. Where does he live now?
Tomahawk Street.
In Beauxdean? I never see him.
He says he rarely gets out.
What does he do?
He said he didn't want to talk about work. He works at an ether widget plant, though.
So what'd ya'll talk about?
Remember when my cousin from Wisconsin stayed with me for two weeks one summer?
Sorta.
Well, he did. He said that we were walking by the schoolyard one morning when they were playing baseball. He said that when he saw us, he got "inspired" to do something to get our attention.
Did you remember this?
No. He said that he had seen some guy do a back flip off a pickup truck and thought it was really cool. There weren't any pickup trucks around the school, but there was a tree. So he said that he went running up to the tree to try doing a back flip off of it.
Awww. He did all of that and you didn't see any of it?
Well, he didn't do a complete flip. He said that he got "upside down" but didn't bring his feet back over his head.
Oh no.
Yeah. He said he fell down on his head, cut his ear, got his breath knocked out, and bled all over his shirt.
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It wasn't that funny.
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today

Today was very beautiful. The wind was cool and the sun was warm. It was a good day to be alive. Right now, the night sky is clear. The stars are warm and bright.
Yesterday was "Think Pink" day at the game. The team wore pink uniforms to raise awareness and give support to families affected by breast cancer. It was a good game and it's a very good cause.


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rag

I really enjoy rag to riches stories. Today in my email, a guy named Richard told me about how an injury forced him to give up his job in the Navy as a bridge officer. He said that once he was out of the military, he had to take a job driving a truck "just to survive." Things got bad for Richard and he ended up nearly $100,000 in debt. Something really good happened to him though and now he makes $400,000 a year working just three days a week from the comfort of his home. It was really thoughtful of him to share his story with me. If I worked from the comfort of my cave, I'd end up spending all my time blogging rather than doing things to generate income. I don't make near $400,000 a year, but I'm not $100,000 in debt yet either. Heck, if I made that much money in a year, I'd take a few years off and do a little swimming in the Mediterranean.
It's really beautiful outside today. The wind is cool and the sun is warm. My little self is going to be out in it shortly. A girl that I went to school with is coaching a sixth grade team in a tournament today. They won an exciting game yesterday.

Winds

Winds and rain across this unique spinning rock and the pop of sky fire. Some jump and some smile and some try to be counted and some don't ever try at all. Only the rare don't ever have to count. The winds are measured and the gold is balanced but the sweet glory in effort makes most numbers zero. Whether stacking bags of trash or building cathedral walls, everyone can find a purpose. So many things to do, so many opportunities to do them. The rain feels good and even better in spring. One could read the words and move the body against gravity and air to cherish the potential in every moment. Breathe deep and strive. There's an abundance of people waiting to wake up and hear their go word. It's all meaningless unless there's meaning in anything.
Stand and strive.

one chromosome too many

etov

Technical difficulties. Sorry that I can't share any photographs from the weekend.

Our youth team did good on Saturday. Passing and defense. They still haven't picked up on running the offense during game time, but they understand it well enough in practice. We had one player out, but everyone who played scored a bucket. Good day.

On Sunday, we trounced Florida State. 18-4 on the season and now 5-3 in conference. Miami on Thursday and then the stout Tar Heels on Sunday. UNC is undefeated in the conference. They waxed Duke last night at Duke. I'm really looking forward to Sunday. They beat us by more than twenty earlier in the season. Their talent level is higher than ours, so it's going to take some incredible hustle to stay with them.

Virginia Tech played a super game against Maryland. Maryland is just so talented and despite being down by 21 at one point, they beat the Hokies in overtime by three. There was a lot of good basketball on television last night.

There's something important going on today but it seems to be slipping my sleepy mind.

cool

Seems like Resse Witherspoon and I are related.
"From this we can conclude that all blue-eyed individuals are linked to the same ancestor. They have all inherited the same switch at exactly the same spot in their DNA" said Hans Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Copenhagen.
This explains my fascination with dark eyed females. Sorta.

we won

They started throwing humans at half
time.
We won 77-59 though. Now 17-4 on a pretty solid season. Florida State is next on Sunday.