More Randomness

I'm spinning out of control! Stop me, before I begin to like sports! Lately, I have been watching soccer, and find myself liking it. It's not so much a fondness for the game, itself, but enjoyment of the surrounding activities. I do wonder if they ever suffer a whiplash when they snap the ball with their heads. That must be hard on their necks.

I like the way the teams for both sides bring out little boys with them, dressed in the team uniforms. I like the way the crowds spontaneously burst into song when their teams do something they like, and whistle when something strikes them as wrong.

I like looking at the players (woo-hoo), and noting their physical differences by nationality. I like listening to the announcers. They are so very civil. And they can pronounce all those names with only consonants in them.

And, I especially like the referees when they stand there and laugh when one of the players gets kicked in the family jewels.

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How about Obama's choice of Elizabeth Edwards to head up his Health initiative. This can't have made Hillary happy. I didn't hear, though, whether this will be just for the campaign, or a place in his administration. It makes sense, though, because John Edwards and Barack Obama are much closer in their methods of achieving universal health care than Obama and Hillary are.

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Speaking of Obama, what was he thinking when he said in an interview Monday that he would like to see people given yet another stimulus check? He didn't elaborate much, except to say that it would help people get through the summer. Hmmmmmmmm. Was he momentarily possessed by the ghost of G.W. Bush?

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There was an article in the London Daily Mail describing the way John McCain treated his ex-wife when he came home from Vietnam and didscovered that she had been disfigured in a terrible wreck and had undergone several surgeries during a six month period. After her wreck, apparently Ross Perot footed all her medical bills, and, incidentally, has nothing good to say about McCain. When McCain returned, witnesses recounted, he began his womanizing almost immediately. Finally, he couldn't stand it any longer, and started divorce proceedings. This was about the time he decided that Cindy would be a more attractive mate, not to mention all her millions.

This man has a cruelty streak a mile wide.

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I feel so sorry for all those folks battling the weather all over the midwest. The flooding is widespread and many people have no flood insurance. Wouldn't you know the insurance companies don't want to cover the kind of natural disasters that would be the most likely to do widespread damage.

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Oh, no! Salmonella in the tomato supply! Roma tomatoes are on the list. What will all the Italian restaurants do?

Stay tuned.