1. Judy and I have
been checking up on our wills. I first got the idea when I changed my life
insurance policy a couple of months ago.
Then
I began really thinking about it as I prepared to go on Wilderness Trek with my
middle daughter, Abby, and her high school youth group. You never know when
something might go wrong.
(I’ve
told some of the kids that if I die of a heart attack on the mountain, build a
big bier of wood, put my body on top of it, and set the wood on fire–just like
the Vikings used to do to honor their heroes. I don’t know if the kids would go
for that, but it gives me great pleasure to think about the honor.)
At
any rate, our wills are in good shape. Are yours?
2. Bizarre story from
SI’s Peter King: “Did you hear the one about the man in South Dakota who
murdered a high-school classmate 55 years after the classmate pulled a
jockstrap over his head as a practical joke? Carl Ericsson, of Watertown, S.D.,
walked to the front door of his ex-classmate, Norman Johnson, and shot him
twice. According to the Associated Press, last month Ericsson told the judge in
the case that he guesses he shot his former classmate ‘because of something
that happened over 50 years ago. It was apparently in my subconscious.’”
I
think vengeance is best left to the Lord.
3. Could not resist checking out the other day
the new book REAGAN AND THATCHER The Difficult
Relationship by Richard Aldous. Like many
friendships, this one was much more complicated and complex than appeared on
the surface. Many times they frustrated each other and they experienced much
conflict through the years. I’m still working on the book, but it is very
engrossing so far.
4. Call me
old fashioned, but I get a kick out of occasionally watching clips from the old
Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts on
YOUTUBE.
5. Okay, so I was wrong to pick Miami over
Oklahoma City in six games. They won in five. Maybe this will get championships
out of their system.
*Thanks to Peter King for the inspiration for this blog's title.
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