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Blogging might well be the 21st century's form of journaling. As a writing teacher, I have always advised my students to keep a daily journal as a way of organizing their thoughts for future writing projects, a discipline I have unfortunately never consistently practiced myself. By blogging, I might finally be able to follow my own good advice.

The difference between journaling and blogging is that the blogger opens his or her writing to the public, something journal- writers are usually reluctant to do. I am not so reticent.

The trick for me will be to avoid cluttering the internet with more blather, something none of us need more of. If I stick to subjects I know: sports and literature, I believe I can avoid that pitfall. I can't promise that I'll not stray from time to time to comment on ancillary subjects, but I will make every attempt to be interesting and perhaps even insightful.

Sunday, September 5, 2021

COVID Knuckleheads & Simmon's Commentary

 Okay, let's get this right, QBS Kirk Cousins and Lamar Jackson will not get their COVID vaccinations. Cousins, I read in the news, questions the science. I guess he's a scientist and not just a so-so quarterback. Jackson has already had the COVED19 twice. Guess he'd like to try for a third bout. He might want to read a little about the virus's long term side effects. Do both of these men qualify for the term Knucklehead? Oh, by the way, the Pfitzer vaccine is approved by the CDC and the FDA. 

P.S. Has any reporter found out the number of Republican Anti-vaxxer politicians who have secretly had vaccinations? Might be a good article. 

Ben Simmons wants out of Philadelphia. I say to the 76ers, good riddance, but management doesn't see it that way. They are willing to trade him, but are asking for the moon as well as a couple of planets. This for a guy who refuses to learn to shoot properly. KNUCLEHEAD???? His free throw % an embarrassment. To all the teams who have a need for Simmon's unique skills (I do believe he is a unique passer and finisher and rim scorer) I say to them, DON'T DO IT. As much as I admire Philly's GM Daryl Moray's defense of Hong Kong protestors, I humbly suggest, let him suck it up. Simmons is a Super Star Project. Yes, PROJECT. As long as he shoots the basketball like my Aunt Nellie without her specs, he will be a project and never truly fit on any team. And he will never be worth the $ and loss of draft choices, etc.  And, to Moray here's my humble advice, if you can get Brogdan from the Pacers or another true point guard plus one downtown shooter like Buddy Heild in, say a 3 way deal, go for it. And this is just by way of an aside: The 76ers would not have fallen to the Hawks had Danny Green been healthy and hitting threes. Even with Simmons scared to death of taking a shot in the final game. 

In closing, I wonder if anyone is annoyed that the dual screens during commercial breaks are of equal size. I'm  not against the double screens per se. However, shouldn't the players get a teeeeeny bigger screen than frigging Rolex or Mortgage banking?

As it's base ball season in full swing, here's one of my poems bout pitching.

LOOKING AT AN X-RAY OF MY BACK   by Tom Meschery

I say to my doctor, my spine
looks like a curve ball
and he says
it's a breaking pitch
to the inside. I think that's funny,
so i say I can still win a game 
or two even at my age,
you know. And he says
you can't fool anybody
with that pitch at any age.