Pick Your Battles

There is an American rugby* song that includes the call and response:

Cantor: Is everybody happy?
All: You bet your ass we are!

One would think that this describes the whole world’s response to the successful rescue of 33 Chilean miners that had been trapped underground for over two months.

Some atheists, however, are grumpy that a politician (the president) in an overwhelmingly Christian nation (Chile) thanked God for the safe rescue of all the miners instead of enumerating the many individuals whose heroic, hard work made the rescue possible. True, this statement is theologically dubious and somewhat inconsiderate. . .

. . .but, I’m going to let you in on a little something I learned at the rugby parties after matches my team lost: Being grumpy when everyone else is partying does not make people want to talk to you.

*By which I mean bawdy, drinking songs sung by inebriated American college rugby clubs at festivities to celebrate the completion of poorly played matches.

5 Minutes of Juggling-Day VII

Fruits and vegetables may be the answer to commandeering the kids’ toys.

Drops: 9 (all garlic)

Music: (Let Me Be) Your Teddy Bear – Elvis Presley, Walk the Line – Johnny Cash, & Running Scared – Roy Orbison

Coming to bathrooms at quality truck stops and research institutes everywhere

Vending machine as seen on the wall of the gents public washroom at the Cancer Research Institute – Li Ka Sheng Centre in Cambridge. Overnight toiletries, breath freshener & prophylaxis* for £8? Who says science is boring?

*No word on how Americans feel about this brand.

Too Literal?

5 Minutes of Juggling-Day VI

The Juggled VI

Kids blocks once again. It seems that two year olds own a lot more jugglable objects than 30-somethings. Must revaluate my lifestyle to correct this troubling imbalance. Also, must define “jugglable” more broadly.

Tosses: ~600
Drops: 8
Spectator: The Bell
Music: Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones & Why Can’t He Be You – Patsy Cline