Hey, you 20 year old self , I know you’re graduating from college right now and I’m happy to see you got a typewriter for a graduation gift.
Take that little typewriter and put it on the shelf. It will be a relic from the past.
I’m going to tell you this earlier for your own convenience. Get out of that town where you grow up in. They hold some beliefs that are racist, do it now rather than later. You can do better.
And by all means learn another language earlier. You’re going to travel to different countries and it is a nice thing to be able to speak. Seek every opportunity to travel that’s it is something no one will ever take away from you – those memories
It is 7:30 in the morning and I had a parade in the house. I’m watching our daughters dog. When I get up in the morning, the parade starts with two dogs and two cats, marching down the steps and towards their morning visits to the backyard and eventually breakfast.
I did about a half hour of German and actually wrote a short paragraph in German.
Right now, we are in transition as my wife has not moved to Everett as she has to finish out the school year. So I have not actually talked to anybody other than the dogs. Right now, my mind has a German soundtrack going on.
Here’s what happened on this day in history. A whimsical look back.
Many in my family are well into their days. It is almost dinner time in Germany. I usually talk to them about now before they settle down for dinner.
Es ist 7:30 Uhr morgens und bei mir zu Hause herrscht reges Treiben. Ich passe auf den Hund unserer Tochter auf. Wenn ich morgens aufstehe, beginnt das Treiben: Zwei Hunde und zwei Katzen marschieren die Treppe hinunter, auf dem Weg zu ihrem morgendlichen Ausflug in den Garten und schließlich zum Frühstück.
hidden deep and most corporate mission statements is this missive, “ maximize shareholder wealth.“
That is what everything is about. This is why we make such ridiculous short, sided decisions when running a business.
FIFA is all about ridiculous maximization of wealth. So now we have a soccer match that is essentially four quarters. And in theory, the match is still playing during this, sorry I’m not gonna hide. I’m not going to candy coat this. I wlll call it a commercial break.
Extra Time – yes that innovation, automatically adds three extra minutes of extra time to a a match.
It’s been a rather busy day and I sat down to watch the match. I put some vegetables in the oven, knowing that I would have to eat sometime during the game.
22 minutes into the game was a nice time to turn off the oven. The broccoli was perfect as were the potatoes and the vegan sausage, especially good. I guess food tastes better when your team is winning three nil.
Even though I’m American, I can’t say I’m exclusively rooting for the American side .. I think blind patriotism is dangerous.
I simply love Soccer.
I have very little idea how this tournament is going to progress. I am lucky as I will be in Germany during the knockout phase the tournament.
That is going to be kind of fun.
The United States will not win the World Cup.
You can say you heard it here first, but if they made an outrageous run and won the World Cup while I was in Germany.
