The ruin of a nation begins in the home of its people. (Ashanti Proverb in Acts of Faith by Iyanla Vanzant, 13 July)
For most people the disaster of life is that they give up just one effort too soon. (William Barclay, The Gospel of Luke, p. 57)
Last night Melva and I watched the agonizingly long soccer game between the USA and Panama from Philadelphia. The USA finally won 2-1 in the second overtime. If there is any sport more boring than soccer I probably have never watched it. We watched the English broadcast on the Fox Soccer Channel, one of the channels we get with our new FIOS plan. The sport must be popular if they broadcast on a Spanish channel and on an English channel. I think the announcer said the USA and Panama have played eight times and Panama has never won. The game was quite rough with lots of holding, tripping, and shoving allowed by the rather ineffective referee who the announcers claimed was quite good. They must have been kidding. Well, there are two things I can always do on a slow day, either watch the grass
grow or watch a soccer match.
Mr. Dickie
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