Ooops.
I need to get the generator moved to the front of the storeroom and make sure it's ready for service. So far we haven't needed it during power outages that only lasted an hour or two. Outages are a normal part of winters that include trees blown down across power lines.
I won't miss the weather here. It will be 105 today and won't drop below triple-digits for at least the next 10 days. That's about five degrees above normal and even people who live here are ready to be done with summer. Pam and I agreed yesterday we do not miss the heat At All. The wet Oregon winters are so much easier to take, and now that we have a four wheel drive even the occasional inch or two of wet snow shouldn't be a problem for the day that it lasts.
I have no sympathy for Serena and her ire at the way she got treated at the U.S. Open. Re. the first warning for coaching from her box, her coach admitted after the match that's what he was doing. He speculated that Serena didn't see him which is why she denied it. The coach also said, undoubtedly correctly, that "every coach sends advice to their player."
Next time I get pulled over for speeding I'm going to try that. "Everybody goes over the speed limit, so it's unfair for you to write me a ticket.
She got her second warning and the deduction of a point for smashing her racket after losing a game. That's a no-brainer, almost a guaranteed call.
The third call by the referee was for speaking inappropriately to the ref because she was still mad about the first two calls. "You're a thief" she yelled loudly enough for everyone in the stadium to hear. "You should apologize to me! Apologize!!"
Her rant went on from there.
Bang. Loss of a game penalty.
She's accusing tennis and the U.S. Open of sexism because men players do worse and get away with it.
"What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens." - Ellen Glasgow
That was the quote on my post from a few days ago. I've heard it expressed, "You can't control what happens but you can control how you respond to it."
One of the things we all admire in sports figures and others is unflappability, equanimity. Roger Federer is a case in point. Sure, John McEnroe's melt downs were fun to watch but Federer's focus and self-discipline is admirable. The former makes great TV but the latter is what we try to teach our kids.
If, as is the case, society comes to the defense of the one who acts badly when perhaps treated legitimately unfairly, we encourage that behavior in ourselves and others. It doesn't take a prophet to see where that leads.
Nope, no sympathy for Serena from this quarter. If, in fact, she was the recipient of bad calls from the referee I understand why she was upset. But to berate that referee at the top of her voice in front of thousands in the stadium and millions on TV was wrong on several levels.
"Christ suffered for you, leaving yo an example so that you might follow in his steps. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered he did not threaten" (1 Peter 2:21-22).
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It's 6:45 p.m. and I've been home for about an hour. The flight went fine and my only problem was finding the Blazer out in the parking lot.
The goats are fed, my supper fixed and eaten (mmmmm - hot dogs!), and an episode of Jay Leno's Garage watched.
Oh, and I stopped by Jerry's Home Improvement Center to pick up a new lockset for the back door. The one I bought when we moved here three years ago had failed so this <$20 version will mean we can once again lock the back door.
There's more news but I need to empty my backpack, watch some more recorded car shows, and turn in for the night. The real work starts tomorrow morning!
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