Misuse of the word literally drives me figuratively insane.

I like this kind of Monday. A good bike ride after breakfast and the rest of the morning leisurely working on the VW. I almost finished the passenger door windows. After lunch some crash time, a couple of very minor church tasks, and a decent workout at the gym. The evening: dinner and Monday Night Football! Yes, I'm ready for some football!

I'm in some trouble, though. My entire fantasy team roster played yesterday and I'm only eight points ahead of my opponent who has two players in tonight's game, a Dallas wide receiver and the Chicago defense. I've put a bounty out on Miles Austin - five points to the player who knocks him out of the game. Just hope Commissioner Norder doesn't hear about it.

Have you seen the new USAToday.com site? I haven't decided if I like it. It's heavy on hi-res pics and graphics, the opposite of CNN.com. Eye candy, but I think it might be a sugar high. My favorite part, though, is their new logo.

How much did they pay a consulting firm to come up with that logo? And what kind of pitch did they have to make to convince the USAToday suits that a blue circle was pure genius?

I read an interesting article this morning about a growing trend among the descendants of holocaust survivors. Some of the concentration camp prisoners had a number tattooed on the inside of their forearm. I thought all prisoners got one but it was only done at two camps, and only to Jews who could work on the labor projects. An increasing number of their descendants, children and grandchildren, are getting the number of their parent/grandparent tattooed on their body, usually the forearm but sometimes their lower leg.

The number of holocaust survivors is dropping rapidly with each passing year and getting a tattoo with the number of a family member is a way of honoring them and insuring that atrocity is not forgotten. Interestingly, not all of the survivors are happy with the trend. Some of them want to leave that horrible experience in the past, and seeing a family member with their number means reliving the horror. Also, in Leviticus 19:28 tattoos are prohibited, so observant survivors find the practice religiously offensive.

I understand the objections of those survivors but I also admire the desire of their offspring to honor their suffering and preserve the memory of that terrible time. The movie "Schindler's List" should be required viewing for everyone, everywhere. It's not an easy movie to watch but that's the point. And self-absorbed teenagers who think suffering is not having a smart phone might gain a sense of perspective if their sophomore world history class included watching that movie.

FWIW