Top of the evening to all....
In the world of LinkedIn, you never know what could happen. The genesis of this conversation goes back to when we lived in Honolulu 24 years ago. The message to which I just responded has the following question in it:
"Were you the chaplain that rode around base on a bicycle from time to time?"
It is nice to be remembered.
Have a good evening.
R/SCG
Top of the afternoon too all...
I have had my criticisms of President Biden. No matter how loyal a supporter one might be, there is a difference between loyalty and blindness. Hopefully, even his most ardent supporters (and I am not in that category) also have criticisms.
The news reports today that President Biden has spent a great deal of taxpayer money going to his home in Delaware for weekends. The usual suspects have criticized him for this.
The usual suspects on the other side of the political spectrum called former President Trump on the carpet for the same thing.
(Yawn...Nothing to see here.)
To expect the President to take weekends on the couch in the White House is not reasonable. No other federal employee makes a regular practice of staying in the office over the weekend. No other federal employee has the responsibilities of POTUS. He has a right to go home and to relax with the trappings of his personal life. Instead of being critical, maybe we should be happy that in the hardest job in the world, he still tries to strike a life-work balance.
Shabbat Shalom to all.
R/SCG
Good afternoon to all.
I am now locked in the primary bedroom for the foreseeable future. Rav Jen brings me my meals.
Why, pray tell, am I locked in my bedroom? You guessed it. I have Covid.
I can deal with the sniffles. I can deal with the fever. So what is the problem?
There was a cartoon on the fridge back in my youth. The cartoon said that cats only allowed themselves to be domesticated because they cannot open doors.
Two cats, both alike in dignity, a window facing due south, a wide window sill, and a kitty tower all mean that I am up and down constantly. If one cat crosses the threshold, the other crosses the threshold, eventually. I have COVID, but it is really a tail of two kitties.
Please do not be concerned about me. I just did 35 push-ups. It took 28 seconds. Any concern is better directed towards Rav Jen. She got sent home from work Wednesday on the 'if a then b' clause. She is trying to navigate her workday and prepare Shabbat dinner. That, and the laundry machine is broken. This is no big loss on its own, as we were going to replace it anyway. However, the laundry has piled up.
I again remind everyone of the 614th commandment: thou shalt not COVID thy neighbour's home.
Shabbat Shalom.
R/SCG
