Gods, Goddesses. Chariots in the sky. Tridents under water. Charming stuff. Now. But do we think the Greeks of that time referred to their stories as myths? Those Greek myths were their religion. That’s how they understood their place in the world around them. Those stories were as real to the ancient Greeks as our bible stories are to us today. We’re a religious lot, we human beings. We always have religious explanations for things we otherwise don’t understand. We must just be programmed that way. I have to wonder though, how will the future treat today’s religious beliefs? Not in a few years or a hundred years, but on a grander scale. Maybe in a thousand years, or several thousand years. Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhists; will todays religions be as charming and irrelevant to the future as Greek Mythology is to us now?
Happy News!
We’re going to be grandparents again! Congratulations Matt and Lindsay. Here is the first photo (ultrasound):
We’re led to believe the part left of center is her head. We’re all pretty sure it’s a girl. Delivery date November 23rd. Looks like we’ll be in Colorado for a birthday and Thanksgiving this year.
We’re led to believe the part left of center is her head. We’re all pretty sure it’s a girl. Delivery date November 23rd. Looks like we’ll be in Colorado for a birthday and Thanksgiving this year. The view.
…wasn’t all bad. Look at what a great bird blind we had the next morning. We got pigeons, starlings, and mourning doves…
Meanwhile,Earl the Pearl (my kidney stone) pretty much kicked my ass Sunday evening and all day Monday. Then he suddenly went silent. We don’t know what he’s up to or even where he is, but we took advantage of the respite to travel yesterday and today. Now we’re in Junction Texas, just one day away from home. We’ve got an appointment with a urologist next week. Maybe he can figure out what Earl is thinking.
Meanwhile,Earl the Pearl (my kidney stone) pretty much kicked my ass Sunday evening and all day Monday. Then he suddenly went silent. We don’t know what he’s up to or even where he is, but we took advantage of the respite to travel yesterday and today. Now we’re in Junction Texas, just one day away from home. We’ve got an appointment with a urologist next week. Maybe he can figure out what Earl is thinking. Some views are better than others.
We headed south on Interstate 25. Ended up in Las Cruces. Nice enough hotel; altogether much better than the view. Albuquerque
Regional gymnastics. 32 teams from 4 states. 98 kids. 6 different events: Vault, Floor, Parallel Bars, High Bar, Rings, and Pommel. Alex’s team did well. They placed 5th. Alex did well. He didn’t place in the Vault or High Bar:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utlFYb2ja8E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0skMSdL_fp8 He placed in the top 15 in the Floor Exercise:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE4TD0_TLDM top 10 for Parallel Barshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7RtykMPwxE …and Rings:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_cS2vKcmw4 …and Pommelhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJzMtN7BGAU He did so well on the Pommel he placed first!
He placed 9th in the All-Around. A very good day for Alex. A very good day for us, to be there to cheer him on.
He placed 9th in the All-Around. A very good day for Alex. A very good day for us, to be there to cheer him on.