Reflections

Well, we had our Board meeting for the Food Bank Thursday. For the five months we were open...we served 382 clients (a total of 683 visits), supposedly accounting for 1,042 people. The total value of food is estimated at $47,810, but is prolly higher, as this does not include fresh baked goods, frozen turkeys and other sundries handed out when available. We have handed out over 2,500 garments, and have provided utility assistance on a limited basis to a select number of "clients." These totals do not include school supplies, winter coats, blankets, heaters, furniture and other types of assistance periodically handed out. Better (from my point of view), the accounts are in better shape, due to solid purchasing decisions.

This is fine and good. And, talks are underway to expand our space, to better assist people. However...for one thing, we're not really making people less poor; we're simply helping them out in times of need. Call me crazy, but in the long run, this becomes unsustainable. Two, we have to cut back on certain types of assistance, since the fraud and chicanery is becoming too much. I suggested calling the cops on some of the more egregious forms of abuse, and everyone thought I was kidding. But I wasn't.

In other things...I am not really sure how football became more exciting than baseball. The games last a hell of a lot longer; and, like an NBA game, while the last two minutes were fun, the other 58 were like my wisdom teeth extraction, without the steady stream of drugs. Part of the reason is b/c when you are sitting at home watching the thing on the tube, the announcers are morons. God, where do they find these people; they say the dumbest things. And they are ALL like that.

I know what you are saying; Tim McCarver exists. Yes, but he is the only one. Joe Morgan, while he has flights of cluelessness, also says some highly intelligent things. Plus, due to the wonders of modern technology, one can listen to Vin Scully call a game. It's like a baseball history lesson, and he actually EXPLAINS the game. I can't think of anyone close in football.

If we see David, ask him about the attractive fans he met while watching the game. Ask him why he couldn't stay and hang out with them. Trust me, it's funny.