The Sense of Progress

Funny; I am sick with this cold and wanted to try and find/watch some films, but here we are...  work was long this week, albeit productive.  In consequence, I had some stuff to catch up on, and I just finished most of it -- SVDP stuff, food pantry stuff, clearing out Tivo of J! episodes, etc.  I will note that I largely agree with the idea of an exhibition/warmup game between seeded J! champions, but I will also say that these games do take away from the regular season and cost people a chance to play.  And wit the contestant pool as full as it is...

I finished book 6 today, one about baseball stadiums -- their layouts, designs, etc.  It was interesting but sort of... vestigial?  I mean, we all know why, and in some ways, I had no idea what the book mentioned.  Even my history knowledge is slipping away, and that is... ok, I guess.

My suitcase finally arrived today, but I have been so busy that I have yet to crack it open.  Stuff just kept popping up, and in some ways I don't want to know what carnage is inside.  Of course, I need to get the library books out, charge the razor, recover my prayer cards, etc...  It will be done -- I have been trying to read a bit more and adding the books to the pile will do some encouragement.

Grapefruit was on sale at Meijer last week and this week at Aldi.  As we know, I rather love them, and I finished my first one today... and it was delicious.  Right mix of tart and sweet, good size... I will be eating these things for about two weeks, and I really cannot complain.  My sister marvels that my breakfast is just fruit and milk -- no protein! -- but to me it minimizes carbs and is a good way to add a serving of fruit to my diet, so...why not?

The Spanish Church’s fight against human trafficking and prostitution
Interesting and good -- quite the ministry we need.  Reading the article I couldn't help but think of Gladstone...hard to believe his wife worked with him on that ministry (bringing prostitutes home and trying to reform them).  Nowadays no one would believe that there were anything but impure motives there, but back then, publicly at least, no one (publicly) questioned his efforts, and in some ways, it was a better time...