Hours

Good weekend, sort of; I didn't sleep well, or long, and I am feeling it today.  Friday was the usual, and Saturday was not helped by a 3AM low blood sugar alarm -- I had been sleeping fitfully (eventually) and poof, there, and there we go.  Oi.  Oh well.  I am getting slightly tired now, and I think I will crash suddenly.

Friday was the World Cup, and Team USA won.  This is good -- moving on to the SemiFinal round, if you will, is what you want.  I give soccer credit; the game was fairly boring, and then there is just enough excitement that you think something will happen, and it doesn't.  Oi.  Saturday I woke up an hour later than expected -- slept through the alarm -- and I hate to say it, but I was slightly off-kilter all day.  Everything was just behind; gym, bank, errands... all was behind.  I did some work this weekend, and I think I could have used an extra hour, even if just to better go through the email pile.  I did go through the email pile on my personal account, and the links, and we all know how I feel about that.  I even did some SVDP stuff, though that just generated more work.

Speaking of more work... last week we had a bag drop off -- you drop paper bags off at Mass, and people take them and fill them with canned goods.  I gave the second homily at some of the Masses...anyways, we had about 30 bags of canned goods in the back of the church today.  A fairly impressive pile, as most of them were quite full!  Of course, the problem was that we all whose job it was to take them to the OC.  I took an hour (more of that time!) to put everything away; at least we have 30 more paper bags at the OC (I even saved the paper attachments for next time, as my frugality knows no bounds).  More seriously, I was quite pleased by the response, and I even have some people who want to volunteer on Saturdays (so I can retire).

‘They Don’t Know How to Accept Him’: Vivek Ramaswamy Navigates Identity in Ohio - POLITICO
Dare I say that I have had this thought myself?  And, no, it shouldn't be an issue, but this is OH, the GOP (even if I suspect most of these types are former Democrats), and this is an election year.  And, as I like to say, a blue wave, so... it does add a level of unnecessary complexity to the equation.

The New Right Has a Blueprint for Building a Christian America - POLITICO
All while I was reading this, I couldn't help but reflect on the long tradition of utopian communities in the US.  Most of them come from the left, and I cannot recall a one that is around today.  This would be cool if it works, but I do not think it will...

Trump’s Lasting Legacy Is Trump Himself - NOTUS — News of the United States
Yes, this is something of a problem, especially when Trump is now unpopular.  There are ways to solve this, but I do not think POTUS will agree, which is also a problem...

Europeans in the US for the World Cup Are Celebrating American Culture—Specifically, Red America's Culture
Exactly correct!