Basketball Game
Feeling Board
English I kids finished up their Odyssey board game project with a couple of days' game play.
Checking Out Middle Schools
We're looking into various middle schools for the Boy. Tonight, we went to listen to a band concert at a local middle school: the Boy is, after all, very interested in music.
His verdict: it was fun.
Destruction
With Keri Lake taking Trump's example to heart and refusing to concede an obviously-lost election, I'm afraid we're seeing what will now be the typical Republican reaction to election loss: deny, deny, deny.
Trump did so much damage to our country, but this Republican denial of reality as a basic election operating principle is the most harmful. It tears at the very foundation of our democratic institutions, and it leads to previously-unthinkable insanities, like the ostensible leader of the party calling for the dissolution of the Constitution and the party saying nothing to condemn such dangerous rhetoric. Republicans have not rejected Trump even when he literally suggested destroying our country.
There is no hope for the Republican party. Just when I think it can't fall deeper, it does.
The Priest
Priests in the Catholic church have always been afforded special status. Priests in Poland have almost god-like status. Why is this? A post on a Catholic social media stream might offer some insight:
If he is "another Christ" and "God's Representative," how could his status increase except by being declared an actual god?
Playing the Game
Mauldin Christmas Tree
Christmas Parade 2022
Putting up the Lights
Lighting the Tree
The mayor of Simpsonville invited the Boy's scout pack to come and participate in the Christmas tree lighting. They got to do the countdown.