E and I got to inspecting a termite-damaged log on our hike. K was fast enough to catch the moment.
Another from Last Week’s Hike
Soccer
Today was the first day of the end-of-the-season tournament for E's soccer team. He didn't participate last year because his team didn't participate: it's an additional event, with additional fees.
We went into the first game hopeful: the boys had beaten them a couple of times in scrimmages, but this, I believe, was the first time they played an actual game. It was tied 2-2 when the referee made an awful call, calling a foul on our goalie when it was clearly a legal play. He'd dropped to the ground to reach out and stop the ball, and the attacker fell on him. How that was a foul I'll never know. No one will ever know. But the ref awarded the other team a penalty kick, and that put them over: our boys lost 2-3. Technically, they didn't. But technically doesn't count.
The Boy was devastated. For the first time this year, he was on the verge of tears about the game. "We tied them!" he insisted, and I agreed. Still, what's done is done: refs make awful calls all the time.
The boys' second game went much better, with a stunning 6-1 win. They'd played that team twice before, beating them both times. So we go into tomorrow's games 1-1. We'll see how it goes.
Sausage 20 Years Ago
Autumn Soccer Practice
Sleep
When sick, there's only one cure...
Sickness
sucks. So does cheating to keep up a streak...
Flames
Pinnacle Mountain
18.46 km, 767 m elevation gain.
No Parties in Hell
Another one of these memes I ran into on Twitter: "There are no parties in hell. There's no cool rock music, no hanging out with friends. You will be burning. Forever. Repent and give your life to Jesus Christ!"
This is clearly aimed at Christians who more fundamentalist Christians see as living a life of sin. It's certainly not going to convince any unbelievers. In fact, most of us will just read this, shake our heads, and say, "Yes, but Jesus, as God, is the one sending us to this place. What kind of an abusive relationship is this?!"
Coexist
Another gem from social media: fundamentalist Christians like to point out the perceived tendency in Islam to force conversions. In their defense, this was the way Islam initially spread, and there is a fair amount of coercion in Islamic countries to remain Islamic (the death penalty for apostasy will do that to you), and there are certainly fundamentalist Muslims who still wish to spread Islam by force. But fundamentalist Christians, despite all their protestations to the contrary, are not all that different.
"Daily reminder that Christ is King and all false creeds will be destroyed."
