One of my friends (yeah, even I have a few friends) went Walleye fishing in Canada last week. His group caught 60-70 Walleyes each day. Almost all the fish have to be released because you are allowed to bring only 4 fish back into the United States. The friend brought me back a loonie (actually 1/10th of a loonie). I don’t know why he thought of me with the loonie. Actually a loonie is a canadian dollar and 1/10th is equivalent to a dime. I guess you might say he gave a loonie to the looney.
Speaking of looney. Last weekend, Grandson Dominic’s freshman team lost by a touchdown, Sheboygan North got “schmucked”, the Wisconsin Badgers went to Oregon State and stunk up the place and the Green Bay Packers got “stuffed” at Lambeau. It would be totally lost weekend except that Grasshopper No.4 fielded his youth football team (6-8th graders) on Saturday for the first time this season. Grandson Tommy happens to play center on the team. The game was close but Tommy’s team scored with less than 50 seconds left in the game to take a 6 point lead. Then with the other team desperatedly trying to score, “Henry”, the team’s star defensive player sacked the opponents quarterback to seal the victory. Somehow all the other teams losses didn’t matter.
Today is the 11th anniversary of 9/11 destruction of the twin World Trade buildings in New York. I remember hearing the news early in the morning after my daily exercise workout. It did change history. Do you know where you were when you heard the news?
I see the UW-Badgers who lost Saturday averaged only 2.1 yards rushing per carry and fired their line coach. Let that be a lesson to everyone. If you don’t do your job (and lose one game), you get “canned”. In my humble opinion, the Badgers got bigger problems than an inept offensive line. It could be a long season.
This is my favorite time of the year. Cool crisp mornings, changing colors, and nice days. Enjoy!
Love,
Dad