It's just about 3 weeks before elections; Trump's running mate Vance is said to be coming to our town tomorrow, and all the Trumpees are excited. Lots of Republicans are far from delighted, but many of them will vote for Trump, even if not all of them do. Many of them are cold, calculating businessmen (and wives of businessmen), and they watch, and listen to Trump, shaking their heads, no doubt. But he's their man, and what are they to do? They'll hold their noses and vote for him.
The flood of junk mail is overwhelming, especially, I guess, in homes where they're registered Democrats or Republicans, asking for money, and for what? To pay for yet more junk mail, and TV advertising. I hardly ever turn on the TV these days.
Meanwhile, i'm thoroughly confused as to what's happening to Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. There are rumors that Clark has given up basketball and is going in for golf, that she's heading out to play basketball in Europe, that the Fever has been asked to sign up free agents, whatever they are. And Facebook has signed me up as a Caitlin Clark fan, without asking me. Now I get asked to 'like' Caitlin pics a dozen times a day. Things are seriously getting out of hand.
OMG. Now that I have been kidnapped by this pretended CC fan club, I'm getting to see a lot of sports griping, and it's ugly. Caitlin seems to serenely go on her merry way, but all sorts of athletes are seriously grumbling, saying they should be given more money! (I don't know whether it's the athletes themselves, or some people who have maintained web pages, supposedly on their behalf.)
Sports writers write the most atrocious English—probably many of them were too impatient to stay in school and learn to write—and a lot of the writing is illogical and ill tempered, and arrogant. Caitlin was very humble, and took all the blows she suffered with patience and grace. If she ever decides that she can't take all this crap lying down (I hope that never, never, never happens), it will be a sad day for all of us. In contrast to all the athletes who feel slighted by the huge pay packets that Caitlin is being offered ("I'm worth more than she is!"), I don't believe Caitlin has actually demanded big bucks.
Well, a happy October to all of you, and now that Halloween is truly close (unlike before, when the stores were getting excited over nothing) we can go out and decorate our fronts of houses with pumpkins (and little witches on brooms),
Kay
No comments:
Post a Comment