1. If you've had kind of experience in sports, the classroom, on a team at work, or anywhere else where individuality falls away and you've experienced the coming together of disparate people to work as a single, collective force, bonded together by a common purpose, then you've experienced something like what happens in a boat when members of a rowing team give up their individuality and row in harmony with each other, in the spirit of trust and commitment to a greater good. In Boys in the Boat, as Joe Rantz and his teammates mature, they experience this surrender of individuality and growth of unity. Competitive success results.
2. I took my bicycle out for a spin today. I rode east down Mission Ave. to Division St., turned south, and then turned west on Mullan Ave until I reached Oregon St., turned south, rode a couple of blocks to Cameron Ave., and headed west back to our house. It was a short ride, about a mile and a half, but it turns out that it got my heart working, shortened my breath, and make my legs hurt a bit. I need to build up some strength and stamina.
3. After his exhausting trip to the groomer on Saturday, today Gibbs got wiped out again today with a visit to the vet where he got his next vaccination(s). Upon returning home, all the boundless energy of a puppy temporarily was drained from him. Debbie plopped him next to her on the couch and he fell into a deep slumber. After a little rest, he was back to his energetic self, ready to chase toys, bite and shake his little saucer-shaped bed, and dash outside and explore.
Here's a limerick by Stu:
There are things which are done out of spite.
Sadly, other under cover of night.
Choosing mayhem it seems,
Fits only negative schemes.
But, your gut knows the wrong from the right.
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