Yet more technology has arrived in our home. I bought an iPad. Gone is the heavy laptop and the cords and the detachable mouse and the detachable keyboard – all replaced by equipment that fits in a slim little bad under my arm. Jordan has a new Xbox 360. We may be a small home, but with the rest of the stuff - the smartphones and the 42 in TV we are a well appointed one.
I heard from some old friends this week via email. Such a wonderful world in which we live, when we can connect with people like this! Thanksgiving has come and gone and enjoyed thoroughly with our expat friends.
Speaking of friends, yet another friend and I are off to Sri Lanka in December. I am reminded of what happened in Sri Lanka on Boxing Day in 2004 – the big tsunami. I will be especially vigilant while sitting on the beach with a drink in one hand and a pork rib in the other. I took bacon for granted when I lived in the states. I so appreciate it more now!
Cold weather has hit Kuwait. A chilly wind blows and jacket weather is upon us. Translation – glorious walking weather. A curious country, Kuwait. It actually gets warmer when the sun goes down. Between the heat retained by the buildings and the cessation of the wind you go out with a jacket and later at night you do not need it. I am having a hard time getting my head around this. I know it to be true yet off I go, jacket in hand.
A couple of final thoughts about the Penn State mess. I had to tell people Pitt was NOT Penn State. For a while I was not sure it was even safe to where my alumni sweatshirt. I feel for the kids at U Penn. Also, I am troubled by the egos that fired Paterno. Granted, we all know Paterno had unlimited power at PSU. We also know the president tried to get rid of him years ago and he would not leave. Still, the university used the coach to make millions for the school and firing him seemed a bit disingenuous. Perhaps a better move would have been the now infamous administrative leave, and quietly announce later he was not coming back. Firing him seems a bit dramatic, to say the least. Yes, he should have followed up on what he was told, but so should a lot of others. Too many egos got in the way, right from the start of this tragedy and what was Sandusky thinking talking to Bob Costas????
Off to bed now. When you are used to living in temperatures well over 100, 50 degrees F is downright cold.
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