Pithy Tuesday

The muses are sort of quiet today…nothing startling nor deep. Maybe should just shut up...oh well.

Spent yesterday doing mostly nothing, with no good explanation. I did spend some time watching the “round of 16” tennis matches at Wimbledon, called the best day of tennis, I suppose because everybody plays. And, they did. No major upsets encountered along the way, so the high seeds move on. At the risk of getting into trouble I have an observation. It seems to be the tradition or practice that the female players include various vocalizations with their play that the males do not. I have no explanation for this, I am not sure if it affects your ability, but I think objective evaluation would justify that statement. I do know that it certainly limits the enjoyment of watching the games.

Then, we were treated to a historic event, as they played the first complete match under the new roof, plus setting the record for the latest match at Wimbledon (~10:30p local time). In the end the Scott Andy Murray outlasted a game Stan Wawrinka in a five set match. Virtually everyone in the stands was rooting for Murray, but I was impressed by Wawrinka’s grit (sorry, an over used term) in hanging in there til the end. Seemed like Murray mostly looked like he had a stomach ache.

The economy continues to affect the food scene. Have you noticed how many commercials there are for Subways “5 Dollar Foot Longs”; “Big Eats – Five Bucks” at Pizza Hut, Applebees: “two for twenty”; “pick ‘n pair starting at $5.99”; Friday’s “endless lunch, just $6.99”. Begging you to come eat.. and, if you do...

DFD