Tuesday

Not watching the debate. Throw all the bums out.

I noticed on my pass-through of Hy Vee tonight that the gated garden store in the parking lot had been disassembled. I'd say that that is definitely a sign of Fall.

The trip to Burlington went as expected. It was good to see several other guys from the friend group turn up as well. That's good testimony to friendship. Particularly on a rainy day with marginal driving conditions.

I see where Halle Berry has been named Esquire Magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive. I'd say that that is debatable. But like so much in the entertainment industry, throwing something out there is just a way to develop story lines. Now everyone will come out with their alternative selections. Arguably, they had to choose someone at least 40 years old, or men like me wouldn't know whom they were talking about. Then again, do they care?

2 has Boomer Sooner at the top of the college football polls. Any bets on the Texas game in Dallas? Also known as The Red River Shoot-out. Both schools have a bit of a tendency to under-perform. Exactly how is the Cotton Bowl a neutral site? ND goes to North Carolina Saturday for pay back on a visit NC made to South Bend last year. As a TD underdog. Give the points and take the Tarheels.

The cartoonist who draws/writes Opus is closing the series. I have read the cartoon on Sundays occasionally, but not regularly. He's usually into politics, and many of his points are just too over the top for me. Like many of the contemporary comic strips, this one has almost always belonged on the editorial pages. But there is so little in most papers that doesn't have a left bent to it that the publishers have probably lost their abilities to distinguish between simple humor and political satire.

Have a great day.

BCOT