sports and honor

There is something that has bothered me for a while about America in general and sports specifically. I grew up with a belief that honor is important. The old Vince Lombardi quote "Winning isn't everything it is the only thing." seems to me at best amoral and more likely plain old immoral.
  I think sports are a reflection of society. Recently I have become aware of a whole group of thought that "chaps my hide!" "I don't make the rules I just use them." is used to justify "legal"cheating. "Everybody else is doing it" Another justification of lying cheating and other unlikable hobbies.
   My idea of sports has always been practicing excellence honor and teamwork. I believe that especially in sports where lives are not at stake, one MUST practice honor and fairness. If one cannot support honor on the field of play, how is one to practice it when there is real danger.
  I remember the first year Lance Armstrong won the Tour De France. He fell at one point and the German who was competing against him waited as honor dictated. Armstrong went on to win. The next year the German fell. You can guess what Armstrong did. Not cheating but not honorable. These people often state that honor and morality are weakness.  Another funny thing is that I find it hard to trust someone in life if I believe they will cheat in sports. Many disagree with me and claim that sports is separate from the rest of life. Interesting eh?

let's be honest

I like to think that I am honest, mainly because I heard somewhere that good people and heroes are always honest. Quite often I find myself in a situation where I sense honesty will cause me stress(mainly somebody I respect may think less of me) Sometimes in those situations I will lie(usually by omission ) Then of course I will feel bad and lose respect for MYSELF . I also talk to myself a lot,luckily not enough to be put away,definitely enough so that we..I mean I never feel lonely anyway I ask myself did you lie? The answer of course is yes but then I will lose respect and feel worse about myself so sometimes I lie ... Of course then we have a real problem.  As some English guy said "...when first we practice to deceive...."

Privacy policy

Watching a tv show with people running around in hospital gowns. The weird thing is that nothing was showing. Seems like the real life gowns should somehow come under the "we won't share your private parts with anybody without your permission, doesn't it?  Seriously why do the actors get cool gowns and if we go to the doctor we get something that doesn't fit

spiritual

A lot of information coming in about spirituality and the the advent of war. A small article in the NYT about zombie bees may have the answer. All you zombie freaks out there ,my apologies. You were right. Apparently there are parasites that take over bee brains ,make them do stupid things and then eat them from the inside out.  Not too big a step from bees too humans eh?  So the parasites cause war injustice and unhappiness and then eat our brains.
     According to scientific American 42% of our DNA is primate, the rest is any number of symbiotes parasites hitchhikers and who knows what. Makes you think does it not? Of course maybe some non human is controlling our thoughts ?
  ps. spellcheck does not like symbiotes. Wikipedia says that they are a marvel comics invention, aliens who take over humans.

First world whining

So I have gotten some grief for complaining about the inconvenience of running in my new high faluting neighborhood.
   I guess it is true I could think of at least two people who wish they had my problems.

the medium is the message

TV in capitals reminds of Walker Percy's book The Medium Is The Message. Now I have to find it somewhere and read it so I know what he is talking about. Not as fun as just making stuff up out of dimly remembered sociology class and conversations with the Cheeks and my Mom, but it seems more ... adult, I guess although listening to sports and political pundits maybe doing research is not very common. It does seem that the sports talking heads(not the musicians) are more willing to back their bold sweeping statements with research and facts,but My theory is that is only because there is less at stake for them than the political persons. Any way as my sister and my friend Alessandra keep reminding me, " there is always the library.
  So any way to make a long and winding thought a little less unintelligible, maybe it does not matter what you are doing while the TV is on because the medium is destroying my soul by its very nature? I guess I'll go to the library and ask Percy

Adjustments

I am not liking my new location. I have this weird idea that I should be able to comfortably run from my home. Of course my definition of comfortable is the adjustable here. I have to run on roads (Anathema) or on Highway right of way to get to arroyos which run through peoples(another running no-no, other humans that is) backyards for several miles before I get to privacy.
  I know that people will say "why not drive somewhere?" Well.. doesn't that seem silly?Why would I spend valuable fuel and wear and tear on my vehicle in order to go somewhere to practice going places?
  My answer is I would not. It bothers me. I do not mind running on a treadmill while watching TV because the I am mixing a favorite activity with an exercise and it is convenient.(Huh. Spellcheck tells me that tv just like god is supposed to be capitalized...definitely a subject unto itself)