Catching Up on Rivalries

So far not a good day for my side, Harvard shuts out Yale, Cal kills Stanford, But it reminds me what these rivalries are all about--pride. Pride in our country, pride in our children, pride in the quality of our friendships and our work. Learning how to win well is just as hard as being a good loser but both learning experiences are just as valuable.

I hear the Republicans shifting the "blame" for the state of the economy to the President elect, I hear the UAW President saying that they will concede "nothing" and financial institutions and others with their hands out for a bailout, a bailout for poor planning, arrogance and customer insensitivity. Then I get a call from the great innovation of our time, Amazon.com scheduling delivery of an item at least a week early. When have we seen customer service like that?

So since my blog is both random, muse-oriented and about taking stands let me advocate the following "radical" suggestion. Let's immediately all reset our expectations, pick up the pieces of our lives and look at things to be truly thankful for. Let's all support the public institutions of greatest import--our schools, our libraries, our ability to live free and thrive. And to all the turmoil in the economy let's remember that the Pilgrims started Thanksgiving for precisely that reason.

More later,