I haven't posted lately, but I've sure had a lot on my mind. I need to slow down and get some of it recorded. Last Friday night I did that . . . well, the slow down part. I did something that I haven't done in 20 years or so--watched one of my sons (not grandsons, but sons) play soccer. It was Nathan, now 32. Nathan has not been very active in any kind of sports beyond wrestling with his boys and throwing football with his brothers in our back yard on rare occasions.

One of Nathan's friends, a former coworker, plays on an adult soccer team and he told Nathan they had been short on players for a while. Nathan volunteered to help out for the remaining 6 games. Now he takes after me a little in the weight department, so he was the biggest guy on the field. He was smart enough to play defense so he wouldn't have to run all over the field.

Their game Friday night was against a team of Mexicans--young Mexicans who looked as if they'd been playing soccer all their lives. But, it wasn't a shut out. Nathan's team did manage to score at least one, maybe two points. All in all, they had fun. And I had fun watching them.

I've been following politics and the debates and growing more and more concerned that so many Americans seem clueless concerning the democratic candidate's socialist agenda, not to mention his lack of experience. Maybe America needs 4 years of OBama in order to come to its senses. Who knows. Well, God does, thank goodness.

 Books:  I'm wrapping up Beyond Binh Thuy for my part but it still needs to go to the editor for a final proofing. The editor is Joyce and she's swamped, so it may be a while. I've been doing a lot of research for The Onion and Me and will start writing it as soon as the Binh Thuy book is out of my hands. I will keep you posted.