I've got so many things in the air, my juggling skills are really getting good. They'd better be or I'll drop something on my foot and break a toe.
Here are a few quick notes in no particular order -- hope you don't mind this scattershot approach:
* As everyone knows, Tiger Woods beat Rocco Mediate in the U.S. Open playoff... but Woods played against doctor's orders. Now I just heard he's out for the rest of the season. Ideally, he should have withdrawn for health reasons and let Mediate win the Open. But you know that would be impossible for Woods, one of the most competitive athletes of all time.
* Have you heard of "The Shack"? This spiritual novel is causing quite a stir. I'm working on a story about it. Within the course of a year, it went from being a self-published book sold out of a guy's garage to being No. 1 on the N.Y. Times bestseller list. Truly an amazing story. Check it out online here.
* I'm going to meet a woman today who "channels" dead Catholic saint Padre Pio. Should be interesting. She said she can do some channeling for me.
* Tom Ferguson has withdrawn his lawsuit against former Toledo diocesan deacon Glenn Shrimplin, due to statutes of limitations concerns.
* The national "Pray at the Pumps" group is coming to Toledo on Friday to pray for lower gas prices.
* I've been wanting to fence in my back yard so my dog(s) (I have one dog and my daughter who is at home for a while also has one) can have room to run, but the yard is big and the price is so high. A friend of a friend knew I wanted to do that and called to say he knows someone who is giving away 1,600 feet of fence and all the accessories. I'm hoping this really works out -- it would be a wonderful blessing. People can be so kind and generous. And who else but God would hook me up with someone wanting to get rid of fencing?
(I tried using an invisible fence last year and it was a disaster... Scotty ran right through it, chasing a jogger down the road. The kindhearted jogger ended up picking Scotty up and carrying him back to our house.)
* My Saab is running so well, I just love that car. I am hoping to get some bodywork and paint done to it this summer. Funny though, I guess those flaws are not as obvious to others as they are to me. A friend who saw it Tuesday asked me if it was a new car -- and it's 14 years old!
(not my car but the same model)
Toledo, Ohio
June 18, 2007