Don't Cry for me Argentina (Just win)

.....Well, now the quarter finals begin, and the USA is not playing any longer having lost to Ghana, a team they should have beaten. But sad to say, we do not by any means have the level of skill needed to get far into that tournament, and I doubt that we ever will. Soccer as a professional game is in fourth place in this country; baseball, basketball, and football are ahead. Our team did not have the necessary scoring power of the European and South American teams.

.....Ultimately, scoring a goal in the World Cup is one of the rarest feats in all of sports. Amazing skill, tremendous team play, the perfect pass, the glorious shot, everything must coalesce at an instant of full speed fury to manage a goal. That's why the joy that heralds the scoring of a goal is a moment like no other, you've just managed the most difficult feat in all of team sports.

.....Enough about the World Cup. You're all probably bored by now and wondering what has happened to my Poor Richard Benjamin Franklin style. Or do I have another different style? At any rate, I have so far kept the promise that I made in a previous blog posting not to read or see anything about the news that's happening in the world. There never seems to be any good news any more; it's all bad and depressing. And all the columnists never appear to write anything good about what is going on in our country. So, I'll just read the comics and the sports page and do the crossword puzzle. Then I'll read about what is happening locally in Palm Beach County. The local news is never too cheerful either. But today, the cleaning crew came and Rhoda and I left to watch "The Karate Kid."

That was a "feel good" movie and we felt it was better than the first one. Will Smith's son has a lead role in that film and besides looking like his father, he's a fine actor for an 11 year old. If you do not care for the plot, the pictures of China are magnificent and worth the price of a ticket.