THE STORY OF THE FROZEN GOOSE

Honestly, there are too any things that are impossible to make up.  My favorite newspaper (the Globe, of course) had a by lined lead about a wild goose that was rescued by a suburban Boston fire department.  Seems the goose was just moseying around a pond which somehow turned very rapidly to ice.  The goose got cooked--hah, I mean the goose got caught in the ice and could not move.  Fortunately, an alert citizen called 911 and the fire department arrived on the scene with a sharp ax and freed the goose.  It's pathetic that with what is going on in the world, that goose becomes a story.  The line to adopt this animal must be a mile long.

And then there are these items:
--The national champion Clemson football team visited the White House and met POTUS.  Had to eat fast food because the kitchen staff is on furlough!  Then POTUS tweeted about the visit and informed us that they young men ate "hamberders".  He cannot be a Russian spy because he is too stupid.
--Read the Doonesbury cartoon on 1/13.  And while you are at  it, read the editorials in the 1/13 NY Times by these 3:  Leonhardt, Weissman, and Dowd.  Doonesbury is hysterical and the editorials are both well written and insightful.
--The Globe did find the time to spare a reporter who wrote a terrific article about the dual diagnosis of poverty and poor health.
--On January 1, I saw a picture (cannot remember where) of newly elected judges in Harris County, Texas.  All were women and 18 were either African American or Hispanic. That diversity is what we are supposed to be afraid of as opposed to being proud of.
--No points for the Republicans for censuring Steve King.  First of all, he has been a bigot for a long time and the Dems would have gone after him anyhow.  If I lived in that Iowa District that elected him, I would be embarrassed.
--Romney gets no points for his editorial either.  He is a talker--let's see if he can walk the walk.
--Ruth Ginsburg is not well and I am very worried.  Need to double up my prayers.
--Ms. Ocasio is not shy and she will be a handful for the Speaker of the House since I don't think she will take kindly to being managed.
--Reading mysteries written by Martin Walker and am totally in awe of the courageous partisans who fought the Nazis in France during WWII.
--OOPS, what will the Brits do now that Brexit was defeated in Parliament.  A big pile of poop has just dropped on their doorstep.
--AW passed away and my thoughts are with JW.
--But congrats to A and A on their upcoming nuptials.

SPORTS TALK
It is a good day in America and not just in the sports world when both the Cowboys and Bama lose.  Nick Saban is a twin of Mr. Belichik--and I do not mean that is not a compliment.  However, what Mr. Brady and the boys did to the Chargers was quite the thing.  Brady, for one, did not look 41.

Shalom