conversation

Practiced some kitchen reclamation today. Though about some tennis practice, but nature dampened my plans. Alumni gathering for PUSO, and a little reminiscing. Sharing thoughts about the war, the value of life, politics, socialism vs communism, and human nature. Recognizing the better parts of ourselves. Unwinding the bits of tension accumulated from moments of frustration.

break it down

After watching slow mo replays of the Kobe elbow incident involving Manu Ginobili, I think the punishment fits. It shouldn't matter that Kobe may not have tried to strike Manu, but the fact is the elbow did connect, and it's fair that the NBA's stance is that a player should be in control of where his elbow move. It looks to me like Kobe was trying to clear Manu out of the way. That should have been a foul even if the elbow didn't make contact.

Reminds me of a conversation I had with Wolfe about the football hall of fame. I was trying to argue that length of time played shouldn't be such a great criteria in selection, but Wolfe argued that if he was voting, he'd vote along the same "lines" that have been established. We started getting into how at a certain point, you have to open things up to interpretation, just as certain justices did on the Supreme Court... going by the spirit of the law instead of simply the letter of the law and so forth.

let it flow